Beata Kozidrak

Beata Kozidrak, born Beata Elżbieta Pietras, née Kozidrak, on 4 May 1960 in Lublin, is one of the most important figures in the history of Polish popular music. She is a singer, songwriter and composer whose name has remained inseparably linked both to the band Bajm and to a successful solo career. She began her musical path in Lublin, where she co-founded Bajm in 1978. The group started with ballad-based and acoustic songwriting, then gradually developed a recognizable style combining pop, pop-rock and highly emotional, personal lyrics, most of them written by Kozidrak herself. During the 1980s and 1990s, Bajm became one of Poland’s most popular bands, while Beata Kozidrak emerged as its central figure and...