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ANNA MARIA JOPEK TO PERFORM AT THE LEGENDARY BLUE NOTE CLUBS IN JAPAN AND CHINA

This November, Anna Maria Jopek and her band are heading back to Asia! On Nov 1, 7 pm, they will perform at Matsukata Hall in Kobe and then hold a series of concerts at the legendary Blue Note clubs in Tokyo, Shanghai, and Beijing.

Nov 4 (5 & 8 pm) – Blue Note Tokyo
Nov 7 (7.30 pm) – Blue Note Shanghai
Nov 8 (7.30 pm & 22:00) – Blue Note Shanghai
Nov 9 (7.30 pm) – Blue Note Beijing
Nov 10 (6.30 pm) – Blue Note Beijing

AMJ will be joined on stage by Krzysztof Herdzin (piano), Robert Kubiszyn (bass), and Piotr Nazaruk (flutes, zither, supporting vocals).

“Once in Japan I moved Polish folk tune ‘Hej Przeleciał Ptaszek’ [A Little Bird Flew By] into pentatonic scale. It all worked out. So many paths, beliefs, viewpoints, ways of seeing, hearing and sensing the world — and always one Music, a language overcoming divisions.”
AMJ

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ANNA MARIA JOPEK IN CONCERT

This coming autumn Anna Maria Jopek and her band will be taking to the stage in a series of concerts:

21/09/2019 RADZIONKÓW / Poland (CK Karolinka)
30/09/2019 CZĘSTOCHOWA / Poland (Filharmonia Częstochowska)
3/10/2019 RADOM / Poland (Radomska Orkiestra Kameralna)
6/10/2019 KĄŚNA DOLNA / Poland (Sala Koncertowa Stodoła)
9/10/2019 KALISZ / Poland (Aula im. prof. Rubińskiego)
12/10/2019 TAICHUNG / Taiwan (Taichung Jazz Festival)
24/10/2019 CORDOBA / Spain (Gran Teatro de Cordoba)
25/10/2019 MOSINA / Poland (Hala widowiskowo-sportowa)
1/11/2019 KOBE / Japan (Matsukata Hall)
4/11/2019 TOKYO / Japan (Blue Note Tokyo)
24/11/2019 MRĄGOWO / Poland (Centrum Kultury i Turystyki)
2/12/2019 WARSZAWA / Poland (Teatr Muzyczny Roma)
10/12/2019 KIELCE / Poland (Kieleckie Centrum Kultury)
11/12/2019 RZESZÓW / Poland (Filharmonia Podkarpacka)
14/12/2019 BERLIN / Germany (The Orange Room – Ellington Hotel)
15/12/2019 BERLIN / Germany (The Orange Room – Ellington Hotel)

Full details can be found here. Join us!

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ANNA MARIA JOPEK TO PERFORM IN GERMANY

13 June 2019, 20:00 – Ettersburg (Schloss Ettersburg)
14 June 2019, 20:00 – Rotenburg (Lucia-Schäfer-Saal)

AMJ will be joined on stage by Robert Kubiszyn (bass), Paweł Dobrowolski (percussion), and Krzysztof Herdzin (piano).
A band of friends and passionate musicians. They’re also frontmen of their own formidable bands.

“The freedom and boundlessness of imagination is what I love most about those who I stand on stage with,” says Jopek. And she addes quickly, “Only fulfilled artists can be genuine givers. In music, we work on open heart.”

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“ULOTNE” [ELUSIVE] BY AMJ AND BM IS RELEASED IN JAPAN!

The album, inspired by Polish folk tunes, is available on CD and on vinyl. Anna Maria Jopek will be making her way to Japan for a promo tour in April 2019. “My strong bond with Japan is thanks to Chopin, no kidding,” says Jopek. “The Japanese sensitivity to Polish scales and the Polish spirit of music has given me, a Pole singing in Polish, the opportunity to become listened to and understood to a greater degree than anywhere else in the world. I truly wish that “Ulotne” would give my Japanese listeners as much joy as signing beside one of the greatest masters of our times had given me.”

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DOWNBEAT ABOUT “ULOTNE”!

Review of the “Ulotne” album is going to be in January’s issue of DownBeat, the world’s most important jazz magazine! “Non-English-speaking singers face the challenge of having to express themselves enough to transcend the language barrier for American audiences, but like Celtic vocal explorer Loreena McKennitt, Jopek has the ability to make that barrier immaterial. The meaning of these songs is clear, even if you don’t understand Polish.” James Hale (Downbeat)