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MACIEK PYSZ
Guitarist & Composer
"How does one play beauty? How does one free it from time, capture its subtle shades, transform it into poetry, and make it into music without boundaries? Polish guitarist Maciek Pysz has done exactly that."
“Pont de vie’ represents a milestone of artistic maturity a work in which formal articulation and expressive urgency merge into a single, luminous trajectory of meaning and beauty"
“Pont de Vie is a journey that, if undertaken at the pace each listener feels most in tune with their spirit, can offer surprises and rewards”
“Chamber and meditative jazz made even more fascinating by an excellent interplay”
“A work of exceptional craftsmanship, superb compositions, intensity, and a truly extraordinary sound quality!”
“A mature, elegant and deeply personal work—testament to an artist who has truly found his voice”
"The musicians make no attempt to resort to commercial devices; instead, they build the atmosphere and sound of the entire session with remarkable consistency, filling it with emotional wonder and uplift."
“Maciek Pysz, a true pilgrim of the world, presents a deeply inspired and finely balanced album, filled with memories, encounters and moments of transition.”
“I love that moment when I don't know what to expect from an album and suddenly… it goes into the player and… dazzles. Yes, it dazzles, because we are dealing with an exceptional album – one defined by beauty and the quality of the musicianship.”
“Maciek Pysz, a true pilgrim of the world, presents a deeply inspired and finely balanced album, filled with memories, encounters and moments of transition.”
"Pont de Vie is not merely a biographical or geographical crossing, but a symbolic vehicle that alludes to passage, transformation, and the possibility of inhabiting multiple emotional and cultural spaces simultaneously"
(Riccardo Talamazzi, Off Topic Magazine, June 2026)
"Pont De Vie is an intimate, lyrical and richly evocative album, imbued with a sweet nostalgia... A breathtaking experience!"
“A guitarist and composer of rare sensitivity, gifted with extraordinary expressive imagination”
“A guitarist and composer of touching expressive sensitivity and luminous lyricism.” — Strumenti & Musica”
"An album of the purest fragrance, not only because of its instrumentation but above all because of the approach of its musicians"
(Alberto Bazzurro, L'Isola che non c'era,, June 2026)
“With this new album, Polish guitarist Maciek Pysz catapults us into an intimate, at times introspective setting”
“The genres don't stand next to one another here like products on a shelf. They have been dissolved into a single approach to performance.”
(Konrad Pulawski, Laboratorium Muzycznych Fuzji, August 2026)
“Maciek Pysz, a true pilgrim of the world, presents a deeply inspired and finely balanced album, filled with memories, encounters and moments of transition.”
(TVP Kultura, September 2026)
“Maciek Pysz calls himself a ‘pilgrim of the world’ — the album is inspired by memories of travel, encounters and moments of transition.”
“In Pont de Vie, Maciek Pysz creates a diary in fragments of perception.”
(Salvatore Esposito, Blogfoolk, August 2026)
"The finest European jazz filled with deep lyricism."
(Musica Terra - Japan, June 2026)