Popielarz, Filip  International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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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).