Pacek, Przemysław International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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Born in 1999, he is a composer and performer based in Warsaw.  He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Composition with  Electronic, Film and Theatre Music at the Chopin University of  Music, with a particular focus on sound art and modular synthesizers. He is also involved in contemporary and improvised music  performances as a violinist and live electronic operator. 

He is an organiser of artistic projects popularising classical  music and host of the podcast series Too Serious and Classics by  the Musicians. From 2020 to 2022, he served as vice-president  of the Academic Circle of Composition and Music Theory. In  2024 he received a Young Poland scholarship from the Minister  of Culture and National Heritage and the Next Generation EU  scholarship from the National Institute of Music and Dance.  

He has received awards in various composition competitions,  including the 63rd Tadeusz Baird’s Young Composers Competition (Warsaw, 2022) and the 8th Emerging Composers Competition (New York, 2020). His works have been performed at  contemporary music festivals in Warsaw, Reykjavík, and Oslo.

Selected works: Demons of the Night for violin and piano  (2019), Paths for two accordions (2019), Threnody for violin  quartet (2020), Nolite Timere for mixed choir (2020), 16087 for  soprano and string quartet (2021), eternal radiation for string  quartet and tape (2021), Monolith for ensemble (2021), Erat  Verbum for baritone and 12 instruments (2022), Concerto for  synthesizer and string orchestra (2022), Ekstremum tes-setfor  violin and harp (2022), Exitium Imperatumfor percussion and  electronics (2023), 義 (Gi) for ensemble (2023), The Wisps for  cello and electronics (2023), Extensions for ensemble (2024),  Polarisation for string quartet and electronics (2024), Generative  Counterpoint for percussion and electronics (2024), Dēmiourgós,  concerto for percussion, symphony orchestra and electronics  (2026), The Games for trio and electronics (2026).