Adam Pieronczyk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Adam Pieronczyk

Polish saxophonist and jazz musician

Date of Birth: 24-Jan-1970

Place of Birth: Elbląg, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: saxophonist, jazz musician

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Adam Pieronczyk (born January 24, 1970, Elblag) is a Polish jazz saxophonist and composer.
He started playing saxophone at age 18 and at that time, moved to Germany with his family.
He studied at the Jazz Department of Folkwang University of the Arts (Essen, Germany), graduated in 1996 and moved back to Poland.
He plays tenor, soprano and alto saxophone as well as Arabic zoucra. Pieronczyk is a winner of multiple awards, both musical and cultural.
Among them, 18 nominations in 12 different categories and double Polish industry music awards - Fryderyk (the Polish Grammy) for Artist of the Year, Best Jazz CD of the Year, Jazz Melomani etc.
and has been chosen Best Soprano Saxophonist of the Year for the 15th consecutive year by Jazz Forum, a Polish jazz magazine. Served as Artistic Director for the Jazz aux Oudayas festival and Jazz Au Chellah in Rabat, Morocco in 2004-2005 Sopot Jazz Festival in Poland (2011 -2015) and since 2019 - Jazz Juniors Festival in Krakow.
He also composes music for theatre.
He currently resides in Kraków, Poland. Adam Pieronczyk has worked with musicians such as: Sam Rivers, Archie Shepp, Miroslav Vitous, Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Bobby McFerrin, Jeff 'Tain' Watts, Trilok Gurtu, Mino Cinelu, Tomasz Stanko, Ted Curson, Avishai Cohen, Ernst Reijseger, Lage Lund, Orlando Le Fleming, Joe Martin, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Anthony Cox, Joey Calderazzo and Leszek Mozdzer.