Maciek Hrybowicz is a Polish guitarist, composer and producer based in the UK. His career began in London, where he spent many years performing and recording across the city’s jazz and blues scenes, before an extended chapter in New Zealand that profoundly shaped his sound.
It was in Aotearoa that Maciek recorded his solo album AWA, inspired by the country’s landscapes and rich Māori culture – a sonic portrait of his adopted home. His work there earned consistent critical acclaim: performing at the Hamilton Gardens Arts Festival, he was praised by Sam Edwards of the Waikato Times for delivering a “virtuoso and musically informed lesson in guitar,” while Mike Alexander of Muzic.net.nz highlighted the “precise and fluid guitar lines” of his single “Mr Ponsonby,” with its “woozy solo that never overplays itself.”
Maciek’s musical journey began in Poland with the sounds of the British Invasion, before Jimi Hendrix ignited his passion for the guitar. Miles Davis and the electric jazz pioneers fuelled his evolution from there, and his playing today moves freely between blues, jazz and global influences.
Since late 2025, Maciek has been back in the UK, writing and recording new music in his studio – the next chapter of a career spanning three continents.
