Jury members 2026

 

JURY MEMBERS OF INTERNATIONAL MUSIC COMPETITION OPUS 2026

 

Flavia SalemMe – piano (Italy)

Manuel Tévar – piano (Spain)

Rosaria Dina Rizzo – piano (Italy)

Sorin Alexandru Horea – violin (Cyprus)

SHEN YUANYUAN – Violin (China)

Katharina Paslawski – cello (Chile/Poland)

Łukasz Zimnik – flute (Poland)

Long Yuan – flute (China)

Piero Vincenti – Clarinet (Italy)

Gilles Tressos – saxophone (France)

Mirosław Pachowicz – Bassoon (Poland)

Tomasz Fechner – guitar (USA/Poland)

SINIŠA LJUBOJEVIĆ – accordion (serbia/germany)

Paul Archibald – trumpet (UK/Thailand)

Dawid Mżyk – trombone (USA/Poland)

Yao Fuming – horn (China)

Paweł Nowicki – percussion (Poland)

Bartosz Sałdan – percussion (Poland)

Mai Fukui – harp (Japan)

 

Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska – composition (Poland)

Szymon Godziemba-Trytek – composition (Poland)

 

BARBARA BOROWICZ – clarinet/artistic director (Poland)

 

 

 

FLAVIA SALEMME is an Italian pianist who performs both as a soloist and in chamber ensembles and has given concerts in England, Norway, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, Poland, and Italy for the Unione Musicale in Turin, the Suoni Riflessi festival, the Accademia dei Cameristi, the Pinerolo Academy of Music, Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, the Roman Philharmonic Academy, Perugia Classica ONLUS, Amici della musica of Palermo, the Walton Foundation, Campanian Amphitheater in S. Maria Capua Vetere, Palazzo Zevallos in Naples, etc. In 2019 she performed the Italian premiere of the minimal work Das Buch Der Klänge by the composer Hans Otte at the Fontanelle Cemetery in Naples. She ranks among the top three positions in European and international competitions both as a soloist and in a piano trio formation. In May 2019 she won the first prize in the “Contemporary Music” section at the 11th edition of the “Città di Treviso” International Music Interpretation Competition, performing the Preludes by Oliver Messiaen and the Quaderno musicale di Annalibera by Luigi Dallapiccola. In June 2021 her “Brief Stories – 11 pieces for piano” was published by the Dutch publisher Matching Arts Edition, a collection of didactic pieces to introduce students of all levels to contemporary music and the stylistic differences of the various and most influential sub-genres that characterize it. In February 2022, she held the seminar “The Language of New Music” at the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan, performing the world premiere of her piece Forme for piano and ballerinæ. In June 2023, she won a scholarship to attend the Blended Intensive Program in Artistic Research in Music at the Orpheus Institute, Ghent. Flavia Salemme studied under the guidance of Leonid Margarius and composition with Raffaele Salemme, and graduated as a master in chamber music under the guidance of the Trio di Parma and as a master in piano performance at the HKU in Utrecht, the Netherlands. She also graduated in Contemporary piano repertoire under the guidance of Emanuele Arciuli and Ralph van Raat and is a PhD student in Artistic research for the critical reflection of the musical performance and the creative process at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. Flavia is the pianist of the Ensemble Kinari, a performance and research chamber music group, with which she has recorded a selection of chamber music pieces composed by Eliodoro Sollima, published and distributed by Brilliant Classics. Their second album was released by PROMU Label and contains the recording of Walton’s Piano Quartet and Jean Françaix’s string trio. The Ensemble Kinari is part of the Dimore del Quartetto network and has worked with musicians such as Giovanni Sollima and Gabriele Mirabassi. She is chamber music professor at the Cimarosa Conservatory in Avellino.

 

MANUEL TEVAR, pianist, composer, and conductor. Recipient of the Prize of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, the only musician—along with Manuel de Falla—to have received this distinction. Winner of the Guerrero Foundation Prize, the Amics del Liceu Foundation Prize as a composer, and First Prize at the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York as a pianist, among other awards. Manuel Tévar is one of the most complete and internationally recognized Spanish musicians of his generation. He has conducted, among others, the Sophia Philharmonic Orchestra, I Solisti del Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the Kazakhstan Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, the the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra, the CRR Istanbul Chamber Orchestra, the Camerata Polifonica Siciliana, the Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg, and the United Nations Youth Ensemble. He is the artistic director of the Atlántida Chamber Orchestra and of several international music festivals in Spain. He has performed as a soloist with the Córdoba Symphony Orchestra, RTVE Symphony Orchestra, Valencia Symphony Orchestra, Indiana Wesleyan University Symphony Orchestra, and the Silesian Chamber Players, appearing at prestigious festivals in New York (Carnegie Hall), Indianapolis, London, Paris, Prague (Rudolfinum), Florence, Lisbon, and Berlin, as well as throughout Spain (National Auditorium, Teatro Real, Miguel Delibes Auditorium, Teatro Monumental, Juan March Foundation, Palau de la Música in Barcelona and Valencia, Botín Foundation, etc.). Following his recent debuts at the Berlin Philharmonie and Salzburg Mozarteum, he has upcoming engagements in the coming months at venues such as the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein or the Zurich Tonhalle, with orchestras including the Szolnok Symphony Orchestra and the Thüringen Philharmonic Orchestra.

 

