Oktawia

(...)Oktawia is a professionalist in every respect- as a vocalist, flute player, arranger and even as a dancer. She is a child of the stage! Although we’ve known her from the philharmonic where she has played with the key young Polish jazz musicians for three years, her musical fantasies are only beginning to flourish. Soon her debut album will come out, where she presents in her own way all the nostalgia to our classical music from the romanticism period, as well as jazz, movie tracks and music from TV. She reaches to finest songs performed previously by “The Older Man Band” , Jeremy Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski’s cabaret from Poland, as well as the forgotten Bronislaw Kapper, an Oscar Award winner from Hollywood and Broadway(...) Wlodzimierz Kleszcz (“Kleszczowisko”) Polish National Radio. ...............Oktawia Kawecka, is a vocalist, flute player, arranger, and also the leader of her own band. She performs her own arrangements- different shades of jazz, worldwide standards of classical music which she arranges combining fresh and modern sounds at the same time keeping her attitude and devotion towards the mainstream jazz music. Her reportoire includes songs in Polish, English, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese and Italian. She is currently studying at F. Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw, Poland. Oktawia Kawecka, born in Radom, Poland, been performing since her childhood, winning many acclaimed awards at Polish and international music festivals, including for example Polish TV channel 1 award at the International Music&Dance Festival in Konin. Since her early years she has also performed in numerous theatre plays. She has recorded for radio and TV- Polish National Radio, Jazzradio, Radio Krakow, Polish TVP1, TVP2, TVP3 and Polsat TV stations. Oktawia's debut album will be released in mid September 2008. Her modern arrangements put signifciant emotional emphasis on the Polish composers and their works. Apart from her own songs, the album includes a jazz waltz inspired by F.Chopin's etiude, works by Stanislaw Moniuszko, worldwide renowned jazz musician Michal Urbaniak, Jerzy Wasowski, Jeremi Przybora. What is more, Oktawia as one of the first musicans in Poland recorded two songs composed by an Oscar award winner composer Bronislaw Kapper. With her debut album kept in acoustic climate, Oktawia presents the artistry and professionalism of the young jazz musicians generation. awards: 1.The second prize at the 19th International Jazz Standards Festival, Siedlce 2005, 2.The third prize at The International Jazz Vocalists Meeting, Zamość 2005, 3.Individual Prize at The Interational Jazz Festival „Krokus”, Jelenia Góra 2005, 4.Individual Prize at the Polish Contest „Scena Młodych”. Radom 2004, 5.Award for the best solist at „Nadzieje Warszawy” , Warsaw 2005, 6.Special award given by the Polish President Lech Kaczyński at „Nadzieje Warszawy” , Warsaw 2005.