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Maciek Silski (Maciej Silski in fact, born January 10, 1976 in Kwidzyn, Poland) is a Polish singer who rose to popularity after winning Idol Poland 4, the Polish version of Pop Idol, shown by Polsat. Maciek won with 53.58% of the vote in a 3-way final on June 18, 2005. Maciek was one of 15 national finalists of the OGAE Poland competition, to find a national representative for the Eurovision Song Contest 2006, he performed the song he co wrote called Za Karę, but he did not win. .

Polish born and London based guitarist and composer Maciek Pysz has been playing guitar since the age of 11 and is a completely self-taught musician. He has been inspired by artists such as Al Di Meola, Sylvain Luc, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Keith Jarrett, Bireli Lagrene, Chick Corea, Oregon, Ralph Towner to name a few. Maciek mainly plays acoustic and classical guitars and his influences come from tango, flamenco, Latin, jazz, Brazilian and classical music. Since arriving in the UK in 2003 he has quickly established himself as an up-and-coming artist and has toured the UK, USA and Europe with...