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Education |
| 2007 – present | Rotterdam's Conservatory (Codarts) Master's programme in Classical Composition (studying with Peter-Jan Wagemans and René Uijlenhout)
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| 2007 – 2008 | The Nieuw Ensemble Project for students of composition (workshop, Amsterdam)
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| 2007 | The Next Generation – workshop for Composition students during Donaueschinger Musik Tage (Donaueschingen, Germany)
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| 2004 – 2005 | Jagiellonian University, Cracow, faculty: applied psychology
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| 2003 – 2004 | Socrates - Erasmus scholarship, Royal Conservatory of the Hague, classical composition class, lessons with: Clarence Barlow, Roderik de Mann, Martijn Padding and Louis Andriessen
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| 2003 | Internationale Musikwerkstatt für komponisten (Schloss Trebnitz, Germany), master class of composition held by Klaus Huber
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| 2000 – 2006 | Music Academy Composition (class of prof. Marek Stachowski) and Theory of Music (class of Krzysztof Szwajgier) Cracow (Poland)
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| 1999 – 2000 | Jagiellonian University, Cracow, faculty: philosophy
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| 1996 – 2000 | Secondary Music School in Cracow faculty: piano, class of prof. Anna Skarbowska.
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Important works: |
- All things, even the heaviest, were fledged, nothing held back for instrumental ensemble (2008)
- High tides and blossomings for chamber orchestra (2008),
- Music for h2o (2008),
- Music for transitions for two oboes, violin, cello, piano and accordion (2007),
- The heart of the ocean for two accordions, flute, cello, mezzo soprano and chamber choir (2007),
- On(e) two for violin, cello, clarinet and piano (2006),
- Sing the song for soprano, chamber choir, flute, piano and vibraphone (2006),
- Grow-dreaming. In memoriam Tove Jansson for chamber orchestra and two sopranos (2005),
- Eternal Voices for tape (2005),
- *** (in memoriam Marek Stachowski) for violin, cello, oboe and bassoon (2005),
- Four Songs for children's choir (2004),
- Haiku for piano (2004),
- Electra chamber opera for soprano, tenor, chamber ensemble and three actors (2003/4)
- Wrong number for clarinet, piano, and string trio (2002/3),
- Tsel for wind septet and percussion (2002),
- Just a dream for string quartet (2001),
- ?! for chamber ensemble (2000/01),
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Awards and scholarships |
| 2007 | Scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage
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| 2007 | Creativity Scholarship from the President of the City of Cracow (Poland)
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| 2005 | award in Polish Competition in Choir Music and Instrumentation for Four Songs for children's choir
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| 2003,2004 | Socrates – Erasmus Scholarship (three months)
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Important performances |
- Concertgebouw, Amsterdam 11 premiéres - composers workshop with the Nieuw Ensemble (2008).
- De doelen, Rotterdam, during Bach en Nieuw project (2008),
- De mannenbad, Rotterdam – during multidisciplinary project H2O (2008),
- Glyptoteket Museum (Kopenhagen, Denmark) (2007),
- Days of Astor Piazzola, Cracow in project Piazzola goes Baroque (2006),
- SME - Concert of the Studio of Electroacustic Music in Cracow (2005),
- Scholoss Trebnitz (Germany) – during the workshop Internationale Musikwerkstatt für komponisten (2004),
- Music Academy of Cracow (several times),
- Cracow Composers Music Days Festival (2001, 2006),
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Collaborations |
- Donnermachine ensemble,
- Congratulations to the ants chamber choir,
- Nordlys Ensemble,
- Two and a half women ensemble,
- modern dance group Hoplaaa (creating soundtrack for the film and dance performance),
- Royal Laboratory of Early Music,
- Grażyna Skalniak (Fine Arts Academy of Cracow), Anna Masney (Fine Arts Academy of Cracow) and Anna Gunia (dance) in multidiscipline project Transitions,
- Kim Schonewille (W. de Konnig Fine Arts Academy) in multidiscipline project H2O
- Codarts Instrumental Ensemble,
- The Nieuw Ensemble
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Other working experience |
- collaboration with the Kangoroo Crative Education Center (www.kangur.edu.pl) - leading after-school activities for children developing their creativity abilities (2005-2007).
- leading musical activities for children (choir and piano lessons) in Kostrze Coulture Club (near Cracow) (2006/2007)
- teaching music theory in primary music school in Cracow (2006/2007)
- collaboration with Cracow's Philharmonic in giving lectures to children on music (in Cracow and surroundings) (2005-2007)
- organizing concerts within the Music Theory Student's Activity Group (2001-2003)
- being WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) club member and Internet voluntary activist.
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