Rydzewska, Żaneta International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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Composer, clarinettist and improviser. Her music frequently  engages with nature, contemporary social concerns, literature,  philosophy, and physics. She works with cutting-edge technologies, creates sound installations, and combines music with movement, scent, light, and video.

She has cooperated with WDR Sinfonieorchester, Ensemble intercontemporain, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Ensemble  Musikfabrik, the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Sinfonia Varsovia, Polish Radio Orchestra, Trio Catch, Mivos  Quartet, hand werk, Ensemble Garage, electronic ID, the International Ensemble Modern Academy, Silesian Quartet, AUKSO,  Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble, Hashtag  Ensemble, Kwartludium, airborne extended, Ensemble Schwerpunkt, United Instruments of Lucilin, Ensemble for New Music  Tallinn, Broken Frames Syndicate, Kollektiv 3:6 Köln, Chopin  University Modern Ensemble, Ko-MAT Ensemble, Delirium  Ensemble, Lüneburger Philharmoniker, Molot Ensemble, and  AKOM Ensemble.

She teaches electronic music composition and orchestration at  the Chopin University of Music, where she received her Doctor  of Musical Arts degree in 2026. She studied composition with  Brigitta Muntendorf at the University of Music and Dance in  Cologne, composition with a specialisation in multimedia with  Alek sander Kościów and Stanisław Moryto at the Chopin University of Music, and clarinet with Wojciech Mrozek. From 2020  to 2022, she also completed postgraduate studies in philosophy at the University of Warsaw. In 2025, she took part in Max  courses at IRCAM under the university’s Young Researchers  project.

Her distinctions include the City of Cologne’s Bernd Alois Zimmermann Scholarship (2019); the Society of Authors ZAiKS  Award for the Best Young Woman Composer, presented at  the 2022 Fryderyk Awards; and the Best Original Score award for  Klaudia Kęska’s short film The Last Days of Summer at the 2022  WIFFEN Women’s International Film Festival Nigeria in Abuja. Her music has been presented at festivals and concert series  including ManiFeste at IRCAM, Lucerne Festival, Wittener  Tage für neue Kammermusik, Ultraschall Berlin, Acht Brücken,  ImpulsTanz in Vienna, Warsaw Autumn, Orgel-Mixturen, Ad  libitum, Tampere Biennale, Avant Art in Warsaw, Sacrum Profanum, Resounds in Warsaw, Containerklang in Cologne, Cluster in Lucca, AvantGarten Liedberg, High Noon Music 2000+ in  Konstanz, Sinfonia Varsovia’s Experimental Tuesdays, and Warsaw Musical Encounters.

She has participated in the 2023 ManiFeste Academy at IRCAM,  2020 Luxembourg Composition Academy, 2019 Lucerne Festival Academy, and the Donaueschinger Musiktage Next Generation programme in 2015, 2016, and 2018. She has won prizes at  the 2025 Acht Brücken International Composition Competition;  2020 The Science of Fiction (IAM / Klangforum Wien); 2nd Patri  Patriae International Composition Competition (2014); “…when  I think Berio…” Composition Competition in Wrocław (2015),  AKOM Ensemble International Composition Competition in  Rotterdam (2016); Zygmunt Mycielski Composition Competition in Warsaw (2016); and 3rd Marek Stachowski Composition  Competition in Kraków (2018).

Her scholarships have included the Bernd Alois Zimmermann  Scholarship in Cologne, the Ministry of Culture and National  Heritage’s Young Poland programme, awards from the Marshal of the Warmian–Masurian Voivodeship and the Rector of  the Chopin University of Music. She chaired the Young Composers’ Circle of the Polish Composers’ Union from 2016 to 2018;  since June 2025, she has served on the Union’s Main Board and  as the Circle’s adviser.

