Robert Wypasek
Born in 1999, is a Polish tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer.
His musical path has developed between the Polish jazz scene and the international community he encountered during his studies and work in Basel.
Wypasek graduated with distinction from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in 2024 and completed a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance at the FHNW Musik Akademie Basel in 2025.
During his studies, he worked with artists including Ambrose Akinmusire, Mark Turner, Guillermo Klein and Jeff Ballard to name a few.
During studies he also collaborated with Pablo Held Trio, Philip Dizack, Jason Palmer and Nicole McCabe, and through the Amsterdam–Basel Creative Collective exchange programme worked and performed with Lionel Loueke, Tineke Postma and Jim McNeely.
In 2026, Wypasek was named a winner of the Selmer Paris Young Talents programme and received a Poland’s most prestigious annual music prize Fryderyk Award as a member of the Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra for the album Budyń o smaku Mickiewicza. He has previously been nominated for the Fryderyk Award in the category of Phonographic Debut of the Year – Jazz in 2024, 2022 and 2020, as a member of Horntet, Superminimalism, the Paweł Mańka Semiotic Quintet and the Andrzej Kowalski Quartet.
He is also a multiple prizewinner, both individually and with various ensembles, at major European jazz competitions including B’ Jazz Burghausen, Jazz Juniors, Jazz nad Odrą and the Lotos Jazz Festival – Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa.
As a leader and sideman, Wypasek has performed at festivals in Poland and abroad, including the Toronto Jazz Festival in Canada, Jazz ve městě in the Czech Republic, Nišville Jazz Festival in Serbia, Polska Jazz Festival in Hungary, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Jazz nad Odrą, Jazz Juniors.
His collaborations include musicians from different generations and backgrounds, among them Ole Morten Vågan, Marta Warelis, Marta Wajdzik, Paul Janoschka, Joakim Milder, Jan “Ptaszyn” Wróblewski, Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Dominik Wania, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Maciej Obara, Max Mucha and Grzegorz Pałka. He is a member of the Polish Radio Jazz Studio Orchestra and, in 2024, worked with the French National Jazz Orchestra (ONJ) as part of the Orchestre des Jeunes programme.
As a leader, Wypasek has developed two complementary projects. The Robert Wypasek Quartet, featuring Dominik Wania on piano, Max Mucha on double bass and Grzegorz Pałka on drums, has performed at Jazz Juniors and recorded two singles. A full-length album with the quartet has also been recorded and is forthcoming.
His current project, the Robert Wypasek International Group, brings together pianist Wes Georgiev (US), double bassist Alistair Peel (AU) and drummer Fabrizio Doberti (IT). The quartet has performed at Bird’s Eye in Basel and Blue Note in Poznań, and recorded a concert in collaboration with Polish Radio as part of the Klub Jazzowy Polskiego Radia series.
Wypasek’s discography includes more than ten albums, among them Orkiestra dnia poprzedniego – Mellomrom (2026), Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra – Budyń o smaku Mickiewicza (2025), Horntet – Direct Message (2025), We do not pretend – We do not pretend (2024), Superminimalism – Prelude (2023), Horntet – Horntet (2023) and Paweł Mańka Semiotic Quintet – Kubizm (2021).
Across his work as a composer, leader and sideman, Wypasek is interested in the space between composition and improvisation, structure and spontaneity. His music leaves room for uncertainty and discovery, allowing each performance to become its own experience rather than simply a reproduction of a fixed idea.Born in 1999, Robert Wypasek is a Polish tenor and soprano saxophonist and composer. His musical path has developed between the Polish jazz scene and the international community he encountered during his studies and work in Basel.
Wypasek graduated with distinction from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in 2024 and completed a Master’s degree in Jazz Performance at the FHNW Musik Akademie Basel in 2025. During his studies, he worked with artists including Ambrose Akinmusire, Mark Turner, Guillermo Klein and Jeff Ballard to name a few.
During studies he also collaborated with Pablo Held Trio, Philip Dizack, Jason Palmer and Nicole McCabe, and through the Amsterdam–Basel Creative Collective exchange programme worked and performed with Lionel Loueke, Tineke Postma and Jim McNeely.
In 2026, Wypasek was named a winner of the Selmer Paris Young Talents programme and received a Fryderyk Award as a member of the Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra for the album Budyń o smaku Mickiewicza. He has previously been nominated for the Fryderyk Award in the category of Phonographic Debut of the Year – Jazz in 2024, 2022 and 2020, as a member of Horntet, Superminimalism, the Paweł Mańka Semiotic Quintet and the Andrzej Kowalski Quartet.
He is also a multiple prizewinner, both individually and with various ensembles, at major European jazz competitions including B’ Jazz Burghausen, Jazz Juniors, Jazz nad Odrą and the Lotos Jazz Festival – Bielska Zadymka Jazzowa.
As a leader and sideman, Wypasek has performed at festivals in Poland and abroad, including the Toronto Jazz Festival in Canada, Jazz ve městě in the Czech Republic, Nišville Jazz Festival in Serbia, Polska Jazz Festival in Hungary, Warsaw Summer Jazz Days, Jazz nad Odrą, Jazz Juniors.
His collaborations include musicians from different generations and backgrounds, among them Ole Morten Vågan, Marta Warelis, Marta Wajdzik, Paul Janoschka, Joakim Milder, Jan “Ptaszyn” Wróblewski, Nikola Kołodziejczyk, Dominik Wania, Tomasz Dąbrowski, Maciej Obara, Max Mucha and Grzegorz Pałka. He is a member of the Polish Radio Jazz Studio Orchestra and, in 2024, worked with the French National Jazz Orchestra (ONJ) as part of the Orchestre des Jeunes programme.
As a leader, Wypasek has developed two complementary projects. The Robert Wypasek Quartet, featuring Dominik Wania on piano, Max Mucha on double bass and Grzegorz Pałka on drums, has performed at Jazz Juniors and recorded two singles. A full-length album with the quartet has also been recorded and is forthcoming.
His current project, the Robert Wypasek International Group, brings together pianist Wes Georgiev (US), double bassist Alistair Peel (AU) and drummer Fabrizio Doberti (IT). The quartet has performed at Bird’s Eye in Basel and Blue Note in Poznań, and recorded a concert in collaboration with Polish Radio as part of the Klub Jazzowy Polskiego Radia series.
Wypasek’s discography includes more than ten albums, among them Orkiestra dnia poprzedniego – Mellomrom (2026), Nikola Kołodziejczyk Orchestra – Budyń o smaku Mickiewicza (2025), Horntet – Direct Message (2025), We do not pretend – We do not pretend (2024), Superminimalism – Prelude (2023), Horntet – Horntet (2023) and Paweł Mańka Semiotic Quintet – Kubizm (2021).
Across his work as a composer, leader and sideman, Wypasek is interested in the space between composition and improvisation, structure and spontaneity. His music leaves room for uncertainty and discovery, allowing each performance to become its own experience rather than simply a reproduction of a fixed idea.
