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First Name

Mery

Last Name

Zimny

Nickname

mery-zimny

Curriculum / Description

Experienced journalist and specialist in Public Relations in the field of culture, promoter and curator of music event. Professionally, I deal with communication both managing the team and being responsible for the overall functioning of the JAZZKULTURA radio, as well as media communication (co-running the press office, creating press releases, organizing press conferences) and communication in social media. I also have experience in conducting meetings with artists, writers and people of culture.
 

I published articles in music magazines (ex. Jazz Forum) and I am also a radio host. Co-founder of internet radio JAZZKULTURA where I host the author’s music programmes. The radio is part od cultural center where I programming jazz concerts and others music events and also organized live sessions in the radio. From two years I programming Krakow Jazz Night in Dworek and also record interviews with artists for Dworek TV. Currently I collaborate with Polish and foreign music festivals as a journalist, jury member, panelist.

In 2022 I joined the jurors of the international competition for jazz musicians organized by 7 Virtual Jazz Club. I was a panelist Eurpoean Music Network during discussion about women in jazz media.

Before JAZZKULTURA I gained experience in Radio Kraków and Off Radio Kraków and published articles in magazines such as: Jazz Forum (still writing there), JazzPRESS, Gazeta Magnetofonowa, Ruch Muzyczny, Lizard. I also collaborate with a medical newspaper Medycyna Praktyczna.

In music, I am particularly interested in the subject – music as a language of dialogue. Apart from that I am also interested in the social and cultural dimension of multiculturalism.

I graduated history and contemporaty culture at Jagiellonian University and postgraduated studies – Music in media. Also, I graduate of music schools of the 1st and 2nd degree in classical guitar class.

Apart from jazz and improvised music I am also interested in contemporary music, flamenco (I was learning to play flamenco guitar), Italian culture, literature, especially non-fiction (I am books lover). In my free time I like to create collages with friends.

 

 

Profile Type

Journalist

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