Composer
Adam Porębski
1 performance · edition 2023
Performance
Edition III (2023)
Xchange for 2 flutes and harpsichord (2022)
Performers: Agata Kielar-Długosz, Łukasz Długosz, Marek Toporowski
Biography
Composer, violinist, teacher; a graduate of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where he studied composition and violin, and holds a postdoctoral degree in musical arts. He furthered his education, amongst other things, at composition courses in Rēzekne (Latvia), Apeldoorn (the Netherlands), Radziejowice and Kraków.
His compositional output comprises over 90 independent works for various ensembles (instrumental, vocal, vocal-instrumental, electroacoustic and electronic compositions), which have been performed on stages across most European countries, in the USA and in Australia. The artist also composes music for theatre productions, video games and therapeutic purposes; furthermore, he is the creator of audiovisual installations, arrangements of popular music and jingles.
He has won over a dozen international and national composition competitions and has been awarded scholarships on multiple occasions by the Minister of Culture and National Heritage, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, and the Mayor of Wrocław. In 2020, he received the „Meritorious for Polish Culture” Medal of Honour.
His music can be described using the following keywords (in alphabetical order): algorithm, cycle, gesture, harmonica, improvisation, interdisciplinarity, intuition, computer, context, micromelody, multimedia, order, repetition, processuality, pointillism, sonorism, freedom, theatricality, pitch.
Source: www.adamporebski.com · Photo: Kamila Romaniuk
