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Włodek Pawlik podczas koncertu przed Kieleckim Centrum Kultury. Fot. Mateusz Wolski/ KCK

Włodek Pawlik's Trio. The Grammy winner performs at Targi Kielce Jazz Festival Memorial to Miles

18 august 2023
The last day of the jazz festival in Kielce is packed with excitement; this heated atmosphere is extra fuelled by the trio of Włodek Pawlik, who originally comes from Kielce. He has been the first Pole to receive one of the most important awards of the American entertainment industry

The 21st Memorial to Miles Festival has been organised by Targi Kielce and the Kielce Cultural Centre; again the event promises to be outstanding. Diversity is is DAN too. From 21 to 24 September, artists who have gained fame and appreciation in Poland and Europe will perform at the Kielce Culture Centre. Classics and modern jazz in the menu.  This artists' milieus includes the legendary Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Marek Pospieszalski's octet, the English Yazz Ahmed Quartet, the Skalpel duo, Dorota Miśkiewicz and the Brazilian guitarist Toninho Horta, as well as Włodek Pawlik - a pianist and composer, winner of the 2014 Grammy Award for the album "Night In Calisia".

The artist who comes from Kielce was the first Pole to receive one of the most important awards of the American entertainment industry. 
Włodek Pawlik's achievements includes dozens of original albums, a number of works of film and theatre music, orchestral compositions, ballet music, opera, cantata, two piano concertos, and vocal works. A characteristic feature of his work is his exceptional ease and naturalness with which he uses various techniques in composing music.

During the concert in Kielce, he will be accompanied by a bassist Damian Kostka and a drummer Cezary Konrad. 

The Włodek Pawlik Trio will perform on Sunday, 24 September at 6 pm on the Grand Concert Hall of the Kielce Cultural Center. At 8 p.m., the Marek Pospieszalski Octet will perform. A ticket for both concerts costs PLN 89, a pass for the entire four-day festival - 21-24 September - PLN 199. Tickets available at the KCK box office and on kck.bilety24.pl 

 

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