Born in 1972 in Żary (Silesia, Poland), he studied composition with Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil at the Music Academy in Wroc¸aw (diploma with distinction in 1997). He took part in the 2nd International Meetings of Young Composers in Apeldoorn, Holland, organized by the 'Gaudeamus' Foundation (1996) and the experimental and computer music workshops at the University of Ghent (1997).
His honours include accolades at the Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers (Second Prize for String Quartet No. 2 and a special prize for String Quartet No. 1 in 1995 and Second Prize for Music for... in 1997), the National Composers' Competition 'Gdańsk 1997' (Third Prize for Symphony No. 1) and at the 'Pan Accordion 2000' International Competition for Composers (First Prize for Music in Lent).
He works as an assistant in the Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory of Music and Musicotherapy of the Music Academy in Wroc¸aw. He is also secretary of the Wroc¸aw Branch of the Polish Composers' Union.

Selected works: Epitaph in Tribute to Andrzej Krzanowski for solo accordion (1991), String Quartet No. 1 (1994), Agnus Dei for mezzo-soprano, choir and symphony orchestra (1995), String Quartet No. 2 (1995), Concerto for Accordion and Chamber Orchestra (1996), Music in Autumn for chamber orchestra (1996), Symphony No. 1 for large symphony orchestra (1997), Music for... for two percussions and two accordions (1997), Symphony No. 2 for large symphony orchestra (1999), Music in Lent for accordion and string quartet (2000), White Angels for 13 string instruments (2001).

White Angels was commissioned by the Friends of the 'Warsaw Autumn' Foundation and financed with funds from the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung in Munich.