Loosely connected to the jazz world but realistically inhabiting her own realm, Alice Zawadzki is a vocalist, violinist, songwriter and composer based in London.
2023 opened with Alice's bewitching new piece, Bag Of Bones, commissioned by the cutting-edge Manchester Collective - a deeply personal piece of music-theatre that weaves Eastern European folklore with psychology, ceremony, and ritual, and which marks a new chapter in Alice's work.
Further plans for 2023 include new work with two of Alice's longterm collaborators, multi-instrumentalist Fred Thomas, and bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado, with a new album to be recorded and released by the iconic ECM label, as well as live dates throughout the year.
In the Autumn of 2022, Alice took steps into the world of journalism and presenting, with her first documentary for the BBC, Yiddish Glory, produced by Michael Rossi and broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and BBC World Service. This fascinating project took Alice on an extraordinary journey to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, to find out more about a mysterious collection of songs that until just a few years ago, was thought to be lost or destroyed, and had, in fact, been censored and confiscated by the KGB for decades. The project was the brainchild of Professor Anna Shternshis from the University of Toronto, with whom Alice traveled and worked closely.
Alice's extensive performances have seen her headline at major UK venues and festivals, including the Royal Albert Hall, Ronnie Scott’s, the London Jazz Festival, the Vortex, Celtic Connections, and internationally at festivals from Taipei International Jazz Festival (Taiwan) to Coventry Calling (Massachusetts, USA) to Sűdtirol Jazz Festival (Italy), Ottawa Chamber Music Festival (Canada), Musicá Impopular (Brazil), Usina Del Arte (Argentina) and many more.
Photo credit - Monika Jakubowska