Jacek Ostaszewski

Jacek Ostaszewski
Jacek Ostaszewski
Born	(1944-05-05) 5 May 1944 (age 81)
Citizenship	Polish
Occupation	Musician

Jacek Ostaszewski (born 5 May 1944) is a musician, double bassist, flautist, composer and theatre director.

Biography

He is the son of Tadeusz Ostaszewski  [ pl ], a sculptor and professor at the Kraków Academy of Fine Arts, and Krystyna Ostaszewska  [ pl ] née Dębowska, an actress at the Rhapsodic Theatre in Kraków. He is the husband of Małgorzata Ostaszewska and the father of Maja Ostaszewska. ^[1]

In the early 1970s he was a co-founder (with Marek Jackowski) and leader of the Osjan group. As a jazz musician, he has collaborated with Marek Grechuta and the Anawa  [ pl ] band, Tomasz Stańko, Adam Makowicz, Krzysztof Komeda, Don Cherry, Andrzej Kurylewicz, Andrzej Trzaskowski and Włodzimierz Nahorny  [ pl ], among others. ^[2]

He composed music for theatre, for the plays Kalkwerk and Lunatycy, directed by Krystian Lupa at the Stary Theatre in Kraków, among others, ^[3] ballet, and film. He was a lecturer at the State Drama School in Kraków. ^[2]

References

1. "Saga Dębowskich i Ostaszewskich". saga-grybow.com. Archived from the original on 2025-08-03. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
2. "Jacek Ostaszewski". hommageakieslowski.pl. Archived from the original on 2025-11-12. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
3. "Jacek Ostaszewski". encyklopediateatru.pl. Archived from the original on 2025-11-13. Retrieved 2025-11-12.