Paweł Łukaszewski, composer

ul. Odkryta 38A m. 20 www.lukaszewski.org.uk

03-140 Warsaw, Poland lukaszewski@chopin.edu.pl

+48501.339902

Curriculum Vitae

Education

2007 – DR HAB (Music Composition)

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland

Dissertation: 2nd Symphony

2000 – DMA (Music Composition)

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland

Principal Teacher: Marian Borkowski

Dissertation: Via crucis

1996 – Post Graduate Diploma (Choral Conducting, with distinction)

Academy of Music, Bydgoszcz, Poland

1995 – MA (Music Composition, with distinction)

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland

Principal Teacher: Marian Borkowski

Dissertation: Vesperae pro defunctis

1994 – Post Graduate Diploma (Arts Management, with distinction)

A. Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

1992 – MA (Cello Performance)

Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, Warsaw, Poland

Employment

2011-12 – Composer in Residence, Warsaw National Philharmonic

2010-present – Professor of Composition, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

Courses Taught: composition

2000-2010 – Associate Professor of Composition, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

Courses Taught: composition, orchestration

1996-2000 – Assistant Professor of Composition, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

Courses Taught: composition, orchestration, counterpoint

Guest Lecturer/Visiting Professor

2011 – Thornton School of Music, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2011 – Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Trondheim

2010 – Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel Castillo de Sevilla, CSMS, Spain

2006 – Universidad San Salvador, Buenos Aires, Argentina

2003, 2006 – Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago

2003, 2006 – Universidad de Chile in Santiago

2003, 2006 – Pontifica Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, PUCV, Chile

2003, 2006 – Universidad de Playa Ancha, Valparaíso, Chile

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Publishers

ChesterNovello, London, UK – 21 titles

PWM, Krakow, Poland – 60 titles (printed and works on hire)

Edition Ferrimontana, Frankfurt am Main, Germany – 15 titles

Lorenz Corporation, USA

Edition Choris Mundi, Germany

Edizioni Carrara Bergamo, Italy

Select Recordings (86 titles in total; Poland, UK, Japan, Latvia, Romania, South Korea, USA)

• Choral Music of Pawel Lukaszewski, Hyperion Records, Stephen Layton, dir., Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

[...] here is a composer who really is a true master of the art of a cappella writing [...]

Marc Rochester, Gramophone, 2008

[...] Lukaszewski's language is personal and individual [...]

Barry Whitherden, BBC Music Magazine, Sepember,2008

[…] It is clear that Polish composer Pawel Lukaszewski belongs in this company of titans. […]

Ronald E. Grames, Fanfare, January 2009, USA

• Via Crucis, Hyperion Records, Stephen Layton, dir., Polyphony, Britten Sinfonia, Iestyn Davies, Allan Clayton,

Andrew Foster-Williams, Roger Allam

[...] 'Lukaszewski's reputation is growing rapidly, and rightly so [...]

Barry Whitherden, BBC Music Magazine, May 2009

• Allegri Miserere, Singnum Records, "Ave Maria", Nigel Short, dir., Tenebrae

• In the Beginning, Delphian Records, “Nunc Dimittis”, Benjamin Nicholas, dir., Choir of Merton College,

Oxford

• Concertos, Centaur Records, “Trinity concerto”, Piotr Borkowski, dir., Bialystok Philharmonic Orchestra, Greg

Banaszak (Saxophone)

Awards

2012 – Golden Record (DUX)

2011 – Primate of Poland Silver Pipe

2011 – FRYDERYK Award for choral performance

2010 – President of the City of Warsaw Scholarship for 3rd

Symphony

2010 – Special Prize of Polish Minister of Culture

2009 – Gloria Artis Medal for Merits to Culture

2008 – FRYDERYK Award for Sacred music CD

2007 – Saint Albert Prize in composition

2006 – FRYDERYK Award for choral performance

2006 – St. Quentin City Award, France

2005 – Rector Award at Fryderyk Chopin University of Music

2005 – FRYDERYK Award for choral performance

2000 – FRYDERYK Award for String Quartet No. 1

1998 – Order of the Knight, Polonia Restituta Cross

1998 – 2nd

prize, 27th

International Composer Competition, Florilege Vocal de Tours, France

1996 – 2nd

prize, 5th

A. Didur Composers Competition, Sanok

1996 – Award, F. Nowowiejski Composers Competition, Warsaw

1995 – Composition Prize of the President of the City of Czestochowa

1994 – 1st

prize, Fryderyk Chopin University of Music Composers Competition

1994 – Award, T. Baird Competition, Warsaw

1994 – Prize at 2nd

Young Composers Forum, Krakow

1990 – 3rd

prize, Chamber Music Competition, Illzach, France

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Performances

Lukaszewski’s music is performed often and throughout the world. His works have been performed at more than 100

festivals in Poland and abroad, including; Argentina, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech

Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Iceland, Israel, Italy, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,

Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Peru, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, and in the Vatican.