ROSARIA DINA RIZZO, after obtaining her diploma in piano she took various Master Classes with J. Achucarro, C. Rosen, B. Canino, with Sergio Perticaroli at the Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Salzburg; furthermore she frequented advanced studies at the “Liszt Ferenc Music Academy” of Budapest. Her particular interests have been directed towards chamber music in fact she attained her diploma at the School of Chamber Music (Scuola S. di Musica da Camera) of Conservatory of Music “S. Cecilia” in Rome  and at the International Advanced School of Chamber Music with the Trio di Trieste. She has carried out intense concert activities performing as soloist and as part of various chamber music groups for important associations in Italy and in other countries: Germany, Egypt, Croazia, Belgium, Switzerland, Unghery, Russia, France, America, Kazakistan, Bulgaria, Messico, Spain, Slovenia, Macedonia, Czech Republic, tournèe in Romania e in Slovacchia; she played in Radiotelevision of Bucarest and in Radio Television Slovena in Lubiana. She was amongst the prize winners of various National and International Competitions and won, as part of the Trio, the Gold Medal (First Prize) at the XXX Grand Concours International 1999 in Paris. She has also performed with Orchestra Sinfonica of  Piemonte, with Orchestra Giovanile Abruzzese “I Sinfonici”, Knox Galesburg Symphony (USA), Philarmonic Orchestra of Bacau (Romania), Chamber Orchestra of Romanian Radio in Bucarest, Philarmonic State Orchestra of Vidin (Bulgary), Philarmonic State Orchestra of Schumen (Bulgary), Orchestra Sinfonica “Silvestre Revueltas” of Messico. She plaied in Duo with the cellist Alexander Zagorinsky, the winner of  1° Prize in International Competition  “P. Ciajkovskij” of Moscow, with violinist Cristiano Rossi and with the flautist Anton Serra. She completed a Degree in Humanities achieving high grades and graduating with honours in Pedagogy and also in Discipline Musicali– Piano and in Discipline Musicali- Chamber Music. She published three books about Florestano Rossomandi and she recorded a CD (absolute first performance of Florestano Rossomandi’s pieces for piano); in 2023 she recorded an original pieces of Gaetano Donizetti for Duo piano and violin by TACTUS. She has been invited to give Master Class of Piano and Chamber Music in Italy at the Conservatory of Music of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Rimini, in Assisi for International Masterclasses of Internazional Musical Academy of Perugia, in France, in Kazakhstan National Academy of Music, University of Music in Lubiana (Slovenia), Knox College of Galesburg (USA),“Arena International” in Pola (Croazia), Italian Institut of Culture in Lubiana, Klaviergalery of Vienna, Music academy of Zagreb, Conservatory Professional of Bunol (Spain) She teached in the Conservatory of Music of Ferrara, Campobasso and Lecce.

 

Sorin Alexandru Horlea (violin, viola) was born in Bucharest in 1975 and started the violin at the age of eight. He graduated from George Enescu Music High-School where he studied under maestro Octav Savitchi and Ciprian Porumbescu Music University where his professor was maestro Daniel Podlovschi. He took part in summer-courses with Viktor Pikaizen and Eugen Sarbu. In 1997 he won the third prize at the George Enescu Childhood Memories contest in Bucharest. During his university studies he played in the Radio Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra and in Bucharest Opera, but mainly in George Enescu Philharmonic. In 2000 he moved to Lebanon to fulfil his position in Lebanese National Symphony Orchestra, where he became the assistant concertmaster. He moved to Cyprus in 2005 and since then is a member of the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. He is also working as an associate teacher of the Cyprus Youth Orchestra. Alongside his output as an orchestral musician, he is an active performer as a soloist and in various chamber groups throughout Europe and Middle East, playing not only classical but also jazz and folk music. He was a member of Cyprus String Quartet, and the folk band Danube Quartet. He regularly performs contemporary music as he is a resident musician at the Avaton Festival in Limassol, a member of the Chronos Ensemble, and of the Ensemble Cyclamen. In 2016, he started studying viola on his own in order to develop as a musician. In June 2019 he recorded together with the pianist Anita Tomasevich the album Nocturnal Ballads, consisting on 16 violin encores. Also in 2019, together with two of his former students he established the Fusionia String Quartet, where he plays viola. Anyone can listen to his concerts and recordings on his youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/sorinestera

 

SHEN YUANYUAN,  violinist with dual master’s degrees, graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Birmingham Conservatory of Music in the UK. Formerly served as the Deputy Chief of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Chief of the Birmingham Youth Symphony Orchestra in the UK. Director of Zhejiang String Society. Main honors and achievements: won the first place in the 9th National Youth Violin Competition and the first place in the performance of Chinese works; First place in the Birmingham Conservatoire String Prize competition in the UK; Winner of the Tracy Colvin Award for Young Soloist in the UK; Special Gold Award from the Jury of the Osaka International Music and Art Festival in Japan; Best Instructor Award at the Aegean International Chinese Art Festival in Italy; Formerly served as a judge for the Salzburg International Music and Dance Arts Festival in Europe. During his tenure as the principal of the Birmingham Youth Symphony Orchestra, he led the band to participate in the opening and closing ceremonies of the Birmingham New Generation Arts Festival (NGAF), and as a special invited performer of NGAF, he held a solo concert at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham. Multiple solo concerts have been held in the UK, Germany, Japan, and other places, receiving widespread praise. The chamber music piece “surging” won the three major professional gold awards at the 9th Zhejiang Provincial Music and Dance Festival; In 2022 and 2023, as a guiding teacher, I won the first prize in the Ningbo Primary and Secondary School Art Competition and the second prize in the Zhejiang Provincial Primary and Secondary School Art Competition for two consecutive years. Published original chamber music album “Qiyue”, distributed by Zhejiang Electronic Audio Visual Publishing House.

 

