He is the first Polish musician in history to have won a Grammy Award. He received a gramophone-shaped statuette for the best jazz band recording. Namely, a CD with a six-part suite "Night in Calisia" recorded with the American trumpeter Randy Brecker, with whom Pawlik has worked for more than ten years now, the Włodek Pawlik Trio and the Calisian Symphonic Orchestra conducted by Adam Klocek.
However, Włodek Pawlik's oeuvre is much larger in scope, and the residents of Wroclaw are up to date in this respect. As early as 2003, the pianist featured at the Wratislavia Cantans Festival with a performance of his Stabat Mater miracle. (The performance took quite an unexpected turn when stearin from small candles standing on the scene spilled over the piano, and in the nick of time the flame was so huge that the festival crew had to put it out). The Grammy winner has also visited Wroclaw to perform a programme based on his virtuoso record "Grand Piano", and this time he will appear with a set based on his latest CD "Anhelli". The title will ring a bell with those of you who love literature. You will immediately recognise the name of a celebrated poem by Juliusz Słowacki. For Włodek Pawlik, the poem remains the source of inspiration and, as he calls it, cosmic energy.
The artist has earned the name of a jazz Horowitz, but he prefers to keep a low profile, even though he is determined to reach the top in show business. He can count on his family in the process. Especially on his wife, Jolanta Pawlik, who is also a pianist and his manager (she runs Pawlik Relations Agency), and their musically gifted children.
The Włodek Pawlik Trio (with Paweł Pańta on double bass and Cezary Konrad on drums) will perform live on Saturday 25 January, at 7 pm, at Impart. Tickets are available from 50 to 70 PLN.
