About

*Born in 1980 in Gdynia (Poland)

Pianist, vibraphonist and a composer focusing on many genres of music.
Doctor of Musical Arts. An author of many compositions being regularly published in the USA and performed all over the world.

His creativity – full of rhythm, energy, expression and romance, neatly combines the features of classical, jazz and world music. Compositions are often kept in a cheerful, optimistic mood.

Jan started his musical education at the age of 7 in the piano class.

After studying jazz mallets (with Bernard Maseli) and composition (Andrzej Zubek) at the Music Academy in Katowice (PL), Jan entered the master class of an American composer Bill Molenhof, at the Academy of Music in Nuremberg (Germany), who inspired him to compose music for vibraphone. Recently he also completed advanced studies – Composition for Film, Theater and Media at Zurich University of the Arts (with Niki Reiser).

From 2011-2018 Jan Freicher was a lecturer at the State Academy of Music in Gdansk (PL). Areas of specialty included Jazz Vibraphone, Piano Improvisation and Mallet Improvisation.

In 2007 Jan was honored with the award of the Jazz Personality of the Year in Poland.
He is also a holder of many prizes, e.g. the 1st Prize in the Percussive Arts Society Composition Contest.

Jan is a founder and leader of a number of performance ensembles including Fourth Floor, Vadomaya Collective and Symphonic Fusion.

During his career he assisted with songwriting and collaborated with artists such as Paula Jasmine James, Denise Donatsch, Monika Lidke, Joanna Dembler, Maciej Misha Borowicz. Meanwhile, he performed with artists like Georgina Hassan, Karolina Trybala, Rykarda Parasol, Leszek Możdżer, Bogdan Hołownia, Neff Irizarry and many others.

His artistic output consists of over 80 compositions (solo, chamber, symphonic, big-band and songs), over 20 recorded albums and hundreds of staged concerts.

Apart from music, Jan is passionate about swimming in the open water and paragliding.

He currently lives in Switzerland.