Grzegorz Turnau

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Grzegorz Turnau

| image = Gorzegorz Turnau z zespołem, 2023-01-29 07.jpg

| alias =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|7|31}}

| birth_place = Kraków, Poland

| instrument = Piano, vocals

| genre = Sung poetry

| occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer

| years_active =

| label = Pomaton EMI, EMI Music Poland, Mystic Production

| associated_acts = Ewa Bem, Andrzej Sikorowski, Magda Umer, Wojciech Malajkat, Ewa Małas-Godlewska

| website = [http://www.grzegorzturnau.pl/ www.grzegorzturnau.pl]

}}

Grzegorz Jerzy Turnau (born 31 July 1967) is a Polish composer, pianist, poet and singer. He has released eleven albums to date, including one (Cafe Sułtan) made up of his own versions of songs by Jeremi Przybora and Jerzy Wasowski, and most have enjoyed considerable chart success.

His characteristic style consists of strong, clear lyrics and music composed in special keys and harmonies, using instruments such as the piano (played by himself), saxophone, violin and various horns. Influenced by such artists as Marek Grechuta and Jan Kanty Pawluśkiewicz, his music style falls within the broad genre of sung poetry.

Biography

He was born on 31 July 1967 in Kraków, Poland. At age seventeen he won First Prize (Grand Prix) at The Student Song Festival in Kraków in 1984. He went on to join the Piwnica pod Baranami Cabaret, composing such hits as "Znów wędrujemy", and released his first album, Naprawdę nie dzieje się nic ("Really, nothing is happening") in 1991.

He did participate in the Aleksander Glondys's "Ellington po krakowsku" ("Ellington Kraków Way"), a concert based upon idea of notable composers of Piwnica pod Baranami playing their interpretations of Duke's music. Other participants include Pawluśkiewicz, Zbigniew Raj and several other musicians.

Discography

=Solo albums=

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Certifications

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |POL
{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=427&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=426&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=122&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=227&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=287&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=348&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=503&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=623&lang=|title=Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart|publisher=olis.onyx.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}

scope="row" |Naprawdę nie dzieje się nic

Released: 1991
Label: Pomaton EMI
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/naprawde-nie-dzieje-sie-nic/id908797648|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916201855/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/naprawde-nie-dzieje-sie-nic/id908797648|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2014|title=Naprawdę Nie Dzieje Się Nic by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=January 1994 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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POL: 100,000+

POL: Gold{{cite web|url=http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php |title=Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video |accessdate=2014-05-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603082637/http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/zlote/index.php |archivedate=3 June 2013 |df=dmy-all }}

scope="row" |Pod światło

Released: 1993
Label: Pomaton EMI
Formats: CD

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POL: 100,000+

POL: Gold

scope="row" |To tu, to tam

Released: 9 October 1995
Label: Pomaton EMI
Formats: CD, CS, digital download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/to-tu-to-tam/id908804236|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916201834/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/to-tu-to-tam/id908804236|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2014|title=To Tu, To Tam by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=January 1995 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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POL: 400,000+

POL: 2× Platinum

scope="row" |Tutaj jestem

Released: 28 April 1997
Label: Pomaton EMI
Formats: CD, CS, digital download{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/tutaj-jestem/691347286|title=Tutaj Jestem by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=January 1997 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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POL: 100,000+

POL: Gold

scope="row" |Księżyc w misce

Released: 30 November 1998
Label: Pomaton EMI
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ksiezyc-w-misce/id908813911|title=Księżyc W Misce by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=January 1999 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

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scope="row" |Ultima

Released: 5 June 1999
Label: Pomaton EMI
Formats: CD

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POL: 50,000{{cite web|url=http://www.zpav.pl/zlote/zasady.html |title=Golden - Platinum |accessdate=17 May 2016 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010524055951/http://www.zpav.pl/zlote/zasady.html |archivedate=24 May 2001 }}

POL: Gold

scope="row" |Nawet

Released: 12 November 2002{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/grzegorz-turnau-nawet,1795|title=Grzegorz Turnau - Nawet - Muzyka w Interia.pl|publisher=muzyka.interia.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
Label: EMI Music Poland
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nawet/id908726686|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916201858/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/nawet/id908726686|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2014|title=Nawet by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=January 2002 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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scope="row" |Cafe Sułtan

Released: 4 October 2004{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/grzegorz-turnau-cafe-sultan,3816|title=Grzegorz Turnau - Cafe Sułtan - Muzyka w Interia.pl|publisher=muzyka.interia.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
Label: EMI Music Poland
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/cafe-su%C5%82tan/691307100|title=Cafe Sułtan by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=2 April 2005 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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scope="row" |11:11

Released: 21 November 2005{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/grzegorz-turnau-1111,13025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140827165143/http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/grzegorz-turnau-1111,13025 |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 August 2014 |title=Grzegorz Turnau - 11:11 - Muzyka w Interia.pl |publisher=muzyka.interia.pl |accessdate=17 May 2016 }}
Label: EMI Music Poland
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/11-11/id908831370|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916201843/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/11-11/id908831370|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2014|title=11:11 by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=March 2011 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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POL: 15,000+

