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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.