Wojciech Staroniewicz

Wojciech Staroniewicz, saxophonist and composer (born in 1954 in Sopot), who has been playing in front of audiences for over 20 years. 1985 – First collective prize and first individual prize for the best composed piece at the Jazz Juniors festival. In 1986, together with the band Set-Off, he won the first prize “Golden Key To Career” at the Pomeranian Jazz Autumn. He also received the second prize at the Inernational Contest for Youth Orchestras in Hoeilaart, Belgium. Wojtek has performed on the main stages at of Jazz Jamboree, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days and Gdynia Summer Jazz Days – the same stages where Kenny Garrett, Chick Corea and David Sanchez also performed. Wojtek Staroniewicz was the only Polish sax player to have gone as far as to the semifinals of the International Jazz Improvisation Competition in Washington, D.C. in 1991. He has collaborated with Metro musical. He is cooperating with Norwegian group Loud Jazz Band, and also with Wlodzimierz Nahorny in “Polish Fantasy” project. His band plays contemporary jazz based on Wojtek’s original compositions.