Dominik Wania was born in Sanok, Poland and began the study of piano at age three. He attended elementary and secondary music schools in Sanok, and 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. In 2008 DW graduated from NEC with Academic Honors and was nominated to Pi Kappa Lambda Honors Society. In 2001, DW received first prize in the Tadeusz Zmudzinski Scholarship in Krakow. In 1997 he met the President of Poland, Aleksander Kwasniewski, representing the many gifted youth of Poland. In 1998, he was named Art and Culture Laureate of Nagroda Miasta Sanoka (The Town of Sanok Prize), in 1999 he received a scholarship from the Polish Prime Minister and in 2007 became Honorable Member of Sanok Musical Society. DW is the recipient of numerous awards, including first prize in the 7th Annual International Contest of Contemporary Chamber Music in Krakow; first place and honorable mention in the 7th Polish Contest of Jazz Standards, Siedlce, 2003; first place in the 6th Polish Festival of Young Jazz and Blues Bands, Gdynia, 2003; and first place in the International Contest Jazz Juniors, Krakow, 2004, honorable mention at Jazz nad Odra, Wroclaw, 2005, first place in the 2nd Jazz Pianist Competition, Warsaw, 2005. He has performed with many prominent musicians: Jacek Kochan, Zbigniew Namysłowski, Janusz Muniak, Bronisław Suchanek, Jan Pilch, Franz Hautzinger, Andy Manndorff, Dante Luciani, Gary Thomas, George Garzone to name just a few.
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