Szczepaniak, Tomek International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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Musician and percussionist, he studied at the Ignacy Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań, Royal Conservatoire in The Hague, and the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where he obtained a master’s degree and then the prestigious Advanced Postgraduate Diploma: Soloist Class (2019). 

Since 2012, he has cooperated with Danish marimba player Anders Kann Elten to form the Phantom Duo. He is also the cofounder of the Milan-based ensemble MONOC, combining music and visual arts. He is a member of the Amsterdam-based Ensemble Resilience, focusing on combining acoustic and electronic music. For several years, he has worked with dancer and choreographer Weronika Cegielska, presenting interdisciplinary projects in Europe. 

He has appeared in concert with leading contemporary music ensembles such as Slagwerk den Haag, Ensemble Modern, Athelas Sinfonietta, Scenatet, Eccozone, Aarhus Sinfonietta, and Bang On A Can. 

He is currently working on designing and building his own instruments, which are used both for new compositional commissions and for arrangements of music of past eras.