Łukasz Owczynnikow

Double bass player, graduate of the Academy of Music in Łódź and the Post-Secondary Jazz School in Warsaw. He has achieved great success in the field of classical music (awards and honorable mentions at competitions), concert tours with symphony orchestras conducted by renowned conductors, including Christoph Altstaedt and Krzysztof Penderecki, and solo concerts with orchestras, including the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, the Łańcuch Festival, and the Chain Ensemble. He composes, arranges, and performs in bands such as the Warsaw Sentimental Orchestra, Nicponie and Czessband, and has accompanied many leading artists of the classical and entertainment scenes. He conducts workshops on singing and playing music together in the Cała Praga Śpiewa band, the Stare Babice Suburban Orchestra and Experimental Music Workshop STAYnia. He has premiered many contemporary music pieces by Marcin Stańczyk, Tadeusz Wielecki, Jakub Krzewiński, Wojciech Błażejczyk and others at festivals such as Warsaw Autumn, Ad Libitum and many others. He also stages solo performances. He records soundtracks for films and collaborates with theaters, cabarets, and traditional music ensembles. He has received awards for his recording and educational activities, including an award in the Polish Radio competition and from the Marshal of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship. He was a scholarship holder of the Capital City of Warsaw, Wawer district, in the proprietary Werwa Wawra project.