EDUCATION / DEGREES AND SCIENTIFIC TITLES
Magister (2006; The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice) based on the composition Island of Hazes and Gales for mixed choir and symphony orchestra LINK; thesis supervisor: Prof. Aleksander Lasoń
Master of Arts (2008; University of Louisville, School of Music) based on the chamber opera Sudden Rain for soloists, choir and chamber orchestra (libretto: Anna Konieczna-Purchała) LINK; thesis supervisor: Steve Rouse, PhD
PhD (2010; The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice) based on the composition The King of the Cosmos Disappears. Concerto for orchestra, threads and piano LINK; thesis supervisor: Prof. Aleksander Lasoń; reviewers: Prof. Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil, Prof. Zbigniew Bujarski
Habilitation (2016; The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice) based on the opera entitled Space Opera for soloists, choir and orchestra (libretto: Georgi Gospodinov) LINK; reviewers: Prof. Krystian Kiełb, Prof. Krzysztof Knittel, Prof. Krzysztof Olczak
Professor (2022; The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice); reviewers: prof. Krzysztof Baculewski, prof. Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil, prof. Lidia Rydlewicz-Zielińska, prof. Anna Zawadzka-Gołosz, prof. Zygmunt Krauze
ACADEMIC WORK
Professor at the Department of Composition and Theory of Music at the Katowice Academy of Music
The head of the Department of Composition and Music Theory in 2020-2024
He has been teaching a composition class since 2016.
GRADUATES:
Marcin Chrostek (Bachelor’s degree 2020)
Dominik Niedźwiecki (Bachelor’s degree 2020 / Master's 2024)
Wojciech Laskowski (Bachelor’s degree 2021 / Master's 2023)
Marcin Wójcik (Bachelor's degree 2022)
Michał Gaj (Bachelor's degree 2025)
Monika Kozakiewicz (Bachelor’s degree 2023 / Master's 2025)
CURRENT STUDENTS:
Undergraduate:
Konrad Bawej
Andrij Kholodkov
Adrian Widuch
Maksymilian Żmuda
Graduate:
Michał Gaj