Katarzyna Wiktorski is a contemporary composer, pianist, arranger, band leader, and producer. Having studied classical, jazz, and improvisation, her knowledge as a player and creator are unique. Sitting between chamber, modern jazz and film scores, Kat’s music explores light and dark landscapes, drawing from personal experiences to create an emotional, ornate listening journey. Her compositional approach always strives to create balance between complexity and simplicity with an overall arc of sentiment and storytelling.

In 2020, Kat led multiple remote recording projects that produced several independent releases. Her music made waves locally and internationally, seeing support from Bandcamp Weekly (US), Gilles Peterson on BBC6 (UK), Tsubaki FM (Japan), and Neo FM (Germany). The album From a Distance was featured in The Guardian’s Best 10 Contemporary Albums by John Lewis. Search for Stillness was awarded runner up of the 2020 Allan Zavod Perfomers’ Award.

Since completing her jazz studies at the Melbourne Conservatorium, Kat debuted her music at the 2020 Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival, and has led various ensembles including an octet, chamber sextet, a quartet, and a trio performing across Melbourne. She has also collaborated with local artists and commissioned to produce new music for several projects, including the psychedelic  word game GUBBINS by Studio Folly. Kat is currently composing and producing the soundtrack for a beautifully illustrated game called Drăculești by Fine Feathered Fiends.