Michał Giżycki – clarinetist, saxophonist, improviser, born in 1987, based in Poznań, Poland. 

Acquired his musical skills by self-taught; started with electronica in young age, then studied piano, music theory and listening practice on his own between 2005-2014, and then wind instruments since 2014. In solo performances he often uses extended techniques such as circular breathing and multiphonics and create multi-layer structures on seemingly single-voiced instruments. At the same time, his playing is characterized by full emotional involvement. He draws inspiration from nature, including the many manifestations of music, introspection and found circumstances.

He is interested in many forms of creative music and has collaborated with many musicians in the improv, jazz, experimental, rock, folk music scene, as well as visual and performing arts artists and dancers. Currently, he is member of of several bands:  punk-jazz-improv-experimental group Drogi Krajowe with Ostap Mańko, Hubert Karmiński, Maciej Karmiński, and Dawid Dąbrowski; an electroacoustic duo Czarnoziem with Dawid Dąbrowski; a free jazz En quartet with Adam Jełowicki, Mikołaj Nowicki, and Piotr Dąbrowski; Satori duo with Piotr Dąbrowski; nadiR trio with Mikołaj Nowicki and Cyprian Pakuła, a folk-improvising Kołysanki with Julia Stein, Kasia Kapela, and Mikołaj Nowicki, a free improvising MikrobioM duo with Michał Joniec. He co-founded the Poznań Improvisers Orchestra.

In 2021, driven by the community’s need for freedom in releasing music, he founded TORF records, a micro-label dedicated to creative music (mostly digital releases). He has created and performed music for a film (“Burial,” directed by Jerzy Czachowski), a play (“Coco,” directed by Paweł Miśkiewicz, Polish Theater in Poznan) and a live radio play (“Chance of Non-Zero,” directed by Anna Szamotula). 

He has played in many venues associated with improv, free jazz and experimental music in Poland and Europe (Poznań, Warsaw, Kraków, Wrocław, Gdynia, Lublin, Kołobrzeg, Szczecin, Olsztyn, Toruń, Bydgoszcz, Jastrowie, Zielona Góra, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Berlin, Torino, Tubingen, Peitz, Reykjavik) and has participated in many festivals, including Jazzwerkstatt, Slavica, Spontaneous Music Festival, Ravekjavik, Hiatus, Zapała Sound Festival.