ANNA GADT
Anna Gadt is an award-winning jazz vocalist, composer, and classically trained pianist.
A prominent representative of the European jazz scene, she combines vocal performance, improvisation, classical music, and contemporary jazz in her artistic work.
Her discography includes ten original albums as a leader, as well as guest appearances on dozens of recordings.
She has been nominated four times for the prestigious Fryderyk Awards in the categories of Debut of the Year (2008), Artist of the Year (2019), Album of the Year (2022), and Album of the Year – Experimental Jazz / Contemporary Improvised Music (2026).
She has performed internationally in France, Germany, Switzerland, Latvia, Lithuania, and Slovakia, as well as at Poland's leading jazz festivals, including Jazz Jamboree, Jazz Juniors, Jazz Jantar, and Jazz nad Odrą.
She is the recipient of the Grand Prix at the international Jazz Struggle competition for jazz vocalists, where the jury was chaired by the acclaimed American saxophonist Billy Harper. She was also selected to perform as part of the Polish Stage at the European Jazz Conference. Throughout her career, she has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Markus Stockhausen, Liberty Ellman, and Paweł Mykietyn, performing the role of Ella in Mykietyn's opera The Magic Mountain.
In the JAZZ TOP Critics' Poll published by Jazz Forum magazine, she was ranked the second-best jazz vocalist in Poland in both 2022 and 2024.
Anna Gadt holds a habilitation (postdoctoral) degree in musical arts and is a faculty member at the Department of Jazz and Popular Music in Katowice, where she leads a jazz vocal program.
Driven by a fascination with human creativity and artistic expression, she continually explores unconventional vocal techniques and sonic possibilities beyond traditional singing. Her work draws inspiration from the arts, nature, literature, and close observation of the world around her.