KATHARINA PASLAWSKI, cellist, was born in Poland. She pursued higher and postgraduate studies (Konzertexamen) in Germany with the prestigious teachers Gustav Rivinius and David Grigorian and concurrently studied chamber music with members of the renowned Amadeus Quartet. She also participated in various international courses taught by distinguished teachers such as: Daniel Shafran, Martin Lovett, Anner Bylsma, Siegfried Palm, Walter Levin (La Salle Quartet), Thomas Kakuska (Alban Berg Quartet), Eduard Brunner, and Rolf-Dieter Arens. She won prizes in several young soloists competitions in Poland, Germany and Austria and participated in numerous International Music Festivals including Holland Music Sessions, Jeunesses Musicales, Beethoven–Festival, Bach-Festival, EuroSilesia Music Festival in Poland, Flandern Festival in Belgium, Mozart–Festival in Wiesbaden/Germany, Saar Contemporary Music Festival/Germany, Musical Weeks in Frutillar in Chile, Polish Music Days in Sydney/Australia. She has performed alongside prestigious musicians such as Massimo Paris, Timothy & Nikki Chooi, Radoslaw Pujanek, Richard Biaggini, Luis Alberto Latorre, Evelyn Ramírez, Patricia Cifuentes, Edith Fischer, Lionel Party, Wojciech Kubica, and Lukasz Kwiatkowski, among others.She has performed as a soloist in Europe and Latin America with the Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Chile, the SODRE Symphony Orchestra, the USACH Orchestra, the Hannover Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of the International Academy of Hundisburg (Germany), and the National Youth Symphony Orchestra, among others.She currently holds the position of Principal Cellist of the Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra at the Municipal Theater of Santiago. As Principal Cello Soloist of the Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra, he was in charge of projects under the direction of maestros such as Mauricio Benini, Alejo Pérez, Placido Domingo, Maxim Vengerov, José Manuel Pérez Sierra, Paolo Bortolameolli, among others.Since 2010, together with soloists from the Santiago Philharmonic Orchestra and the renowned Chilean pianist Luis Alberto Latorre, she has formed the Philharmonic Ensemble and Philharmonic Trio, with which she participated as the first Chilean ensemble in the prestigious Beethoven Foundation International Chamber Music Season in 2016 and 2017.In 2018, she premiered Leonard Bernstein’s work for cello and orchestra, “Three Meditations from MASS,” at the Municipal Theater of Santiago, Chile, under the direction of Maestro Juan Pablo Izquierdo. In 2018 and 2019, she and the Philharmonic Ensemble won a Music Fund grant from the Ministry of Culture, Arts, and Heritage and recorded chamber works by the distinguished Chilean composer Enrique Soro. In January 2019, together with the Philharmonic Ensemble, he received the Gold Medal Award at the 1st International Vienna Music Competition, chamber music category, for professional musicians, convened by the renowned Musikverein of Vienna, one of the most outstanding institutions of classical music.Since 2022, she has held the position of cello and chamber music professor at the Graduate School/Master’s Program in Musical Performance at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Chile. In 2023, she was awarded a Music Fund grant from the Ministry of Cultures, Arts and Heritage and became the artistic director of the 2023 Domingos Musicales chamber music concert series at the Municipal Theater of Santiago. In 2024, she participated in a recording project for Aula Records featuring works by the renowned Chilean composer Nino García and recorded, with pianist Beatrice Berthold, the Sonata in C Major for cello and piano, a recording currently nominated for Recording of the Year by the Pulsar Award. In 2025, she served on the jury of the Luis Sigal International Competition in Chile. In 2026, she began a recording project of works by the renowned Chilean guitarist and composer Javier Contreras, funded by the Music Fund in Chile, recording for Naxos Music Group.

 

ŁUKASZ ZIMNIK graduated from the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, where he studied flute in the class of Professor Stanisław Michalik. He further refined his skills at masterclasses, working with many distinguished pedagogues such as Andreas Blau, Jean-Claude Gérard, Henrik Svitzer, Peter Holtslag, Irena Grafenauer, and Barbara Gisler-Haase. He is a prizewinner of the National Woodwind Instrument Auditions in Olsztyn. From 1991 to 1996, he was a flutist with the Silesian Philharmonic (now the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki Silesian Philharmonic). He also collaborated with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic (1992–1995), Sinfonietta Cracovia (2000–2012), as well as the Leopoldinum Orchestra and the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy. Since 1996, he has held the position of Principal Flutist of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. As a soloist, he has performed with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Silesian Philharmonic Orchestra, the Silesian Chamber Orchestra, the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra of the City of Tychy, the Camerata Impuls Chamber Orchestra, Sinfonietta Cracovia, and the Academic Baroque Orchestra. He recorded Bolesław Szabelski’s Flute Concerto for the Polish Radio archives with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Łukasz Borowicz. He regularly performs with numerous chamber ensembles, including NOSPR chamber musicians, such as the NOSPR Wind Quintet and the Silesian Harp Trio. He is actively involved in teaching, giving numerous courses and serving on the juries of flute competitions. He is also the Artistic Director of the Polish Flute Meeting.

 

LONG YUAN studied flute from age of 10, He got the Full Scholarship of National University of Singapore Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music and Educated Flute with Prof. Jin Ta.  After bachelor graduating,  He was successfully passed Master Orchestra audition of Zurich University of Arts with Prof. Maria Goldschmidt. In the meantime, he was also Invited to play the Music Season Concerts with Zurich Opera House Orchestra. 2014, Yuan Long got the Soloist diploma of Zurich University with Excellent. ( Same as Performance Doctor). He worked with well known conductors and soloists. such as: Long Yu, Guoyong Zhang, Jia Lv, Daye LIN, Yang Yang, Yi Huang, John Nelson, David Stern, Helene Grimaud, Julien Rachlin, Leonidas Kavakos, Yuja Wang etc. From 2021, Yuan Long has invited to be a Flute Lecturer of United International College. His students are prize winners of Music Competition. He was also Honor Tutors of BMF Music Competition, Japan International Music Competition, 2nd Asia International art Competition, The US National Music Competition, etc. Moreover, His student has successfully passed the Audition of Bern University of Arts, Manchester University and Indiana University and Paris Ecole Normale of Music. He is a member of Faculty of Shenzhen School of Music, Professor of Euro Arts Academy, Professor of France Nice International Summer Academy, Jury of Germany Consult International Flute Competition, Professor of HongKong Baptist University Beijing Normal University United International College(Former), Solo Flute of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra(Former), Guest Flutist of Zurich Opera Orchestra, La Suisse Romande Orchester and Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Beside that he works as a Guest Principle Flute of Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra & Qingdao Symphony Orchestra, First Prize of 2nd Singapore International Flute Competition.

 

 

PIERO VINCENTI, “one of the greatest clarinetist, concert generous, outstanding talent.” so the critical speaks about Piero Vincenti. Educated at the italian clarinet school of Ciro Scarponi. Appeared in public very young with very challenging recitals, showing a lot of first performances, many dedicated to himself. Played as a soloist and chamber music in the most important theaters and Festivals in Europe, USA, South America, Asia. Welcomed everywhere with entusiastic support of public and critical was marked by his innate instrumental ductility. Plays all the clarinet family: from to the piccolo E-flat, to the G clarinet until bass clarinet and contrabbass, also all in the same concert. Many important his cooperations with composers of size as: L.Berio, S.Bussotti, F.Donatoni, J.Francaix, G.Petrassi, S.Sciarrino, who situated among the most refined interpreters of the modern and contemporary music repertoire, and not only, also in international concert view. Founded Italian Clarinet Consort, natural evolution of Clarinet Ensemble of Ciro Scarponi, born in 1980, ageding a 40 years of experience in the clarinet choir. Professor at the National Conservatory of Music “B. Maderna-G.Lèttimi“ of Cesena-Rimini (Italy). Participated in many ClarinetFest, performing and conducting and being part of the jury of the International Competition for young clarinetists ICA. Recording with Marsida Koni 2 world premiere: “The complete works for clarinet and piano” of A.Magnani and “Ernesto Cavallini, the Prince of the clarinet”. In 2019 Aulicus Classics released his CD: New works for G clarinet, with the National Wind Orchestra of Police conductor Maria Billi  and with Marsida Koni piano. Founder and President of the Accademia Italiana del Clarinetto (25 years of activities on 2024) was Art Director of the ClarineFest2013 (40° edition) in Assisi, of the 6° and 9° European Clarinet Festival 2016  and 2019 in Camerino (Italy). Art Director of Clarinettomania Festival the most important italian event for the clarinet. Backun Artist perform on Lumière clarinets cocobolo gold and Vandoren HD BD6 mouthpiece and Optimum Pink Gold Ligature.

