Ledoff Lena

Lena Ledoff (* St Petersburg-) Born in Saint Petersburg, the pianist has been living and actively giving concerts in Poland and around the world for almost 30 years. She is a multiple scholarship holder of: the President of M. St. Warsaw, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and ZAIKS Authors’ Association, author of theater music and songs
literary. However, it is Fryderyk Chopin’s music that remains the artist’s greatest passion, and it is Chopin she most often refers to in her work.

In the jazz lineup of the Lena Ledoff Trio and with solo concerts, she performed on stages in Prague, Bratislava, Paris, Budapest, St. Petersburg, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Kiev, Irkutsk and many Polish cities, including Warsaw, Gdańsk, Łódź, Poznań, Wrocław, Kraków. She took part in the following festivals: “Jazz Jamboree” (2008 and 2011, Warsaw), “7 International Jazz Piano Festival” (2002, Praha, Czech Republic), “Festival of Film Music by Krzysztof Komeda” (2007 and 2008, Warsaw), ” White Night Swing” (2011, St. Petersburg), “Ladie’s Jazz Fest” (2012, Gdynia), “37 International Jazz Piano Festival” (2011, Kalisz), “Designed In Poland” (2011, Budapest), “Łódź Czterech Kultur” (2012, Łódź), “Baikal Waves” (2012, Irkutsk), “KoloryPolski” (2007, 2014, Łódź). She recorded three CDs with Fryderyk Chopin’s music in jazz arrangements.

Her solo album “Komeda – Chopin – Komeda” (2010, published by MTJ) was enthusiastically received by the critics and became the album of the month at Radio Jazz.
She is the author and performer of musical and verbal-musical projects: “I have no regrets. Piaf”, “Jazz loves Barok”, “Chopin and Polish poetry”, “Komeda. The Road to Hollywood.” She is the author and performer of musical and verbal-musical projects: “I have no regrets. Piaf”, “Jazz loves Barok”, “Chopin and Polish poetry”, “Komeda. The Road to Hollywood.”

As a performer and author of music, she has collaborated with, among others, with the Studio and TR Theater in Warsaw and the Teatr im. W. Bogusławski in Kalisz. She has been associated with the New Theater for over 10 years. Kazimierz Dejmek in Łódź. During this time, she composed music for seven performances. Among others is the author of the music and libretto for the musicals “MY, PSY” and “MY, PSY IN SPACE” directed by P.Dąbrowski. As a co-founder and composer, she cooperates with the Teatr in Dobra.

She wrote music for the plays “A Christmas Carol”, “Pchła Szachrajka” and “Mrs. Dulska’s Morality”. Currently, as a pianist, she appears in the following performances: “Mrs. Pylińska and Chopin’s Secret” directed by R. Gliński, “Appetite for cherries” directed by P. Dąbrowski and “Kocha, nie miłość” directed by T.Śpiewak.

Together with Przemysław Dąbrowski, she is the author of the book “We, dogs, or the admiral’s hat Yamamoto” (Prószyński Media, 2019) and (independently) the short story “Poor Chopin” (ZAiKS scholarship) and the drama “Shoes” (Touch the Theatre)

Link to the YouTube channel with the artist’s recordings.