Born: February 18, 1969 Primary Instrument: Piano
Marcin Malinowski is a pianist, keyboardist, composer, arranger and producer. He was born and grew up in Gdynia, Poland, a port city on the Baltic Sea. He got musical education in Gdańsk and started working as a professional musician in the Tri-City (Trójmiasto) area. He participated in various musical stage productions, different projects of local bands and cultural institutions in Poland and abroad.
In 2001 Marcin moved to Warsaw where he worked as a session / freelance musician in addition to his own individual / solo projects. He performed with different bands in various styles (jazz, fusion, hip-hop). During that period he also worked as a music tutor.
During the next years he made recordings with several talented musicians such as guitarist Marek Kądziela (2004), vocalist Julia Sokołowska (2005), guitarist Deniz Atalay (since 2005 - as a leader and instrumentalist & arranger on Deniz' projects), vocalist Freedom Lawrence (2007 – the “ONE SPIRIT” project), guitarist Frederick Carrilho (2008), percussionist & composer Renu Hossain.
Between 2004 and 2007 Marcin toured in Europe with musical stage productions. Those were the years when he started performing in clubs all over Poland.
In 2009 the new lineup of MM Group was set and it featured Marcin Malinowski - piano & keyboards; Agnieszka Kowalska - voice, flute; Frederick Carrilho – guitar; Mariusz Kozicki - trumpet & flugelhorn; Renu Hossain - tabla, percussions; Łukasz Borowiecki – bass; Michał Rodzeń – drums, with the guest participation of Deniz Atalay.
2010 saw the start of m2records, recording label that released the El Camino album (”Bliżej”) - the Mariusz Kozicki band with Marcin's participation as keyboardist, arranger and producer. Since the same year Marcin has been performing with EI Camino in Poland.
In 2011 Marcin alias Tigrano, recorded and co-composed the song “What Do I Do” along with Aphreme, producer and composer, featured Cei Bei, deep house vocalist. Album “What Do I Do” was released on vinyl, in the US by Seasons Recordings.
“Marcin is a great musician. No, I mean, GREAT musician. He reads and writes scores as if he reads this text. He is very creative as well. But the thing that makes him different than most of other musicians / artists is, he is very reliable. I hope our cooperation with him will continue no matter in which continent we meet again.” Ilter Kalkanci - “MMA Studios” - Istanbul, Turkey
”Marcín Malinowski, es un pianistas que nos sorprendió. Por su calidad y sentimiento al atacar sobre el teclado. En nuestro programa, hemos tenido la oportundiad de sonar los temas de su banda Mitote. Polonia, tiene en Marcín, a un excelente embajador musical. Tenemos la seguridad que muy pronto nos seguirá regalando nuevas muestras de su talento musical.” Ricardo Rafael Culque Fayffer - “Rumba y Son” - Lima, Peru
