Born in Żary (Silesia, Poland) in 1972, he graduated in 1997 from the Music Academy in Wrocław where he studied composition with Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil. 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). In 2003 he received a doctorate in musical arts in the field of composition.
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 for accordion and string quartet). He is a faculty member of the Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory of Music and Music Therapy of the Music Academy in Wrocław.

Selected works: Epitaph in Tribute to Andrzej Krzanowski for solo accordion (1991), String Quartet No. 1 (1994), String Quartet No. 2 (1995), Concerto for Accordion and Chamber Orchestra (1996), Music in Autumn for chamber orchestra (1996), Symphony No. 1 (1997), Music for… for two percussions and two accordions (1997), Symphony No. 2 (1999), Music in Lent for accordion and string quartet (2000), White Angels for 13 string instruments (2001), Pieces of Light for accordion, harpsichord and computer (2003), Sounds of Time for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano (2004), Under the brown fog of a winter morning for harpsichord and computer (2005), Easter Music for chamber ensemble.

The piece Easter Music was commissioned by Deutschlandfunk especially for the Warsaw Autumn 2005.