At the turn of November and December we will see the Warsaw-based band LIGHT STAR GUIDING perform live shows in India as part of the JAZZ PO POLSKU „Around the World” project and its latest edition – “Destination Asia”. The tour will last from November 27 until December 15 and will comprise of 13 shows in 9 cities, including New Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.
LIGHT STAR GUIDING will start their tour of India with live shows at the prestigious brand of New Delhi jazz clubs – The Piano Man. The concerts will be held on the following dates: November 27 – The Piano Man Eldeco Center, November 28 – The Piano Man in Gurugram – a satellite city of the Delhi metropolitan area and on November 29 – The Piano Man Jazz Club in the Safdarjung district of New Delhi. On November 30 the band will take part in a jam session with local musicians.
After New Delhi the band will travel to Mumbai where, on December 4, they will perform at one of the most dynamically developing cultural centers in the country – The Cube concert hall at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center. December 5 will see them play live in Pune, a large city region in Western India, at The Shisha Bar. On December 6 they will fly to Kolkata to take part in the international jazz festival – Jazz Fest Kolkata. On December 7 the band will head South to Chennai, a city situated on the Coromandel Coast in the Bay of Bengal, where they are booked to play at the Nook club. Next, between December 9 and 10 they will start their artistic residence at the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music in Cheyyur, which will include leading workshops for local students and preparation for a collaborative concert. The tour will run its course to Hyderabad on December 11 to 13, and then finally to Panjim on the Western coast of the Indian Peninsula in the state of Goa. Here the band will perform on December 15 at the international and interdisciplinary “Serendipity Festival”.
„Our music is co-created by all the band members. We try to achieve a sound that transcends the boundaries between diverse music genres in a „non-obvious” manner by being sensitive and honest towards issues that are really dear to us all. Considering our numerous music roots, our sound has been described as Electro – Trance – Folk – Free Jazz with a noticeable 1970’s vibe …. That’s quite a good description that, to a certain degree, we agree with”, Mikołaj Poncyljusz, Light Star Guiding’s guitarist.
LIGHT STAR GUIDING has been a part of the Polish music scene since 2018. A year after forming they released their self-titled debut album that was received with a wide and positive response from both fans of jazz/improvised music and the media. One of their first live shows took place at the „Tchnienia” festival, where they were joined on stage by Hania Rani, who is considered as one of the most important modern Polish female composers. The band members are well-known musicians in the jazz and alternative scenes. They make an odd collective of energetic and crazy personalities, whose mix guarantees unique and remarkable music and, what has been described as “atomic” vibes at their live shows. They consist of: Ray Dickaty – Tenor Sax/Flute, Mikołaj Poncyljusz – Guitars, Michał Załęski – Keyboards, Bass Guitar and Moog and Dominik Mokrzewski – Drums.
The LIGHT STAR GUIDING concert tour of India is organized by the JAZZ PO POLSKU Foundation as part of the JAZZ PO POLSKU „Around the World” project and its latest edition entitled “Destination Asia”. The “Around the World” project kicked off in May 2023 and has taken the form of international concert tours involving Polish artists performing in the farthest corners of the World, promoting their original music. The entire concept is inspired by the feats of the famous Polish traveler, Paweł Edmund Strzelecki, who was the first Pole to circumnavigate the World in the 1800s. So far the project has seen over 200 events in 22 countries taking place on 3 continents. This year’s edition is devoted to Asia and concludes a summary of a decade-long presence of Polish jazz musicians within the JAZZ PO POLSKU projects in the Asian markets that have been organized regularly since 2014.
The JAZZ PO POLSKU „Around the World/Destination: Asia” is organized by the JAZZ PO POLSKU Foundation and co-financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage from the Culture Promotion Fund. The India concerts are partnered by the Polish Institute in New Delhi. The project’s logistics partner is the Polish Air Lines (LOT). The honorary patronage over the project is held by Poland’s Foreign Minister, Radosław Sikorski. Media patrons: Dwójka Polskie Radio, Warsaw Insider, Jazz Forum.
LIGHT STAR GUIDING
Ray Dickaty (UK) – Tenor Sax, Flute; Mikołaj Poncyljusz – Electric Guitar; Michał Załęski – Keyboards, Moog, Bass Guitar; Dominik Mokrzewski – Drums
27.11 New Delhi, The Piano Man Eldeco Center
28.11 Gurugram, The Piano Man
29.11 New Delhi, The Piano Man Jazz Club Safdarjung
30.11 New Delhi, The Piano Man Jazz Club Safdarjung * jam session
04.12 Mumbai, Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Center, The Cube
05.12 Pune, Shisha Jazz Cafe
06.12 Kolkata, Kolkata Jazz Festival
07.12 Chennai, The Nook
09.12 Cheyyur, Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music * masterclass
10.12 Cheyyur, Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music * masterclass
11.12 Hyderabad, Imli Sarai * masterclass
13.12 Hyderabad, Ashiana
15.12 Panjim, Serendipity Festival