trio album „Anhelli” in 2006. In 2008 he composed and recorded jazz-suite “Tykocin” along with Randy Brecker. The record was re-released in the USA by Summit Records and met with a positive reception in the USA gaining Pawlik the title of Jazz Composer of the Year 2009 from the Los Angeles-based blog “Jazz Station” That same year “Grand Piano” – a 2CD album containing solo piano improvisations was released, followed by “Struny na Ziemi” (“Strings in the Earth”) in 2011 with the original music composed by Pawlik to poems by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz. In 2013 the album “Wieczorem” (“In the Evening”) with the music to poetry by Józef Czechowicz was released. In 2014 he composed “Freedom” – musical work for choir, orchestra and jazz trio, commissioned by the President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski, which was performed on 4 June 2014 at the Royal Square in Warsaw as part of the celebrations of Polish Freedom and was attended by many heads of states, including the President of the USA Barack Obama. In 2016 Pawlik released an album with his original works for orchestra under the title “4 Works 4 Orchestra”, including his second piano concerto. He has been an active lecturer and clinician. He attained a doctorate at F. Chopin University of Music where he has conducted lectures on improvisation since 2007. He has given clinics and master classes at the Eastman School of Music, Western Michigan University, Cincinnati College of Music, at the IAJE Jazz Conference in Los Angeles (1999) and at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. Honours and distinctions Grand Prix of the International Jazz Contest in Dunkirk (1984) Honorary Citizenship of the City of Kalisz Honorary Citizenship of the City Podkowa Leśna Coryphaeus of Polish Music Award in the Personality of the Year category Fryderyk 2014 for the Jazz Artist of the Year Grammy Award (2014) Order of Polonia Restituta (2014) Angel of Jazz Award at Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa Festival (2015) Grand Prix Jazz Melomani (2015) Award of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2016) Selected discography Collaborative albums Soundtracks Włodek Pawlik Quartet Christmas albums See also Music of Poland Krzysztof Komeda Tomasz Stańko References External links 1958 births Academic staff of the Chopin University of Music Living people Musicians from Kielce Polish jazz composers Male jazz composers Polish jazz pianists Male pianists 21st-century pianists 21st-century male musicians