 

GILLES TRESSOS, holder of first prize in saxophone and chamber music at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, Gilles Tressos was appointed professor at the Conservatoire National de Région de Poitiers in 1990 after obtaining the Certificat d’Aptitude à l’Enseignement (C.A.) at the age of 20. Since 2006 he has been teaching Didactics at the Paris CNSMD in the Pedagogy-Teacher Training Department. As a pedagogical adviser at the CEFEDEM in Poitiers, the Ministry of Culture entrusted him with the programming and coordination of the preparation for the saxophone CA exam from May 2004 to January 2005 (CNR centre in Poitiers). He is regularly called upon as a jury member for the D.E., C.A., C.N.F.P.T. and C.N.S.M. exams in Paris. Since 2008, he has been a professor and coordinator at the Poitou-Charentes Higher Education Centre (CESMD Poitou-Charentes). He has played with the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, Ensemble court-circuit, Orchestre Poitou-Charentes, Orchestre d’Île de France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine. He is regularly invited by the Ars Nova Ensemble (project for the inauguration of the new theatre auditorium in Poitiers in October 2008). Since 2004, Gilles Tressos has been a test and development consultant for the Henri SELMER Paris company. He contributed to the conception of the baritone saxophone SERIE III. In 2000, he created Saxophone Événement with which he organizes the Habanera summer academy in Poitiers as well as professional training courses preparing for exams and artistic teacher competitions. Within the Habanera Quartet, Gilles Tressos plays a baritone saxophone SERIE III.

 

MIROSŁAW PACHOWICZ is a bassoonist from Lublin, where he graduated from the T. Szeligowski Primary and Secondary Music School. In 2003 he began studies at the Instrumental Department of the Academy of Music in Gdańsk under the supervision of Professor Wojciech Orawiec, and a year later he also enrolled in the Faculty of the music theory (his master’s thesis was supervised by Professor Marek Podhajski). He graduated with distinction from both programs in 2008 and 2011 respectively. From the very beginning of his stay in Gdańsk, he eagerly engaged in artistic activity. His most significant achievements during his student years include reaching the semifinals of two international competitions: the 1st Michał Spisak International Music Competition in Dąbrowa Górnicza (2007) and the 3rd International Competition for Oboists and Bassoonists in Łódź (2008). He was also a recipient of a scholarship from the Minister of Culture and Art in the academic year 2009/2010. As part of the Socrates–Erasmus program, he completed a one-year scholarship at the Erasmushogeschool – Royal Conservatory in Brussels, studying bassoon in the class of Professor Luc Loubry. From 2007, for fifteen seasons, he worked as principal bassoonist of the Polish Baltic Philharmonic in Gdańsk. With the orchestra he undertook several international tours to Minsk and Kyiv, China, Russia, Germany, Sweden, and the United States. He performed under the baton of distinguished conductors such as Maksim Vengerov, Sir Neville Marriner, Michael Zilm, and Jacek Kaspszyk. He has collaborated with numerous other ensembles, including the Elbląg Chamber Orchestra, the Gorzów Philharmonic, the Baltic Opera Orchestra in Gdańsk, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, and the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Sopot (including a tour in Germany with Krystian Zimerman in 2014). Currently, he focuses on his activity as a soloist and chamber musician. His repertoire includes numerous performances with piano, organ, and harpsichord. He has also appeared as a soloist with orchestras, performing bassoon concertos by W. A. Mozart, A. Vivaldi, and A. Jolivet, among others. In 2019, more than twenty years after its Gdańsk premiere, he reintroduced to the Tri-City audience Andrzej Panufnik’s Concerto for Bassoon and Small Orchestra, dedicated to the memory of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, performing with the Polish Baltic Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by J. M. Zarzycki. In September 2021, together with the Progress Chamber Orchestra, he presented to Polish audiences the Polish premiere of Musique Élégiaque by Piotr Moss, a work never before performed in Poland. The national premiere took place during a commemorative concert organized on his own initiative in memory of the Gdańsk hero, Blessed Father Franciszek Rogaczewski. With the vocal ensemble Simultaneo, he performed in Iceland at the Skalholt Summer Concerts (2019). As a soloist, he played the bassoon part in T. Kõrtvis’s Baltic Elegies and gave the world premiere of Obrazek No. 3 – Scherzo for Solo Bassoon by Bartosz Witkowska, a work commissioned especially for him. This concert was recorded by Icelandic National Radio. In 2013, together with Marta Różańska and Andrzej Wojciechowski, he founded the Gdańsk Reed Trio. The ensemble has performed both in Poland and abroad, achieving notable successes such as winning Third Prize at the Malta Music International Competition 2014 and First Prize along with a Special Prize for the performance of a post-1960 composition at the 25th Young Musician International Competition “Città di Barletta” in Italy. The trio has appeared at numerous festivals, including the 3rd International Festival and Conference of Doctoral Music Students in Vilnius, where they presented works by Gdańsk composers for reed trio and gave the world premiere of Impression with Folk Themes by A. Rocławska-Musiałczyk. In 2019, they participated in the project Music of Our Time at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, where they premiered Im Namen… by Bartosz Witkowski. He also performs in duos: with violinist Łukasz Perucki (including appearances at the Kazimierz Organ Festival in 2020, recorded by TVP3 Lublin, and the Pasym Organ and Chamber Music Festival) and with accordionist Elżbieta Rosińska. Dedicated works are commissioned for the bassoon–accordion duo, including compositions by I. Battistone, J. Pawlak, and Z. Pniewski. In 2018, he earned the degree of Doctor of Arts, and a year later he was appointed Assistant Professor at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, with which he has been affiliated for many years. He teaches bassoon, chamber music, and specialist and theoretical subjects. Since September 2021, he has served as Vice-Dean of the Instrumental Department. He conducts courses, lectures, and presentations in Poland and abroad and is frequently invited to serve as a jury member. In September 2019, he reestablished the bassoon class at the Fryderyk Chopin State Primary and Secondary Music School in Olsztyn, which he has successfully led to this day. He is also active as a music theorist and has published scholarly articles on topics such as the music of Henri Dutilleux and the influence of Kashubian folklore in solo and chamber bassoon repertoire. He also writes liner notes for recordings and has edited several compositions for bassoon with piano or accordion accompaniment. He is one of the initiators and the artistic director of the concert series Music of Europe in the Church of the Gdańsk Polish Community, which has been held continuously since 2013 at the Church of Christ the King in Gdańsk. His great passions are travel and aviation. He runs his own blog, www.wloczykij-vagabond.pl, where he regularly publishes travel stories and guides from near and far destinations. He is also engaged in travel journalism as a hobby; his articles have appeared in the magazines Poznaj Świat, Together, and on the portal pasazer.com.

