Raphael Rogiński

Biography

Raphael Rogiński is a Polish guitarist, composer and improviser whose work joins jazz and blues improvisation to Jewish and folk traditions. He leads Shofar, improvising on Jewish religious music, and Cukunft, reviving pre-war Jewish song, alongside projects from the blues band Wovoka to his prepared-guitar album 'Rogiński gra Bacha'. He also directs festivals of new Jewish culture in Poland and composes for theatre and film.