Countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński celebrates the freedom of music with #LetsBaRock "He is the real deal", the Sunday Times pointed out, "a voice that can make Vivaldi speak as directly as a pop song". Polish countertenor Jakub Józef Orliński proved this once again at the spectacular show for the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, where he combined virtuoso baroque singing with contemporary breakdancing. On his album #LetsBaRock, Orliński now combines tradition and the present even more closely, bringing together works by Vivaldi, Handel, Purcell and Monteverdi with musical styles such as jazz and rap. A home game for the gifted breakdancer: "I've always listened to all kinds of music, and I'm thrilled that #LetsBaRock gives me the freedom to show this side of my creative life." Baroque music gives singers a lot of room for expression, ornaments were not notated but invented anew each time. Orliński, who wrote his final thesis at Warsaw University on baroque ornamentation, knows these rules inside out. To cover the old masters of baroque music for his album, the countertenor sought out his former fellow student Aleksander Dębicz as his 'partner in crime'. He was responsible for the arrangements and also contributed three of his own compositions. Dębicz reports: "In our playful sessions and concerts, we had plenty of room for improvisation. We created new covers of the baroque arias in the same way that pop artists cover songs that are important to them. In our version, the baroque pieces sound decidedly modern, but retain their character."