POL: Gold

scope="row" |Fabryka klamek

Released: 2 November 2010{{cite web|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/grzegorz-turnau-fabryka-klamek,289390|title=Grzegorz Turnau - Fabryka klamek - Muzyka w Interia.pl|publisher=muzyka.interia.pl|accessdate=17 May 2016}}
Label: Mystic Production
Formats: CD, LP, digital download{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/fabryka-klamek/496201936|title=Fabryka Klamek by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=3 November 2010 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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POL: 15,000+{{cite web|url=http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/regulamin.php |title=Listy bestsellerów, wyróżnienia :: Związek Producentów Audio-Video |accessdate=2014-08-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714000448/http://www.zpav.pl/rankingi/wyroznienia/regulamin.php |archivedate=14 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

POL: Gold

7 widoków w drodze do Krakowa

Released: 28 November [https://www.rmfclassic.pl/informacje/Muzyka,10/7-widokow-w-drodze-do-Krakowa-nowa-plyta-Grzegorza-Turnaua,25188.html 2014]

Label: Mystic Production
Formats: CD + [https://www.empik.com/7-widokow-w-drodze-do-krakowa-turnau-grzegorz,p1104473972,muzyka-p LP]

|19

Released: 13 October 2017
Label: Agora S.A.
Format: CD + DVD

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=Compilation albums=

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scope="row" \|Kawałek cienia \| Released: December 2000 Label: Pomaton EMI Formats: CD \|\| – \| \|
scope="row" \|Do zobaczenia \| Released: 16 March 2009{{cite web\|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/grzegorz-turnau-do-zobaczenia,251262\|title=Grzegorz Turnau - Do zobaczenia - Muzyka w Interia.pl\|publisher=muzyka.interia.pl\|accessdate=17 May 2016}} Label: EMI Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-zobaczenia/id908840867\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916201829/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/do-zobaczenia/id908840867\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=16 September 2014\|title=Do Zobaczenia by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes\|date=26 October 2010 \|publisher=iTunes\|access-date=17 May 2016}} \|\| 6 \| POL: 15,000+ \| POL: Gold
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=Cover albums=

scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:15em;"\| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" \| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Sales ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Certifications
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scope="row" \|Historia pewnej podróży \| Released: 27 November 2006{{cite web\|url=http://muzyka.interia.pl/plyty/plyta/grzegorz-turnau-historia-pewnej-podrozy,22248\|title=Grzegorz Turnau - Historia pewnej podróży - Muzyka w Interia.pl\|publisher=muzyka.interia.pl\|accessdate=17 May 2016}} Label: EMI Music Poland Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web\|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/historia-pewnej-podrozy/id908834819\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916201850/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/historia-pewnej-podrozy/id908834819\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=16 September 2014\|title=Historia Pewnej Podróży by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes\|date=26 October 2006 \|publisher=iTunes\|access-date=17 May 2016}} \|\| 2 \| POL: 30,000+ \| POL: Platinumhttp://www.zpav.pl/plyty.asppage=platynowe&lang=pl{{dead link\|date=October 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}
Bedford School \| Released: 9 November 2018 Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD \|20 \| \|
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= Collaborative albums =

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scope="row" |Witaj Gwiazdo Złota
(with Ewa Małas-Godlewska)

Released: 1998
Label: EMI Music Poland
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/pl/album/witaj-gwiazdo-zlota/545249511|title=Witaj Gwiazdo Zlota by Ewa Malas Godlewska on iTunes|date=10 October 2008 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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POL: 100,000+

POL: Platinum

scope="row" |Kołysanki – utulanki
(with Magda Umer)

Released: 12 June 2003
Label: Fokus
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ko-ysanki-utulanki/id908761007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140916201839/https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ko-ysanki-utulanki/id908761007|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2014|title=Kołysanki - Utulanki by Grzegorz Turnau & Magda Umer on iTunes|date=12 June 2003 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}

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scope="row" |Kruchy świat, kruche szkło
(with Wojciech Malajkat)

Released: 4 August 2007{{cite web |url=http://www.strefapiosenki.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=394&Itemid=41 |title=Strefa Piosenki - Kruchy świat, kruche szkło - Grzegorz Turnau i Wojciech Malajkat |accessdate=2014-08-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230080959/http://www.strefapiosenki.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=394&Itemid=41 |archivedate=30 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
Label: Stowarzyszenie Przyjaciół
Piwnicy pod Baranami "Klub 40"
Formats: CD

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scope="row" |Pasjans na dwóch
(with Andrzej Sikorowski)

Released: 27 August 2007{{cite web |url=http://www.strefapiosenki.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=390&Itemid=41 |title=Strefa Piosenki - Pasjans na Dwóch - Grzegorz Turnau i Andrzej Sikorowski |accessdate=2014-08-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141230083720/http://www.strefapiosenki.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=390&Itemid=41 |archivedate=30 December 2014 |df=dmy-all }}
Label: Music Collection Agency
Formats: CD

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scope="row" |Astrid Lindgren
(with Ewa Bem)

Released: 28 listopada 2008
Label: EMI Music Poland
Formats: CD

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=Live albums=

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scope="row" |Turnau w Trójce

Released: 1994
Label: Pomaton EMI
Formats: CD, digital download{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/turnau-w-tr%C3%B3jce/691283070|title=Turnau W Trójce by Grzegorz Turnau on iTunes|date=January 1994 |publisher=iTunes|access-date=17 May 2016}}