Born in 1982, he studied composition with Lidia Zielińska at the Music Academy in Poznań, and in 2008–09 took a Postgraduate Diploma in Composition with Michael Jarrell at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna.
He has received several prizes in national and international composition competitions, including the “Crescendo” National Young Composers’ Competition (2001, Grand Prix), Tadeusz Baird National Composition Competition (2006, honorable mention), Concurso Internacional de Miniaturas Electroacústicas (2007, finalist), Artur Malawski National Composition Competition (2008, honorable mention), and the Theodor Körner Award (2011). He has also received scholarships from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Młoda Polska, 2009), Adam Mickiewicz Institute (2009) and the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation (2011).
His works have been performed at music festivals and concerts in Europe and Asia, including the Warsaw Autumn Festival, Poznań Spring, Ny Musik Uge (Denmark), Festival Synthèse (France), Punto de Encuentro (Spain), Wiener Frühlingsfestival, Wien Modern, Druskomanija (Lithuania), Festival Internazionale di Musica Elettroacustica del Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Festival Eterotopie (Italy), Musicacoustica Beijing.
Selected works: Tajga for guitar, piano and percussion (2004), Tundra for guitar, piano and percussion (2004), Distant worlds for tape (2005), Uroboros for two pianos and percussion (2005), Dreamscape for male choir (2006), Zones for orchestra (2006), Kaamos for 12 players (2007), Ruins of a Factory for tape (2007), sent and november for viola (2007), String Quartet (2009), Virtual Memories for 15 strings (2009), Filakizmeni eleftheria, three songs for mezzo-soprano, ensemble and electronics to texts by Constantine Cavafys (2010), Corridors for tape (2010), Im Nebel for flute, Paetzold flute and electronics (2010), Illusion for piano four hands and live electronics (2011), Fortress, five pieces for tape (2011), Jede Nacht besucht uns ein Traum for six instruments (2012), Zeitlupe for six instruments (2012), Sommertraum for flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2013), Days to come, days gone by for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and guitar, to words by Constantine Cavafy (2012–13).
