About
SZYMON ŁUKOWSKI - saxophonist, clarinetist, flutist, keyboardist, composer, arranger, and bandleader, born June 10th, 1986 in Bydgoszcz Poland. He graduated from the F. Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in A. Dudziński's clarinet class (2010), the S. Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk in M. Sikała's jazz saxophone class (2014), and M. Sikała's jazz flute class (2022). Doctor of Musical Arts, lecturer at Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz and Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.
Winner of numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the Petersburg Spring 2019 competition, 1st place in the Soloist category at the Blue Note Poznań Competition (2014), Best Instrumentalist Award at the 16th Review of Young Jazz and Blues Bands of the Gdynia Sax Club (2013), Best Instrumentalist at the 13th Big Band Festival in Nowy Tomyśl (2008), and 2nd prize at the Student Jazz Festival in Bydgoszcz with the Walking Quartet (2009).
Recipient of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship (2011), and the Artistic Scholarship of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship three times (2013, 2015, 2019).
He comfortably navigates various musical styles, from jazz to fusion, Latin, and experimental music, focusing mainly on contemporary jazz in its various forms. Currently, he is a member of groups such as the Szymon Łukowski Quartet, Krystyna Stańko Sextet, Orange Trane, Michał Gozdek Quartet, Bartosz Pernal Orchestra, Jan Konop Big Band, Eljazz Big Band, Bartosz Staszkiewicz Orchestra.
He has performed alongside artists such as Jerzy Małek, Cezary Paciorek, Jan Smoczyński, Maciej Sikała, Marcin Gawdzis, Przemek Dyakowski, Krystyna Stańko, Piotr Lemańczyk, Zbigniew and Jacek Namysłowski, Ilona Damięcka, Adam Żuchowski, Tomasz Sowiński, Jan Freicher, Dominik Wania, Adam Lemańczyk, Stanisław Soyka, Kasia Kowalska, Wojciech Pulcyn, Przemysław Jarosz, Sebastian Frankiewicz, Paweł Dobrowolski, Tyler Hornby, Kristian Alexandrov, Bartosz Pernal, Maciej Kądziela, Łukasz Ojdana, Michał Tokaj, and Aga Zaryan.
Szymon Łukowski is also the author of music for several theatrical productions, including the play "The Reunification of the Two Koreas" by J. Pommerat, directed by Łukasz Gajdzis, composed together with Tomasz Lewandowski.
He has also performed abroad in United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Greece and France.
Selected Discography
Ørganek: MTV Unplugged (2024)
LNSD Quartet - Unasked, Unanswered (2021)
Józef Eliasz and Eljazz Big Band - Polish Songs (2021)
Józef Eliasz and Eljazz Big Band - Bach (2021)
Szymon Łukowski Quartet - Short Sketches (2020)
Orange Trane feat. Eskaubei - Wolność (2019)
Agnieszka Małecka Quintet - In Search of... (2018)
Józef Eliasz and Eljazz Big Band - After the Catastrophe. Music by Krzysztof Komeda (2017)
Szymon Łukowski Quintet - Hourglass (2017)
Józef Eliasz and Eljazz Big Band - Carols and Pastorals (2016)
Tomasz Łosowski Acoustic Trio feat. Szymon Łukowski & Piotr Lemańczyk (Soliton, 2015)
Szymon Łukowski Quintet - Szymon Łukowski Quintet (Soliton, 2014)
Piotr Lemańczyk Quartet North - Baltic Dance (Soliton, 2014)
Marcin Gawdzis Quintet - Shadows of Autumn (Soliton, 2013)
Jan Freicher & Symphonic Fusion - The Vega Concert (2015)
