Kordylasińska-Pękala, Magdalena International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn

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A percussionist specialising in the performance of twentieth-  and twenty-first-century chamber and solo music. She regularly  works with Miłosz Pękala, with whom she forms the percussion duo Pękala Kordylasińska Pękala, the Kwadrofonik quartet,  the new-music ensemble Chain Ensemble, and Mitch&Mitch.  In 2022 she joined the Hashtag Ensemble. 

Although largely devoted to new music, she is also active in popular music, working with artists such as Dawid Podsiadło, Kortez,  Mela Koteluk, Artur Rojek, and the Stokłosa Collective Orchestra. She is also active as a teacher. She teaches at the Karol Szyma nowski Complex of State Music Schools in Warsaw, and since 2018  has also been an assistant professor in the percussion department  at the Academy of Art in Szczecin. As a teacher and performing  musician she is regularly invited to lead percussion courses and  workshops for pupils, students and teachers. 

She is a recipient of the Polityka Passport award, as well as other  prestigious awards and scholarships.