Wojciech Myrczek - NOSPR

He is an award-winning jazz vocalist from Poland. Since he has been raised in the family of musicians, his musical journey has begun early with learning cello-playing basics. During college he has turned his interests to jazz and graduated from The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of jazz singing. He developed soon remarkable skills in scat improvisation supported by his vivid harmonic imagination. In his music Myrczek refers to both instrumental approach to human voice as well as crooning tradition.

Prizes: 1st Prize and The Public Prize of the 11th Shure Montreux Jazz Voice Competition (Switzerland, 2013), Grand Prix of Jazz Voices 2011 (Lithuania), Individual Prize of LOTOS Jazz Festival – Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa 2010 (Poland), 1st Prize of International Meeting of Jazz Vocalist in Zamość 2007 (Poland).

Awards: Vocalist of the Year 2019, Vocalist of the Year 2018, Vocalist of the Year 2017, Vocalist of the Year 2016, Vocalist of the Year 2015 (Jazz Forum magazine readers pool), Grand Prix Jazz Melomani 2014 – New Hope, Award for cultural service founded by Mayor of Czechowice-Dziedzice (Poland, 2014), Award for cultural service by District of Bielsko-Biała.

Albums (as a lider): Myrczek & Tomaszewski – Love Revisited (2014), Wojciech Myrczek Quintet– We’ll Be Together Again (2010).

During his career he worked with Tomasz Stańko, Jan „Ptaszyn” Wróblewski, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Robert Majewski, Krzysztof Herdzin, Bernard Maseli, Lora Szafran, Anna Serafińska, Michael „Patches” Stewart, the Katowice City Singers' Ensemble Camerata Silesia, AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, and many others.

He performed on many international jazz festivals, i.e. Montreux Jazz Festival, The Hague Jazz, Brisbane Jazz Festival, Sofia Jazz Peak, LOTOS Jazz Festival – Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa, Kolory Polski.

Faculty member at AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków (2018–now) and The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice (2012–2019).