Janusz Szrom
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Janusz Szrom is a Polish jazz
vocalist and composer.
His musical education started in 1977 on the piano
, at Nysa
School of Music. Then, in 1981, he started to play on trumpet
while continuing to perfect the piano skills, in Chrzanów
School of Music. In 1989, after graduating from the Secondary School of Music in Kraków
, majoring in trumpet (minor in piano), he first entered John Paul II University to play organ
and later (in 1990) matriculated to Musical University in Kraków to study music theory
. Finally, in 1992 he began study in Katowice
at the prestigious Karol Szymanowski
University of Music’s School of Jazz and Popular Music. In 1995, he received his Master’s degree with Honors as a Jazz Vocalist.
His career as a jazz vocalist started in 1994, when he won the 2nd place honor at the International Meeting of Jazz Vocalists in Zamość
. Next year, in 1995 – he was the first prizewinner of the publicity prize at the Fall Pomerania
n Jazz- "Key to Career’s Door", which is one of the most important honors for a young artist to achieve. Since then he has performed at numerous festivals and music meetings, as Jazz nad Odrą, Jazz Jamboree
, Old Jazz Meeting "Złota Tarka" in Iława, Jazz Standard Festival in Siedlce
, Jazz Muzeum in Ostrów Wielkopolski
, National Festival of Polish Song
in Opole
and International Meetings of Jazz Vocalists in Zamość.
In 2008, Janusz Szrom was selected by Michel Legrand
to perform his famous What are you doing the rest of your life song during the Legrand’s concert at the prestigious 50th Jubilee Jazz Jamboree festival in Warsaw
. Jazz Vocalist of the Year in Poland for the years of 2009 and 2010 elected by the readers of the "Jazz Forum" magazine.
Except from active performing, he also has a great experience as a composer
, arranger
, and teacher
. He teaches vocal class at Fryderyk Chopin's College of Music in Warsaw and at the Academy of Music in Poznań. Also, he has worked for many years now as a teacher and instructor
of famous Summer Workshops of Jazz Music in Puławy and Chodzież
. Janusz Szrom holds the position of the Artistic Director for the Polish-Ukrainian Musical Workshop at Lwow. In addition to appearances on various TV and radio programs (Olga Lipińska Cabaret, Irena Kwiatkowska
and Her Guests and others), he has served as a teacher in TV programs like Star Academy or Jak Oni Śpiewają
.
He took part in two music theatre
performances:
Janusz Szrom is also an author of the music project called Straszni Panowie Trzej. It happens to be a first jazz arrangement of the songs from the unforgettable Older Gentelmen Cabaret, written by Jerzy Wasowski
and Jeremi Przybora
.
In 2009, two of his albums: "Straszni Panowie Trzej" and „Talk with me” has acquired a Gold Record Awards. A board member of the PSJ (Polish Jazz Society) since 2009.
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
vocalist and composer.
His musical education started in 1977 on the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, at Nysa
Nysa, Poland
Nysa is a town in southwestern Poland on the Nysa Kłodzka river with 47,545 inhabitants , situated in the Opole Voivodeship. It is the capital of Nysa County. It comprises the urban portion of the surrounding Gmina Nysa, a mixed urban-rural commune with a total population of 60,123 inhabitants...
School of Music. Then, in 1981, he started to play on trumpet
Trumpet
The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
while continuing to perfect the piano skills, in Chrzanów
Chrzanów
Chrzanów is a town in south Poland with 39,704 inhabitants . It is situated in the Lesser Poland Voivodeship and is the capital of Chrzanów County.- To 1809:...
School of Music. In 1989, after graduating from the Secondary School of Music in Kraków
Kraków
Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...
, majoring in trumpet (minor in piano), he first entered John Paul II University to play organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
and later (in 1990) matriculated to Musical University in Kraków to study music theory
Music theory
Music theory is the study of how music works. It examines the language and notation of music. It seeks to identify patterns and structures in composers' techniques across or within genres, styles, or historical periods...
. Finally, in 1992 he began study in Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
at the prestigious Karol Szymanowski
Karol Szymanowski
Karol Maciej Szymanowski was a Polish composer and pianist.-Life:Szymanowski was born into a wealthy land-owning Polish gentry family in Tymoszówka, then in the Russian Empire, now in Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine. He studied music privately with his father before going to Gustav Neuhaus'...
University of Music’s School of Jazz and Popular Music. In 1995, he received his Master’s degree with Honors as a Jazz Vocalist.
His career as a jazz vocalist started in 1994, when he won the 2nd place honor at the International Meeting of Jazz Vocalists in Zamość
Zamosc
Zamość ukr. Замостя is a town in southeastern Poland with 66,633 inhabitants , situated in the south-western part of Lublin Voivodeship , about from Lublin, from Warsaw and from the border with Ukraine...
