Born in 1986, Mateusz Ryczek graduated with honours from  the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław in 2011, having studied composition with Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil,  computer composition with Cezary Duchnowski, and theatre  and film music with Zbigniew Karnecki. In 2019, he was awarded  a Doctor of Musical Arts degree.

His works have been performed extensively in Poland and  abroad—in Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Italy,  Hungary, Czechia, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, the United States, Cuba, Ukraine, and Japan. In  2013, For Tune Records released PLANETONY, the first album  devoted entirely to his music. His second monographic album,  Cello Works, was released by DUX in 2021, followed by PASJA on  Requiem Records in 2025.

A prizewinner at numerous composition competitions, Ryczek  received the Society of Authors ZAiKS Special Award for a young  generation composer at the 2025 Musical Eagles International  Competition. He has held scholarships from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Marshal of the Lower Silesia Voivodeship, and the Mayor of Wrocław. He is a member of the Polish  Composers’ Union. He consults his compositions with the wind,  the sun, and his daughters: Rozalia, Aurelia, and Laura.

Selected works (since 2015): Menagerie for animated film,  sampler, double bass and percussion (2015), Songs of Rozalia  for flute, oboe, viola and cello (2015), Witches’ Fanfare for brass  quartet (2015), Very Sad Song for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin  and cello (2016), Requiem for the Świdnickie Underground Passage for electronics (2016), Hommage à Carl Czerny for electric  viola (2017), Sour-Sweet for orchestra and choir (2017), Top and  Bottom, suite on themes from works by Mieczysław Karłowicz for  orchestra and electronics (2017), The Shadow Hunter, chamber  opera after Erna Rosenstein (2018), Catalogue of Clouds for two  pianos and video (2018), Alchemy of Sound for trumpet and computer (2019), Signs of Decay for improvising violin, video and live  electronics (2019), Wind Lullaby for flute (2019), PHANTOMS,  cello concerto (2019), Distant Planet – Light Reflections on Glaciers for clarinet, cello, and piano (2020), Duo for violin and cello  (2020–21), Rafter’s Cloudy Sky for trumpet (2020), LOG IN. In  statu nascendi, monodrama opera to a libretto by Małgorzata  Kazińska, for soprano, cello, electronics, and video (2021) Concerto grosso for five soloists, orchestra, live electronics and prerecorded sounds (2021), Jazzy Amadeus for clarinet, vibraphone  and cello (2021), Fairy Tale for soprano and six instruments (2021), From Slavic Legends for symphony orchestra (2022), Passion for clarinets, violin, percussion and piano (2022), Computer  Music for objects, improvising violin and electronics (2022), Cosmic Lighthouse for cello and live electronics (2022), Caffeine for  flugelhorn, flute and piano (2022), Kashubian Singspiel for choir,  mezzo-soprano, baritone and string orchestra (2022), Songs of  Aurelia for wind quintet (2022), Symphony of Peace for grand  symphonic organ (2023), Miłota – Kashubian Cantata for choir,  mezzo-soprano, baritone, trumpet and string orchestra (2023),  Dopamine, concerto for trumpet and orchestra (2023), Cuteness  Overload for clarinet, accordion, cello, sampler, video and electronics (2023), Uncertainty States for saxophones and percussion  (2024), Little Kashubian Oratorio: Apocalypse for choir, voices,  saxophone and string orchestra (2024), Water Nymph for flute  and electronics (2024), Songs of Laura for violin, cello and piano  (2024), Dark Forest for trumpet, cello and accordion (2024),  Butzenmann for piano and VR environment (2024), Legends of  the Świętokrzyskie Region for symphony orchestra (2025), Green  Hope for percussion duo and electronics (2025), Stella Matutina  for horn and organ (2025), Butterfly Effect for organ, positive  organ, wind orchestra and space (2025), Rétnik for viola and  double bass (2025), Alla Mazurka for ensemble (2025), Lelek  for oboe, electronics, and video (2025), Wargin for saxophones,  electronics and video (2025), Jeziornica for cello, electronics, and  video (2025), Nawia for string quartet, electronics and video  (2026), Amber Tears, Kashubian opera in two acts to a libretto by  Jarosław Banaś (2026), Playing with Monsters, opera for four soloists, choir of three altos, orchestra and live electronics to a libretto  by Justyna Skoczek (2026).