Born in 1974, he is a composer and percussionist based in Bydgoszcz. He graduated in composition from the Feliks Nowowiejski  Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he studied with Zbigniew  Bargielski and Hanna Kulenty. Earlier, he had trained as a percussionist with Mirosław Żyta at the Artur Rubinstein State Music  School Complex in Bydgoszcz, before entering the Jazz Department of the Fryderyk Chopin State Music School Complex in  Warsaw.

His output encompasses chamber, symphonic, electronic, and  stage music. Before devoting himself primarily to composition,  Gorzycki concentrated on performing music at the intersection  of chamber music and improvisation. During that period, he  recorded 29 albums with projects of his own, ranging across jazz,  free jazz and contemporary music.

Gorzycki is a full member of the Polish Composers’ Union. He  also belongs to the Society of Authors ZAiKS, Union of Performing Artists STOART, Polish Jazz Association, and Polish Phonographic Academy. He serves on Bydgoszcz City’s Civic Dialogue Commission for Culture and on the board of New Music  Guild.

In 2018 he established the Foundation for Polish Chamber Music  – ART MINTAKA, whose remit is to champion contemporary  chamber music and commission new compositions and works of  art from artists across a range of fields and disciplines. He devised  the ART MINTAKA contemporary music festival and remains its  artistic director. At his instigation, Bydgoszcz’s first new-music  ensembles were formed: Ludzie z Vełny and Bydgoszcz Composers’ Collective.

He has cooperated on new music, chamber music and avantgarde jazz projects notably with Peter Kowald, Jon Rose, Fred  Frith, Miho Iwata, Joanna Freszel, Kwartludium, NeoQuartet,  New Music Orchestra, proMODERN, Zdzisław Piernik, Andrzej  Bauer, Cezary Duchnowski, Leszek Możdżer, Mikołaj Trzaska,  Tymon Tymański, and Lech Bałaban. He was also closely involved  in shaping Mózg, the legendary club devoted to avant-garde and  improvised music. He has performed throughout Europe and  Asia, as well as in the United States.

His artistic work has brought him numerous awards, honours and  scholarships. Among them are the Distinguished Service to Polish Culture honorary badge (2026), a Fryderyk Award nomination for Jazz Debut Recording of the Year (2010), artistic awards  from the Mayor of Bydgoszcz and the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodeship, scholarships from the Minister of  Culture and National Heritage, the Marshal of the KuyavianPomeranian Voivodeship, and the Mayor of Bydgoszcz. In 2023  and 2024, the Polish Society for Contemporary Music selected his compositions Ludzie z Vełny and Requiem for Poland’s official  submissions to the ISCM World New Music Days.