Biography
Andrzej Ojczenasz (* 1992, Kraków) - a graduate of the Jagiellonian University. He completed his bachelor's degree in composition in the class of prof. dr hab. Marcel Chyrzyński, also student of composition in the class of prof. dr hab. Anna Zawadzka-Gołosz at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków. He has taken part in a Poland-USA exchange program, studying composition at the University of Louisville in the USA. Currently student of Zurich University of Arts in Switzerland.
In 2019, he received an honorable mention at the 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers, he won first place in the 5th Krzysztof Penderecki Composition Competition organized as part of the 9. NDI Sopot Classic 2019 festival. Received an artistic scholarship under the COMPOSER.PL project organized by Agata Zubel and Michał Moc for artistic residency at West Fyords of Iceland.
In December 2019 he received honorable distinction at 2019 15th Sun River Prize Students’ New Music Composition Competition Chengdu-China.
In June 2020 he received scholarship for taking masterclasses in Lugano in Switzerland during Ticino Musica Festival, sponsored by Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne from Switzerland.
In May 2021 he received 2nd Award in the 6th Krzysztof Penderecki Composition Competition organized as part of the 11th Sopot Classic festival.
In October 2021, he received the 2nd prize at the 1st St. Christopher Composition Competition organized by the Vilnius City Municipality St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra.
In June 2023, he was awarded by Orchestre national d’Île-de-France choice during the Élan Award 2023 competition final concert.
His works have been premiered in Poland and abroad as part of international music festivals by, among others, The Orchestra of the Polish Chamber Philharmonic in Sopot (Poland), Quatuor Diotima in Paris/Ticino (France/Switzerland), Šv. Kristoforo Kamerinis Orkestras in Vilnius (Lithuania), Black Pencil Ensemble in Schokland (Netherlands), Amorsima Trio in Louisville (USA) and Orchestre national d’Île-de-France.
He was awarded the Scholarship of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage for outstanding achievements in the 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years and the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music Rector's Scholarship for the best students for 2021/22 and 2022/23 academic years.
In 2023 he was awarded the Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship and he started studying at the Zurich University of Arts in composition.
He expanded his skills during master classes under the guidance of Linia Tonia, Tomasz Skweres, Francesca Verunelli, Oscar Bianchi, Tristan Murail, Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Adam Sztaba, Jerry Gates, Tim Simonec, Bruce Broughton, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Andrew Norman and others.
Awards
- 2023 – double ex aequo finalist, Study for One Hit to the Earth – Electroacoustic Music Competition, Polish Society of Electroacoustic Music PSeME, Kraków, Poland
- 2023 – Orchestre national d’Île-de-France choice’s award Élan Award 2023, IRCAM and the Orchestre national d’Île-de-France, Paris, France
- 2021 – 2nd Award, International St. Christopher Composers’ Competition, Vilnius City Municipality St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2021 – 2nd Award, 6th Krzysztof Penderecki Composition Competition, Sopot Classic Festival, Sopot, Poland
- 2019 – Honorary Distinction, 15th Sun River Prize Students’ New Music Composition Competition, International Society of Contemporary Music, Chengdu, P.R. China
- 2019 – 1st Award, 5th Krzysztof Penderecki Composition Competition, Sopot Classic Festival, Sopot, Poland
- 2019 – Honorary Mention, 2nd Krzysztof Penderecki International Competition for Young Composers, Polish Composers Union, Kraków, Poland
Scholarships
- 2023–24 – Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2022–23 – Rector’s scholarship for the best students, Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Kraków, Poland
- 2022–23 – Minister’s Scholarship for outstanding achievements, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
- 2022 – Jon Rieger’s Scholarship for International Students, University of Louisville, School of Music, Louisville, USA
- 2021–22 – Minister’s Scholarship for outstanding achievements, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
- 2021–22 – Rector’s scholarship for the best students, Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Kraków, Poland
- 2020 – Scholarship for 4th International Young Composers Academy, Ticino Musica Festival in Lugano, Art Mentor Foundation, Lucerne, Switzerland
- 2019 – Artistic Residence Scholarship in Westfjords, Iceland, Composer.pl scholarships initiative funded by Agata Zubel and Michal Moc, Wroclaw, Poland
