Andrzej Lampert
| Andrzej Lampert | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 2, 1981 |
| Origin | Chorzów, Poland |
| Genres | Soft rock, classical music, opera |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, opera singer (tenor) |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Andrzej Lampert (born October 2, 1981 in Chorzów) is a Polish singer, opera singer (tenor),[1][2] composer, lyricist, arranger and music co-producer for his band PIN.
Career
From an early age Lampert showed interest in music, taking singing and accordion lessons at a local art centre in his hometown of Chorzów. On 14 December 1997, he became the winner of Szansa na sukces (A Chance for Success), a reality television-music competition series on Polish public television. A year later he formed the short-lived boy band Boom Box, with which he recorded two LPs, "Boom Box" and "Czysta energia" (Pure Energy).
Lampert made further appearances on Szansa na sukces, winning again on 12 July 1998 (this episode regularly scheduled airing was on 6 September 1998), then on a special show whose theme were European hits on 8 May 2004, then again, in a Valentine special singing opera on 12 February 2006, singing La donna è mobile from Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto. He also appeared on the show as part of a retrospective on 5 November 2006, singing a song (Dni, których nie znamy - Days We Yet Don't Know) by a Polish singer-songwriter Marek Grechuta who had just died, on 9 October 2006. Lampert returned to the show on 23 September 2007 for its 15th anniversary celebration and on 1 November 2007 for an opera-themed episode, during which he sang Giovanni Capurro and Eduardo di Capua's "O Sole Mio". On 25 October 2009, during the show's tribute to Michael Jackson, Lampert covered Jackson's "Billie Jean", and "I Just Can't Stop Loving You" in a duet.
Lampert graduated from a general upper secondary school (II Liceum Ogólnokształcące im. Juliusza Ligonia) and a state school of music, Państwowa Szkoła Muzyczna im. Grzegorza Fitelberga w Chorzowie in the class of vocal performance. From 2003 to 2005 he studied at the Department of Light Music and Jazz of University of Music in Katowice under Professor Renata Danel, Ph.D. He also trained as a tenor at the Academy of Music in Kraków, from which he graduated in 2008, having studied classical solo vocal performance under Professor Janusz Borowicz.
In 2003, he formed the band PIN with his friends Sebastian Kowol and Aleksander Woźniak. Their debut album was released in August 2005, featuring hit songs Bo to co dla mnie, Odlot aniołów, 2 kwietnia 2005, and Wina mocny smak.
Awards
- 2005: special award on the initiative of Wiesław Ochman for the most promising tenor voice at the III Konkurs Wokalny im. Ignacy Jan Paderewski in Bydgoszcz
Discography
Albums
with PIN
- 2011: Film o sobie [EMI Music Poland / Pomaton]
- 2008: Muzykoplastyka [EMI Music Poland / Pomaton]
- 2005: 0001 [EMI Music Poland / Pomaton]
with Boom Box
- 1999: Czysta energia [Universal Music Polska]
- 1998: Boom Box [PolyGram Polska]