31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Piotr Orzechowski Trio

Name: 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Piotr Orzechowski Trio
Start: 2026-07-22T21:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-07-22T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Piwnica pod Baranami

took place · 22 Jul 2026

Tavern Under the Rams in Krakow, Poland

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Jazz festival in Kraków featuring Piotr Orzechowski Trio and other artists. Live music at one of Kraków's oldest venues.

About the festival: 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków: Piotr Orzechowski Trio

31st edition (jubilee 1996-2026)

edition

~150 concerts

concerts in 2026 edition

~50 000

estimated audience (past edition)

12+

venues across Kraków

Good to know

Jubilee edition runs June 27 - August 31, 2026 (approx. 66 days)
Tickets from 27 PLN; available on Ticketmaster.pl and at festival office (Karmelicka 52/1, Kraków)
10% discount when buying at the festival office in person
Piotr Orzechowski Trio concert: July 22, 2026, Piwnica pod Baranami (Rynek Główny 27, Kraków)
Some concerts (Young Stage / Scena Młodych at Potocki Palace) are free of charge
No camping - urban festival spread across clubs, concert halls and open-air venues in Kraków's Old Town
Co-financed by the City of Kraków, Małopolska Region and the Ministry of Culture

What's new

2026-06
The jubilee 31st Summer Jazz Festival Kraków opened on June 27, 2026 with Pat Metheny performing his 'Side-Eye III+' programme at ICE Kraków.
2026-06
Jan Garbarek returned to the festival on June 28 at Kijów Cinema, joined by Indian percussionist Trilok Gurtu, after a three-year absence.
2026-01
Tickets for the 2026 edition went on sale in January via Ticketmaster.pl and the festival office, with prices starting from 27 PLN.
2026-01
The 2026 jubilee edition was announced as a 31-year celebration (1996-2026) featuring nearly 150 concerts running until August 31.

Headliners

Piotr Orzechowski Trio Pat Metheny Jan Garbarek Trilok Gurtu Kenny Garrett Bernard Maseli Krzysztof Ścierański Quartet Szymon Mika Trio Dominik Wania Adam Makowicz Miłosz Bazarnik Quartet Chuck Frazier Trio

About: Piotr Orzechowski

Kraków-born pianist Piotr Orzechowski - stage name Pianohooligan - won the Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competition in 2011 as the first Pole ever to do so, and has since released four solo albums on Decca Classics that sit at the crossroads of jazz, contemporary classical and electronic music.

First Polish winner of Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competition (2011)

40+

Awards, scholarships and nominations received

7.3K

Facebook followers (Pianohooligan page)

What's new

2025-11
Orzechowski performed a solo concert titled 'Critique of Swing in Two Parts' at the Jazz Tuesday series in Piaseczno on 25 November 2025.
2024-04
His fourth solo piano album, 'Critique of Swing in Two Parts', was released on 25 April 2024, premiered live at the Polish Radio Concert Studio in Warsaw.
2024-04
The premiere concert of 'Critique of Swing in Two Parts' was broadcast on Polish Radio Programme 2 on 3 May 2024.

Tracks

Critique of Swing in Two Parts4th solo album, released April 2024; analytically explores the concept of swing

24 Preludes & ImprovisationsSolo album on Decca Classics (2017); performed at Kennedy Center Washington D.C.

Bucolics (Bukoliki)High Definition Quartet album (2015) based on Witold Lutosławski; named Jazz Album of the Year by Polish Jazz and Rzeczpospolita

15 Studies for the OberekSolo album on Decca Classics (2014); named Polish Jazz Album of the Year by Rzeczpospolita

Experiment: PendereckiDebut solo album (2012); deconstructions of Krzysztof Penderecki's works

About the venue: Tavern Under the Rams in Krakow

Piwnica pod Baranami (Cellar under the Rams) is a legendary Polish literary cabaret housed in the Gothic cellars of the Pałac pod Baranami on Kraków's Main Market Square. Founded by Piotr Skrzynecki in 1956, it was for over thirty years the most renowned political cabaret in communist Poland. Today it continues to host cabaret performances, jazz concerts, tango evenings, and other cultural events.

Rynek Główny 27, 31-010 Kraków Get directions

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