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Aga Zaryan
Person · female · Poland · Warsaw · born 1976 · recording since 2002
Polish singer
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Also known as Agnieszka Skrzypek
Timeline
14 events▣ Album 12◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: My Lullaby
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography496 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1349763531
Biography
Aga Zaryan (born Agnieszka Skrzypek on 17 January 1976) is a Polish jazz vocalist and the first Polish musician to sign with Blue Note Records.
Her albums have earned gold, platinum, and multi-platinum status. In 2008 and 2012 she was honored with the Fryderyk award, the Polish recording industry's most prestigious prize. She was nominated for Woman of the Year in 2008 by Gazeta Wyborcza, one of Poland's most widely circulated newspapers. From 2007 to 2018, she was named Jazz Vocalist of the Year in the annual readers' poll at Jazz Forum magazine.
Early life
Zaryan was born in Warsaw, Poland. At an early age, she traveled throughout Europe with her parents. Her father was a classical pianist, and her mother was an English language educator and author, who founded the Early Stage language school network. Her parents shared a love for Stevie Wonder, Weather Report, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Bob Marley, and the Beatles. Zaryan spent part of her childhood and primary school education in Manchester, England. After returning to Poland, she won the Warsaw Tennis Championship when she was fourteen.
After hearing Ella Fitzgerald and Miles Davis, she decided to become a jazz vocalist. She studied voice at Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and attended the Jazz Studies program, graduating with honors. She was awarded scholarships to attend the Stanford Jazz Workshop and Jazz Camp West, both in the United States.
Career
In 2006, she performed at the JVC Jazz Festival in Warsaw, opening for Branford Marsalis. Since that time, she has appeared in clubs and at festivals in Poland, England, the United States, Germany, Israel, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Turkey, Portugal, Russia, and Iceland.
In early 2007, she was in the United States for a series of concerts with her American line-up, appearing in jazz venues such as Joe's Pub in New York City and Blues Alley in Washington D.C. The concerts were enthusiastically received.
Zaryan recorded Picking Up the Pieces (2006) in Los Angeles with Larry Koonse (guitar), Munyungo Jackson (percussion), Nolan Shaheed (cornet), and Dariusz Oleszkiewicz (double bass). The album was composed of eleven songs that explored the emotional and spiritual experiences of women and was well-received critically and commercially, achieving double-platinum status.
Beauty Is Dying (2007) was the first album she sang in Polish. She recorded it with a seventeen-piece string orchestra. The album contained nine works by Polish poets that depicted the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Zaryan chose the works and sang compositions written and arranged by Michał Tokaj. She performed material from the album at the Warsaw Uprising Museum, and the concert was broadcast live on public Polish TV and Polish Radio. In 2008, she was given the Fryderyk Award, the Polish recording industry's highest honor.
Nominations
Woman of the Year 2008, Gazeta Wyborcza magazine (Wysokie Obcasy)
Wdechy, 2007, Co Jest Grane (What's Going On) magazine's Warsaw cultural awards
Best Polish Jazz Vocalist, Jazz Forum Readers' Poll, 2004 and 2005
Best Jazz Album, My LullabyMy LullabySpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracks1To See a World3:112Waltz for Debby5:133I've Got the World on a String4:244My Lullaby5:215You and the Night and the Music5:136I Put a Spell on You3:417Never Said11:028Still We Dream4:449I Hear Music3:4910Polka Dots and Moonbeams4:36, (as Agnieszka Skrzypek), Fryderyk, 2002
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 23 | 51.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (14 release groups · 12 studio albums)
Albums · 12
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 51:14
1To See a World3:112Waltz for Debby5:133I've Got the World on a String4:244My Lullaby5:215You and the Night and the Music5:136I Put a Spell on You3:417Never Said11:028Still We Dream4:449I Hear Music3:4910Polka Dots and Moonbeams4:362006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 50:01
1Day Dream3:262Throw It Away4:233Picking Up the Pieces1:584Woman's Work4:225Answer Me, My Love4:036The Man I Love5:277Here's to Life7:028It Might as Well Be Spring4:319Sophisticated Lady5:1210Suzanne6:3411Tender as a Rose3:032007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 40:08
1Kalinowym mostem chodziłam5:012Warszawa widziana po raz trzeci4:313Wiersz o nas i chłopcach5:574Miłość5:065Żoliborz4:336Umiera piękno4:277Kolęda warszawska3:478Piosenka o powstaniu3:309Miłość (repryza)3:162010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:02:33
