Jabłoński Maciej
Born in 1974 in Golub-Dobrzyń (Lower Silesia). Between 1993 and 1998 he studied composition with Marek Stachowski at the Music Academy in Cracow, graduating with honours. Since 1998 he has been teaching music theory at the Cracow Academy, becoming lecturer in 2004. In 2002 he earned his first degree qualification.
He perfected his composition skills at international courses and masterclasses: the Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn, Netherlands (with Rodney Sherman, Robert H. P. Platz, Louis Andriessen, 1997), Summer Courses for New and Computer Music in Stuttgart and International Summer Courses in Radziejowice, Poland (with Peter-Michael Hamel, Alejandro Iglesias Rossi, Paul Patterson), summer workshops in Buckow (1998), as well as the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music (with Helmut Lachenmann and Georges Aperghis, 2006). His works are published by PWM Edition and the Music Academy in Cracow.
Maciej Jabłoński also works as a music communicator with children, notably at the Cracow Philharmonic where he runs special programmes and concerts for the young. He is also active as a music critic, contributing to magazines such as “Ruch Muzyczny” and “Glissando” (concert and recording reviews, essays). He has written numerous texts about contemporary music, particularly on Polish composers of the young generation; he has authored over 50 entries for the monumental PWM Music Encyclopedia. He is also the co-author of Concert Music Guide (Cracow: PWM 2003–04).
Since 2006 he has been a member of the Polish Composers’ Union.
S e l e c t e d w o r k s ( s i n c e 2 0 0 0 ): Symphony No. 4 for organ and orchestra (1999–2000), The Last Dream of Donald Merrett for organ and percussion (1999–2000), Sonata for Violin and Piano for chamber ensemble (2000), Piano Concerto No. 2 (2000–02), Äy for chamber ensemble (2001), Can-can for cello, clarinet, percussion and piano (2001), Concertino for cello, harpsichord, piano, percussion and string orchestra (2002), Four Etudes for piano (2003), for chamber ensemble (2003), (Barbapapa), ver. 1, for string orchestra (2004), Three Women, songs for soprano, clarinet, marimba and cello (2004), Ø for two trumpets (2004), Symphony No. 5 (2004), e for bass clarinet, violin, marimba and piano (2004), Mygoor for accordion and piano (2004), e, concerto for trumpet and chamber orchestra (2005), …here…there;…there-fore… for string quartet and computer (2005), Whose are those fingerprints for piccolo flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone and tuba (2005), …à cinq (Concerto grosso No. 2) for five pianos and orchestra (2005), H. M. for violin (2005), M. C. Escher “Dag en Nacht”for two violins (2005), Quo vadis…?for trombone and harpsichord (2005), Somnosfor choir and orchestra (2005–07), Finishfor organ and six actors to words by Adam Zagajewski (2006), Sadly, it’s over for cello and piano (2006), Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (2006), patrz, nic układa kosze gwiazd i tak jak ryby puszcza w błękit (Concerto grosso No. 3), ver. 1, for oboe, violin and chamber orchestra (2007), Déjà vu for cello and orchestra (2007), Thumbnails for saxophone quartet (2008), Labirynth of the Mind for alto saxophone and saxophone quartet (2008), Log- orrhoea for computer (2008), Whose are these tracks...? for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone and tuba (2008), arrangements of Pietro Locatelli’s Labyrinth for violin and string orchestra (2008), Anxiety, Confidence for bass clarinet, violin, percussion and piano (2009), 277,13 Kfor two oboes, alto saxophone and electronics (2009), (Barbapapa), ver. 2, for string orchestra (2009), Trainspotting (see trailer) for trombone and tuba (2009), patrz, nic układa kosze gwiazd i tak jak ryby puszcza w błękit (Concerto grosso nr 3), ver. 2, for violin, clarinet quartet, percussion and string orchestra (2010), Lebenszeichen for violin (2010), Beforefor trombone and electronics (2010), Sonata for Harpsichord (2010), I will remember, ver. 1, for flute, tuba and electronics (2010), I will remember, ver. 2, for flutes (one performer) and electronics (2010), Fuori, concerto for two pianos, orchestra and electronics (2011), Kordissimo!for cello quartet (2011), Dreaming, song cycle for soprano and piano (2011), Barbapapa-Concerto for violin and string orchestra (2011), Aureus for flute and harp (2011), Awakening, piano quintet (2011), Lunar Pierrot for actor, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano, electronic and video layer to the monodrama of Przemysław Fiugajski (2011–12).
