Kołodziejska, Patrycja
composer, flutist, improviser, student of composition and electronic music in the class of Dariusz Przybylski and Wojciech Błażejczyk at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, as well as in the class of Brigitta Muntendorf at the High School of Music and Dance in Cologne as part of the Erasmus program. She has participated in international courses and workshops related to contemporary music, such as Impuls in Graz, Akademie für Zeitgenössische Musik at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, and the International Young Composers Academy in Ticino. Her works have been performed in Poland and internationally, including by Klangforum Wien, Kwartludium, Decoder Ensemble, and Ensemble Modern. She composes acoustic, electroacoustic, and electronic music. Her interests include programming, performative elements, and philosophical and social concepts, which form the basis of her compositions. Her musical language is characterised by deconstruction, Lachenmann-type beats, metal sounds, glitches, and contextuality. She uses media in her work and also participates in the creation of audiovisual installations and other types of multimedia art.
Selected works: girl, so confusing for accordion, instrumental ensemble and electronics (2025), where do you put your hands on somebodywho hurts everywhere for violin, bass clarinet, percussion and piano (2025), the potentially lethal abyss that lurks beneath each carefully proffered sentence for violin, cello, piano and electronics (2025), what once worms for instrumental ensemble (2025), remembrance of things past for violin, bass clarinet, percussion and piano (2024), mistrust every language sewn in your tongue for two performers, AI voice, piano, objects, live electronics and tape (2024), anyplaces for symphony orchestra and electronics (2023–24), distorted for instrumental ensemble(2023).