One Voice for Taiwan

He combines a career as a jazz saxophonist with cultural animation, including the creation of the Szczecin Jazz Festival and work with the Art Academy in Szczecin (Akademia Sztuki). He has recorded with American trumpeter Freddie Hendrix (Jazz Brigade) and toured alongside artists such as Erykah Badu, Bobby Watson, Wynton Marsalis and Keyon Harrold. His recent collaborators include Carlos Sarduy, Deborah Brown, Darius Brubeck, Makoto Kuriya, Dorrey Lin Lyles, Essiet Okon Essiet and the Kansas City Jazz Orchestra.

He has performed at festivals and clubs including the Jazz Sister Cities Inaugural Concert in Kansas City, Musician Paradise in Amersfoort, Yamaha Ginza Hall in Tokyo, the Safaricom International Jazz Festival in Nairobi, Blue Note New York, Jazz I AM at La Paloma in Barcelona, Sicilia Jazz Festival and Jazz at Lincoln Center.

He has created and led educational programmes such as One Voice for Poland and Jazz Forum Young Talents, and international initiatives with institutions including the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz and Jazz at Lincoln Center. He sits on the management board of the World Jazz Network, a global network of jazz festivals. His hospitality to artists and guests visiting Szczecin is legendary.

A jazz-trained vocalist known for expressive delivery, dynamic stage presence and storytelling, she has performed across Asia, Australia and Europe, including with the Taipei Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and the Taipei Jazz Orchestra, and in a touring residency at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

She hosts live programmes on jazz, soul and contemporary music on ICRT FM100.7, Taiwan's national English-language station, and has hosted major stages including the Taipei Jazz Festival and Taipei Music Expo. She has also performed at Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards.

She is lead vocalist and co-creative director of ZY THE WAY 中庸, a jazz-poetry project that reinterprets 3,000-year-old Chinese texts. Its debut album Then And Now 溯 won two Global Music Awards, was featured in DownBeat and appeared on Jazz at Lincoln Center's A Closer Listen. Her solo R&B/soul EP GRADIENTS (2025) was developed between Taiwan and Australia.

A member of the World Jazz Network, she works on cross-border collaboration, artist development and cultural diplomacy, with a particular interest in Asia and especially Taiwan. She has developed music and cultural projects in Poland, across Europe and in the United States, treating culture as a tool of dialogue and diplomacy.

Through NPCC, the project's primary executive agency and strategic partner in Taiwan, he brings experience in event curation, touring, programming and market development, from Record Store Day Taiwan to SXSW Sydney and the Taipei Music Expo.