Roman Rofalski, pianist and composer, rooted his musical life in the urge for constant change. Always searching for new frontiers, he is aiming to remove the artificial boundaries that lie between composed, classical music and improvised, modern jazz.
With his Trio he released three albums featuring both original compositions and arrangements of classical models, transformed into modern trio jazz, never in an eclectic manner, but rather in an integrative one, in which he seeks to capture the essence of these compositions and transform it into his own language.
His solo debut KAPUSTIN PROJECT on Sony Classical features pieces of Nikolai Kapustin alongside Rzewski, Lang and originals. More recently diving into electronics, Roman released LOOPHOLE 2020 on Nonclassical. combining piano and digital processing. His contribution to KLANGBOX IV (Feral Note) is an experimental journey together with Amsterdam-based drummer Felix Schlarmann. 2024, he released FRACTAL on Oscillations, mingling acoustic and electronic sounds on a new level. AWAITING PM came out in march 2026, focussing on the interaction of Piano and MPC Drum machine, man vs machine.
Roman studied classical piano at University for Music, Theater and Media (HMTM) Hannover and jazz at New York University and Queens College. He is a member of the Oh Ton-Ensemble for contemporary music. As a partner of Schimmel Pianos, Roman toured extensively through China. Since 2020, Roman is a professor for piano at HMTM Hannover.