Polish Cultural Institute
and the
New York Dance and Arts Innovations
present
a solo concert by the astonishing and inventive young jazz pianist
MARCIN MASECKI
as part of the
8th International Chopin & Friends Festival
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2006
7:30 PM
JOE’S PUB
425 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10003
(bet’n East 4th and Astor Place)
(212) 539-8778
"Marcin Masecki's music requires of the listener concentration, imagination, and a break with the accustomed way of listening to jazz. Marcin astonished the audience with his creativity, vitality and technical prowess. He is a talent with a great future."
- Jazz Forum
The Warsaw-born Masecki made a sensation in Moscow in 2005, winning the main prize at the International Jazz Piano Competition, awarded by a jury presided over by France's legendary Martial Solal. Raised in a musical family, Marcin started his music adventure very early, doing ear training and harmony exercises/games at age 3 with his father, a clarinetist, and taking up the piano at age seven. By twelve, he was a regular at the legendary Polish jazz club "Akwarium" and formed his own trio and started performing at various festivals by 15. A year later he joined a young group, Alchemik, which won the prestigious Jazz Hoeilaart competition in Belgium with Marcin winning the "best soloist" prize. On a scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music, he studied with outstanding musicians such as Dave Samuels, Robert Moog and Danilo Perez , later returning to Poland, where he guested with the “Innocent Sorcerers – Live”, playing beside the great trumpeter Tomasz Stanko, and performed solo or with Trio at various festivals at home and abroad.