Malina Midera
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06.07.2026
Vamze/ Gato/Midera -Jazz Extravaganza (DK)
11.07.2026
Great Gesture, Movement Shape Like A Heart (DK)
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about
selected works
projects
discography
calendar
contact
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upcoming concerts
06.07.2026
Vamze/ Gato/Midera -Jazz Extravaganza (DK)
11.07.2026
Great Gesture, Movement Shape Like A Heart (DK)
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about
As a performer and recording artist, Malina has released albums with various international ensembles such as Children of Fish, midi 4, Klawo, and Malina Midera & Jēkabs Rēders. She has toured and performed in various European countries. She has also curated several art festivals, including LAAF – Łódź Abstract Art Festival 2024 (PL), Slot Art Festival 2022 and 2023 (PL), and Idealistic Festival vol. 7 (DK). Curently, she’s working on her debiut solo album with a premiere in 2026.
Recent interviews:
1. CULTURE.PL
2. Polskie Radio Dwójka (PL)
3. Radio 357, Na Falach Jazzu (PL)
4. Jak być dorosłym, Dwutygodnik (PL)
selected works
TEXTURES GIVE ME FEELINGS
It’s a journey through time, texture, and the depth of the string quartet. Personal exploration of musical texture, minimalism, and romantic expression.
The project began with her deep love for the church organ and cassette tape recorder. Started by investigating the sounds and timbre of the organ. This process gradually led me to compose, improvise, and invite a string quartet to join my exploration.
The music moves between improvisation and composition. Through live tape manipulation, the sound is stretched, folded, and made more romantic - becoming fragile, expressive, and intimate. The piece is about deep listening, finding harmony in contrast, and embracing difference - both within yourself and in the world around you
releases July 17, 2026
Malina Midera - piano, synths
Michał Jan Biel - tape recorders
Bartosz Skibiński - violin
Rún Árnadóttir - cello
Naja Soulié - cello
Thora Kidon Jæger - dobule bass
(photos by George Chiper -Lillemark)
SOLO ORGAN WORK
Organ works blend composed material with improvisation, creating a dialogue between structure and flow. It’s an exploration of a minimalist approach to improvisation, focusing on subtle textures, repetition, and the playful sonic possibilities of the church organ.
solo album coming soon
MUSIC FROM PHOTOS
COPENHAGEN PHOTO FESTVIAL 2025
VÆKST PROGRAMME, REFSHALEØEN
JUNE 2025
Music From Photos is an interdisciplinary project that transforms photography into live acoustic music, combining composed and improvised pieces that create a deep connection between the visual and the aural. Through this unique sensory experience, the project encourages deep listening and explores how music can emerge from everyday surroundings.
During the festival Malina present’s a duo interpetation with a cellist Naja Soulie and perform in a Refshaleøen space in Copenhagen.
Malina Midera- tapes
Naja Soulie - cello
15/06/2025
MUSIC FROM PHOTOS - MALINA’S BIG BAND
_ LIVE IN KONCERTKIRKEN, COPENHAGEN (DK)
OCTOBER, 2024
By transforming my photographic works into sound, Malina explores the profound connection between visual imagery and music. This project features a nine-piece acoustic ensemble performing a blend of composed and improvised pieces, creating a unique sensory experience.
_link to the concert_
THE TINDERBOX _ SOUNDING SILENCE
Soudning Silents is a collaboration between Danish Silent Film, the Rhythmic Music Conservatory, and the Danish National Academy of Music. Over the course of a semester, group of RMC students created their own personal take on soundtracks for a number of silent films. As a result of my semester course is a soundtrack for a silent movie ‘The Tinderbox’
_ watch here
TRANSPORT LITERACKI 29 KOŁOBRZEG, 2024 (PL)
An international literary festival held in Kołobrzeg - a literary review under the theme “The Future of Literature.” The project involved creating soundtracks for poetry readings by 65 artists from around the world. The festival concluded with the concert midi 4. The project was carried out in collaboration with Biuro Literackie and the Youth Cultural Center (MDK) in Kołobrzeg (PL)
_link
projects // bands
GERTRUDE
Some people say Gertrude was an old, mysterious woman no one had ever truly seen - a quiet presence drifting between places, gathering forgotten melodies, though no one knows where she lives, or if she ever existed at all.Gertrude is a dream pop band whose music grows out of subtle gestures and small, song-like ideas. They move between ambient soundscapes and intimate songwriting, blending electronics, acoustic instruments, and voice into a single, breathing texture.