 

MAI FUKUI travels worldwide, bringing her passion of harp throughout Europe and Asia. Japanese harpist, Mai Fukui is a prize-winner at many competitions including Israel International Harp Contest, Paris International Harp Competition of Cité des Arts. She is regularly invited to play at festivals and recitals, chamber music and concerto performances in Europe and in Japan. In 2025, she made a successful debut in New York – Carnegie Hall. Her solo CDs, “Bijoux de la Harpe” and “Parfum de la Harpe” have both been acclaimed “Highest Honour” in the Record Geijutsu Magazine, Japan’s most prestigious album review. Mai grew up in Sweden and studied with Masayo Matsuo, Atsuko Yoshino, Susann McDonald, and Germaine Lorenzini. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire (CNSMDP) in the class of Isabelle Moretti and Geneviève Létang. Supported by a scholarship from Rohm Music Foundation, Mai received her Master’s Degree with Highest Unanimous Honours and a Special Prize from the Jury. Mai has taught in France Amiens Conservatoire and Tokyo University of the Arts. She is currently teaching at Kobe College – School of Music. Http://maifukui.com

 

Dr. TOMASZ FECHNER, is a classical guitarist based in Los Angeles. Trained as a performer, he is the winner of numerous international classical guitar competitions and remains deeply engaged with the instrument as both a musician and a specialist in fine classical guitars.He works closely with Guitar Salon International, where he focuses on presenting high-end classical guitars through recordings, written content, and collaborations with artists and luthiers. In parallel, Dr. Fechner is affiliated with the USC Polish Music Center, where he contributes to the promotion of Polish music and composers through concerts and publications.

 

SINIŠA LJUBOJEVIĆ, born in 1995 in Pančevo (Serbia), is an active concert accordionist and prizewinner of international competitions. He received his first musical impulses at the age of nine. He completed his university studies in Serbia. For master’s and postgraduate studies, he moved to Germany, where he studied for five years in the class of the world-renowned accordionist and pedagogue Stefan Hussong. As a soloist and chamber musician, he performs with the accordion at concerts and festivals throughout Europe. His concert repertoire ranges from Baroque music to classical and romantic transcriptions, works by Astor Piazzolla, as well as modern music and avant-garde works of the 20th and 21st centuries. A large part of his concert activity is realized through the duo “Synthesis”, together with the Serbian accordionist, friend, and artistic companion Djordje Vasiljevic. In April 2022, he performed the work “Missatango” by Martín Palmeri in cooperation with the Würzburg Oratorio Choir, with the composer himself also taking part. His successful concert activities have been confirmed through various engagements in chamber opera productions and chamber music festivals, including the Heidenheim Opera Festival, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rheingau Musikfestival, Musica Basilica and Krakówsky Festiwal Akordeonowy (Poland), Liederfrühling (Festival for Lied), as well as in the field of contemporary music: impuls Graz and KoMA (Serbia). In recent years, collaboration on new music for accordion (in the fields of solo, chamber, and orchestral music) with international composers has been a major part of his artistic work. This has resulted in numerous pieces created through close collaboration with Wingel Mendoza, Cong Wei, David Mastikosa, Eric Mayr, among others. He has appeared several times in various theatre productions as accordionist (state theatres of Aalen and Darmstadt, Abraxas Theatre in Augsburg. He has been performing and working for several years with the Ensemble Kilian, Kolonat & TonArt, resulting in several radio productions for Bavarian Broadcasting (BR). As a soloist, he has performed with the Young Philharmonic Würzburg, the Würzburg Oratorio Choir, the Municipal Wind Orchestra of Heidenheim, and the Steinheim Big Band. For the past three years, he has been a member of the ensemble for contemporary music “Audite Nova.” Since 2019, he has been a scholarship holder of the “Live Music Now – Yehudi Menuhin” Foundation. Ljubojević is the initiator and artistic director of the Steinheim Accordion Days, which took place for the first time in October 2024.

 

PAUL ARCHIBALD studied at the Royal Academy of Music, London. His first appointment was co-principal trumpet of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden eventually moving from this position to join Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and the UK’s premier contemporary ensemble, London Sinfonietta. Paul was a founder-member of English Brass Ensemble and has worked with many of the world’s leading composers including Witold Lutoslawski, Elliott Carter, Gunther Schuller, Peter Maxwell Davies, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Toru Takemitsu, George Benjamin and Harrison Birtwistle. Paul has also been principal trumpet of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and a member of some of the UK’s leading chamber orchestras. His career as a trumpeter has covered many genres: classical, contemporary, commercial, film, pop and folk music, and he has worked with many popular artists including Barbara Streisand, Shirley Bassey, Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Bob Geldoff, Bloc Party and Oasis. His film work includes Batman (1989), Skills, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Shrek, Madagascar, The Chronicles of Narnia, Rambo, Sweeney Todd, Moulin Rouge and Pirates of the Caribbean. In the recording studio he has worked with many of the great film composers such as Henry Mancini, Michel Legrand, John Williams, Danny Elfman, Hans Zimmer, Elmer Bernstein and Jerry Goldsmith. As an educator Paul has been a professor at the Royal Academy of Music, Royal College of Music, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and was Head of Wind, Brass and Percussion at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His discography includes solo works for trumpet and piano (Joie de Vivre and Divertissment) and a range of concerti with the National Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Gerhardt. His recording of the Shostakovich Concerto No 1 op 35 for trumpet, piano and strings with Alain Lefèvre (piano), Mathias Bamert (conductor) and the London Mozart Players was awarded Canada’s prestigious JUNO Award for Best Classical Album in 2010. In 2003 he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music, London, limited to 300 former Academy students, and awarded to those musicians who have distinguished themselves within the music profession. In 2019 Paul founded a new charity – Harmony: Action Through the Arts – bringing benefit to young people who are socially and economically disadvantaged through activity in a range of musical projects. In 2023 he received the International Trumpet Guild Honorary Award, given to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to the art of trumpet playing through performance, teaching, publishing, research, and (or) composition. Paul curates a weekly programme of classical music for RTHK’s The Brew with show presenter, Phil Whelan. He is currently Head of Woodwind and Brass at Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok, Thailand and Trumpet Professor at Chulalongkorn University and Silpakorn University. He is also a member of the International Artist Advisory Council for Mahidol College of Music.

