Piotr A. KOMOROWSKI is a composer, teacher 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 and…
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,…
The core of the ensemble consists of graduates from the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz and co-founders of the Academy of Early Music Association, which brings together musicians specializing in historically informed performance practices. Several members also serve as faculty at the Department of Harpsichord, Organ, and Early Music at the Bydgoszcz Academy….
Viola soloist, chamber musician, and pedagogue. He currently serves as an Assistant Professor (PhD) at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. He graduated with honors from the Academy of Music in Gdańsk in the class of Prof. I. Albrecht. He further refined his skills in Vienna at the Universität für Musik und darstellende…
Born in Gdańsk, Maciej Gański graduated with honors from the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, in the piano class of Prof. Andrzej Artykiewicz. He is also a graduate of the prestigious Solistklasse postgraduate program at the Danish National Academy of Music under Prof. Christina Bjørkøe. He earned his Doctor of Musical Arts degree…
Established in 2021 on the initiative of composer and percussionist Rafał Gorzycki, Ludzie z Vełny is the first contemporary music ensemble based in Bydgoszcz. Its primary mission is to commission, perform, and promote the latest Polish music, which, in the opinion of the founding artists, lacks sufficient support and presentation within the country. The ensemble…
Ensemble via nova blazes new trails, venturing off the beaten path in search of the unexpected. Turning courageously toward the future, they shake the foundations of Weimar’s classical musical traditions. This quintet of instrumentalists performs contemporary chamber music without a conductor, collaborating closely with young composers to build their own distinct sound. Combining passion with…
An Australian composer and conductor based in Paris, currently in artistic residence with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris (2025–27, as part of the International Academy of Young Women Composers program). In collaboration with author and singer Béatrice de Larragoïti (soprano), Milenko is currently working on a song cycle. Her conducting projects, which originally grew…
