Biografia
Misia Furtak is an awarded musician and activist. Together with the band Très.B, she was awarded the prestigious Paszport Polityki for "a skilful combination of strength and delicacy that is both independent and hit". Her professional path fulfills this prophetic justification of the verdict, as Misia to this day combines working with the indie music scene with jazz, modern classical and Polish rap giants.
In 2019, she released the self-produced, co-written with Hania Rani, album "Co przyjdzie?", which was included in the lists of the best releases of the year by "Tygodnik Polityka" and "Gazeta Wyborcza".
In November 2021, the album "Wybory" was released, co-created with a team of international collaborators (e.g. Christian Balvig - Efterklang, Gareth Quinn Redmond - Bell X1, Albert Karch - Ichiko Aoba). A subtle but powerful (hence so Misia) commentary on the political situation in Poland. The album includes a silent track titled “Agata”, which also happens to be the name of Poland’s first lady. “Silence was the best way to describe Agata Duda’s attitude.” - Misia Furtak explains - “She hasn’t said a word during so many months of street protests against the abortion ban in Poland and the crisis of woman’s status.” Reviewers did not cease to be amazed by this idea and the album in general. Bartek Chaciński wrote "Such delicate protest songs are rarely heard (...) Furtak has found her tone: it is deep and bitter irony in a haze of delicacy and poetic reverie", and Łukasz Kamiński on the front page of daily Gazeta Wyborcza asked "Why do thousands of people listen to 33 seconds of silence online?” and described the silent track "Agata'' as "the loudest half a minute of silence in Polish music in recent years."
In 2022, Misia Furtak was selected for the Keychange network - a pioneering, international organization whose goal is to support women and gender minorities in the music industry and build a more sustainable music industry. Also that year, she led the Polish chapter of Music Declares Emergency. She played hundreds of concerts in Europe and Japan, alongside The National, Arlo Parks, TV On The Radio, and many others."