Rosiewicz Andrzej, *1 June 1944 Warsaw, Polish singer, dancer, and songwriter. In the years 1964–68 he studied singing with M. Czekotowska at the State Secondary Music School in Warsaw. In 1963–65 he played and sang with the beat group Pesymiści and performed as a singer in the student clubs Medyk and Stodoła in Warsaw. In 1967–68 he collaborated with the traditional jazz band Old Timers, singing jazz standards. In the years 1970–78 he was associated – as a soloist, composer, and lyricist – with the traditional jazz group Asocjacja Hagaw. Since 1978 he has performed independently, singing with various instrumental ensembles. As a singer and songwriter, he is a laureate of many competitions and festivals (including first prize at the Polish Song Festival in Opole in 1972, 1975, 1976, and 1980). He has performed in most European countries as well as in Polish diaspora centers in America and Australia, and has made numerous radio, television, and record recordings (including Asocjacja Hagaw i Andrzej Rosiewicz 1970, Złote przeboje Andrzeja Rosiewicza, CD reissue, 1994, UFO/Żniwo 1980, Rosiewicz ’97 1997, Orzeł z Wisły 2001). Rosiewicz performs his own songs, jazz standards, hits from the interwar period, and politically engaged ballads. He created an original stage persona in Poland of a tap-dancing singer–guitarist–performer, referring to the traditions of the 1930s. Among the most popular songs in his repertoire, of which he is the author or co-author, are Chłopcy radarowcy, Samba wanna blues, Najwięcej witaminy, Czy czuje pani cza-czę, Wieje wiosna ze Wschodu, Renata, Zenek blues. He was awarded the Silver Cross of Merit (1979), the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2000), and the Gloria Artis Medal for Merit to Culture (2015). In 2022, the singer celebrated the 70th anniversary of his artistic career.