Nina Karpińska – vox, guitar
Franek Wicke – bass
Malina Midera – keys, guitar, vox
Liam Amner – drums
CHILDREN OF FISH
International contemporary jazz group that brings together the present, past and future through a laid-back and good-natured presence.
On October 25, 2024, the band released their debut album 'Sunrise Paper Punk' under the label Østersperle Plader Records. This album is an eclectic journey through the depths of Earth's oceans, drawing heavily from improvised, jazz, and electronic music.
Their music is often described as 'happy Nordic jazz' or 'Baltic jazz,' which combines the musical traditions of Baltic countries and all those with access to it.
Malina Midera (PL) – synths, piano
Petter Asbjørnsen (NO) – bass, electronics
Jēkabs Rēders (LV) – drums, percussion
Contact: children.of.fish@gmail.com
photo by Marichka, 2025
MIDI 4
Midi 4 is a jazz quartet presenting original music that combines composed structures with open improvisation. Their sound draws from Nordic minimalism and the expressive tradition of Polish jazz, creating acoustic music.The group released their debut album Cats, Dogs and Dwarfs in March 2024 on Alpaka Records (PL). The record showcases the band’s interest in balancing melody and texture, as well as spontaneous interaction between musicians. Midi 4 focuses on collective sound rather than individual solos, aiming for honest and direct musical expression.
MALINA MIDERA & JĒKABS RĒDERS
'Bye Bye Sadness' is a new year's resolution and an exploration of the wonderful and unique sound world of two Hohner keyboards from late 1980's. All of the compositions are semi-improvised, recorded and mixed on a 4 track cassette recorder.
This release is a spontanous idea of two composers and instrumentalists - Malina Midera (PL) and Jēkabs Rēders (LV) who already work together with jazz and improvised music in a project called 'Children of Fish. This is a new take on their expression of creativity through the limitation of simple digital synthesizers and instant compositions recorded straight on a cassette as first takes. The music is unforced, playful, with a hint of Nostalgia and a laid back approach on the titles...
EPTA
Marek Pospieszalski – saxophone
Maniucha Bikont – voice, tuba
Artur Majewski – trumpet
Malina Midera – keys, voice
Piotr Bukowski – guitar
Olo Walicki – bass
Bartek Szablowski - drums
calendar
_ PAST _
2026
11. July Great Gesture, Movement Shape Like A Heart (DK)
07. July Vamze/ Gato/Midera -Jazz Extravaganza (DK)
09 -10. June- KLEIN TAKE OVER RMC, Copenhag en (DK)
06. June - Gertrude - HUSET, Copenhagen (DK)
31. May - midi 4 - Hala Koszyki, Warszawa (PL)
22. April Malina Midera solo - New Organ Music, Christians Kriken (DK)
13. March - Malina Midera organ solo - KoncertKirken (DK)
25. February -Marek Pospieszalski Octet & wizaualizacje Michał Szota. Galerai Sztuki Współczesnej, Nowy Sącz (PL)
19. February - Jon Sensmeier - premiere concert, Union, Copenhagen , (DK)
15. February- EPTA, septet Marka Pospieszalskiego, SPATiF, Warszawa (PL)
07. February - Antonio Dayyani sextet , Stengade Copenhagen (DK)
06. February - Midera / Wicke /Karpinska , RMC Vinterjazz, Copenhagen (DK)
05. February - Malina Midera & Bernardo Tinoco, RMC Vinterjazz, Copenhagen (DK)
31. January - Malina Midera & Bernardo Tinoco - Tasca De Artes, Lisbon (PT)
2025
11. December - Aar & Dag (DK): Multiple Pipes for Major Players, Organ Sound Art Festival (DK)