Commissions

2011 – Resurrectio, Chorus, Solists, Orchestra – Erzbistum Cologne, Germany

2011 – Lamentations, Mixed Chorus a cappella – Wratislavia Cantans, Poland

2010 – Responsoria Tenebrae, TTTBBB a cappella – The King’s Singers, Great Britain

and Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland

2010 – Ave Maria, gracia plena, Female Chorus and String Quartet – Puellae Orantes Cathedral Choir

2009 – Missa de Maria a Magdala, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra – Kultur-Insel Bremgarten, Switzerland

2009 – Ave Maria, gracia plena, Female Chorus and String Quartet – Puellae Orantes Cathedral Choir

2009 – Laudate Dominum, Female Chorus and Organ or Strings – Puellae Orantes Cathedral Choir

2008 – Salve Regina, Mixed Chorus a cappella – CoMA, London, Great Britain

2007 – Concertino for Piano and Brass – Britten Sinfonia, Cambridge, Great Britain

2006 – Terra Nova Et Caelum Novum, Mixed Chorus a cappella – Polish Composers Union

2005 – Magnificat, Mixed Chorus a cappella – Kobe Chuo Chorus, Japan

2004 – Symphony No. 2 “Festinemus amare homines”, Soloists, 2 Choirs, 2 Pianos, Orchestra – Universitas Cantat

2004 – Veni Creator, Double Mixed Chorus a cappella – Akademie Klausenhof, Germany

2004 – Messa Per Voci E Fiati – Mixed Chorus and Winds – Lublin Medical University Choir, Poland

2003 – Exsultet, Chorus, Soloists, and Orchestra – Pontifica Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Chile

2003 – Litanae De Sanctis Marthyris, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra – Musica Viva Association, Canada

2002 – Elogium, Baritone, Cello and Orchestra – Polish Chamber Choir

2001 – Beatus Vir, Mixed Chorus a cappella – Cardinal Stephan Wyszynski University, Poland

2001 – Litanae de Sancto Clemente, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra – The Redemptorist of Warsaw Province

2000 – Divertimento, Chamber Orchestra – Camerata Vistula, Poland

1997 – Gaudium Et Spes, Chorus, Soprano, Orchestra – Polish Radio

1997 – Missa Pro Patria, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra – Polish Army Concert Orchestra

1994 – Dominum Benedicite In Aeternum, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra – Polish Army Concert Orchestra

1992 – Le Jeu de l'amour et du hasard , Voices and Tape – Theatre Des Cinq Diamants, Paris, France

Adjudicator

2009/10 – Concorso Internazionale di Compositione “Guido d’Arezzo”, Italy

2009 – Silesian Tribune of composers, Poland

2009 – 3rd

International Festival-Contest “Soli Deo Gloria”, Moscow, Russia

2008 – Orange Competition, Bucharest, Romania

Artistic Activities

2004-present – Director of the “Laboratory of Contemporary Music” Festival and Association

2002-present – Director and founding conductor of “Musica Sacra” Cathedral Choir

2001-2002 – Chief Editor of “Muzyka 21” magazine

1996-present – Member of “Gaude Mater” International Festival Council in Czestochowa

1994-2004 – Artistic Secretary of the “Laboratory of Contemporary Music” Festival and Association

1992-present – President of “Musica Sacra” Association

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Principle Works

Large Ensemble

2012 – Resurrectio, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra (in progress)

2011 – Symphony No. 3 “Symphony of Angels”, Soprano, Chorus, Orchestra

2010 – Concerto, Piano and String Orchestra

2010 – Missa de Maria a Magdala, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra

2010 – Five Funeral Kurpian Songs, Chorus and Orchestra

2010 – Luctus Mariae, Female Chorus, Soloists, Harpsichord, String Quartet or Orchestra

2009 – Adagietto, String Orchestra

2009 – Laudate Dominum, Female Chorus and Orchestra or Organ

2008 – Miserere, Soprano, Chorus, Orchestra

2008 – Utopia, Orchestra

2008 – Genome, String Orchestra

2008 – Et expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra

2007 – Trinity Concerto, Soprano Saxophone (or Alto Saxophone or Oboe) and String Orchestra

