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MP3 Oktawia - Oktawia
8 MP3 Songs in this album (39:25) !
Related styles: JAZZ: Mainstream Jazz, JAZZ: Jazz Vocals
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Oktawia Kawecka, born in Poland, is a vocalist, flute player, arranger, and also the leader of her own band. She performs her own arrangements- different shades of jazz, worldwide standards of classical music which she arranges combining fresh and modern sounds at the same time keeping her attitude and devotion towards the mainstream jazz music. Her reportoire includes songs in Polish, English, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Italian. She is currently studying at F. Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, Poland.
Oktawia Kawecka has been performing since her childhood, winning many acclaimed awards at Polish and international music festivals, including for example Polish TV channel 1 award at the International Music&Dance Festival in Konin. Since her early years she has also performed in numerous theatre plays. She has recorded for radio and TV- Polish National Radio, Jazzradio, Radio Krakow, Polish TVP1, TVP2, TVP3 and Polsat TV stations.
Oktawia Kawęcka cooperates with finest musicians known in Poland and worldwide. Among them we can mention Bogdan Hołownia, Rafał Sarnecki, Piotr Rodowicz, Sebastian Frankiewicz, Tomasz-Kciuk–Jaworski, Grzegoz Grzyb, Marcin Masecki, Piotr Wrombel, Piotr Zabrocki, Jan Smoczyński, Łukasz Poprawski, Piotr Sawicki, Wojciech Pulcyn, Ryszard Borowskim, Wojciech „Malina” Kowalewski, Piotr–Bocian–Cieślikowski Michal Urbaniak and many others. Okawia Kawęcka also performs with "Aquarium" big band and Latin-band
Oktawia has won many numerous prizes during festivals and musical competitions:
- Silver medal at The International 19th Jazz Standards Festival Siedlce 2005
- Bronze medal at The International Jazz Vocalists Meeting Zamosc 2005
- individual award at the International Jazz Krokus Festival, Jelenia Góra 2005
- a prizewinner of The Krzysztoff Penderecki International Competition Of Contemporary
Chamber Music in Krakow 2007
- distinction award of The 2004 Polish Jazz Competition "The Youth''s stage" in Radom
- special President Lech Kaczynski prize at the Hopes of Warsaw competition in 2005
- paricipated in „6th International Summer Music Festival” Dziekanka 2006
Oktawia''s debut album has been released this year in Poland. Her modern arrangements put signifciant emotional emphasis on the Polish composers and their works. Apart from her own songs, the album includes tracks by worldwide renowned jazz musician Michal Urbaniak, Jerzy Wasowski, Jeremi Przybora. What is more, Oktawia as one of the first musicans in Poland recorded two songs composed by an Oscar award winner composer Bronislaw Kapper.
With her debut album kept in aucustic and audophile climate, Oktawia presents the mastery and professionalism of the young jazz musicians generation. Oktawia''s voice has a chance to become the symbol of the new jazz generation.
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