Dorota Miśkiewicz & Atom String Quartet at 12on14 Club

Dorota Miśkiewicz - A graduate of Akademia Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina in Warsaw, violin class. She quickly realized that the only instrument she truly needs is her vocal cords. A daughter of a famous jazz saxophonist, Henryk Miśkiewicz, began her career in a Włodzimierz Nahorny group, with whom she recorded the albums dedicated to the polish composers like Karol Szymanowski, Fryderyk Chopin, Mieczysław Karłowicz. Their cooperation lasts since 1995. The abilities and versatility caused many collaboration invitations from many outstanding personalities like the diva from Capo Verde - Cesaria Evora, Stefano Bollani, Nigel Kennedy or even Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski, Wojciech Młynarski and Grzegorz Turnau, with whom she records and performs on a regular basis from 2005. ...

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Dorota Miśkiewicz - A graduate of Akademia Muzyczna im. Fryderyka Chopina in Warsaw, violin class. She quickly realized that the only instrument she truly needs is her vocal cords. A daughter of a famous jazz saxophonist, Henryk Miśkiewicz, began her career in a Włodzimierz Nahorny group, with whom she recorded the albums dedicated to the polish composers like Karol Szymanowski, Fryderyk Chopin, Mieczysław Karłowicz. Their cooperation lasts since 1995. The abilities and versatility caused many collaboration invitations from many outstanding personalities like the diva from Capo Verde - Cesaria Evora, Stefano Bollani, Nigel Kennedy or even Jan "Ptaszyn" Wróblewski, Wojciech Młynarski and Grzegorz Turnau, with whom she records and performs on a regular basis from 2005.
Under her name, she realized seven albums: „Dorota Miśkiewicz Goes to Heaven – Zatrzymaj się” (2002), „Pod rzęsami” (2005), „Caminho” (2008), „Ale” (2012), „Lutosławski, Tuwim. Piosenki nie tylko dla dzieci” (2013), „Best of” (2016) and „Piano.pl” (2016).
She is an artist who is experimenting with jazz, pop, Brazilian, Afroamerican and Balkan music. She is also an author and a composer of many songs that she performs. She supports a campaign "Legalna Kultura" as an ambassador.

Atom String Quartet is one of the most intriguing string quartets in the world which belongs to the group of the best jazz performers in Poland. ASQ combines the abilities of a string quartet with the broader improvisation. It is really difficult to determine the style of their music. In their work - besides jazz - you can hear sounds inspired by polish folk, music from all over the world and also classical and modern music.

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