BIO

Przemysław Josef Pankiewicz

fot. Rafał Masłow

Przemysław Josef Pankiewicz is a pianist, composer and music producer.

A multiple scholarship holder and international competition laureate, he graduated with honors from the Jazz Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. He has collaborated with great jazz personalities such as Anna Maria Jopek, Piotr Wojtasik and Matthew Halsall. He has performed in Poland and abroad, also participating in numerous jazz and classical music courses and workshops. In 2019 he produced and recorded the album Land Art with vocalist Barbara Błaszczyk as the duo Twoiam. He is the leader of the Bokeh Acoustic Trio. In 2022 he began his solo musical activity using piano and electronic keyboard instruments under the name Josef Pankiewicz.

Josef Pankiewicz performing

fot. Magdalena Paszko

Seeking new paths of expression, Josef Pankiewicz reaches for electronic instruments. Creating timbres on synthesizers, he demonstrates how combining just a few values (colors), selected in the right proportions, can lead to surprising results. Even the smallest changes can create a significant breakthrough.

The main inspirations in the process of creating the Ritual of Colors project include contemporary minimalist music, repetitive piano techniques, the deep sound of synthesizers and melodic-harmonic improvisations. In his solo project, Josef also presents his instrumental pieces for piano accompanied by subtle electronics, ambient sound and trance.

List of achievements

  • Music for the play "Przesłuchanie", dir. Michał Piotrowski, II 2026
  • KPO artistic scholarship, 2025-2026
  • Music for the play "Kocham Cię proszę pana", dir. Robert Talarczyk, IX 2024
  • Music for the play "Pustostan", dir. Piotr Bułka, IV 2024
  • Album "We Do Not Pretend", VIII 2024
  • Rejoin concert, Męskie Granie Kraków, VIII 2024
  • Single "Shellfish", Joanna Maria, II 2024
  • Album and concert film "Ritual of Colors", solo, I 2024
  • Concert to the stars, Balnica, VII 2023
  • Singles "Księżyc" and "Lilie", Ala Mik, 2023
  • Field recording workshop, Warsztaty pod Matragoną, VII 2023
  • Concert with Anna Maria Jopek, WAMA Olsztyn, VIII 2022
  • Concert with Matthew Halsall, Memorial to Miles, Kielce, 2021
  • Album "Land Art", Two I Am, 2019
  • Concert with Piotr Wojtasik group, Krzysztof Penderecki International Festival 2018