las IIII Las quartet is a collaboration of creative musicians: Ágnes Bazsinka singer, composer, Szymon Bora vibraphonist, J.J. Kołacki double bassist and Bartłomiej Dybel drummer. Within this project the common need for feeling liberated as well as stimulated and challenged in music, exploring new possibilities collectively and within oneself is what's fueling the work of the four musicians. Music: Repetitive patterns, polyrhythmia, etherial tones, unconventional stylistic choices, extensive usage of instruments and voice, improvisation, storytelling and subtlety provides the basis of their sound. Dynamically and emotionally fluidly moving between lullaby and dense noise: las quartet's music is inspired by contemporary classical, jazz and collective free improvisation, experimental music, ballad, diverse world music influences, psychedelia, and whatever source seems to be interesting enough to draw from. All these components get a cohesion by visions combined with verbal, musical and non- linguistic poetry and both spontaneous and conceptual choices. Members: Szymon Bora is a vibraphonist, composer and explorer of music – from classical percussion through jazz and unique multi-arts performances to anything, what comes along and catches his attention. His energetic spirit, thirst for progress and change as well as his own vision - embodied already in his blooming original projects - provides a fertile ground with the basic ideas and compositions already present, paving the way of a journey towards forward-thinking collaborations. Currently is a student of prof. Bernard Maseli, at the Jazz department of Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. He's been working with Ryszard Bazarnik’s FluoDrums percussion group. He has been part of orchestral projects, including the Sinfonietta Cracovia Orchestra (recording of Gabor Boldoczki's album - "Oriental Trumpet Concertos"), and the Cracow Philharmonics. Collaborator of many projects of the Cracow jazz scene, such as Michał Wierba, Mike Parker and Another Jazz Quintet. In 2019, he won the grand prix of VIII School & Jazz Festival in Lubaczow with the progressive trio M.Plus, and a second prize of the XX Baszta Jazz Festival competition as a solo vibraphonist. He's been regularly performing in Slovakia as a solo act and in a vibraphone duet named DUAL AXIS. His apperciacion for minimalist, contemporary electronic music has given another touch and direction to the already developed jazz and classical skills. He takes great interest in philosophy and Slavic philology. Bartłomiej Dybel a drummer and above all: a man who loves music. As a child, he attended piano lessons and developed percussion interests at home on pots and pouffes, drumming with wooden spoons. He began his education as a professional drummer/percussionist at the Music School in Wieliczka then he attended the Bronisław Rutkowski secondary music school in Kraków, both classical and jazz faculties. He is a graduate of the Jagiellonian University (having Cultural and Media Management as a major) as well as the percussion department at the Academy of Music in Krakow. He took part in numerous music workshops conducted by, among others, Ed Soph, Dayna Stephens, David Garibaldi and Roxy Coss. In 2018 he participated in the CEEC summer jazz camp in China. There he had the opportunity to perfect his skills and perform with musicians from Europe (Rafał Sarnecki, Tomas Baros, Marian Sevcik, Igor Matkovic, Gábor Cseke and Kestutis Vaiginis). Together with Michael Kornas (piano) and Kamila Drabek (double bass) he co-creates the pianist's trio, which performs his own piano compositions and jazz standards in his arrangements. He is an active member of the local jazz scene in Kraków, regularly performing in various setups in well-known clubs: Jazz Club u Muniaka and Harris Piano Bar and more. He has been the drummer of the house ensemble at Voicingers International Festival (Voicingers Intercultural Gathering for Music Creativity and Expression) 2019 August in Poland, also performed with main acts on the same festival. Jan Jerzy Kołacki double bass player, conductor, composer, vocalist: a versatile performer who has greatly mastered his musical skills as well as stayed open-minded intellectually and emotionally, to be part of innovative creative projects. In 2011 he finished his music studies first at the Academy of Music. I. J. Paderewski in Poznań (Department of Choir Conducting, Music Education and Church Music). In 2016 he got his master's degree with honours as a double bassist, in Piotr Czerwiński's class. From 2013-2014 he won an LLP Erasmus scholarship at the prestigious Univetrsitat der Kuenste in Berlin lead by Prof. Michael Wolf. He is a laureate of many competitions: Third place at the III National Cello and Double Bass Contest in Warsaw and the first place at the International Music Competition "MUSICA INSIEME" in the solo instrument category, among others. He participated in numerous masterclasses, with artists such as professors, namely: Evgeny Kolosov, Rinat Ibragimov,Therry Barbe, Catalin Rotaru, Robert Nagy, Boguslaw Furtok, Tadeusz Górny, Dan Styffe, dr. Krzysztof Firlus, Tomasz Daroch. In addition, he's actively collaborating with many orchestras, such as the Mannheimer Philharomoniker, Poznań Philharmonic, the Gorzów Philharmonic, the Poznań Grand Theater, the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk, or the Santander Orchestra youth orchestra, with whom he had the pleasure to play under the baton of eminent conductors (John Axelrod, Krzysztof Penderecki, Jerzy Maksymiuk). In 2016, he'd been working at the Warsaw Sinfonia Iuventus. He's been a jazz double bass student at Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice in the class of dr Adam Kowalewski, in parallel with being a soloist of the Częstochowa Philharmonic. He is a member of the Follow Dices jazz group, with whom they've gained recognition and success: performing at the finals of 55. Santander Jazz nad Odrą Festival, as well as winning the Grand Prix XIII of Hanza Jazz Festival, and a special prize at Blue Note Jazz Festival 2017. Currently he is teaching classical double bass in Wrocław, as well as being a member and guest of various syphonic orchestras and jazz projects in Wrocław, Poland, Europe and lately touring in the United States. Ágnes Bazsinka is a vocalist, composer and enthusiast of percussion instruments. After instrumental and vocal studies and experience as a singer in various genres, being the winner of 2010 National Jazz Music Competition in Hungary encouraged her to enrich her knowledge of the genre. She graduated from Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, as a jazz vocalist, already composing and arranging. Along with jazz performances she started developing her own approach to experimental vocal music, extended techniques and free improvisation, later having a daily live video broadcast as a looping, improvising vocalist and solo performances with looper in Budapest's clubs and festivals using voice, different instruments and sources of sound and noise. From an early age, she has been also passionate about writing in Hungarian, later in English language and literary approach of using words: spoken and sung narratives had become part of the creative process and stage performance. Her journey in exploring the world of the Polish jazz and contemporary music has begun thanks to being a finalist of Voicingers Festival and International Competition for Singing Musicians, in 2016. Motivated by that, after moving to Poland she finished her master’s studies in Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music, Katowice. During the academic years she participated in the UNISA Jazz Voice Contest in South Africa 2018, and in 2019 she won the Wacław Felczak Foundation's grant for Polish-Hungarian transnational artistic activity. She recorded her crossover concept album the same year, titled "Things Look Different from Here" which is basically one composition built up of larger units and intermezzo parts - already involving the members of the quartet and guests, including András Dés, Hungarian percussionist. In july 2019 she got selected to attend the INTL International Jazz Platform Workshop in Łódź, learning from artists such as Verneri Pohjola, Jim Black, Marius Neset, John Escreet and Ingebrigt Håker Flaten and working together with fellow young professional improvising musicians from all around the globe. In September 2019 she had the opportunity to lead a masterclass on the Hungarian edition of Voicingers On Tour series (based on Voicingers International Festival in Poland, now is present worldwide) along with aknowledged European artists (Grzegorz Karnas, Veronika Harcsa, Manu Domergue, Grzegorz Masłowski, András Dés, Jana Bezek). She is involved in sound design and film music projects. 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