MARTYNA VAN NIEUWLAND

Curator, consultant and researcher. From 2013 to 2022 she was head of programming at the Katowice City of Gardens Cultural Institution,
where she programmed the Katowice JazzArt Festival and the world music festival Gardens of Sounds. She writes for publications on interdisciplinary
art and specializes in curating interdisciplinary and community projects (including the Katowice – UNESCO Creative City of Music program,
the Polish Czech Music Crossroads program in Ostrava from 2025-2022, Katowice’s artistic program for the European Capital of Culture 2016 in Wrocław
and 2023 in Veszprem). Member of the organizing team of WOMEX Worldwide Music Expo 2017 in Katowice, Poland. From 2018-2021,
member of the board of the Europe Jazz Network.
For two years (2022-2024) she served as artistic director of the Music Meeting Festival in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
At the same time, she serves as an educator, mentor and consultant for Creative Europe projects such as MOST The Bridge for Balkan Music and UPBEAT,
a European platform for presenting world music.
From 2014-2024, she served as a juror for numerous music competitions and showcase festivals around the world such as jazzahead!, WOMEX, Injazz,
Seoul Music Week, Keep an Eye and many others. She is the winner of the Music and Community 2022 award for the Katowice JazzArt Festival broadcast
by the Europe Jazz Network.