Jacek Królik

He was born in Krakow in 1967. Guitarist, session musician and composer. A graduate of the Secondary Music School of Władysław Żeleński and the AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków. He co-founded bands such as: Chłopcy z Placu Broni, Lombard, Tilt, Funk de Nite, Kreszendo. He collaborated with the greatest artists of the Polish music scene, including: Justyna Steczkowska, Grzegorz Ciechowski, Urszula, Renata Przemyk, Edyta Górniak, Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz, Anna Treter, Krystyna Stańko, Adam Sztaba, Ewa Bem, Robert Chojnacki. Since 1997, he has been cooperating with Grzegorz Turnau on a permanent basis. He is the co-founder of the Brathanki band and the co-author of the greatest successes of the group, in which he played until 2009. Together with Ryszard Sygitowicz and Mietek Jurecki, he has been creating the Giganci Gitar band for many years. Since 2009, he has been cooperating with Andrzej Sikorowski. He is the author of music to the comedy by Juliusz Machulski „Ile waży Koń Trojański?”. Co-founder of the guitar project Rock Loves Chopin II, in which the outstanding Polish instrumentalists Marek Raduli, Damian Kurasz and Ryszard Sygitowicz play. On December 2, 2017, the guitarist’s debut album was released, which was nominated for the Fryderyk Award. Since 2018, he has been the music director and member of Krzysztof Cugowski’s band.
In 2019, together with the arranger Wojciech Lemański and conductor Łukasz Błaszczyk, he launched the symphonic project Orchestral Rock. The artist’s output includes over one hundred and fifty recorded albums. Repeatedly distinguished and awarded in plebiscites of industry music magazines.