. Next year, in 1995 – he was the first prizewinner of the publicity prize at the Fall Pomerania
Pomerania
Pomerania is a historical region on the south shore of the Baltic Sea. Divided between Germany and Poland, it stretches roughly from the Recknitz River near Stralsund in the West, via the Oder River delta near Szczecin, to the mouth of the Vistula River near Gdańsk in the East...
n Jazz- "Key to Career’s Door", which is one of the most important honors for a young artist to achieve. Since then he has performed at numerous festivals and music meetings, as Jazz nad Odrą, Jazz Jamboree
Jazz Jamboree
Jazz Jamboree Festival, one of the biggest and oldest jazz festivals in Europe, takes place in Warsaw. Organized by .-History:The first Jazz Jamboree was organised by Hot-Club Hybrydy. It was three days long and it was called "Jazz 58". The first three editions of the festival took place in the...
, Old Jazz Meeting "Złota Tarka" in Iława, Jazz Standard Festival in Siedlce
Siedlce
Siedlce ) is a city in eastern Poland with 77,392 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously the city was the capital of a separate Siedlce Voivodeship ....
, Jazz Muzeum in Ostrów Wielkopolski
Ostrów Wielkopolski
Ostrów Wielkopolski is a town in central Poland with 72,360 inhabitants , situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship; the seat of Ostrów Wielkopolski County.-History:Recently, a small fortified dwelling dating from the 10th century was discovered on the north-east side of...
, National Festival of Polish Song
National Festival of Polish Song in Opole
National Festival of Polish Song in Opole is a yearly music festival in Opole, Poland. Together with Sopot Festival it is the most important music festival in Poland. Opole Festival is meant as a summary of yearly season of achievements of Polish song writers and performers...
in Opole
Opole
Opole is a city in southern Poland on the Oder River . It has a population of 125,992 and is the capital of the Upper Silesia, Opole Voivodeship and, also the seat of Opole County...
and International Meetings of Jazz Vocalists in Zamość.
In 2008, Janusz Szrom was selected by Michel Legrand
Michel Legrand
Michel Jean Legrand is a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and pianist...
to perform his famous What are you doing the rest of your life song during the Legrand’s concert at the prestigious 50th Jubilee Jazz Jamboree festival in Warsaw
Warsaw
Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...
. Jazz Vocalist of the Year in Poland for the years of 2009 and 2010 elected by the readers of the "Jazz Forum" magazine.
Except from active performing, he also has a great experience as a composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, arranger
Arranger
In investment banking, an arranger is a provider of funds in the syndication of a debt. They are entitled to syndicate the loan or bond issue, and may be referred to as the "lead underwriter". This is because this entity bears the risk of being able to sell the underlying securities/debt or the...
, and teacher
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
. He teaches vocal class at Fryderyk Chopin's College of Music in Warsaw and at the Academy of Music in Poznań. Also, he has worked for many years now as a teacher and instructor
Teacher
A teacher or schoolteacher is a person who provides education for pupils and students . The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. In many countries, a person who wishes to become a teacher must first obtain specified professional...
of famous Summer Workshops of Jazz Music in Puławy and Chodzież
Chodziez
Chodzież is a town in northwestern Poland with 20,400 inhabitants . Situated in the Chodzież County, Greater Poland Voivodeship , previously in Piła Voivodeship .-Geography:...
. Janusz Szrom holds the position of the Artistic Director for the Polish-Ukrainian Musical Workshop at Lwow. In addition to appearances on various TV and radio programs (Olga Lipińska Cabaret, Irena Kwiatkowska
Irena Kwiatkowska
Irena Kwiatkowska was a popular Polish actress, known in Poland for her many cabaret roles and monologues, as well as appearances in movies and television shows....
and Her Guests and others), he has served as a teacher in TV programs like Star Academy or Jak Oni Śpiewają
Soapstar Superstar
Soapstar Superstar was a reality singing competition produced by Granada Television which first aired on British television station ITV in 2006. In the competition, ten soap opera actors perform in front of a celebrity panel, which included Cilla Black, Billy Sammeth and Chris Cowey...
.
He took part in two music theatre
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
performances:
- in 1999 at Ateneum Theatre, Warsaw, in the play inspired by Jonasz KoftaJonasz KoftaJonasz Kofta, really name: Janusz Kofta was a Polish songwriter and poet....
’s lyrics - Kofta (directed by Artur BarciśArtur BarciśArtur Barciś is a Polish actor. He appeared in the television series Aby do świtu... in 1992. and Kieślowski's "Dekalog"-References:...
), co-starring with Joanna Trzepiecińska;
- in 2008 at Centralny Basen Artystyczny, in the play based on the greatest songs of polish 19th century great composer Stanisław MoniuszkoStanisław MoniuszkoStanisław Moniuszko was a Polish composer, conductor and teacher. His output includes many songs and operas, and his musical style is filled with patriotic folk themes of the peoples of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth...
, rearranged by greatest contemporary composers like Włodzimierz Nahorny or Andrzej Jagodziński - Moniuszkowo (directed by Barbara Dziekan).
