Rogiewicz, Jerzy

Born in 1983 in Bydgoszcz. Composer, percussionist and pianist, he graduated from the Music Academy in Cracow where he studied with Zbigniew Bujarski, Krzysztof Penderecki (instrumentation), and Magdalena Długosz (electronic music). 

As an improvising instrumentalist, he performed notably with Toshinori Kondo, Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Hannoda Taku, David Thomas, Ray Dickaty, Wojciech Traczyk, Paweł Szamburski, Piotr Zabrodzki, and Tomasz Duda. In 2005–12, he was a member of the Levity jazz band, with which he recorded three CDs: Levity (Lado ABC, 2009), Chopin Shuffle (Universal, 2010), and Afternoon Delights (Lado ABC, 2011). In 2009–11, he was the percussionist of the band Pink Freud. 

Since 2010, he has cooperated with Marcin Masecki (in the bands Profesjonalizm, Warszawska Orkiestra Rozrywkowa, Polonezy, trio V/TLD with DJ Lenar, and in the Ragtajmy duo). With Igor Nikiforow, he founded the Jerz Igor duo, performing new music for children, with which he has published two records (Mała Płyta and Jerz Igor Zimą).

He writes music for film (Hangover, dir. Maciej Buchwald, 2015; Strapiony Mężczyzna, dir. Maciej Buchwald, 2016; music for the reconstruction of Halka directed by Konstanty Meglicki of 1936; Żalanasz, dir. Marcin Sauter, 2017) and theatre (The Doll, dir. Aneta Groszyńska-Liwień, 2015; The Spring to Come, in duo with DJ Lenar, dir. Natalia Korczakowska, 2015; The Jew, dir. Aneta Groszyńska-Liwień, Polish TV Theatre, 2015; Hunger, dir. Aneta Groszyńska-Liwień, 2016). Currently he is composing music for the feature film God’s Blood, directed by Bartosz Konopka.