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Born in 1971 in Elbląg, he studied
composition with Leszek Wisłocki at the Music Academy in
Wrocław. At present, he is a lecturer there, the
realization of computer music being one of the major
subjects on his teaching agenda. He has been associated with
the Academy's Studio of Computer Composition from the start
of its activity. He organizes the Studio's annual concerts
in the Academy's courtyard. He has written incidental music
for the theatre, freelancing with the 'Współczesny'
Theatre in Wrocław. As a performing pianist, he has a great
passion for jazz and has composed many themes. In 1997,
together with Marcin Rupociński, he founded the 'Morphai'
Group (Greek for 'forms'), which undertakes
interdisciplinary artistic initiatives. As their aesthetic
manifesto they took the words of M. Lubieniecka: '19th- and
20th-century avantgarde aesthetic utopias, which postulated
and introduced in practice the radically understood
creationist attitude, have left as their legacy the state of
the arts and the system of their evaluation that were
susceptible to mystification, not to say fraudulence. The
sense of disorder in the evaluation system was caused by the
absolutized category of form and, as its consequence, the
deified criteria of innovation and originality (...) Perhaps
therefore it is time for an act of criticism from the right
in artistic practice itself. Perhaps it is time first to
protect form against itself, albeit in an alienated shape,
form which sometimes strikes a blow at the integrity of art,
form which is, perhaps, readying itself for annihilating the
thisness of its existence through extreme reduction or
totalization.'
Selected works: Żuławy Impressions for
chamber orchestra (1993), Alap for flute, harpsichord and
cello (1994), The Fifth Season of the Year for actors'
choir, unconventional instruments and double-bass (1995),
Passacaglia and Response for flute quintet (1996), Poems
from the Rabble of Nobody's Thoughts for choir, three
sopranos, piano and harpsichord (1996), Blues in C for
symphony orchestra (1996), An Epic Poem of Hops for soprano,
actors' choir and large symphony orchestra (1996), Taps,
concert-performance for piano, soprano with the
participation of a quintet, dance theatre and actor (1997),
Present Perfect for wind ensemble, percussion, piano and
guitar (1997), Hypér tes morphés for soprano, saxophone
and tape (1998), Fables for tape (1998), Morphai,
multi-media spectacle for soprano, piano, marimbaphone and
electronic media with dance, performance and video (1998),
Mediants for string quartet, harpsichord and piano (1998),
Games, audiovisual spectacle for soprano, saxophone, piano,
marimbaphone and electronic media with dancers and actor
(1998), Vernissage for photography, piano and tape (1999),
Ludus for symphony orchestra (2000), Ovinu Malkeinu for tape
(2000), Monada I for accordion and two violins (2001),
Sequences, audiovisual spectacle (2001), The Beginning,
radio broadcast for announcer and electronics (2001),
Progress for soprano and electronics (2001), Wyczochraczone
for computer (2002), Dishevelled Grass for voice and tape
(2002), Triads for string orchestra and electronics (2002),
incidental music for the theatre, music for film.
Triads was written on commission from the
Friends of the 'Warsaw Autumn' Foundation and financed by
the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung in Munich.
The piece is based to a large extent on the algorithms
generated by means of the max/msp environment. This
extremely fascinating tool was employed in the stage of
creating the sound system, in the process of generating
heterophonic sequences, as well as in monitoring the
interaction between the acoustic and electronic part. |