Słyż, Aleksandra
Polish composer, she holds degrees from the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poznań Academy of Music, and Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
In her compositions, she explores connections between acoustic and synthetic sounds. This process is often rooted in rational tuning systems, through which she constructs rich, complex drone structures that highlight the power of microtonal, electroacoustic tensions. Interactive sonification systems are another major part of her artistic practice. Between 2017 and 2022, Słyż conducted artistic research involving practical experiments on movement sonification and types of interaction.
Her works have been presented at prestigious contemporary and experimental music festivals and in major venues including Rewire, CTM, Aarhus Festival, Unsound, Warsaw Autumn, ORF musikprotokoll, Royal Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Fylkingen, Alice Tully Hall, Ancienne Belgique, and Stadtcasino Basel.
Her compositions have been performed by leading contemporary orchestras and ensembles such as the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Basel Sinfonietta, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners, and the Spółdzielnia Muzyczna contemporary ensemble.
In 2025, her composition Suspended in Ratios was recommended in both the general and the U-30 categories at the 71st International Rostrum of Composers. That year, she was also invited by the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw and London’s The Wapping Project as the first artist to create new works for the legendary instruments of the Polish Radio Experimental Studio, unused for over two decades and never before performed live. The works The Long Pause Gives Way and The Long Pause Gives Way II were presented at the Sonics & Scenics festival in Warsaw in 2025.
Selected works: SYNESTE7JA.1 / SYNESTHESIA, multimedia show for two dancers, ensemble and live electronics (2018), UNDER/WATER for performer(s), live electronics and visual processing (2019), Flights for flute and live electronics (2019), Human Glory for orchestra and live electronics (2020, rev. for vinyl and cassette, 2020), Iridescence, acousmatic music (2020), Iridescence II for violin, viola, cello and live electronics (2020), Proximity and Distance, acousmatic music (2021), Hypercycle, multichannel interactive sound installation (2021), A Vibrant Touch for vinyl (2022), Everything tends towards chaos and order, ambisonic electroacoustic music (2022), Healing for alto saxophone, violin, viola, cello, modular synthesizer and electronics (2022), Softness, Flashes, Floating Rage for alto saxophone, violin, viola, cello, modular synthesizer and electronics (2022), The Ruthless Act for alto saxophone, violin, viola, cello, modular synthesizer and electronics (2022), At different times for orchestra, modular synthesizer and electronics (2022–23), Softness, Flashes, Floating Rage (Live at CTM 2023) for alto saxophone, cello, modular synthesizer and electronics (2023), Primal Rituals, multimedia performance for three dancers, live electronics and visual processing (2023), And the Sun stood still for a wind ensemble, modular synthesizer, objects and electronics (with Teoniki Rożynek; 2023), And the Sun stood still II for mezzo-soprano, baritone, wind ensemble, modular synthesizer, objects and electronics (with Teonika Rożynek; 2023), Music for The Orchestra of Futurist Noise Intoners & Electronics for Intonarumori orchestra and electronics (with Gerard Lebik, 2023), Pure Voices for string orchestra and electronics (2023), Seven Figures for violin, detuned piano and live electronics (2024), Suspended in Ratiosfor orchestra and electronics (2024), Temporal for accordion, percussion and live electronics (2025), The Long Pause Gives Way, sound installation (2025), Aether for flute and live electronics (2025), The Long Pause Gives Way II for analogue synthesizers (2025), po horyzont for voice, flute, detuned piano, percussion and electronics (2025), Breath for vocal ensemble and electronics (2025), I Carry the strength, acousmatic music (2025–26), Legends erase memory quietly, acousmatic music (2026), Presence for zither, string quintet and electronics (2026).
Film music: Somnambulism, dir. Agnieszka Gawrońska (2017), ἴσος / ísos, dir. Haruchika Seno (2018), I saw it, dir. Jakub Oleg Wojciechowski (2018), Alithia (Truth), dir. Michail Galanopoulos (2019–20), Re-quest, dir. Veronika Klyushnik (2020), Liminal Space (with Mark Posio, 2020), Re-quest, sound design for a film by Veronika Klyushnik (2020), Dygot (Quiver), dir. Joanna Różniak (2022), Geopsyche, dir. Saara Ekström (2023), Popielniczka z Buddą (Ashtray with Buddha), dir. Adam Unierzyński (2024), Hypnos, dir. Saara Ekström (2024).