Events
7 October 2024
“Merit for Polish Culture” distinction
On October 03. 2024, during opening of the new academic year 2024 - 2025 celebration at Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow I was decorated the "Merit for Polish Culture" honorary distinction.
29 June 2024
May 1-4, lecturer at Composer's Scene at Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Center in Lusławice, Poland
From May 1 to 4, along with other renowned celleagues - Polish composers, I was a lecturer at Composers' Scene organized by Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Center in Lusławice, Poland, the place of life-long composing as well as applied dendrological work by Krzysztof Penderecki. The participants were present students of various Polish music universities. Our event was held within Spring De Natura Sonoris Chamber Music Festival 2024. The pieces composed by the participants were performed by the renowned Kwartludium Ensemble during a public concert on May 5, 2024 at Krzysztof Penderecki's Manor.
24 April 2024
The Ray of All-Whiteness performed during 36. KMFK in Krakow, Poland
April 26, 2024, The Ray of All-Whiteness for accordion duo and string quartet (2018) will be performed during 36. Krakow International Festival of Composers in Krakow, Poland by duo Accosphere and AIRIS Qartet.
11 March 2024
20th and 21st Century Counterpoint: Olivier Messiaen's Counterpoint during Open Day at AMKP in Krakow
March 14, 2024, 11:30, during Open Day at Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow within my subject 20th and 21st Century Counterpoint I will talk about Olivier Messiaen's counterpoint. The excellent French composer has contributed greatly to the development of contrapuntal and, in broader sense, polyphonic ideas in 20th century music, both by means of continuation of existing ideas and his own concepts and experiments. Among them are politemporal music, counterpoint of musical layers, extremal density of linear texture.
21 November 2023
December 6, 2023, The Book of Levers European premiere
On December 6, 2023 at Fontys Academy of Arts in Tilburg, The Netherlands, Jason Alder will give European premiere of The Book of Levers for solo contrabass clarinet. The premiere will open the 12th European Clarinet Congress.
1 July 2023
World premiere of The Book of Levers for solo contrabass clarinet
British clarinettist Jason Alder will give the world premiere of The Book of Levers for solo contrabass clarinet (2022-2023), written for him. The premiere will took place in Denver, CO, USA, on 07.07.2023 during International ClarinetFest 2023.
16 April 2023
(Tenderly) Applied Micrology recommended by ISCM Polish Section for ISCM World Music Days 2023
Written in 2013 for Mikołaj Pałosz (Tenderly) Applied Micrology for solo cello has been recommended (as a 'solo piece' category) among total 6 Polish pieces for ISCM World Music Days in the Republic of South Africa in late 2023.
26 February 2023
The Ray of Ultimate Whiteness released on CD DUX 1815
The Ray of Ultimate Whiteness (2018) commissioned by Accosphere Duo, Grzegorz Palus and Alena Budzinakova, and written for accordion duo and string quartet has been recently released on a CD DUX 1815 - Accosphere - New Accordion Chamber Music.
http://en.dux.pl/machajd-k-runchak-zych-stivrina-accosphere-new-accordion-chamber-music-palus-budzi-kov.html
11 October 2022
Soliloquy no. 2. Landscape of frozen thoughts in Gorzow Wielkopolski
Soliloquy no 2. Landscape of frozen thoughts for solo bass clarinet and 20 string instruments in spatial placement (1999, revision 2007) will be performed on 14th October in Gorzow Wielkopolski during Wojciech Kilar Comtemporary Music Festival.
The solo part will be performed by Michał Górczyński accompanied by the Gorzow Philharmonic Orchestra string members, conducted by Jacek Rogala.
8 July 2022
Composer’s residency in les Coves de Vinromà, Spain
My wife Zofia and me have been invited by Fundació Caixa Castelló for a residency in les Coves de Vinromà in Spain between July 11 and July 17, 2022.
8 July 2022
June 10, 2022, Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition Final Concert
On June 10 2022, 18:00, I was in Warsaw as jury member of the 63rd Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Competition held by the Polish Composers Union.
During the final concert of the competition 5 selected pieces for voice and string quartet were premiered.
As it was a specific concert within the composers competition, neither the jury membenrs nor audience knew names of composers of the performed pieces. This ensures, that jury decisions are made strictly upon purely artistic values of the selected compositions.
The names of the laureates were revealed only after the concert, during public announcement of the jury's decisions.
