Katowice, Śląskie, Poland
Piotr Schmidt PhD (b.1985) – jazz trumpeter, band leader, music producer and publisher, lecturer at the Jazz Institutes of the University of Applied Sciences in Nysa and the Katowice Academy of Music, where in 2016 he gained a doctoral degree in Music. In 2006 he won a scholarship to University of Louisville, Kentucky and early in his career (2006-2010) he won many individual awards and Grand Prix’s now being one of the most important jazz figures in Poland and middle Europe. To date, Piotr has produced and published 15 own albums. Since 2011 Piotr has ranked among the best three jazz trumpeters in the annual Jazz Top poll of the Jazz Forum European magazine. One of his latest project: Piotr Schmidt Quartet – Tribute to Tomasz Stańko is considered by Wolf Mueller (Sony Music Germany) as one of the best 10 albums from 2018 in the World.) Two of his albums (Dark Forecast & Komeda Unknown 1967 were distributed and promoted by O-Tone Music (from Giessen, Germany), gaining many remarkable reviews. Among Piotr’s many collaborators are: Walter Smith III, Alex Hutchings, Matthew Stevens, Harish Raghavan, Ernesto Simpson, Jonathan Barber, Ed Partyka, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Dante Luciani, Francesco Angiuli, Wiesław Pieregorólka, Grzech Piotrowski, Wojciech Karolak, Wojciech Myrczek, Apostolis Anthimos, Maciej Sikała, Marek Napiórkowski, Krzysztof Herdzin, Dominik Wania, Paweł Kaczmarczyk and Paweł Tomaszewski. Piotr has also worked with such popularly acclaimed artists in Poland as Krystyna Prońko, Ewa Bem, Kuba Badach, Janusz Radek, Ten Typ Mes (Piotr Szmidt) and Miuosh. Contact: [email protected]
Piotr Schmidt (PhD) - an award-winning artist present on the market since 2008, he has performed with the greatest stars of Polish jazz and popular music. He has 15 original albums to his credit. He has given countless interviews and hundreds of reviews and articles have been published about his music. He was featured on the covers of seven magazines, including Jazz Forum, JazzPress, Strefa Biznesu, Ultramaryna, Living Room, etc... lecturer at two jazz faculties (Nysa, Katowice), one of the most jazz-oriented artists in the country. Leader of many bands with whom he performed at the largest Polish and international jazz festivals.