Stanisław Słowiński is one of the most prolific musicians on the Polish jazz scene. As a frontman of his own projects, a sideman and a session musician, he performs more than 100 concerts a year, visiting club and festival scenes around the world, including Chile, China, South Korea, Iceland, Spain, Serbia and Hungary. He is the winner of many awards, including the 39th Jazz Juniors Grand Prix and the Audience Prize at the 1st International Zbigniew Seifert Jazz Violin Competition. He debuted with Landscapes Too Easy To Explain album, his own material recorded with the Quintet, distributed worldwide by Hevhetia label. The album was praised by fans and critics alike. In 2017 Chinese audience saw the band performing tracks from their second album Visions | Between Love And Death.
According to Jakub Krzeszowski, the project’s founder, Jazz Po Polsku is a music platform presenting a wide spectrum of young Polish musicians from the impro scene. It helps in establishing cultural cooperation and integrates artists from many countries.
The tour of Stanisław Słowiński Quintet was their third in China. Previous one was a part of the Season of Culture – a program of the Chinese Ministry of Culture promoting the 16+1 initiative aimed at enhancing collaboration between China and Central and Eastern European countries, as well as the idea of the new Silk Road.
The 2018 tour was organized by Plateaux Foundation as a part of the project Jazz Po Polsku Live in China 2018.
Financed by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage within the framework of the 2017-2022 Multiannual Programme NIEPODLEGŁA, as part of the Cultural Bridges subsidy programme of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
The concerts were organised in collaboration with the Chinese Jazz Association (CJA) and supported by the Polish Institute in Beijing – Culture Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Beijing, Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Guangzhou and Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Shanghai.
Stanisław Słowiński Quintet Live in China 2018 | JAZZ PO POLSKU
- 26th May 2018, 7:30 pm, Shenzhen, MIDI Live House
1F, Area B, Longgang Cultural Centre, No. 8308 Longxiang Street, Longgang
Tickets: 50/70 RMB - 27th May 2018, 7:00 pm, Shenzhen, Vinylhouse (press conference & workshop)
Floor 8, Block 2A, Software Industrial Base, Nanshan
Free entry - 29th May 2018 8:00 pm, Shenzhen, Mars
Tickets: 80/100 RMB - 30th May 2018 10:00 pm, Shenzhen, Lavo
Level 1M, Kerry Plaza Building T3, Zhongxin 3rd Road, Futian
Free entry - 31st May 2018 9:00 pm, Guangzhou, JZ Club
Haizhu District
Tickets: 60/80 RMB - 1st June 2018 9:30 pm, Xi’an, Meeting Jazz Club
South Shuncheng Road Zhuque Gate - 2nd June 2018 9:00 pm, Xi’an, Meeting Jazz Club
South Shuncheng Road Zhuque Gate - 3rd June 2018 9:30 pm, Xi’an, Meeting Jazz Club
South Shuncheng Road Zhuque Gate - 5th June 2018 7:15 pm, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music
No. 1 Zheyin Road, Zhuantang Ave, West Lake District
Free entry - 6th June 2018 2:00 pm, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music (workshop)
No. 1 Zheyin Road, Zhuantang Ave, West Lake District
Free entry - 7th June 2018 7:15 pm, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Conservatory of Music (jam session)
No. 1 Zheyin Road, Zhuantang Ave, West Lake District
Free entry - 9th June 2018 2:00 pm, Ningbo, Culture and Art Training Center (workshop)
3F Multifunction Hall Ningbo Culture and Art Training Center, No. 1900 East Zhongshan Road, Yinzhou District
Free entry - 9th June 2018 7:00 pm, Ningbo, Cultural Plaza (outdoor)
No. 1800 Ningchuan Road, Yinzhou District
Free entry - 10th June 2018 7:00 pm, Ningbo, Culture and Art Training Center
3F Theater, No. 1900 East Zhongshan Road, Yinzhou District
Free entry - 11th June 2018 7:00 pm, Ningbo, Zhejiang University Ningbo Institute of Technology (ZUNIT)
No. 1 Xuefu Road, Yinzhou District
Free entry - 12th June 2018 7:00 pm, Taizhou, Art Workshop of Taizhou Cultural Center
No. 58 Mid Guangchang Road, Jiaojiang District - 13th June 2018 9:00 pm, Shanghai, JZ Club
No. 158 Julu Road, Huangpu District
Tickets: 80/100 RMB - 16th June 2018 3:00 pm, Beijing, DDC
No. 14 Shanlao Hutong, Dongcheng District
Tickets: 60/80 RMB - 16 June 2018 10:00 pm, Beijing, Good Bait
1-6, Building No. 6, South Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District
Source: promotional materials, Jazz Po Polsku