Composer
Mateusz Ryczek
1 performance · edition 2022
Performance
Edition II (2022)
POLO-LESS for 2 flutes and harpsichord (2022)
Performers: Agata Kielar-Długosz, Łukasz Długosz, Marek Toporowski
Biography
The composer was born in 1986. In 2011, he completed his Master’s degree with distinction at the Academy of Music in Wrocław, studying under Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil (composition), Cezary Duchnowski (computer-aided composition) and Zbigniew Karnecki (theatre and film music). In 2019, he was awarded a Doctor of Musical Arts degree (doctoral thesis entitled The Emergence of Pitch Algorithms Based on the Cello Concerto „Zjawy”).
Mateusz Ryczek’s works have been performed on numerous occasions both in Poland and abroad (Germany, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Turkey, Italy, Hungary, the Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, the USA, Cuba, Ukraine and Japan). In 2013, his first solo album, PLANETONY, was released by For Tune Records, whilst his second solo album, Cello Works, was released by DUX.
He is the winner of numerous composition competitions and has received scholarships from the Minister of Culture, the Marshal of Lower Silesia and the Mayor of Wrocław. He consults his compositions with the wind, the sun and his daughters: Rozalia, Aurelia and Laura.
Source: mateuszryczek.com · Photo: Sylwia Tracz
