Jabłoński, Maciej

Born in 1974 in Golub-Dobrzyń. 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 Music Academy in Cracow, becoming lecturer in 2004 and obtaining a habilitation in 2012. He cooperates with PWM Polish Edition.

He perfected his composition skills at international courses and masterclasses including the Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn (with Rodney Sherman, Robert H. P. Platz, and Louis Andriessen, 1997), Summer Courses for New and Computer Music in Stuttgart, International Summer Courses in Radziejowice (with Peter-Michael Hamel, Alejandro Iglesias Rossi, Paul Patterson), summer workshops in Buckow (1998), and Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt (with Helmut Lachenmann and Georges Aperghis, 2006).

He has worked with numerous Polish orchestras including the Polish National Radio Symphony, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Polish Radio Symphony, AUKSO, Amadeus, Beethoven Academy, Bytom Opera, Cracow Music Academy, Tarnów Chamber, and with conductors such as Tomasz Bugaj, Wojciech Czepiel, Agnieszka Duczmal, Michał Dworzyński, Przemysław Fiugajski, José Maria Florêncio Jr., Marek Moś, Marcin Nałęcz-Niesiołowski, Paweł Przytocki, Tomasz Tokarczyk, Maciej Tworek, Piotr Warzecha, Antoni Wit, and Sławek A. Wróblewski. He has also worked with chamber ensembles such as Kwartludium, Ensemble Nordlys, Das Neue Ensemble, and Lutosławski Piano Duo, and soloists Paweł Cieślak, Anna Pehlken, Bartosz Gaudyn, Udo Grimm, Jan Kalinowski, Gajusz Kęska, Michał Knot, Barbara Krzekotowska, Jarosław Malanowicz, Christine Michaela Pryn, Andrzej Rzymkowski, Marian Sobula, Piotr T. Szczepanik, and Marek Szlezer.

His works have been performed in Poland (notably at the Cracow Composers’ Days, Premieres Festival in Katowice, Musica Polonica Nova, and Warsaw Autumn) as well as in Germany, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, and Slovakia. His Symphony no. 5 (2004), Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra (2006), and 277,13 K (2009) were composed thanks to financial support from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

Maciej Jabłoński’s compositional awards include a commandment for Psalm 138 (1995), 2nd Prize for Psalm 23 at the Adam Didur Composition Competition in Sanok (1996), 3rd Prize for Enchanted Garden at the Ryszard Bukowski Competition (1997), and Grand Prix for Logorrhoea at the Sound Screen Composition Competition in Bydgoszcz

Maciej Jabłoński works as a music communicator with children. He is also active as a music critic, contributing to magazines such as Ruch Muzyczny and Glissando (concert and recording reviews, essays). He is also the coauthor of the Concert Music Guide (2003–4). In 2009, he composed the soundtrack for the silent film White Track (1932).

Selected works (since 2012): V2 for flute, bass clarinet, marimba, vibraphone, violin, cello and piano (2012), The Broken Cage for flute, bass clarinet, marimba, vibraphone, violin, cello, piano and electroacoustic layer (2013), Theta for horn and electroacoustic layer (2013), Symphony no. 6 Oneirophrenia for orchestra and electroacoustic layer (2014), Tao. Concerto da camera no. 2 for saxophone and chamber ensemble (2014), Penumbrae and Contours (Concerto grosso no. 4) for double bass, guitar and string orchestra (2015), Crystal and Glass for two guitars (2015), IU for saxophone and piano (2016), Game for two youth groups, string orchestra, video and electroacoustic layer (2016), Night in Bedroom for clarinet (2016).