Hendrich, Paweł

Born in 1979 in Wrocław. He graduated from the Engineering and Economics Department of the University of Economics in Wrocław. He also studied composition at the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław and the High School of Music in Cologne. 

His works have been performed at festivals and concerts in Poland, Germany, Austria, Sweden, Denmark, Spain, Czech Republic, Turkey, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, United States, Russia, and China. 

He has received commissions from Warsaw Autumn (premiered by Ensemble Musikfabrik), German Radio (premiered by Kwartludium), Goethe-Institut, BHF BANK Foundation and Ensemble Modern, The Municipality of Wrocław (premiered by Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra), Institute of Music and Dance, New Music Orchestra, The Forbidden City Chamber Orchestra, National Forum of Music (for the Lutosławski Quartet and LutosAir Quintet), Society of Authors ZAiKS, and the Polish Composers’ Union (for Pablostrom and de ereprijs). 

For over a decade, he has been programming and composing in the Max environment and performing live electroacoustic music. With Cezary Duchnowski and Sławomir Kupczak, he has founded the Phonos ek Mechanes trio, which participates in festivals of improvised, contemporary and electroacoustic music, as well as concerts in Poland and abroad. 

In 2010, DUX Records released Paweł Hendrich’s monographic CD Chamber Works, followed by Metaforma in 2017. In 2012, Bôłt Records released Phonos ek Mechanes’ first CD called C+–. His works have been included in several other CDs, notably published by Ensemble Modern.