Tomala, Oskar International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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Born in 1996, sound artist, composer and multi-instrumentalist.  He holds a master’s degree in music creation from the Rhythmic Music Conservatoire in Copenhagen, and bachelor’s degrees  in composition and arrangement from the music academies in  Katowice and Gdańsk.

He works in the fields of electroacoustic composition, site-specific  sound installations, and film music. His work focuses on the phenomenology of intensity, ambiguity and possibility, as manifested  in the perception of tones, sounds, harmony, and other forms of  harmonic structure. Through sound, he explores how our ways  of listening influence our perceptual experience. His current  research is directed towards investigating the interaction of harmonic sound with architectural space (Architecture Resonances),  the concept of silence (Membranes), and live sound processing  (Inner / Outer). As a composer, he works extensively with natural  tuning, utilising both acoustic instruments and sound synthesis.  His works have been presented at festivals in Poland and internationally, including Rewire in The Hague and Sacrum Profanum.  In May 2026, his second solo album, Window Forms, was released  by the Australian record label Room40.

Selected works: Spectimotio for chamber orchestra, voice, harp  and jazz ensemble (2021), Dancing River, acousmatic composition for quadraphonic sound (2022), Architecture Resonances,  seven compositions for chamber ensemble (2022), All-ness for  violin, viola, cello and live electronics (2023), Four Compositions  for Clarinet Quartet, series of four compositions for clarinet quartet in natural pitch (2024), Ergodic for ensemble (2024), Inner /  Outer for mezzo-soprano, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet,  soprano saxophone, zither and live electronics (2025), everything  can be seen through the prism of for 12 instruments (2026).