Premieres & performances
2024
- 2024 – Aurora for string quartet*, precept.concept.percept VIII., .abeceda [new music ensemble], .abeceda Contemporary Music Festival, 27.06.2024, Bled, Slovenia
- 2024 – Maris stella for string quartet*, The Arditti Quartet, Zurich University of Arts, 01.03.2024, Toni-Areal, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2024 – Pramatins for string quartet and electronic layer, version for virtual string quartet and electronic layer, New Music in the House of Light and Sound (Nowa Muzyka w Domu Światła i Dźwięku), Potocki Palace, 24.02.2024, Kraków, Poland
- 2024 – Cántico for string trio, Uraufführungsabend der Kompositionsklassen, Zurich University of Arts, 21.01.2024, Toni-Areal, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2024 – Vespers for solo viola, Uraufführungsabend der Kompositionsklassen, Zurich University of Arts, 21.01.2024, Toni-Areal, Zurich, Switzerland
2023
- 2023 – Mad moody mood for binaural electroacoustic layer, AudioArt Festival, 23.11.2023, Kraków, Poland
- 2023 – On the Tarantulas for electroacoustic layer, AudioArt Festival, 23.11.2023, Kraków, Poland
- 2023 – Deux essences concert for flute and symphonic orchestra, CORda Cracovia Orchestra, conductor: Jan Jazownik, solo flute: Łucja Chyrzyńska, 08.07.2023, AMKP Concert Hall, Kraków, Poland
- 2023 – Deux essences concert for flute and symphonic orchestra*, Élan Award 2023 final concert under the ManiFeste festival organized by IRCAM in partnership with France Musique, the Maison de la Musique Contemporaine and the Durand-Salabert-Eschig publishing house, 24.06.2023, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
- 2023 – Phylakterionizator for live electronics*, 35. Kraków International Festival of Composers: ELECTRONIC COCKTAIL – 50th Anniversary of the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the K. Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, 20.04.2023, Kraków, Poland
- 2023 – Totacto for guitar solo*, 6.04.2023, Louisville, USA
2022
- 2022 – images rémanentes for electroacoustic layer*, Transformations Concert, 27.11.2022 Split, Croatia
- 2022 – Cántico for string trio*, Amorsima Trio, New Music Festival 2022, 11.11.2022, Louisville, USA
- 2022 – Vespers for solo viola, Black Pencil Ensemble, 28.08.2022, Museum Schokland, Netherlands
- 2022 – O nata Lux for mixed choir*, Arcova Vocal Ensemble, 23.07.2022, Aosta, Italy
- 2022 – Vespers for solo viola*, Black Pencil Ensemble, 10.07.2022, Museum Schokland, Netherlands
- 2022 – On the Tarantulas for electroacoustic layer*, 24.04.2022, 34. Kraków International Festival of Composers, Kraków, Poland
2021
- 2021 – Pramatins for string quartet and electronic layer, version for virtual string quartet and electronic layer, Spectrum Conference of Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music Electroacoustic Music Studio, 13.10.2021, Kraków, Poland
- 2021 – Tech-uniques for string orchestra, 15.07.2021, Vilnius City Municipality St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, Vilnius, Lithuania
- 2021 – Sela for chamber orchestra***, Ensemble of Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Kraków, Poland
- 2021 – Mad moody mood for binaural electroacoustic layer*, 16.04.2021, 34. Kraków International Festival of Composers, Kraków, Poland
2020
- 2020 – De profundis for string quartet*, 30.07.2020, Ticino Musica Festival, Quatuor Diotima, Lugano, Switzerland
2019
- 2019 – Tech-uniques for string orchestra*, 02.08.2019, Sopot Classic Festival, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Sopot, Poland
Radio
- Radio SRF 2 Kultur, SRG SSR, Schweizerische Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft / Société suisse de radiodiffusion et télévision, Arditti Quartet im Konzert, 2024.04.03, 21:00, recording at NEO MX CH, info at SRF.CH, https://www.srf.ch/audio/neue-musik-im-konzert/arditti-quartet-im-konzert?id=12552344
- LRT, Lietuvos nacionalinis radijas ir televizija, Klasikos koncertų salė. Šv. Kristoforo kamerinio orkestro koncertas Krzysztofui Pendereckiui atminti. Įrašas iš Šv. Kotrynos bažnyčios, 2021.07.15 19:00, info at LRT.LT
Papers & lectures
- Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War – the art of creating film narration with only diegetic music
- 04.2022 – International Conference Composers and Applied Music, lecture: Trends in software for composers – in the service of creativity or reproduction of preserved aesthetics?, Faculty of Composition Theory of Music and Sound Engineering: Department of Theory of Music and Composition – The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music, Bydgoszcz, Poland
- 10.2021– International Spectrum Conference, lecture: Sela – creativity in dialogue with the spectrum, Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music – Composition Faculty, Kraków, Poland, Studio of Electroacoustic Music, Kraków, Poland