2007 – Terra Nova Et Caelum Novum, Chorus and String Orchestra

2007 – Magnificat and Nunc dimittis, Saxophone, Chorus and Orchestra

2006 – Divertimento, Chamber Orchestra

2005 – Symphony No. 2 “Festinemus Amare Homines”, Soprano, Double Chorus, Orchestra

2004 – Messa Per Voci e Fiati, Chorus and Wind Ensemble or Organ

2004 – Sinfonietta, String Orchestra

2003 – Exsultet, Female Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra

2002 – Elogium, Baritone, Cello, Bells, String Orchestra

2002 – Litanae De Sancto Clemente, Soprano, Chorus, String Orchestra

2000 – Via Crucis, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra

1997(rev. 2006) – Concerto, String Orchestra

1997/2008 – Symphony No. 1 “Symphony of Providence”, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra

1997 – Missa Pro Patria, Chorus, Soloists, Orchestra

1997 – Gaudium et Spes, Chorus, Soprano, Orchestra

1996 – Concerto, Organ and String Orchestra

1996 – Recordationes De Christo Moriendo, Mezzo and Chamber Orchestra

1995 (rev. 2011) – Vesperae pro defunctis, Chorus, Organ, Orchestra

1994 – Dominum Benedicite In Aeternum, Chorus, Brass, Percussion

1993 – Winterreise, String Orchestra

1992 – Arrampicata, Orchestra

Choral

2011 – Lamentations, Mixed Chorus a cappella

2011 – Motette, Mixed Chorus a cappella

2011 – Ave Maria, gratia plena, Female Chorus a cappella

2010 – Responsoria Tenebrae, Six Male Voices or Mixed Chorus a cappella

2010 – Five Funeral Kurpian Songs, Mixed Chorus a cappella

2009 – Salve Regina, Double Chorus a cappella

2008 – Two Funeral Psalms, Double Chorus a cappella

2007 – Nunc Dimittis, Mixed Chorus a cappella

2004 – Veni Creator, Double Chorus a cappella

2003 – Three Orthodox Prayers, Female Chorus a cappella

2003 – Psalmus 102, Mixed Chorus a cappella

2003 – Ave maris stella, Double Chorus a cappella

2002 – Homagge a Edith Stein, Mixed Chorus a cappella

2000 – Two Christmas Motets, Female Chorus a cappella

1999 – Jesu Christi Prostrationes, Mixed Chorus a cappella

1996-2003 - 8 Beatus Vir, Mixed Chorus a cappella: (Sanctus Martinus, Sanctus Adalbertus, Cardinalis Wyszyński,

Sanctus Ioannes de Dukla, Sanctus Paulus, Sanctus Antonius, Splendor Patriae –Sanctus Stanislaus, Gloria Gentis –

Zygmunt Szczęsny-Feliński)

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1995-1999 – 7 O Antiphonae, Mixed Chorus a cappella:

(O Sapientia, O Adonai, O radix Jessae, O clavis David, O Oriens, O Rex gentium, O Emmanuel)

1995 – Two Lenten Motets, Mixed Chorus a cappella: (Memento mei Domine, Crucem tuam adoramus Domine)

1994 – Stabat Mater, Triple Female or Mixed Chorus a cappella

1992 – Ave Maria, Double Chorus a cappella

Chamber/Solo

2011 – Lenten music, Six Saxophones

2010 – Icon, Organ

2010 – Two sonnets after death, Baritone, Piano

2008 – Piano trio

2007 – Souvenir V, Celesta

2007 – Concertino for piano and brass

2007 – Souvenir IV, Harpsichord

2007 – Un cadeau, Chamber Ensemble

2006 – Souvenir III, Marimbaphone

2005 – Pearl of Wisdom, Two Pianos

2004 – 3rd String Quartet

2003 – Moai, Solo Flute

2002 – Stadium, Solo Piano

2002 – Haiku, Soprano, Piano

2000 – 2nd String Quartet

1999 – Souvenir II, Solo Piano

1999 – Souvenir I, Organ

1994 – 1st String Quartet

1992 – Two Preludes, Solo Piano

1993 – Aragena, Soprano, Cello, Electronic Medias

1992 – Three songs, Mezzo, Piano

1991 – Quasi sonata, Clarinet, Piano

1991 – Capriccio for P.P., Solo Violin