MateuszKluza

Mateusz Kluza — born on 17 May 1986 in Kraków — musician, double bassist, composer and cultural manager. Graduate of the K. Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków (double bass) and postgraduate studies at the Jagiellonian University — Faculty of Cultural Management. As a session musician, he has taken part in numerous concerts, festivals, theatre productions and television programmes. He has performed at events including the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the Music Festival in Łańcut, the Emanacje Festival in Lusławice, the Kraków Film Music Festival, the Ada Sari Festival in Nowy Sącz, the Jan Kiepura Festival in Krynica-Zdrój, Voice & Piano Festival, Barbakan Festival, Tarnów Film Festival, Wawel at Dusk Festival, Lubomirski Festival, Soundedit Festival, Norwid Festival, Unsound Festival, World Youth Day 2016, as well as at a televised papal concert in the Auditorium Conciliazione in Rome, the Barbican Centre in London, the Cathedral of Our Lady in Antwerp and St Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest. He has performed with the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Kraków Opera, CORda Cracovia Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, National Wind Orchestra in Lubin, Zamość Philharmonic Orchestra, A. Wroński Krynica Spa Orchestra, Polish Art Philharmonic, Polish Film Music Orchestra, Unity Orchestra, Arte Symfoniko, Passionart, Orchestra dell’arte, Icon Orchestra, Kraków Chamber Ensemble, Kraków Cultural Syndicate, Arteon Orchestra, Voce Angeli, Polish Radio Choir and the Mixed Choir of Wawel Cathedral. He is also professionally connected with the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, the Juliusz Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, the Ludwik Solski State Drama School in Kraków and the Cyprian Kamil Norwid Cultural Centre in Kraków. He has shared the stage with artists including Andrea Bocelli, Krzysztof Penderecki, Daniel Stabrawa, Neville Marriner, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Vadim Brodski, Alessandro Safina, Antoni Wit, Michał Urbaniak, Krzesimir Dębski, Jacek Cygan, Andrzej “Piasek” Piaseczny, Raz Dwa Trzy, Lady Pank, Sanah, Zakopower, Kayah, Włodek Pawlik, Ewa Bem, Grzegorz Turnau, Mieczysław Szcześniak, Natalia Kukulska, Piotr Rubik, Zbigniew Wodecki, Adam Sztaba, Justyna Steczkowska, Igor Herbut, Kuba Badach, Piotr Cugowski, Sound’n’Grace, Gromee, Natalia Szroeder, Sara James, Natalia Nykiel, Marcin Patrzałek and many others. He has participated in televised concert recordings for TVP1, TVP2, Polsat, TVP Kraków and TV Trwam. Author of songs for children and adults. Originator of colour-coded music education in Poland, founder of Rainbow Music ®, organiser of concerts for children and educational cycles. Since 2011 he has promoted the American Chroma Notes ™ music-education system in Poland. Speaker at conferences and seminars in Poland and abroad, including the 15th Convention of Polish Teachers and Parental Committees in Portland and the Polish Forum of Pre-school Education in Kraków and Wieliczka. Publisher of the album “Norwid 2021”, featuring his compositions to the poetry of C.K. Norwid. With his original programme, he has supported artists including Zbigniew Wodecki, Wolna Grupa Bukowina, Andrzej and Maja Sikorowski, and Robert Kasprzycki. For the album “Bankiet u sanah”, he was nominated for the Fryderyk 2024 award. The album debuted at number 2 on the Polish OLiS sales chart and was certified platinum. At a special invitation, together with the klezmer music ensemble Ethno Garden, he performed for the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda.