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Mateusz Smoczy\u0144ski \u2013 violinist, composer and bandleader who moves freely between genres. He is a co-founder of the Atom String Quartet and New Trio, leads his own quintet and performs in a duo with cellist Stephan Braun.<\/p>\n

In recent years Smoczy\u0144ski has devoted himself to composition that resists easy classification, bringing together symphonic music, jazz and improvisation. He has written five violin concertos with orchestra, among them \u201cAdam\u2019s Apple\u201d for violin, \u201c2PiX\u201d for violin and saxophone, performed together with Branford Marsalis, and \u201cFallen Angel\u201d, written for Janusz Olejniczak. He is also the author of the jazz suite \u201cOver the Clouds\u201d, performed with Markus Stockhausen, and of the string quartet \u201cPictures from Warsaw\u201d, released in 2024 on the album Universum. His violin concerto \u201cAdam\u2019s Apple\u201d was released on record by Warner Music (2024). Winner of the 2025 Fryderyk Award for Jazz Composer of the Year.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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