Natalia Kordiak

Natalia Kordiak is a singer, improviser and composer from Poland. She holds a Master of Arts at the Jazz Department of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. She is a graduate of “Bednarska” Henryk Majewski College of Jazz in Warsaw.

In 2018, Natalia Kordiak founded the Natalia Kordiak Quintet, collaborating with Alan Wykpisz, Mateusz Kołakowski, Przemysław Chmiel, and Grzegorz Pałka. The debut album of Natalia Kordiak Quintet, titled “BAJKA,” garnered acclaim from international music media. Within a few months, it earned a place among the best jazz albums of 2019. Natalia Kordiak Quintet also clinched the Grand Prix at the 2018 Voicingers International Jazz Contest for Singing Musicians.

Since 2022, Natalia has been a co-founder of the band TANŌK, collaborating with Ukrainian jazz pianist Kateryna Ziabliuk. In 2023, Natalia released her second album, titled “YTINAMUH” (Humanity), under the publishing house led by Maciej Karłowski FSR (Listen Foundation/Fundacja Słuchaj!). This year, FSR was recognized by The New York City Jazz Records as “Label of the Year,” alongside esteemed labels such as Clean Feed, ECM, Rouge Art, and Tzadik.

She has collaborated with the National Philharmonic in Warsaw doing educational jazz concerts for children and youth. She is also the coordinator of the Polish edition of the Voicingers festival in Żory. In 2021 she worked as the organizer of the international Jazzbus Showcase in cooperation with the Voicingers festival and the Slovak label Hevhetia.