Anna Maria Jopek (born 14 December 1970) is a Polish vocalist, songwriter, and improviser. She represented Poland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1997, with the song "Ale jestem" and finished 11th out of 25 participating acts; and in 2002, she collaborated on an album with jazz guitarist Pat Metheny. She has received numerous awards for her music, including Michel Legrand's Personal Award in Vitebsk in 1994, as well as all of the awards for music in Poland, together with gold and platinum records.

Biography She is the daughter of Mazowsze singer Stanisław Jopek (1935–2006), known as the "First Coachman of Poland" for his signature song "Furman" (The Coachman), and former Mazowsze dancer Maria Stankiewicz. Her 1999 Christmas album, Dzisiaj z Betleyem, features two duets with her father. Anna Maria's sister, Patrycja is a violinist.

In Poland, she has sung with Marek Grechuta, Jeremi Przybora and Wojciech Młynarski. Abroad, she has performed with Pat Metheny, Youssu'n Dour, Bobby McFerrin, Ivan Linz, Branford Marsalis, Nigel Kennedy, Richard Bona, Oscar Castro-Neves, Makoto Ozone and Gonzalo Rubalcaba among others. In 2017, Jopek sang a duet with Sting on a New Year's TV program.

Jopek has performed at the world's leading concert venues such as Carnegie Hall, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Festival Hall, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Blue Note Tokyo, The Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv or Hamer Hall in Melbourne. She has recorded at Peter Gabriel's Real World studio, Abbey Road in London, and Power Station in New York.

In 2015, she received the Knight's Cross Order of Polonia Restituta conferred by President Bronisław Komorowski for promoting Polish art worldwide.

In 2019, Jopek released a new album "Ulotne" (Elusive) with Branford Marsalis.

In 2021, she launched a concert project titled "Przestworza" (The Expanses), which toured Poland's major concert venues in August of that year.

Over the past few years, Jopek has been experimenting with various stage forms. She has performed in "Czas Kobiety" (A Woman's Time), a play staged at Teatr Stary in Lublin, directed by the legend of Polish theatre – professor Leszek Mądzik. The music was written by Jopek and Robert Kubiszyn. In 2014, she accepted Song of the Goat Theatre's invitation to perform in an oratory "Return to the Voice". They held a series of performances over a month as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where she was noticed by Michael Hirst, creator of HISTORY's flagship series Vikings. The producers offered her to record a song to be featured in the show.

Discography

Solo albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsPOLAle jestem Released: 22 November 1997 Label: Mercury/PolyGram Poland Formats: CD – POL: 50,000+ POL: GoldSzeptem Released: 6 June 1998 Label: Mercury/PolyGram Poland Formats: CD 38 POL: 200,000+ POL: 2× PlatinumJasnosłyszenie Released: 26 March 1999 Label: Mercury/PolyGram Poland Formats: CD – POL: 50,000+ POL: GoldDzisiaj z Betleyem Released: 8 November 1999 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD –Bosa Released: 14 September 2000 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 3 POL: 50,000+ POL: GoldBarefoot Released: 28 February 2002 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD –Nienasycenie Released: 25 March 2002 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD 1 POL: 35,000+ POL: GoldSecret Released: 13 June 2005 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 3Niebo Released: 24 October 2005 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, CD+DVD, digital download 2ID Released: 11 May 2007 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 1 POL: 30,000+ POL: PlatinumSobremesa Released: 14 October 2011 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 5 POL: 30,000+ POL: PlatinumPolanna Released: 14 October 2011 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 14 POL: 15,000+ POL: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Collaborative albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsPOLUpojenie (with Pat Metheny) Released: 1 December 2002 Label: Warner Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 1 POL: 70,000+ POL: PlatinumHaiku (with Makoto Ozone) Released: 14 October 2011 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 17 POL: 30,000+ POL: PlatinumMinione (with Gonzalo Rubalcaba) Released: 3 February 2017 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, album, digital download — POL: 60,000+ POL: 2× PlatinumUlotne (with Branford Marsalis) Released: 14 December 2018 Label: Anna Maria Jopek Music AMJ002 Formats: album — POL: 30,000+ POL: Platinum "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsPOLFarat Released: 16 November 2003 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 2 POL: 35,000+ POL: GoldJO & CO Released: 17 October 2009 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download 4 POL: 15,000+ POL: Gold "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums Title Album details Peak chart positions Sales CertificationsPOLAnna Maria Jopek Released: 26 July 2006 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD (Box set) — POL: 5,000+ POL: GoldDwa serduszka, cztery oczy Released: 14 December 2008 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD (Box set) 47Lustra Released: 14 October 2011 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: CD (Box set) 12 "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Video albums Title Album details Sales CertificationsFarat Released: 2003 Label: Universal Music Poland Formats: DVD POL: 10,000+ POL: Platinum

Music videos Title Year Directed"Inna"1995 "Ale jestem"1996"Joszko Broda" 1997 Dariusz Błaszczykhttp://www.prasa.fpff.pl/pol/34.-FPFF/Konkursy-i-Panorama/Konkurs-Kina-Niezaleznego/Niech-zyje-pogrzeb!!!/Dariusz-Blaszczyk"Nie przychodzisz mi do głowy""Ja wysiadam" 1999"Na całej połaci śnieg""Wspomnienie" with Michał Żebrowski"Szepty i łzy"2000Bolesław Pawica, Jarek Szoda"Na dłoni" 2002"I pozostanie tajemnicą""Cichy zapada zmrok" 2003"Możliwe""Tam, gdzie nie sięga wzrok"2004"Don't Speak" 2005"Gdy mówią mi""Sypka Warszawa"2009 Adrian Panek

References

External links

Profile of Anna Maria Jopek at Culture.pl