The second stage of the project, inspired by the achievements of the famous Polish explorer from the 1800s, Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, began in April 2024.
On April 16th, the Polish duo of Piotr Damasiewicz and Kuba Wójcik started their eight concert tour in Bangladesh and India, which also includes additional workshops with local musicians and youth. It will continue till the end of the month, culminating with their participation in the International Jazz Day celebrations in New Delhi on April 30th.
Meanwhile, on April 19th another Polish jazz band, Confusion Project, started its Chinese concert tour in the course of the project, with a guest appearance by Italian singer Simona De Rosa. Their fifteen show schedule includes, among others, the famed Blue Note club in Beijing and at the Lincoln Center in Shanghai.
At the same time - Poland's Unleashed Cooperation group entered the second part of its April tour around the CEE and Balkan countries. After performing in Slovakia's Banska Bystrica, Czech Republic's Brno and Hungary's Budapest over the weekend - now they have shows in Croatia's Zagreb, Austria's Graz, Slovenia's Ljubljana and Slovakia's Bratislava lined up till the end of the month.
JAZZ PO POLSKU Foundation's 'Around the World' project started in May of 2023 - and will last until the end of 2025. Within these three years, Polish jazz artists are scheduled to visit more than twenty countries and play over a hundred of concerts on four continents - more-less half of which have already been performed.
The project is carried out in collaboration with Polish diplomatic missions around the World, as well as with a number of local partners. The honorary patronage over the project has been taken by Poland's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and its 2024 partners include Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Polish Institute in New Delhi, LOT Polish Airlines and the Industrial Development Agency Foundation.
The JAZZ PO POLSKU foundation is a non-governmental organization presenting a wide spectrum of contemporary Polish jazz artists. It helps establish international collaborations and integrates artistic environments from various cultures - striving to refresh and consolidate the image of Polish jazz around the globe.
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Source: JAZZ PO POLSKU Foundation