Joanna Duda is a pianist, improviser and composer for whom solo work constitutes an autonomous space for sonic and formal exploration. In her solo projects, she moves between acoustic piano, electronics and analog practices, treating music as a form of communication and a means of searching for meaning beyond language.
Her solo discography includes Keen (Alpaka Records, 2019), released shortly before the pandemic; the fully analog project Mouvements (Monaural Poetry, 2025), recorded to tape and released in a limited edition exclusively as hand-cut vinyl; and the upcoming electronic album Regina Silva (Pointless Geometry, 2026). Each of these albums functions as a distinct aesthetic world, built upon different assumptions and tools.
Alongside her solo work, Joanna Duda is active as the leader of Joanna Duda Trio, present on the European and international music scene since 2017. The trio has performed at venues such as Ronnie Scott’s in London, Porgy & Bess in Vienna, Dizzy’s Jazz Club in New York, and at festivals including Berlin JazzFest and the Jarasum Jazz Festival in South Korea. The group has released the albums Fumitsuke (Echo Productions, 2021) and Delighted (Byrd Out, 2025).
As an interdisciplinary artist, Duda also pursues projects at the intersection of music and visual arts, collaborating with artists from diverse backgrounds and countries. These include collaborations with American artist Maya Ciarocchi (Site:Yizkor, LoopCurrent) and The Great Reset project with Helen Svoboda and Sunny Kim, presented in 2025 at the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, London Jazz Festival and the Jazztopad Festival. She has also collaborated with artists such as Teoniki Rożynek, Rashad Becker, Marek Raczkowski and Saburo Teshigawara.
Her discography further includes the contemporary music album Unchained (Bołt Records), featuring compositions by Julius Eastman and nominated for the International Classical Music Awards, as well as her earlier long-term collaboration with Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet, awarded multiple gold and platinum records. Duda also composes music for theatre and film and works within the fields of electronic and hip-hop music.
Joanna Duda, as a multidisciplinary artist created:
TRACK(S) installation (Trafostacja Sztuki / Trafo Plug - in project room exhibition cycle, Szczecin 2015)
Flow video art (including Bookstore - Exhibition in Krakow, Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, 2018)
Memory of Water video - art and installation (Polish-Japanese cooperation, 2016)
COVInstastory - video - art for Gdansk2020 exhibition, (2020)
Unendlicher Wald - inscrpition in the stone for Miasto, kocham festival (2022)