Janusz Szrom is also an author of the music project called Straszni Panowie Trzej. It happens to be a first jazz arrangement of the songs from the unforgettable Older Gentelmen Cabaret, written by Jerzy Wasowski
Jerzy Wasowski
Jerzy Wasowski is a famous Polish composer, pianist, actor and director. He was the creator of Kabaret Starszych Panów with Jeremi Przybora.Many of his songs were popular. He created about 700 songs altogether.-External links:...
and Jeremi Przybora
Jeremi Przybora
Jeremi Przybora was a popular Polish poet, writer, actor and singer, best known for creating TV-series "Kabaret Starszych Panów" with Jerzy Wasowski and for his ballads and sung poetry, a popular music genre in Poland.-External links:*...
.
In 2009, two of his albums: "Straszni Panowie Trzej" and „Talk with me” has acquired a Gold Record Awards. A board member of the PSJ (Polish Jazz Society) since 2009.
Discography
- "Jazzowe poetycje" - Jacek i Wojtek Niedzielowie, Koch International 1996
- "Szeptem" - Anna Maria Jopek, Mercury/PolyGram, 1998
- "SODA", Koch International 1998
- "Gniew" - muzyka do filmu Marcina Ziębińskiego, Koch International 1998
- "Opole'99" - piosenki pochodzące z koncertu Premier 36 Krajowego Festiwalu Piosenki Polskiej "Opole '99"
- "Jazz w polsce-Antologia, 1950-200" - (Pierwsza antologia jazzu w Polsce), Polskie Radio SA 2002
- "Duke po polsku" - Wojciech Młynarski & Zbig’s Band: Futurex 2002
- "Historia roku minionego" - Jacek Niedziela, Megaus WA Records 2002
- "Kofta na bis-różni wykonawcy" - (Piosenki Jonasza Kofty), Warner Music Poland 2002
- "To Miłość Mi Wszystko Wyjaśniła" - Duszpasterstwo Środowisk Twórczych i Sportu Diecezji Warszawsko-Praskiej 2005
- "The Best of Polish Smooth Jazz vol.2" - Polonia Records 2006
- "Nieszpory – Artyści Polscy Janowi Pawłowi II w Hołdzie" - Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Muzyki Chrześcijańskiej Gospel / Polskie Radio SA 2006
- "Straszni Panowie Trzej" - (Piosenki z Kabaretu Starszych Panów), AGORA 2006
- "GITANA - electric, eclectic" - GITANA 2007
- "Cicho, cicho pastuszkowie" - Kolędy Włodzimierza Nahornego i Bogdana Loebla / BLUE NOTE 2007
- "Piosenki Jonasza Kofty" - (Zapis koncertu w radiowej "Trójce" 5.06.2002) / gazeta RZECZPOSPOLITA 2007
- "Strofki o miłości" - (Zapis koncertu w radiowej "Trójce" 12.03.2006) / gazeta RZECZPOSPOLITA 2007
- "Hymny - Artyści Janowi Pawłowi II w Hołdzie" - Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Muzyki Chrześcijańskiej Gospel 2008
- "Cafe Fogg" - (Piosenki Mieczysława Fogga), Sony BMG 2008
- "Przy Sercu Twoim" - (Kantata Maryjna Zbigniewa Małkowicza), Zbigniew Małkowicz 2008
- "Polish Jazz 2007" - (Sześciopłytowy box zawierający perełki jazzowe polskich gwiazd), Polonia Records 2008
- "Pogadaj ze mną" - (Piosenki Wojciecha Młynarskiego i Włodzimierza Nahornego), AGORA 2008
- "Patroni Europy i Polski - Artyści Janowi Pawłowi II w Hołdzie" - Stowarzyszenie Miłośników Muzyki Chrześcijańskiej Gospel / Polskie Radio SA 2009
- "Ewa Uryga - Jedno spojrzenie" - Grami Records 2009
- "Mazurek" - (Książka dla dzieci i płyta CD o Fryderyku Chopinie), Mazowieckie Centrum Kultury i Sztuki 2010
- "Vibraslap" - (Pierwszy autorski album grupy VibraslapVibraslapA vibraslap is a percussion instrument consisting of a piece of stiff wire connecting a wood ball to a hollow box of wood with metal “teeth” inside. The percussionist holds the metal wire in one hand and strikes the ball...
, LUNA 2010 - "Kaczmarski & Jazz" - (Piosenki Jacka KaczmarskiegoJacek KaczmarskiJacek Kaczmarski was a Polish singer, songwriter, poet and author.Kaczmarski was a voice of the Solidarity trade union movement in 1980s Poland, for his commitment to a free Poland, independent of Soviet rule. His songs criticized the ruling communist regime and appealed to the tradition of...
w jazzowych interpretacjach Marii SadowskiejMaria SadowskaMaria Sadowska , also credited as Marysia Sadowska or simply as Marysia, is a Polish pop singer, music producer and screenwriter.-Early life:...
, Anny Serafińskiej i Janusza Szroma), QM MUSIC 2010 - "Młynarski, żyj kolorowo" - (seria: „Poeci Polskiej Piosenki), Universal Music Group 2011
- "Przybora - Piosenka jest dobra na wszystko" - (seria: „Poeci Polskiej Piosenki), Universal Music Group 2011