Anna Maria Jopek is a Polish

Poland

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 musician and singer. She represented her country in the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest

Eurovision Song Contest 1997

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, with the song "Ale jestem

Ale jestem

"Ale jestem" was the Polish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, performed in Polish by Anna Maria Jopek.The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Jopek singing about her realisation that life is there to be lived...

" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she collaborated on an album with jazz guitar

Jazz guitar

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ist Pat Metheny

Pat Metheny

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. She is the recipient of numerous awards for her music, including Michel Legrand

Michel Legrand

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's Personal Award in Vitebsk

Vitebsk

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 in 1994, as well as all of the awards for music in Poland, together with gold and platinum records. However, she has said: "Music itself is the highest award for me. And the greatest challenge. With so many questions remaining to be answered".
She's married to music journalist, photographer and guitarist Marcin Kydryński, and has two sons, Franciszek (b. 1998) and Stanisław (b. 2000).

Anna Maria Jopek is the daughter of Mazowsze

Mazowsze (folk group)

Mazowsze is a famous Polish folk group. It is named after the Mazowsze region of Poland.-History:...

 singer Stanisław Jopek (1935–2006), who is known as the "First Coachman of Poland" for his signature song "Furman" (The Coachman), and former Mazowsze dancer Maria Stankiewicz.
Her 1999 Christmas album

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 Dzisiaj z Betleyem features two duets with her father. Anna Maria's sister, Patrycja is a violin

Violin

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ist.

In 2007 she recorded album ID with such artist as Mino Cinelu

Mino Cinelu

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, Christian McBride

Christian McBride

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, Richard Bona

Richard Bona

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, Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis

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, Dhafer Youssef

Dhafer Youssef

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, Tord Gustavsen

Tord Gustavsen

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 and Oscar Castro-Neves

Oscar Castro-Neves

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In April/May 2009 she did a tour with stops in Russia

Russia

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, Indonesia

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, Singapore

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 and Japan

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Albums

• Ale jestem (1997)
• Szeptem (1998)
• Jasnosłyszenie (1999)
• Dzisiaj z Betleyem (1999)
• Bosa (2000) POL #3
• Barefoot (international edition of Bosa) (2002)
• Nienasycenie (2002) POL #1
• Upojenie
  Upojenie
  Upojenie is a 2002 collaboration between Polish folk and jazz singer Anna Maria Jopek and jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, recorded in Warsaw, Poland. It features Jopek's compositions and traditional folk song arrangements, as well as some of Metheny's well known tracks, such as Follow Me from...
  
  (with Pat Metheny
  Pat Metheny
  Patrick Bruce "Pat" Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer.One of the most successful and critically acclaimed jazz musicians to come to prominence in the 1970s and '80s, he is the leader of the Pat Metheny Group and is also involved in duets, solo works and other side projects...
  
  ) (2002) POL #1
• Farat (live
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  ) (2003) POL #2
• Secret (2005) POL #3
• Niebo (2005) POL #2
• ID (2007) POL #1
• BMW Jazz Club Volume 1: Jo & Co (live) (2008)

Special editions

• Z pamięci (special edition
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   of Farat) (2003)
• Niebo Special edition (2006)
• Dwa serduszka, cztery oczy (special edition of ID, 3 CD: ID, Spoza and Jo & Co) (2008)

Singles

• Chwilozofia 32-bitowa (1996)
• Ale jestem (1997)
• Joszko Broda (1997)
• Nie przychodzisz mi do głowy (1997)
• Cud niepamięci (1998)
• Przed rozstaniem (1998)
• Ja wysiadam (1999)
• Księżyc jest niemym posłańcem (1999)
• Na całej połaci śnieg (with Jeremi Przybora
  Jeremi Przybora
  Jeremi Przybora was a popular Polish poet, writer, actor and singer, best known for creating TV-series "Kabaret Starszych Panów" with Jerzy Wasowski and for his ballads and sung poetry, a popular music genre in Poland.-External links:*...
  
  , 1999)
• Nadzieja nam się stanie (1999)
• Smutny bóg (2000)
• Ślady po Tobie (2000)
• Szepty i łzy (2000)
• Jeżeli chcesz (2000)
• Henry Lee / Tam, gdzie rosną dzikie róże (with Maciej Maleńczuk, 2001)
• Upojenie (2001)
• Na dłoni (2002)
• O co tyle milczenia (2002)
• I pozostanie tajemnicą (2002)
• Małe dzieci po to są (2003)
• Tam, gdzie nie sięga wzrok (2003)
• Mania Mienia (2003)
• Możliwe (2004)
• Gdy mówią mi (2005)
• Niebo (2006)
• A gdybyśmy nigdy się nie spotkali (2006)
• Teraz i tu (2007)
• Zrób, co możesz (2007)
• Skłamałabym (2007)
• Cisza na skronie, na powieki słońce (2008)
• Możliwe (2009)
• Sypka Warszawa (2009)

External links

• Official website