Leszek Moà ¼dà ¼er (<small>Polish pronunciation</small>: born Lesà Âaw Henryk Moà ¼dà ¼er, 23 March 1971, Gdaà Âsk) is a Polish jazz pianist, music producer and film score composer.
Moà ¼dà ¼er was born on 23 March 1971 in Gdaà Âsk. He began to play the piano at his parents' suggestion when he was five. In 1996, he received his diploma from the Stanisà Âaw Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdaà Âsk. He studied in the piano class under Andrzej Artykiewicz. He began his artistic career in clarinettist Emil Kowalewski's band and subsequently with the Mià Âoà Âàmusic band. The artist has collaborated with film score composers Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and Zbigniew Preisner. He formed a jazz trio together with double-bassist Lars Danielsson and drummer Zohar Fresco. Other prominent artists he has collaborated with include Marcus Miller, David Gilmour, Lester Bowie, Archie Shepp, Arthur Blythe, Tomasz Staà Âko, Pat Metheny, Janusz Muniak, Phil Manzanera, Zbigniew Namysà Âowski, Michaà  Urbaniak, L.U.C, Anna Maria Jopek, Behemoth, Myslovitz, Iva Bittová, Cæcilie Norby, and David Friesen.
In 1994, he claimed 1st place at the International Jazz Improvisation Contest in Katowice. In 1998, he received the Jazzman of the Year Fryderyk Award. In 1999, he became the laureate of the Gdansk Mayor Award for his outstanding artistic achievements. In 2001, he was awarded the Ad Astra Award bestowed by the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage to "an outstanding young musician". In 2004, he received the Paszport Polityki Award in the entertainment category. In 2011, he won another Fryderyk Award for best original soundtrack for his album Kaczmarek by Moà ¼dà ¼er, a collection of contemporary film music. In 2013, he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
In 2010, he performed a special music show at the WÃÂglowy Targ in Gdaà Âsk as part of the Solidarity of Arts 2010 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the Solidarity movement as well as the 200th anniversary of Frédéric Chopin's birth.
In 2012, he served as a member of jury at the Montreux Jazz Piano Competition.
In 2017, his opera Immanuel Kant based on the works of Thomas Bernhard premiered at the Wrocà Âaw Opera.