 

Dr. DAWID MŻYK, a native of Poland, is Assistant Professor of Trombone and Low Brass at New Mexico State University and second trombonist of the El Paso Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist, he has won several prestigious competitions, including the National Solo Competition at the American Trombone Workshop (Washington, D.C.), the New York Golden Classical Music Solo Competition, and the National Chamber Music Competition (Warsaw, Poland). He has appeared as a soloist with multiple orchestras, performed at numerous festivals and conferences across the U.S., and made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall in New York. As an educator, Dr. Mzyk presents masterclasses nationally and internationally, adjudicates music competitions—including the International Trombone Association Solo Competition—as well as honor band auditions, and serves on the board of The College Music Society Southwest Chapter. He previously taught at Southern Utah University and was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Dr. Mzyk holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, an Artist Diploma from Columbus State University, and a Doctorate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His principal teachers include Nathan Tanouye, Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic), and Bradley Palmer. Dr. Mzyk’s orchestral career spans Europe, Asia, and the U.S., performing with orchestras such as the Krakow Philharmonic, Krakow Opera, Las Vegas Philharmonic, Reno Philharmonic, Roswell Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Cavatina Philharmonic Orchestra, Baltic Opera, and Pan-European Philharmonia. His collaborations include work with renowned artists such as Krzysztof Penderecki, Hans Zimmer, Tan Dun, José Cura, and Alexandre Desplat. He has performed at the Baltic Opera Festival (Poland), European Games (Olympics), Istanbul Music Festival (Turkey), Ludwig van Beethoven Easter Festival (Poland), Al-Bustan Festival (Lebanon), Festival of the Aegean (Greece), Warsaw Autumn Festival (Poland), Film Music and Video Games Music Festivals (Poland), and the Zelenski Festival, where he performed on sackbut at Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice (Italy). Dr. Mzyk contributed to recording projects, including Joseph Alessi’s premiere recordings of Chick Corea’s Concerto for Trombone and Bruce Broughton’s Quaternity, as well as George Curran’s Vital Signs. His recordings also feature collaborations with Christian Lindberg, John Patitucci, Eric Marienthal, the Boston Brass, and Oscar-winning composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek. He can be heard on soundtracks, broadcast concerts, and several jazz albums.

 

 

YAO FUMING, Master’s supervisor of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, former director of the International Horn Association, current vice president of the Chinese Horn Association, director of the Chinese Orchestra Association, executive director of the Shanghai Music Association Orchestra Association, and chairman of the horn professional committee.

 

PAWEŁ NOWICKI is a graduate of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz, where he studied under Prof. Grzegorz Jurczyk, PhD, and of the Strasbourg Conservatory, where he studied under Prof. Emmanuel Séjourné. He is a laureate of international contemporary music competitions, including the Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in Rotterdam and the 1st Vibraphone Competition in Clermont-Ferrand. Since 2002, he has been a co-founder and member of the contemporary music ensemble Kwartludium, with which he has performed at prestigious festivals in Poland and abroad, including the WDR Radio Festival in Cologne, the Unsound Festival in New York, the Nuove Musiche Festival at Teatro Massimo in Palermo, the International Contemporary Music Festival in Daegu, the In Arti Festival in Kaunas, the Randspiele Festival in Berlin, the Musica Viva Festival in Lisbon, and the Beijing Modern Music Festival.As a chamber musician, he has performed in renowned concert halls such as the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall in London, Lincoln Center in New York, the Lviv Philharmonic, the National Philharmonic in Warsaw, NOSPR in Katowice, and Carnegie Hall. He also took part in the project “Kwadrofonik and Guests”, performing the landmark minimalist work Music for 18 Musicians by Steve Reich. Paweł Nowicki is also active in arts management and cultural organization. He serves as Vice President of the Kwartludium New Music Foundation. In 2016, he was the curator of the Days of New Music Festival in Gdańsk. Through his involvement, the album Paweł Nowicki 3 City Ensemble – Przypływy was produced, on which he served as producer, composer, and coordinator. The project was supported by the Polish Society of Authors (ZAiKS), STOART, the Mayor of Gdańsk, the Marshal’s Office, and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. Since 2003, Paweł Nowicki has collaborated with the Warsaw Autumn Festival, giving numerous world premieres of solo and chamber works. In 2022, he gave the premiere performance of Aleksander Kościów’s composition Shores of Skath Scamaill for marimba, contrabass clarinet, and the Leopoldinum string orchestra. He is a co-founder of Nowicki Duo, formed together with pianist Piotr Nowicki. The ensemble’s repertoire includes numerous works written especially for the duo. In 2023, the album Works for Nowicki Duo, featuring premiere recordings of contemporary Polish composers, was released by the DUX label. Paweł Nowicki also composes music for theatre and film. Since 2012, he has collaborated with Teatr Miniatura, for which he composed music for the productions Fahrenheit and What the Devil (Co u diabła), directed by Michał Derlatka. A significant achievement in film music was his participation in the recording of Maciej Cieślak’s score for the film Rabbit à la Berlin, directed by Bartosz Konopka. Teaching is an important part of Paweł Nowicki’s professional activity. In 2016, together with Kwartludium, he led contemporary music workshops for primary and secondary school students in Australia. In 2018, he received the Teacher of the Year title in a nationwide competition for the best lesson on Polish music, organized by the Fryderyk Chopin National Institute in Warsaw. In 2022, he was awarded the Gdańsk Mayor’s Prize for his educational activities. In 2020, Paweł Nowicki obtained his doctoral degree at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk, and since 2023 he has been a lecturer in the percussion department at the same institution. Since 2021, Paweł Nowicki has been collaborating as an artist with the French percussion instrument manufacturer Bergerault. In 2024, he received the Muzyczne Orły Award for his participation in the world premiere of Anna Rocławska-Musiałczyk’s composition Wielkie to szczęście for narrator, piano, symphony orchestra, choir, and percussion.

