Michał Giżycki – clarinetist, saxophonist, improviser.

Acquired his musical skills by self-taught; studied piano, music theory and listening practice on his own for 8 years, and then wind instruments since 2014. He often uses extended techniques such as circular breathing and multiphonics to create multi-layer trans 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.

In 2021 he founded TORF records, a label with improvised, free jazz and creative music. Currently, he is member of bands/projects: Czarnoziem, Satori duo, En quartet, Drogi Krajowe, MicrobioM. He has collaborated with many musicians in the improvised, jazz, experimental, rock, folk music scene, as well as visual and performing arts artists and dancers. 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 actively shapes the Polish and European scene, has played in many venues associated with 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, Turin, Tubingen, Peitz, Reykjavik) and has participated in many festivals, including Jazzwerkstatt, Slavica, Spontaneous Music Festival, Ravekjavik, and Hiatus. He co-founded the Poznań Improvised Orchestra. An art scholarship holder of the City of Poznań. Recently recognized by critics of the prestigious Jazz Forum magazine and ranked among the best tenor saxophonists in Poland.