Katarzyna Wiktorski

Katarzyna Wiktorski is a Polish-Australian contemporary composer, pianist, arranger, band leader, and producer. Having studied classical, jazz, and improvisation, her knowledge as a player and creator are unique. Sitting between chamber, modern jazz and film scores, Kat’s music explores light and dark landscapes, drawing from personal experiences to create an emotional, ornate listening journey. Her compositional approach always strives to create balance between complexity and simplicity with an overall arc of sentiment and storytelling. She has been a part of the music industry for fifteen years, working in live performance, media and recording projects.

Since independently releasing her albums Early Meditations and From a Distance, Kat’s music gained support from Melbourne community stations 3RRR and PBS FM and made waves internationally on radio shows by Bandcamp Weekly (US), Gilles Peterson on BBC6 (UK), Tsubaki FM (Japan), and Neo FM (Germany). Her album From a Distance was featured in The Guardian’s Best 10 Contemporary Albums by John Lewis. Her single Search for Stillness was awarded runner up of the 2020 Allan Zavod Perfomers’ Award. Since completing her jazz studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium, Kat has led multiple ensembles including an octet, chamber sextet, a quintet, and trio, featuring performances at the 2020 Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival and at the 2024 Melbourne International Jazz Festival.

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