Janas, Paweł International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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studied at the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw and at  the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna. He is  the first accordionist in history to have performed as a soloist  with the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. He has performed in  most countries of Europe, as well as in the United States, Canada,  and China.

He cooperates with composers such as Zygmunt Krauze, Rafał  Janiak, Dariusz Przybylski, Wojtek Blecharz, Tomasz Jakub  Opałka, Ignacy Zalewski, Mikołaj Majkusiak, and many others. These long-standing partnerships have resulted in more than  70 premieres of solo, chamber, and larger-scale works. Since 2013  he has been a member of the Hashtag Ensemble, specialising in  contemporary and improvised music. He has won prizes at more  than 30 competitions, including in Poland, Germany, Austria,  Lithuania, Croatia, France, and Italy. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as with orchestras under conductors such as Zygmunt Rychert, Krzysztof Kozłowski, Maciej  Tworek, and Sławomir Chrzanowski.

His discography includes albums such as Ave Virus, Buttonhacker, #Network Music, Witkacy, Trash Music, Small Talks,  Visegard Songs, and Magic and Legends – Mysterious Accordions.  He received a grant from the Korean Dongsan Research Foundation & Pro Polonia Society, as well as a grant from Société Générale. He is a recipient of the Young Poland scholarship. He also  received an individual scholarship for outstanding achievement  from the Mayor of Warsaw.