Born in 1977 in Łódź, he graduated from the Department of Music Theory at the citycs Music Academy (2001). He is now a final-year student of composition there, in the class of Sławomir Kaczorowski. His works have been performed during the 'Musica Moderna' session at the Łódź Academy. He was a finalist at the National Composition Competition for a String Quartet for students of secondary music schools (Łódź 1999) and a prizewinner of the National Composition Competition for a Fugue in Bydgoszcz (2002).

Selected works: From the Song of Songs, three settings of Biblical texts for mezzo-soprano, violin, viola and cello (1998), Noveletta for string quartet (1999), Ave Maria for mixed choir (2000), Four Songs to words from the Book of Isaiah for soprano/tenor and piano (2000), Sanctus for solo soprano, choir and symphony orchestra (2001), Preludium, Intermezzo and Finale for piano (2001), Capriccio for eleven violins, three violas, two cellos and double-bass (2002), Three Psalms for mixed choir (2002).

Four Songs to words from the Book of Isaiah is a setting of paraphrased Biblical texts, which is free of religious references. The cycle forms a kind of arch structure. Two outer songs correspond to one another in terms of the musical material and overall character, whereas in the middle ones the tension increases, employing the Dies irae motif.

Jakub W. Kowalewski