Piotr A. KOMOROWSKI is a composer, Festival Director, and Organizer of musical life. He serves as an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Music Education of the Kazimierz Wielki University (UKW) in Bydgoszcz. Born on October 14, 1977, in Łęczyca, he began his musical education at the State Music School in Kutno (1989–1997). Between 1997…
Sławomir CZARNECKI is a composer, pedagogue, and music life organizer. He holds the position of Full Professor at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz (UKW). He was born on July 23, 1949, in Jelenia Góra. Between 1969 and 1974, he studied composition under Piotr Perkowski and Romuald Twardowski at the State Higher School of Music…
Jacek DOMAGAŁA, composer, pianist, and organist; born on August 19, 1947, in Szczecinek. He studied composition in the class of Witold Szalonek, piano under the direction of Olga Dąbrowska, and organ with Heinz Wunderlich. After receiving a scholarship from the Oscar and Vera Ritter Foundation in Hamburg, he participated in masterclasses led by György Ligeti….
Żaneta RYDZEWSKA is a composer, clarinetist, and improviser. In her music, she often refers to nature, contemporary social issues, literature, philosophy, and physics. She uses the latest technologies, creates sound installations, and combines music with movement, scent, light, and video. The composer has collaborated with renowned ensembles and orchestras, including the WDR Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble Intercontemporain,…
Marta Kowalczuk is a composer and instrumentalist specializing in the baroque violin. In her work, the artist explores shifting sound states and multilayered textures, often employing structural fragments, theatrical gestures, and the impression of sonic permeability. She is active in the fields of opera and musical theater, instrumental and choral music, as well as live…
Tianwei Zhu is a composer whose work explores the intersections of sound, space, and perception. His compositions span orchestral, chamber, electronic, and interactive sound installations, characterized by a sensitivity to timbre, texture, and immersive listening experiences. Zhu’s music investigates subtle processes of transformation, emphasizing the tension between movement and stillness, presence and absence. His recent…
Johannes K. Hildebrandt was born in 1968 in Quedlinburg, Germany and grew up in Zeitz. He studied in Weimar (composition, music theory, piano) and completed his postgraduate studies with a graduate recital in 1998. He is a member of the federal board of the German composers association, Deutscher Komponistenverband since 2007. He has also been…
Helmut Zapf was born on March 4, 1956, in Thuringia. From 1974 to 1979, he studied church music in Eisenach. He then served as cantor in Eisenberg (Thuringia) for three years. From 1982 to 1986, he studied composition as a master student at the Academy of Arts of the GDR under Georg Katzer. Since then,…
Composer, conductor, lecturer at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk, and editor at PWM Edition (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne). He graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the composition class of Prof. Krzysztof Olczak (2017) and the symphonic and operatic conducting class of Prof. Elżbieta Wiesztordt-Sulecińska (2019). In 2024, he earned his…
