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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

Scholarships

  • 202325 Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 202223 Rectors scholarship for the best students, Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music, Kraków, Poland
  • 202223 Ministers Scholarship for outstanding achievements, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
  • 2022 Jon Riegers Scholarship for International Students, University of Louisville, School of Music, Louisville, USA
  • 202122 Ministers Scholarship for outstanding achievements, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland
  • 202122 Rectors 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

[* - world premiere, *** - recording, TBA - to be announced]

2025

[incoming performances]
  • TBA* for bass flute and electronics (02.2025) 6-8’, Ensemble Phoenix, 21+22.02.2025 20:00, Gare du Nord, Basel 
25​+26.02.2025 19.30, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich
  • TBA* for 6 voices, Neue Vokalsolisten Stuttgart, 17.04.2025, 19:30, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich
  • TBA* for piano, cello and alto saxophone, 04.2025, ca 8’, Ensemble Hydra
  • TBA* for chamber ensemble, 05.2025, ca 10’, Arc-en-ciel Ensemble, Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, Zürich

2024

  • 2024 Aurora for string quartet, Uraufführungsabend der Kompositionsklassen, Zurich University of Arts, 29.11.2024, Toni-Areal, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2024 Vespers for solo viola, SCHOKGOLF concert, Black Pencil Ensemble, 22.09.2024, Museum Schokland, Netherlands
  • 2024 Vespers for solo viola, Träume, die reifen concert, Alicja Pyrdol, 23.08.2024, The Society for Finnish Music in Switzerland, Gedenkstätte Riehen, Switzerland
  • 2024 Vespers for solo viola, Kesäkonsertit, Alicja Pyrdol, 04.08.2024, Veteli, Finland
  • 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