PIANIST,
COMPOSER, ARRANGER,
TEACHER, MUSIC PUBLISHER AND PRODUCER. COFOUNDER OF FOURS COLLECTIVE AND QUINDEPENDENCE.
FOUNDER OF SALAMONSPACE PROJECT.
Michał Salamon started playing piano when he was six, inspired by his dad – music teacher.
He graduated from Cracow Academy of Music, with a degree in Jazz Piano (in the class of Dr. Joachim Mencel) and with a degree in Music Education and Choir Conducting (in the class of Prof. Stanisław Krawczyński).
He studied under the guidance of Dr. Piotr Wyleżoł, Prof. Wojciech Niedziela and Dr. Mariusz Sielski.
Since graduating from the Academy of Music, Michał Salamon participated in just under a thousand concerts on Polish and European stages with the bands FOURS Collective and Quindependence and also with Grzech Piotrowski, World Orchestra, Bartozzi Wojciechowski, Staszek Słowiński Quintet and popular music artists such as Kayah, Małgorzata Ostrowska, Natalia Kukulska, Ania Karwan, Marysia Sadowska, Mateusz Ziółko, Damian Ukeje, Filharmonia Futura and Vieniew Orchestra.
He also took part in many jazz festivals such as, Jazz Juniors, Jazz nad Odrą, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Summer Jazz Festival in Piwnica pod Baranami, Festival Colours of Poland, YMCA Europe Festival (Czech Republic), Polska Jazz (Hungary), Nisville Jazz Festival (Serbia).
In April 2017 Michał Salamon, together with his band FOURS Collective, played as a support act for Gregory Porter and in July with Quindependence, supported Kamasi Washington.
Michał Salamon is most of all a leader and the author of most of the compositions that he performs. He composed all the FOURS Collective pieces and part of the pieces played with Quendependence. The album Lion’s Gate is composed in full by the Artist. Michał Salamon has also been involved in composing soundtracks and commercials.
The artist is also experienced in arranging and producing concerts and large artistic events. Among them, Tribute to Amy Winehouse feat. Kayah – the first musical and multimedia show in the cycle RE:STARS, in memory of Amy Winehouse.
Michał Salamon not only produced the whole event but also wrote the arrangements for all 18 pieces performed during the concert, which were later on performed by the young artists: Ewelina Przybyła, Joanna Azzja Mądry, Sandra Mika, Aicha Słoniec, Małgorzata Chruściel, Wojciech Myrczek and the star of the evening Kayah.
Apart from artistic activity, Michał Salamon is also a teacher. He has been teaching in various musical schools for many years, among them Witold Lutosławski Cracow Conservatorium and Music Hub Academy in Warsaw.
While teaching he focuses on the appropriate development and directing of the young musicians.
His teaching experience and his own musical route influenced Michał Salamon to create an online space for concerts and interviews with artist from the music scene, called Salamonspace. His project is directed towards the students of artistic schools as well as graduates entering the music scene.
2014 – FOURS Collective – Jazz Phonography Debut – 1st (Treezz) – Institute of Music and Dance
2015 – Quindependence – Jazz Juniors – 2nd
2016 – Quindependence – Jazz Phonography Debut – 1st (Circumstances) – Institute of Music and Dance
PIANIST,
COMPOSER, ARRANGER,
TEACHER, MUSIC PUBLISHER AND PRODUCER. COFOUNDER OF FOURS COLLECTIVE AND QUINDEPENDENCE.
FOUNDER OF SALAMONSPACE PROJECT.
EDUCATION
Michał Salamon started playing piano when he was six, inspired by his dad – music teacher.
He graduated from Cracow Academy of Music, with a degree in Jazz Piano (in the class of Dr. Joachim Mencel) and with a degree in Music Education and Choir Conducting (in the class of Prof. Stanisław Krawczyński).
He studied under the guidance of Dr. Piotr Wyleżoł, Prof. Wojciech Niedziela and Dr. Mariusz Sielski.
PIANIST
Since graduating from the Academy of Music, Michał Salamon participated in just under a thousand concerts on Polish and European stages with the bands FOURS Collective and Quindependence and also with Grzech Piotrowski, World Orchestra, Bartozzi Wojciechowski, Staszek Słowiński Quintet and popular music artists such as Kayah, Małgorzata Ostrowska, Natalia Kukulska, Ania Karwan, Marysia Sadowska, Mateusz Ziółko, Damian Ukeje, Filharmonia Futura and Vieniew Orchestra.
He also took part in many jazz festivals such as, Jazz Juniors, Jazz nad Odrą, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Summer Jazz Festival in Piwnica pod Baranami, Festival Colours of Poland, YMCA Europe Festival (Czech Republic), Polska Jazz (Hungary), Nisville Jazz Festival (Serbia).
In April 2017 Michał Salamon, together with his band FOURS Collective, played as a support act for Gregory Porter and in July with Quindependence, supported Kamasi Washington.
COMPOSER
Michał Salamon is most of all a leader and the author of most of the compositions that he performs. He composed all the FOURS Collective pieces and part of the pieces played with Quendependence. The album Lion’s Gate is composed in full by the Artist. Michał Salamon has also been involved in composing soundtracks and commercials.
PRODUCER AND ARRANGER
The artist is also experienced in arranging and producing concerts and large artistic events. Among them, Tribute to Amy Winehouse feat. Kayah – the first musical and multimedia show in the cycle RE:STARS, in memory of Amy Winehouse.
Michał Salamon not only produced the whole event but also wrote the arrangements for all 18 pieces performed during the concert, which were later on performed by the young artists: Ewelina Przybyła, Joanna Azzja Mądry, Sandra Mika, Aicha Słoniec, Małgorzata Chruściel, Wojciech Myrczek and the star of the evening Kayah.
TEACHER
Apart from artistic activity, Michał Salamon is also a teacher. He has been teaching in various musical schools for many years, among them Witold Lutosławski Cracow Conservatorium and Music Hub Academy in Warsaw.
While teaching he focuses on the appropriate development and directing of the young musicians.
His teaching experience and his own musical route influenced Michał Salamon to create an online space for concerts and interviews with artist from the music scene, called Salamonspace. His project is directed towards the students of artistic schools as well as graduates entering the music scene.
AWARDS
2014 – FOURS Collective – Jazz Phonography Debut – 1st (Treezz) – Institute of Music and Dance
2015 – Quindependence – Jazz Juniors – 2nd
2016 – Quindependence – Jazz Phonography Debut – 1st (Circumstances) – Institute of Music and Dance