1Cherry Tree Avenue2:432Looking Walking Being4:483Let Me5:024For the New Year, 19814:025The Stars Are as Lonely as Us5:076Seeking My Love7:437February Evening in New York4:048My Name5:539Temptation Game6:3210Wanting the Moon5:2311What Is This Thing Called Happiness?4:4012The Thread6:36A Book of Luminous Things - Księga Olśnień
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 24 tracks · 1:41:22
Disc 11Music Like Water5:112Like a He-Bear and She-Bear/ Falling Asleep/ Sleepy Eyelashes4:393This Only3:444Eye Mask2:345Autumn Quince5:486Meaning3:167A Gift3:428A Parable of the Poppy4:209I Talk to My Body4:0610A Song on the End of the World4:5411On Prayer4:3012This World4:05Disc 21Muzyka jak woda5:112Jak niedźwiedź przy niedźwiedzicy / Zasypianie / Śpiące rzęsy4:393To jedno3:444Przepaska na oczy2:345Jesienna pigwa5:486Sens3:167Dar3:428Przypowieść o maku4:209Mówię do swego ciała3:5210Piosenka o końcu świata4:5311O modlitwie4:3012Ten świat4:042011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:49
1Music Like Water5:112Like a He-Bear and She-Bear/ Falling Asleep/ Sleepy Eyelashes4:393This Only3:444Eye Mask2:345Autumn Quince5:486Meaning3:167A Gift3:428A Parable of the Poppy4:209I Talk to My Body4:0610A Song on the End of the World4:5411On Prayer4:3012This World4:052011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 50:33
1Muzyka jak woda5:112Jak niedźwiedź przy niedźwiedzicy / Zasypianie / Śpiące rzęsy4:393To jedno3:444Przepaska na oczy2:345Jesienna pigwa5:486Sens3:167Dar3:428Przypowieść o maku4:209Mówię do swego ciała3:5210Piosenka o końcu świata4:5311O modlitwie4:3012Ten świat4:042013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 1:01:45
1Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood5:452Wild Is the Wind4:253My Baby Cares for Me4:404When Love Was You and Me4:235Long as You’re Living4:326I Want Some Sugar in My Bowl3:417Lilac Wine5:208I Got Thunder and It Rings5:059Bird Alone3:1810Avec Les Temps,4:4311Strange Fruit8:2512Who Knows Where the Time Goes5:3513Beautiful Land1:532018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 57:03
1Back5:572High & Low4:263Not Here For Long4:014Paths4:305Spirit Voices5:206Proof5:107Dreams, Themes & Schemes5:288Turn Me On6:429A Story From A Tram (Listen, Little Man)5:2010Boo To You Too3:3111Geri (In Memory Of Geri Allen)2:3812Evil4:002018 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 45:46
1Sleigh Ride2:492Little Drummer Boy5:323Santa Claus Is Coming to Town3:024Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)2:465Someday at Christmas5:256The Secret of Christmas2:527Jingle Bells3:038Christmas Cheer4:189The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)6:5110What Christmas Means to Me3:5111Nim przyjdzie wiosna5:172022 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 53:02
1Central Park at Dusk4:182Blue Squills4:523Barter5:394Coney Island4:245The Mystery4:386A Little While5:167Summer Night, Riverside2:208Spring Rain4:349Jewels6:3810Winter Noon5:0811Dzień i noc4:2812Autumn Dusk0:472025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:21
1Windmills of Your Mind5:242The Second Time Around4:373Speak No Evil (All for One)5:044Save the Children4:155Lush Life3:536Meltemi4:147The Peacocks (A Timeless Place)5:418What's Love Got to Do With It5:469Russians5:1610Pastime Paradise4:4011Love's in Need of Love Today3:31
Single · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | I Hear Music / My LullabySearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracks · 9:101I Hear Music3:49 2My Lullaby5:21 | 2007 |
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Live at PalladiumSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 13 tracks · 1:36:00Disc 1 1Seventh Heaven7:10 2It Might as Well Be Spring5:47 3Woman's Work5:23 4Throw It Away5:22 5Picking Up the Pieces6:53 6I Hear Music8:03 7Answer Me4:21 Disc 21Tender as a Rose5:18 2Day Dream6:31 3Here's to Life8:37 4Suzanne13:00 5Never Said (Chan's Song) / Trust Me10:01 6Visions9:34 | Live | 2008 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Aga Zaryan head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 12 | 64.8th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 14 | 84.5th |
| Studio albums | 12 | 92.8th |
| Awards recorded | 0 | 0th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 23 | 51.9th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AZaryan_Singing.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5e9284b-8543-43a4-8265-8b15a23b0c6cdiscography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c5e9284b-8543-43a4-8265-8b15a23b0c6ccore—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514716genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q514716seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Zaryanbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Zaryan
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Polish musicians and musical groups
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Image: marta orlik · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q514716 · MusicBrainz: c5e9284b-8543-43a4-8265-8b15a23b0c6c
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