Wojciechowski, Sławomir

Composer of instrumental and electronic music, improviser and lecturer, he was born in 1971 in Łódź. He graduated from the State University of Music and Performing Arts in Stuttgart, where he studied composition with Marco Stroppa (2000–4) as well as theory and new media with Matthias Hermann (1998–2002). He attended courses and seminars run by Helmut Lachenmann, Brian Ferneyhough, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Klaus Huber, Louis Andriessen, Paweł Szymański, and Irvine Arditti. 

In his creative work, he focuses on the cultural and social contexts of composing, as well as categories such as the quality and identity of sounds originating from various sources: instruments, samples, electronic transformation, objects, or video. 

In 2016 his work a matter of choice represented Poland at the International Rostrum of Composers. Also in 2016, he was composer-in-residence at the Musica Polonica Nova festival in Wrocław. His music has been performed by ensembles such as the New Music Orchestra (OMN) and Polish Radio Orchestra under Szymon Bywalec, Junge Musik Berlin, Kwartludium, Kwadrofonik, Cellonet, smash ensemble, Robin Rimbaud – Scanner, Lux:NM, KammarensembleN Stockholm, Silesian Quartet, NeoQuartet, and Sepia Ensemble. 

He is the cofounder of the Cybulski/Pałosz/Wojciechowski trio, which improvises instrumental electronic music.

Articles on his work have been published notably in Didaskalia,Glissando, Rzeczpospolita, Gazeta Wyborcza, Ruch Muzyczny, Dwutygodnik.com, Meakultura.pl, Polskamuza.eu, Rezonans.art.pl, and Ninateka.pl. He has held scholarships from the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Society of Authors ZAiKS, Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Capital City of Warsaw, and the Institute of Music and Dance. In 2009, his workGe-sheng was nominated to the OPUS Public Media Award. 

In 2015 he was the cocurator (with Monika Pasiecznik) of the Digital Revolution of Music festival, organised by the Bęc Zmiana Foundation at the National Audiovisual Institute in Warsaw, dedicated to the latest tendencies in European music and the theories of German music philosopher Harry Lehmann. In 2007, he was the executive director of the Musica Electronica Nova festival in Wrocław. He has published articles in Ruch Muzyczny and Glissandomagazines, and is regularly invited to the Polish Radio Programme 2, RDC Radio, TVP Kultura, Deutschlandfunk, and the SWR. 

Selected works (since 2009): Ge-sheng for flute, accordion, clarinet, violin, viola and cello (2008), Riesenfalterfor flute, clarinet, violin and cello (2008), sight/light for clarinet, trumpet, percussion, piano, violin and cello (2008–9), Rope of Sands for clarinet, percussion, piano and violin (2009), Acoustic Signs, cycle of multichannel electronic pieces (2011–12), Double Pendulum for prepared violin and computer (2012), Warsaw Soundmap, cycle of multichannel electronic pieces (2012), Rapid Repeats, graphic score for Kwartludium (2012), Fingertrips for eight prepared cellos (2012), Blind Spot for prepared string quartet (2013), rizoom for flute, saxophone, objects and electronics (2013), Victory Over the Sun, chamber opera to a libretto by Marcin Cecko (2013), Room 404, video opera for clarinet, violin, percussion and electronics to words by Paweł Krzaczkowski and video by Paweł Modzelewski and Stach Szumski (2014), a matter of choice for ensemble and electronics (2014), Intricate Machine for voice, prepared piano, sampler, objects and two percussion players (2014–15), Play Them Back for ensemble and electronics (2015), Speedcore for percussion and electronics (2016), AaronS, multimedia opera to a libretto by Paweł Krzaczkowski (2016), King Ludd for five instruments and electronics (2016), Triple Pendulum for cello and video (2017), Claude for ensemble and electronics (2018), uno on off for double bass, electronics and ensemble (2018), Handmade for ensemble, electronics and video (2018–19).