Maciej Fortuna
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Maciej Fortuna is a Polish
Poland
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 trumpet player, composer and musical educator. He is considered one of the most dynamic and versatile artist among young generation of polish jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 musicians.

Maciej graduated The University of Poznan Law School (2007) and he obtained master degree with first class honours in The Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Piotr Wojtasik jazz trumpet class (2010). He has played with many famous artist from Poland, Europe and USA (Piotr Wojtasik, Jerzy Milian, Jerzy Główczewski, Janusz Brych, Stanisław Fiałkowski, Piotr Kałużny, Krzysztof Przybyłowicz, Zbigniew Wrombel, Marcin Jahr, Przemysław Raminiak, Mack Goldsbury, Reggie Moore, Ernst Bier, Stefan Weeke, Larry Porter, Frank Parker, Ray Blue). He has won a lot of prizes as a soloist and with his bands.

Maciej Fortuna is also a session musician
Session musician
Session musicians are instrumental and vocal performers, musicians, who are available to work with others at live performances or recording sessions. Usually such musicians are not permanent members of a musical ensemble and often do not achieve fame in their own right as soloists or bandleaders...

, he performed and is performing with many different artists, very often recording for radio or television. He is a lecturer in The Academy of Music in Poznan (Poland), jazz trumpet class.

Group membership

AS A LEADER:
  • Maciej Fortuna Quartet
  • Maciej Fortuna Quintet


AS CO-LEADER:
  • Maciej Fortuna & Stefan Weeke Project


MEMBER OF THE GROUPS:
  • Mack Goldsbury & The Polish Connection
  • Ernst Bier & Mack Goldsbury Group
  • Switch On Quintet

Awards

  • Grand Prix, TVP KULTURA prize, TVP President Prize during Young Talent Competition ‘Niemen Non Stop’ in Słupsk (July 2008)
  • I prize during Kodolanyi Jazz Competition (July 2008) with Switch On Quintet
  • finalist of Junior Jazz in Usti Nad Laba (2008) with the same group
  • finalist of Ist International Tarnow Jazz Contest (2008) with Maciej Fortuna Quintet
  • II prize during Jazz Juniors Competition (2008) with Maciej Fortuna Quintet
  • best soloist prize during Bydgoszcz Big Band Festiwal 2008 and Baszta Jazz Festiwal 2008
  • honourable in the same category during Big Band Festival in Nowy Tomysl (2008)

Discography

  • 2009 - “In The Small Hours” (Maciej Fortuna&Stefan Weeke Project)
  • 2010 - “Artesia Sunrise” (live from A-Trane in Berlin, Ernst Bier&Mack Goldsbury Group)

  • To be released Autumn 2010:
  • “Lost Keys” Maciej Fortuna Quartet
  • “Our car will never stop” Switch On Quintet
  • “Salt Miners Blues” Mack Goldsbury&The Polish Connection

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