Śniady, Marta International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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Born in Pabianice in 1986, she works in Łódź and Wrocław. She graduated with honours from the composition class of Bronisław Kazimierz Przybylski at the Bacewicz University of Music in Łódź (2010). She has also taken part notably in the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt and the International Summer Course for Composers in Radziejowice, where she worked with composers such as Simon Steen-Andersen, Chaya Czernowin, Jennifer Walshe, and Rebecca Saunders. 

In her vision of music, she draws on many forms of art. She sees new music as an important medium of social communication. She therefore does not treat it purely as an art of sound, but instead builds multilayered references and connections. These ideas are reflected in her works, presented at international and Polish contemporary music festivals such as Warsaw Autumn, Sacrum Profanum, Musica Electronica Nova, Frau Musica (nova), Pulsar Festival, and KLANG Festival. As a composer she has collaborated with groups and performers such as Ensemble Garage, Scenatet, Kwartludium, ElettroVoce, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna, Esbjerg Ensemble, OMN New Music Orchestra, Duo van Vliet, and others. In 2016 she took up postgraduate studies in composition with Simon Steen-Andersen and Niels Rønsholdt at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus. A year earlier she obtained a PhD in composition from the University of Music in Łódź, where she is currently a lecturer. 

Selected works: utter silence for amplified flute (2013), s!c2 for soprano and audio playback (2013), aer for clarinet / bass clarinet and chamber ensemble (2014), <<<st)i(ll<<< for amplified viola and accordion (2016), Memoopera for soprano, electric guitar, accordion, cello, percussion and audio playback (2016), (lm) for chamber ensemble (2016), (lx) for string quartet (2016), in the pink for two marimbas, video and audio playback (2017), admix+ for chamber ensemble (2017), c_ut|e_#1 for chamber ensemble, video and audio playback (2017), c_ut|e_#2 for flute, accordion, percussion, video and audio playback (2017), Probably the most beautiful music in the world for chamber ensemble, video and audio playback (2018), “I will always be there for you” – Sorry – Believe for flute, video and audio playback (2018), good thing come to those who sweat for accordion, video and audio playback (2019), you make me feel so brand new for voice, sampler, video and audio playback (2019), YOUR ONLY LIMIT IS YOU for two performance artists, video and audio playback (2019), Your ultimate guide on how to live a healthy lifestyle for chamber ensemble, video and audio playback (2019), Speak boldly for video and audio playback (2019), 4 rituals of women’s happiness for chamber ensemble, video and audio playback (2019), 4 rituals of women’s happiness #2 for flute, video and audio playback (2020), About Time for chamber ensemble, video and audio playback (2020), soft music for sensitive gals for orchestra, video and audio playback (2021), New Forms for chamber ensemble, video and audio playback (2021), About Time for percussion quartet, video and audio playback (2020), In broad, broad daylight for video and 12-channel speaker system (2023), Body X Ultra for chamber ensemble, objects and audio playback (2023).