Norman Nawrocki

The Profile

Canadian musician, writer and performer known for solo recordings and political cabaret.

Plays looped violin and viola, piano, and a Polish/Ukrainian hammered dulcimer (cimbalom); uses accordion and recorded a solo album (Letters from Poland) consisting of spoken historical letters set to original music that addresses Polish family history and resistance to Nazism.

The available review praises Norman Nawrocki's solo album Letters from Poland for its haunting blend of spoken historical letters and spare acoustic instrumentation. It highlights the album's emotional range — poignant, humorous, bitter — and notes the use of violin, viola, piano, cimbalom and accordion. The review draws a comparison to Steve Reich's Different Trains.