 

BARTOSZ SAŁDAN earned a PhD degree with distinction from the Academy of Music in Kraków, where he studied percussion with Prof. Jan Pilch. He debuted as a soloist with the Orchestra of the Karol Szymanowski Philharmonic in Kraków, he also performed with Hungarian orchestra Musica Sonora, Sinfonia Varsovia, Sinfonietta Cracovia, Opole Philharmonic, Regent Brass London, etc. As a contemporary music performer, he attended prestigious workshops during the 47th International Summer Course for New Music in Darmstadt along with concerts during the International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn, the Brand New Music Festival in Katowice, Poznan Musical Spring Festival, Sacrum Profanum, Unsound Festival and other. He cooperated with many composers, preparing pieces by Helmut Lachenmann (Trio Fluido), Agata Zubel (Percussion Store concerto), Cezary Duchnowski (Partiels), Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska (The Soul of Seul and Reflexion). Bartosz Sałdan create duo with clarinetist Barbara Borowicz, which perform many new pieces for clarinet and percussion by composers like Marcel Chyrzyński or Martyna Kosecka. He is active orchestral musician, as percussionist and timpanist he works with many orchestras, including the Sinfonietta Cracovia, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia and many other. He received „Young Poland” scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.

 

EWA FABIAŃSKA-JELIŃSKA studied composition in Torun’s school of music from an early age. Following graduation with honors from the Paderewski Academy of Music, Poznań, Poland (Prof. Z. Kozub’s composition class), in 2014
E. Fabiańska-Jelińska completed postgraduate composition studies at Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna under the guidance of Prof. R. Karger. She achieved her PhD in composition at the Paderewski Academy of Music, Poznań, Poland (2016) and in 2023, she holds the habilitation degree. The artist has won numerously national and international competitions for composers, including International Composers Competition at the Oklahoma City University (Oklahoma City, United States, 2010), the European Young Composers Competition Gramodeska (Prague, Czech Republic 2011), the Ochlewski Nationwide Composition Contest organised by the PWM Edition (Cracow, Poland 2011, 2015), Marathon V-Festival for young contemporary music (Vienna, Austria, 2013), the Mycielski Nationwide Composition Contest staged by the Polish Composers Union (Warsaw, Poland 2013, 2014), XIV. International Forum Music of Youth (Kiev, 2016), Special Prize European Piano Bridge during International Composers Competition Artistes en Herbe in Luxembourg (2017), First Accordion Composition Competition FIDELIO (Madrid, Spain 2017), 4th Opus Dissonus Composition Competition (Brazil, 2018), International Composers Competition KALEIDOSCOPE (Los Angeles, United States, 2019), International Composers Competition Subtle Cheetah (New York, United States, 2019), International Composition Competition NEW VISION (New York, United States, 2020), International Call for Score Musica Prospettiva (Italy, 2020-2021), IX International Piano Competition Smederevo (Serbia, 2022), Classic Pure Vienna International Music Competition (Vienna, 2022) and Gold Medal during the Muzyczne Orły International Competition (Poland, 2023), „Outstanding Creativity Special Prize”, „Diamond Prize” during the „World Artistry Music Award” (2025). She has been awarded many scholarships by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2012, 2020, 2024), the Minister of Science and Higher Education (Scholarship for outstanding young scientists, 2017-2020) or ZAIKS creative scholarships, to name only a few. Her works are performed very often in Poland and abroad during prestigious international festivals and concerts of contemporary music in Europe (Austria, Belgium, France, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Denmark, Estonia, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Ireland, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Norway, Majorca, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, Iceland, Hungary, Switzerland, Kosovo), in Asia (Indonesia, Iran, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam), the United States (New York, Oklahoma City, New Mexico, Kansas, New Jersey, Sacramento), South America (Brazil) and Australia (Sydney). In spring 2016, during the International Music Days in Tongyeong, South Korea, held under the auspices of the International Society for Contemporary Music her piece for brass quintet entitled Three Polish Dances has been performed. Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska was one of the youngest participants of this prestigious festival. In 2018, her piece Meditation III was selected from over 1,000 compositions to be performed as part of the SCI Conference at the University of New Mexico (United States). In recent years, compositions by Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska have been presented, among others during the following international concerts and festivals: LOOP 11 in Belgium, Eesti Muusika Päevad in Estonia, Tehran Contemporary Music Festival in Iran, the International Trombone Festival IPV in Basel, during the concert of the winners of the international composition competition at the Mozarthaus in Vienna, Word and music on exile and asylum at the Berlin Philharmonic or the International Flute Festival at the Sydney Opera House. In 2017/2018 Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska was Composer-in-Residence of the Feliks Nowowiejski Music Society and two-time winner of Program Music of Our Time organized by The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice. Her compositions have been performed for example by Katherine Mcindoe (soprano), Iwona Glinka (flute), Sibel Kumru-Pensel (flute), Łukasz Długosz (flute), Jean-Marc Fessard (clarinet), Thomas Leyendecker (trombone), Yuri Zhislin (violin), Stefan Kamasa (viola), Krzysztof Polonek (violin), Katarzyna Polonek (cello), Mari Fukumoto (organ), Louise Pollock (trombone); SzegEd TRombone ENsemble (Hungary), Sac State Trombone Ensemble (US), Prague Modern (the Czech Republic), the New Mexico Contemporary Ensemble (US), United Instruments of Lucilin (Luxembourg), Subtle Cheetah (US), The Oklahoma State University Trombone Ensemble (US), TrombQuartet, Duo Wolańska/Gajda, Sepia Ensemble, Silesian Quartet, NeoQuartet; NFM Choir National Forum of Music, Poznań Nightingales, Orchestra of Poznań Philharmonic, Amadeus Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra, Świętokrzyska Philharmonic Orchestra, Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, Sudeten Philharmonic, Toruń Symphony Orchestra, Cappella Gedanensis, Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, The Zielona Góra Philharmonic, Lower Silesian Philharmonic, Sinfonietta Cracovia, as well as outstanding conductors (Łukasz Borowicz, Szymon Bywalec, Jakub Chrenowicz, Henry Kennedy, Paul McCreesh, Marek Prášil, Rafał Kłoczko, Maciej Tomasiewicz, Marta Gardolińska, Miłosz Korpol, Martyna Zych, Katarzyna Tomala-Jedynak, Monika Wolińska, Agnieszka Franków-Żelazny, Maciej Wieloch). Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska’s works are published by PWM Edition, DUX, Acte Prélable, Crescendo Brass, DA VINCI Publishing and Norsk Musikforlag (Norway). In 2021, the first monographic album by composer Ewa Fabiańska-Jelińska. Chamber Music was released, published by DUX Recordings. For this album, the composer received a Bronze Medal at the prestigious Global Music Awards in California in two categories: composition/composer and emerging artist. The composer has also been nominated for the Fryderyk Music Award for her arrangement of Krzysztof Penderecki’s Winterreise for trombone and symphony orchestra. The artist, who received the honorary badge Merit for Polish Culture (2021), is a member of the Polish Society of Contemporary Music and the Polish Composers Union. She works at the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music (Poznań, Poland) as an assistant professor.

