Dominik Wania (born 24 November 1981 in Sanok, Poland) is a Polish pianist and composer.
Biography Wania started his piano studies at age three. In 2005 he graduated from the Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland, where he was an honors music student studying classical piano performance. In 2006 he was awarded The Helena Foundation Presidential Scholarship at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he pursued Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance. While at NEC Dominik Wania studied with Danilo Perez, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Ran Blake, Allan Chase and Frank Carlberg. He also was a member of one of NEC’s prestigious Honors Ensembles.
Wania has performed and collaborated with musicians like Vladislav Sendecki, Tomasz Stańko, Marcus Miller, Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Anders Jormin, Gary Thomas, George Garzone, Eddie Henderson, Marilyn Mazur, Joey Baron, Nguyen Le, Don Byron, Jacek Kochan, Zbigniew Namysłowski, and Janusz Muniak among others. Currently he is involved with projects including Maciej Obara International Quartet with Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen, and Noise Trio. Besides giving performances he is also a DMA faculty member at the Academy of Music in Krakow and Institute of Jazz in Katowice. The release of his debut album Ravel (2013) was with Ravel’s Miroirs arranged for jazz trio.
Honors
2003: 1st Prize at the 7th International Contemporary Chamber Music Competition in Kraków 2005: 1st Prize at the 2nd Jazz Piano Competition in Warsaw 2008: Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship 'Młoda Polska' 2014: Gwarancja Kultury in the 'Jazz, Rock, and Other' category 2014: Fryderyk Awards in categories: Jazz Album of the Year (Ravel), Jazz Artist of the Year, Jazz Debut of the Year
Discography
Solo albums
2020: Lonely Shadows (ECM)
Trio with Lisa Gerrard/Zbigniew Preisner
2019: Zbigniew Preisner: Melodies of My Youth (Preisner Productions, Universal Music Polska, Chester Music Ltd.) With Dominik Wania Trio 2013: Ravel (For Tune)
Collaborations
With George Garzone, Jacek Kochan Andrzej Święs
2011: Filing The Profile (Intuition) With JWP.org 2004: Organizacja Live at Radio Katowice
With Vitaliy Ivanov Quartet 2006: Returning Live in Kiev DVD
With Bronisław Suchanek & Dominik Wania duo 2008: Sketch in Blue (Self Release)
With Geni Skendo & Dominik Wania duo 2008: Portraits (Shakuhachi & Piano Duets)
With Jacek Kochan and Michał Barański feat. Gary Thomas 2008: Man of No Words (GOWI)
With Tomek Grochot Quintet feat. Eddie Henderson 2010: My Stories (Self Release)
With Jacek Kochan Trio feat. George Garzone 2011: Filling the Profile (Intuition)
With Maciej Obara Quartet 2011: Equilibrium (Ars Cameralis Silesiae Superiors), with Maciej Garbowski, Krzysztof Gradziuk 2017: Unloved (ECM Records), with Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen 2019: Three Crowns (ECM Records), with Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen
With Piotr Baron Quintet 2012: Jazz na Hrade Live at Prague Castle (Multisonic)
With Wojtek Fedkowicz Noise Trio 2013: Post-Digital Dreamers (Audio Cave)
With Power of the Horns 2013: Alaman Live (For Tune)
With Maciej Obara International (Ole Morten Vågan, Gard Nilssen) 2013: Live at Manggha (For Tune) 2013: Komeda Live (For Tune) 2015: Live in Mińsk Mazowiecki (For Tune)
With Nak Trio 2015: The Other Side of If (Double Moon) 2017: Ambush (ForTune), Nak Trio & Arcos
With N S I Quartet (Bartek Prucnal, Cyprian Baszyński, Dawid Fortuna, Maciej Adamczak) 2017: The Look of Cobra (Audio Cave)
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