17 March 2022
Polish Radio 2 Programme. Spatial Music.
March 16 2022, 22:00.
Ewa Szczecińska, renowned music journalist, in her broadcast entitled New Poland on Polish Radio 2nd Programme presented my spatial ideas in music as well as 3 recent pieces of mine: Air paths. Entangeld echoes for contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet and ensemble (2016-2017), Halfsparkling-Halfdreaming for percussion and piano (2016-2017) and Tract-act for contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet, bass saxophone and orchestra (2021).
View more: https://www.polskieradio.pl/8/8315/Artykul/2921000
16 March 2022
Art and Violence International Composition Contest Jury Member
March 10, 2022
I accepted an invitation to the Jury of 'Art & Violence' International Composition Contest. The theme was a circa 10' long piece for a mixed trio: a woodwind instrument, piano and percussion, that would refer to the title idea of the contest.
We awarded 3 pieces: 1st prize, 2nd prize and a distinguish.
The 1st and 2nd prize winning pieces will be performed on April 1st, 2022 in Villa Decius in Krakow, Poland by Spoldzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Music Ensemble members.
16 March 2022
63. Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Contest Jury Member
February 14, 2022.
Invitation to the Jury of 63. Tadeusz Baird Young Composers Contest held by the Polish Composers Union. The theme was a piece for voice and string quartet, to a text by William Shakespeare or Polish poet.
5 pieces were qualified to the second stage, a public premiere concert in late spring this year. Subsequently the Jury will make final decisions and the laureates' names will be revealed.
Personally I'm glad, that all my choices were in accordance with other Jury Memebers and have proceeded to the second run of the contest.
25 October 2021
30 October 2021 Warsawind premiered online
Warsawind commissioned by Warsaw Autumn Festival for children audience of 11th Small Warsaw Autumn will have it's online premiere on October 30 on facebook and youtube Warsaw Autumn channel.
From November 6 the whole concert of 6 premiered pieces for children by Polish contemporary composers will be accessible online.
4 October 2021
25 September 2021, Tract-act premiered during the final concert of 64. Warsaw Autumn
25.09.2021, Tract-act, topody for contrabass flute, contrabass clarinet, bass saxophone and orchestra in spatial placement was premiered in shortened version during the final concert of 64th Warsaw Autumn International Contemporary Music Festival. This is the second and the main of the two pieces commissioned for this edition of the Festival.
The piece was performed by: Renata Guzik - contrabass flute, Michał Górczyński - contrabass clarinet, Bartłomiej Duś - bass saxophone, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Robertas Servenikas.
the sound projection of amplificated solo parts was performed by prof. Barbara Okoń-Makowska and Michał Bereza.
27 September 2021
19 September 2021 Warsawind premiered during Little Warsaw Autumn
19.09.2021, Warsawind for two voices, two pianos, two percussions and audience voices ad libitum is the first of two pieces written this year for commissions from 64th. Warsaw Autumn International Contemporary Music Festival.
Warsawing was performed in Ujazdowski Castle Centre For Contemporary Arts by Joanna Freszel, Dorota Miśkiewicz and Kwadrofonik Ensemble. The concert was directed by Anna Szawiel, who introduced the family and children audience by a wind imitating foreplay into the character of the piece, as expressed by the title.
16 May 2021
“Composing technique. Ideas and practice”. Lecture for students of the Jagiellonian University Musicology Institute.
02.06.2021, I have been invited to give a lecture on my composing technique for Jagiellonian University Musicology Institute students.
24 March 2021
Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba: public online emission
24.03.2021, during a concert accompanying Synergy of Sound session at the Krzysztof Penderecki Music Academy in Krakow took place the premiere online emission of the new piece Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba. The piece was performed by Wojciech Kaszuba (piccolo trumpet) and Bartosz Gaudyn (trumpet).
9 March 2021
Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba: pre-premiere recording
9.03.2021, Wojciech Kaszuba and Bartosz Gaudyn made a pre-premiere audio and video recording of a new duo piece Over empty chairs (after Egon Schiele). In memoriam Andrzej Chłopecki and Krzysztof Droba for piccolo trumpet and B trumpet at Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow concert hall.
18 November 2020
Flarea: online performance
21.11.2020, 18:00 (GMT+1), online, Academy of Music, Audio Art Festival Krakow, Poland (audio.art.pl), Flarea performed by Fl:Ar.art duo.
