Pianist, composer, orchestra leader, organizer and creative director of the Palmjazz and Filharmonia festivals, as well as founder of the private cultural center Jazovia in Gliwice, Poland, IT specialist and mathematician. His musical creation usually oscillates between jazz and ethnic music, it does not follow one direction and mixes different musical styles. But most importantly, Kobylinski's music has emotionality and melodiousness that will make the listener experience his music. Currently, he has released over 30 albums in various lineups, including his band KK Pearls, solo, and guest albums. Krzysztof Kobyliński – piano

Vilnius JJAZZ Ensemble is a jazz orchestra led by a Lithuanian composer, arranger, and trombonist Jievaras Jasinskis. The ensemble released its debut album 'American Stories' in 2022. Original compositions for the ensemble were created by Jievaras Jasinskis and Liutauras Janušaitis. In January 2023, the ensemble presented a saxophone group album 'Saxcess', and their third collective album 'Deadly Dance' appeared in June 2023, with compositions by Jievaras Jasinskis and Dorotėja Būdaitė. In March 2024, ensemble composers Jievaras Jasinskis, Domantas Razmus, and Simonas Šipavičius released the fourth album RAVENJAZZ. The ensemble is currently recording the fifth album 'Odd Numbers'. This program will…

Rec.a., as their band was called in the beginning of the nineties, combined Brazilian sounds with a jazz attitude and dance and dub influences. In 1999 the three musicians, from then on Zuco 103, released their first album Outro Lado. Their glorious mixture of musical styles has seen them hailed as pioneers of brazilectro. A new style that became an international concept and a scene of kindred artists and deejays. Also drum‘n’bass was cut up by Zuco 103 with samba, bossa nova and dub in a way that sounded natural, refreshing and very danceable. Zuco 103’s radical open attitude pays…

Jan Maksimovič, a virtuoso of jazz, a composer, and a professor at the Vilnius J. Tallat-Kelpša Conservatory, where he imparts the secrets of saxophone mastery. He's also an esteemed associate professor at the Department of Jazz at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Among Lithuania's brightest jazz saxophonists, Jan stands out for his emotive and mature musicality, a maestro of poly-stylistic expression, a distinctive composer, band leader, and mentor. He stepped onto Lithuania's jazz scene back in 1996 and has since shared stages with some of the nation's jazz luminaries. His performances have resonated across festivals in the USA,…

The quintet 2.0 was founded in 1989 by Dutch altoist and composer Paul Van Kemenade and the band played hundreds of concerts in the Netherlands and abroad. The quintet played in this setting for almost 20 year together and recorded a dozen LP’s and CD’s. They combine their music with different musical disciplines and cultures. They played with wind - and brassbands, popbands and symphonic orchestras. Van Kemenade has a longterm relationship with South African musicians Feya Faku, Louis Mhlanga, Sydney Mnisi and Sonti Mndebele. The quintet performed with artist such as David Murray, Kenny Wheeler, Zim Ngqwana, Philip Catherine,…