Artist Bio
Born on July 9, 1944 in Trzebinia near Krakow, Poland, living in Germany and the USA since 1974.
Jan Fryderyk Dobrowolski (born July 9, 1944 in Poland) is a Polish classical and jazz keyboardist and composer.
He won first prizes at competitions in Kalisz, "Jazz on the Oder" in Wrocław, and the "Jeunesse Musical Festival" in Częstochowa. Initially recognized as a distinguished interpreter of Chopin, he later turned his focus to jazz and world music. In 1972, he performed at the Montreux Jazz Festival alongside bassist Zbigniew Bednarek (also known as Jacek Bednarek) as part of the Jan Fryderyk Dobrowolski Duo.
His unique live recordings with renowned saxophonist Charlie Mariano and castanet virtuoso Alberto Alarcon received high critical acclaim and enjoyed commercial success, thanks to their extraordinary musical settings. In addition, he composed and recorded music inspired by the theme of driving, creating soundtracks for major car brands such as Citroën and Opel.
During the last years, I've been working on different music projects
- Citroen AG
- Adam Opel AG
- Polnischer Rundfunk und Fernsehen, Film Polski
- WDR Westdeutsche Rundfunk Köln
- Westfälisches Landestheater Castrop-Rauxel
- Staatstheater Düsseldorf
- FILMMUSIK WORKSHOP BONN Eröffnung Konzert
- WDR TV Fernsehen Köln (Filmmusik und Konzerte)
- NDR Hamburg
- ZDF Mainz
- SDR Stuttgart
- SR Saarbrücken
- NR-Radio Oslo
- ORTF Paris
- AVRO Hilversum (NL)
- VARA Hilversum (NL)
- Dänischer Rundfunk
- Kulturamt Leverkusen
- Kulturamt Bergkamen
- ARTE- TV
- WDR-TV - Filmmusik
