Popielarz, Filip
Music composer born in 1994, Popielarz originally graduated in Film Studies and Media Culture from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In 2022 he completed postgraduate studies in composition in Rafał Janiak’s class at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and in 2025 he obtained his master’s degree from the same institution, after studies with Dariusz Przybylski. He developed his skills in electronic music under Sławomir Wojciechowski and Żaneta Rydzewska, and his abilities as a composer through masterclasses notably with Pierre Jodlowski, Franck Bedrossian, Lidia Zielińska, Artur Zagajewski, Marcin Stańczyk, Michał Dobrzyński, and Paweł Łukaszewski.
He has cooperated with leading new music ensembles including Kwartludium, Airis String Quartet, Sepia Ensemble, SeT Duo, SaxLooped, Ventuno Quartet and Chopin University Modern Ensemble (CUME). His music has been presented at such festivals as the Warsaw Autumn, Poznań Musical Spring and TRZY-CZTE-RY. Contexts. Contrasts. Confrontations.
His artistic interests centre on chamber, symphonic, and electronic music.
Selected works: Waltz in C minor for violin and piano (2020), GH-ost for violin (2020), Airplane for guitar and string trio (2021), Nine Bagatelles for wind quintet (2021), Howling with Wolves for string orchestra / string octet (2021), Ephemerides for piano (2022), Fanfares for orchestra (2022), Little Symphony for Large Orchestra for symphony orchestra (2022), Song of Perun for symphony orchestra (2022), Oscillations for string quartet (2023), Masurian Suite for piano and symphony orchestra (2023), A-itheras XXIV for ensemble (2024), φ for multipercussion (2024), I Heard the Echo of a String Torn in Silence for fixed media (2024), Minimal Maximum – Maximal Minimum for ensemble (2024), Octet for two clarinets, two marimbas, vibraphone, piano and two violins (2024), Sable Serenity of Reverberations for fixed media (2024), some music for violin, bass clarinet, percussion and piano that is dedicated to Kwartludium and composed by Filip Popielarz in 2024 for violin, bass clarinet, percussion and piano (2024), Stillness of Motion for wind quintet and piano (2024), Távolról for orchestra (2024), Three Caprices for violin and piano (2024), Whispering Pulses for saxophone and multipercussion (2024), Fugue for double string orchestra (2024), A Space Odyssey for orchestra (2025), dissolved pulses… for prepared string quartet and four metronome apps (2025), fractal traces for clarinet, trombone, cello and piano (2025), once again, please for violin, contrabass clarinet, piano and percussion (2025), Silence Unleashed for string quartet, live electronics, fixed media, video, lighting and space (2025), aria fracturée for soprano saxophone and Hammond organ (2026), Critical Mass Failure for fixed media (2026), The Clocks Forgot, The Clouds Remembered for saxophone quartet (2026).