28. November - Marek Pospieszalski Oktet x Aukso Tychy (PL)
19. November - Antonio Dayyani Sextet , Lyngby (DK)
16. November - Malina Midera & Fred Warnby, Goteborg (SE)
15. November - Malina Midera & Fred Warnby , Örebro (SE)
17. October - Malina Midera solo, Turkis, Aarhus DK
14.October - Antonio Dayani Sextet, Jazzy Days, Tresved (DK)
9. October - EPTA, Jazz Goes To Town , Hradec Kralove (CZ)
26. September - Idealistic Festival vol. 7 concert with Lotte Anker, Patrycja Wybrańczyk, Oskar Tomala, Irek Wojtczak, Gdańsk (PL)
17. September - Antonio Dayani Sextet, Danske Kirken, Berlin (DE)
16. September - Antonio Dayani Sextet, Blue Note, Dresden (DE)
14. September - Antonio Dayani Sextet, Muri (CH)
21. August - Marek Pospieszalski EPTA, Łódź Wytwórnia (PL)
10. August - Koncert familijny: Orkiestra Łódzkich WTZ-tów, Łódź Wytwórnia (PL)
03. August - midi 4 - OFF KATOWICE (PL)
02. August - Children of Fish, Sopot Jazz Festvial (PL)
31. July - midi 4, Lawendowa 8, Gdańsk (PL)
14. July: Children of Fish, Intl Jazz Platform, Lodz (PL)
11. July : midi 4 , Copenhagen (DK)
11. July: Children of Fish, Urban 13 (DK)
08. July: Malina Midera & Jekabs Reders ‘BYE BYE SADNESS’, Valby (DK)
17. June: Texture Give Me Feelings - Graduation Concert, RMC (DK)
15. June: Music From Photos - Malina Midera feat. Naja Soulie, Copenhagen Photo Festival (DK)
24. May: EPTA, Andrychów (PL)
17. May: Jeff Wagner band, Copenhagen (DK)
24. April: - Malina & Ugne, Idealistic Festival vol 7, Copenhagen (DK)
09. April: Children of Fish, H15, Copenhagen (DK)
20. February: Children of Fish, HUSET, Alborg (DK)
19. February: Children of Fish, Cafe Smaglos, Aarhus (DK)
16. February: Children of Fish, Sunday Sessions KoncertKirken, Copenhagen (DK)
31. January: Eigil Pock-Steen Jorgensen, Vinterjazz, RMC (DK)
31. January: Midera/Sensmeier duo, Mellemrummmet, Copenhagen (DK)
2024
4. December : Malina Midera solo, Nadbałtyckie Centrum Kultruy, Gdańsk (PL)
15. November: Children of Fish, Kruttverket, Oslo (NO)
11. November: Children of Fish, Salt, Oslo (NO)
27. October: Music From Photos, KoncertKirken, Copenhgagen (DK)
26. October: Antonio Dayyani Sextet , Jazz Struer (DK)
24. October : Kølsters, Copenhagen (DK)
12. October : Cowboy Bebop & Sinfonietta Cravovia, Kraków (PL)
6. October: Malina Midera solo, LAAF Łódź (PL)
5. October: Baliński/Midera/Tarwid, LAAF Łódź (PL)
4. October: KEFIR KEFIR , LAAF Łódź (PL)
31. August : Children of Fish - TBA
28. August: Children of Fish - SPATiF, Warsaw (PL)
27. August : Children of Fish - Punctum, Prague (CZ)
26. August : Children of Fish - Music Lab, Brno (CZ)
02. August : KLAWO - Off Festival, Katowice (PL)
26. July: KLAWO - Zaiafet Pe Luna (RO)
13. July: KEFIR KEFIR - Mellemrummet, København (DK)
10. July: Children of Fish -København (DK)
07. July: KLAWO - Jazz in The Park, Cluj Napoca (RO)
27. June: KLAWO - Fusion Fest (DE)
25. June - KLAWO - Mladiladi fest , Prague (CZ)
23. June: KLAWO - Tauron, Katowice (PL)
08. June: midi 4 - TransPort Literacki Kołobrzeg (PL)
18. May: Malina Midera piano solo - Fundacja Palma, Jaśkowa Dolina 4/11, Gdańsk (PL)
21. April: Children Of Fish concert during Østerpearle plader showcase, København V (DK)
14. March: midi 4 on Jazz Jantar, Gdansk (PL)
8. February: Children of Fish - RMC Vinterjazz, Kobenhavn (DK)
1. February: Children Of Fish - Amager Records, Kobenhavn S (DK)
19. January: KLAWO - ESNS Showcase, Groningen (NL)
2023