Zosia Karbowiak
| ZoSia Karbowiak | |
|---|---|
 Karbowiak at concert on February 14, 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Zosia Zalewska |
| Also known as | ZoSia |
| Born |
October 15, 1980 Poland |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Years active | 1994-present |
| Website |
zosiakarbowiak |
Zosia Karbowiak (born October 15, 1980), known professionally as ZoSia (stylized with uppercase "S"), is a Polish singer-songwriter. She has appeared on TV in Poland and in Denmark including performances at the National Polish Song Festival in 2009, and the national eliminations for the 2010 and the 2011 Eurovision Song Contests. Between 2004 and 2008 she played over 300 concerts. Her first album in Europe was released in 2007 [1] Her first Global Release was in 2009, S.I.N.G.
Career highlights
ZoSia Karbowiak was born Zosia Zalewska in Poland. Although she never had formal musical training, she showed an aptitude at a young age and began singing, playing piano and learning percussion. During her early years she became immersed in classical music. In high school, with the absence of any formal lessons being available to her, she began to develop her skills composing music and lyrics as a young teenager on her own. She then began to perform bossa nova and jazz for live audiences.
When ZoSia was sixteen her interest in the piano re-surfaced and she was now concentrating on more pop and rock music. At nineteen she joined a new band where she met her future husband, drummer, Tomek Karbowiak. As well as performing, they began collaborating on new songs and material. After their marriage, three children, a move to Denmark that would last 5 years, playing countless shows, they returned to Poland but continued to commute to Denmark on a regular basis to perform.
ZoSia's talent during this time expanded internationally when her music was discovered by Jason Scheff, lead tenor and bass player for the Rock Band Chicago. During their tour of Europe in 2008, Scheff along with Robert Lamm founding member of Chicago, met with ZoSia and Tomek and agreed to be the Executive Producers of her Solo CD S.I.N.G.
ZoSia appeared on TV in Poland and Denmark including a performance at the Polish National Song Festival in 2009;[2] national eliminations for Eurovision 2010 [3] and Eurovision 2011.[4] also in 2010-2011 ZoSia collaborated with Robert Lamm on his Solo CD "Living Proof" where she co-wrote and sang three songs: "Liquid Sky", "Those Crazy Things" and "Arise". All three of these songs rose to the top of the Chart on Polish State Radio [5]
She has been on the cover and interviewed by "Trendy Magazine" [6] In January 2015, and along with Tomek, they took on a Project called 105 Drum Corps at the Cultural Center in Koszalin to teach students the basics of marching band drumming. These teens were featured in "Prestiz Magazine" [7] in June 2014. Later in 2015, ZoSia celebrated her 20 years of music at a Jubilee in Poland.[8] In early 2016, ZoSia was asked to sing at the yearly tourist event in Mielno followed by a performance in Koszalin with the Philharmony Orchestra [9] This concert included a group of students she coached vocally called V-Pack and also the 105 Drum Corp.
Discography
- Songs from S.I.N.G.
- Sunny Day (Karbowiak)
- Love Your Mistakes (Karbowiak/Bennett)
- Moge (Karbowiak)
- S.I.N.G. (Karbowiak)
- When (Karbowiak/Bennett)
- Full of Pride (Karbowiak)
- Live your Life (Karbowiak)
- Living On Earth (Karbowiak)
- Written in My Heart (Karbowiak)
- It's OK (Karbowiak/Bennett)
- Songs from Living Proof Robert Lamm's Solo CD
- Arise (Lamm/Karbowiak)
- Those Crazy Things (Lamm/Karbowiak)
- Liquid Sky (Karbowiak/Lamm)
References
- ↑ "Scream Out Louder". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Polish National Song Festival". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Eurovision 2010". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Eurovision 2011". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Radio Koszalin". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Trendy Magazine". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ "Prestiz Magazine". Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ↑ Krężelewska, Joanna (October 16, 2015). "Wokalistka Zosia Karbowiak świętowała jubileusz 20 lat pracy artystycznej" [The singer ZoSia Karbowiak celebrated 20 years of artistic work]. Koszalin (in Polish).
- ↑ Krężelewska, Joanna (April 17, 2016). "Wokalistka Zosia Karbowiak świętowała Koszalińskie nagrody za kulturę". Koszalin (in Polish).