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SZYMON GODZIEMBA-TRYTEK – composer and music theorist, born on 21 February 1988 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland. He studied at the State Music School of the 1st and 2nd Degree named after Ignacy Paderewski in Cieszyn and the State Music School of the 1st and 2nd Degree named after Oskar Kolberg in Szczecinek. In 2013, he graduated with distinction from second-cycle (Master’s) studies in composition under the supervision of Marian Borkowski and completed studies in music theory at the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In 2019, he obtained the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in the field of composition (supervisor: Prof. Marian Borkowski) at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and in 2025 he was awarded the postdoctoral degree (habilitation). Between 2008 and 2010 he studied composition with Marek Jasiński. In the academic year 2009/2010, he was an Erasmus scholarship holder at the Istituto Superiore di Studi Musicali “Achille Peri” in Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy, where he studied with Andrea Talmelli. He is also a graduate of postgraduate studies in choral conducting and vocal technique at his home institution, completed with distinction. Since 2013, he has been a lecturer at the Faculty of Composition, Music Theory and Sound Direction. In the 2020–2024 term he served as Dean of the faculty, and in the 2024–2028 term he holds the position of Vice-Rector for Research, Education and Student Affairs at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. In the 2016/2017 artistic season, Szymon Godziemba-Trytek was composer-in-residence with the Polish Radio Choir in Kraków as part of a programme of the Institute of Music and Dance. Szymon Godziemba-Trytek is a laureate of numerous awards and distinctions in international and national composition competitions, including: First Prize at the 12th International Composer Competition Musica Sacra Nova 2016 in Cambridge for Beatus vir for mixed choir a cappella (2016); First Prize at the international competition EACC12 Choral Composition Award in Graz for Beati for mixed choir a cappella (2012); Third Prize at the 10th Musica SacraComposer Competition in Cologne for Miserere mei Deus, miserere mei for mixed choir a cappella (2014); Third Prize ex aequo at the 7th Karol Szymanowski Competition for Tre Episodi for orchestra (2013); First Prize at the National Composition Competition Fides et Ratio for Salomon for choir and organ (2009); First Prize at the 5th National Competition for a Choral Passion Song for O vos omnes for mixed choir a cappella (2012); an Honourable Mention at the 2nd Opus 966 Composition Competition for Nox praecessit for mixed choir a cappella (2014); Honourable Mentions at the 13th Tadeusz Ochlewski Composition Competition for A Wanderer’s Song for children’s choir (2015); and the laureate title at the 5th Zygmunt Mycielski Composition Competition for Vietnam for vocal octet (2014). In 2021, the album Midnight Stories. Contemporary Music of Polish Composers by the ensemble Art’n’Voices, featuring The Ackerman Steppe by Szymon Godziemba-Trytek (commissioned by the ensemble), received the Fryderyk Award in the category Album of the Year – Contemporary Music. His works have been performed at numerous festivals, including the accompanying concert of the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, Poznań Spring, the International Festival of Contemporary Music New Waves, the European Festival for Contemporary Sacred Music (Germany), the Grieg International Choir Festival (Norway), the International Choral Festival Missoula (USA), the Busan Choral Festival & Competition (South Korea), the Cork International Choral Festival, as well as Sacrum non Profanum, Gaude Mater and Legnica Cantat, and at concerts in Poland and abroad (Armenia, Austria, France, Spain, Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Lithuania, Germany, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, the United Kingdom and Italy). His music has been performed by such ensembles as the Polish Sinfonia Iuventus Orchestra, the Pomeranian Philharmonic, the Lower Silesian Philharmonic, the Szczecin Philharmonic, the Gorzów Philharmonic, the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, Trinity College Choir (UK), BBC Singers (UK), Jauna Muzika Vilnius Municipal Choir (Lithuania), Youth Choir Kamer (Latvia), the Polish Radio Choir, the Polish Chamber Choir Schola Cantorum Gedanensis, Sepia Ensemble, Cracow Golden Quintet, Kraków Wind Quintet and Herbert Piano Trio. His works have been recorded and broadcast, among others, by Polish Radio Programme Two and BBC Radio 3. His compositions have been published by Polish and international publishers, including Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, Schott Music (Mainz), Helbling Verlag (Innsbruck) and Carus-Verlag (Stuttgart). The composer’s work has repeatedly been supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage within the Composers’ Commissionsprogramme implemented by the National Institute of Music and Dance (Etnos, Magnificat, Elegy for the Departure of Pen, Ink and Lamp, Three Sonnets, Imaginarium, The Man Who Dreamed in an Unknown Language). In 2017, he was one of five composers selected for the first edition of the programme promoting the work of young 21st-century composers, Music of Our Times, organised by the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy Association and the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. He has received numerous artistic awards and scholarships, including: the Artistic Scholarship of the Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship (2019), the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Young Scientists (2017–2019), the Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for Outstanding Artistic Achievements (2012), the Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for Outstanding Achievements (2012), the Scholarship of the Mayor of Bydgoszcz for Outstanding Students (2013), the Grazella Foundation Scholarship in the field of music (2013), and First Place in the Rumaki 2013 plebiscite organised by the Makrum S.A. Capital Group for outstanding achievements in culture and for representing the Kuyavian-Pomeranian region with distinction in Poland and abroad.