Pacek, Przemysław
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).