Selected works: Miniature for clarinet and piano (2007), Trio  for clarinet, bass clarinet / cello and piano (2009), Tale for clarinet  (2010), Metamorphoses for accordion (2011), Barcarolle for violin, clarinet, and piano (2012), Toccata for piano (2013), Thought  for oboe and piano (2013), You Who Wronged… for mezzosoprano and piano (2013), SynEsthESiA for accordion (2014),  WINDows for E♭ clarinet (2014), Elegy for clarinet and orchestra  (2014), Close and Distant for alto and string orchestra (2015),  Der verlorene Berg for accordion (2015), Les mots se moquent de  nous… for accordion and string quartet (2015), MorE for instrumental ensemble (2015), Fydihom for instrumental ensemble  (2015), 5/3 for string quartet (2015), I Am d’Arc for soprano and  orchestra (2015), Winterwald for clarinet, accordion and percussion (2015), Gestern ist sie von mir gegangen… for baritone and  piano (2015), Hidden for clarinet, accordion, viola and percussion (2016), Folla for viola and accordion (2016), String Quartet (2016), A Complaint for soprano, clarinet, horn, piano and  percussion (2016), IN for string orchestra (2016), Am Scheideweg for accordion and harpsichord (2016), Rose for symphony  orchestra (2016), alone I for clarinet, violin, piano and percussion (2017), after all for alto saxophone and piano (2017), Torrent for alto saxophone, accordion, viola and live electronics  (2017), Tagtraum for clarinet and accordion (2017), Concerto  for clarinet and orchestra (2017), Dauer for clarinet and electronics (2017), spit it out for flute, clarinet, violin, viola and cello  (2018), mono for flute, viola and harp (2018), under for clarinet,  cello and piano (2018), underneath for flute, clarinet, violin, viola,  cello and objects (2018), so forth for viola, electronics and video  (2018), so forth and so forth for clarinet, electronics, video and lights (2018), binaural beats for symphony orchestra (2018), circles for accordion (2018), relaxation music for chamber orchestra (2018), no-body for ensemble, video, electronics and scents  (2018), where, music theatre for violin, two violas and objects  (2019), returns for clarinet and electronics (2019), data processing for chamber ensemble (2019), 3/3 for saxophone, accordion  and piano (2019), error for three women performers, objects, and  electronics (with Teoniki Rożynek and Aleksandra Kaca, 2019),  der Kuss, music theatre for children’s choir (2019), sit back and  relax for piano, percussion, double bass, electronics and lights  (2019), Double Concerto for clarinet, percussion and orchestra  (2020), don’t look for two violins, accordion, piano, percussion  and electronics (2020), Ultimate errors compilation, improvisation for three women performers, objects, instruments and live  electronics (with Aleksandra Kaca and Teoniki Rożynek, 2020),  Zauberwürfel for brass quintet (2021), The winner is… for flute,  clarinet, cello, small percussion instruments and choreography  (2021), Außerhalb der Zeit for organ (2021), to my stars for chamber ensemble (2021), Take Me for soprano, piano and percussion  (2021), Fanfare for flute, violin, percussion and piano (2022),  Elusive for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and electronics  (2022), botanical studies for string quartet and electronics (2023),  Insatiability for ensemble and electronics (2023), Le Petit Scandale  for flute and clarinet (2023), Frost for orchestra (2023), Tunnelblick for ensemble, electronics, lighting, video, AI video software  and plant installation (2023–24), Entomophony for bass clarinet,  percussion, piano, violin and live electronics (2024), Fire for  orchestra (2024), The Painted Bird for ensemble and electronics  (2024), Symphony for orchestra (2025), ets#9 for bass clarinet and  electronics (2025), Top Five for ensemble and electronics (2025),  Let’s hear it for bass clarinet, objects, electronics and video (with  Alexandra Grant and Stephen Reedy, 2025), Melodrama for flute,  recorder, harp, harpsichord and electronics (2025), eco stories for  ensemble, electronics, video and plant installation (2025–26), Hej  for ensemble, objects, audience, electronics and video (2026),  Superheroines for ensemble (2026).