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Dominik Wania - piano
DOMINIK WANIA (piano) is well known in Poland due to his collaborations with many famous musicians from the local jazz scene and his ability to use his classical education to inform his wide range of improvisational skills. He is also the recipient of the Młoda Polska scholarship which provided him the opportunity to study at The New England Conservatory in Boston under the direction of Danilo Perez.
Dominik Wania was born in Sanok, Poland and began the study of piano at age three. Graduated from the Academy of Music in Krakow, Poland in 2005 where he was an honors music student studying classical piano performance. In 2006 he was awarded The Helena Foundation Presidential Scholarship at New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where he pursued Master of Music degree in Jazz Performance. While at NEC Dominik Wania studied with Danilo Perez, Jerry Bergonzi, George Garzone, Ran Blake, Allan Chase and Frank Carlberg. He also was a member of one of NEC’s prestigious Honors Ensembles.
He has performed and collaborated with many prominent musicians: Tomasz Stanko, Marcus Miller, Dave Liebman, Lee Konitz, Anders Jormin, Gary Thomas, George Garzone, Eddie Henderson, Marilyn Mazur, Joey Baron, Nguyen Le, Don Byron, Jacek Kochan, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Janusz Muniak, Bronisław Suchanek, Zbigniew Wegehaupt, Piotr Baron, Piotr Wojtasik, Maciej Sikała to name a few. Currently he is involved with significant projects including Maciej Obara International Quartet and Noise Trio. Besides his performance activities he is also a DMA faculty member at the Academy of Music in Krakow and Institute of Jazz in Katowice. In June 2013 he released a debut album of his piano trio entitled „Ravel” (Maurice Ravel’s „Miroirs” arranged for jazz trio).
