Jagodna (Jagoda Stanicka) is a Polish pianist and composer who blends classical music with a modern approach, lyrical cantilena-like melodies and subtle impressionistic influences. She creates original compositions that go beyond the realm of classical music, breaking the boundaries of genre and style divisions. Her music has been broadcast among others on several Polish Radio stations, American radio station KEXP, and the German radio NEOfm.
She gained her musical education at Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (Janusz Olejniczak piano class, master’s degree 2022) and Conservatory of Amsterdam (2018/2019 as well as Master at social arts, Warsaw Universtity (2023).
Her career as an award-winning classical musician allows her to freely combine classical genres with more alternative approaches using a solid piano technique.
She is a winner of many international and national piano competitions. She’s performed solo and as a soloist with orchestras around the country and abroad (Austria, France, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, Portugal, Hungary, Slovakia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus) as a participant of the Cultura Animi Foundation. She’s also taken part in several master classes and music courses. Two-time Ministry of Culture and National Heritage grantee, the Mazovian and Lublin Voivodeship Marshal. Despite her success in classical piano and a 6-year violin class, Jagodna began seeking different opportunities and goals outside her pianistic career.
She decided to follow her artistic path concentrating on composing and playing modern classic and contemporary music.
Jagodna writes music for theatre, pantomime, film and interdisciplinary projects. Alongside her solo work, she actively collaborates with emerging vocalists, releasing several joint singles over the past year, and released her solo mini-EP Blue Jay on Piano Day 2025.
She was awarded twice with a special distinction for composing music for the musical theatre play Przesilenia (2022) dir. Kinga Pudełek, Hubert Fiebig. She took part in the recording of the ambient album “Celestially Light” by the esteemed Japanese singer Ichiko Aoba produced by Albert Karch.
Her career as an award-winning classical musician allows her to combine classical genres with more alternative approach freely . In recent months she has performed, among others, at the United Arts Festival by Maciej Musiałowski in Domanice, Steinway Piano Gallery Poland, Na Bugu Festival in Włodawa, the Silent Film Festival in Kraków, Kristupo Festivalis in Vilnius, Feeria Festival of Local Art, the Jadwigensis Festival, Łódź of Many Cultures Festival.
Thanks to the musical versatility she acquires in various fields, in her work she always tries to discover new possibilities and draw on available resources. She has received numerous artistic grants and scholarships (including the Polish Ministry of Culture, the Marshal Offices of Mazovia and Lublin, and KPO/ESF+ programmes). She is also a participant of the ZAiKS Inkubator (2025/2026) and the Eastern European Music Academy (2024), as well as an organiser of composer meetings, musical events and participatory community activities.
Her debut album will be released in 2027 by PIAS Poland & EE.
