Paweł Łukaszewski (born 19 September 1968) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music. He has won seven Fryderyk Awards. According to David Wordsworth, Łukaszewski is the best-known Polish composer of his generation in and out of Poland "by far" (Wordsworth 2013, p. 50).

Biography

Paweł Łukaszewski was born on September 19, 1968, in Częstochowa. His father was the composer Wojciech Łukaszewski. He is the brother of the composer Marcin Łukaszewski. Regarding Łukaszewski's musical style, acclaimed Polish music scholar Adrian Thomas states, "Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968) [is] best known for his resolutely anti-modern sacred choral music." Also an active conductor, Łukaszewski is Artistic Director and Conductor of the Musica Sacra choir in Warsaw. His works have been recorded on more than 50 CD albums. Łukaszewski was the composer-in-residence of the Warsaw Philharmonic in 2011/2012. He is currently a composition professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and Szczecin Academy of Art. As a composer his music has appeared on 4 CDs that have won a Fryderyk Award: 1999, 2008, 2011, and 2016. His music was nominated in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005. As the conductor of Musica Sacra he has won the Fryderyk Award three times: in 2005, 2011, and 2016.

Education

Degrees

Additional education

List of compositions and arrangements

1. Oratorios

2. Vocal-Instrumental

3. Choral

4. Orchestral

5. Chamber

6. Solo

7. Songs

8. Liturgical

9. For Tape

10. Pedagogical

11. Theatre and Film Music

12. Arrangements

Awards

Major commissions

Major performances

His works have been performed in the following countries:

Europe

North America

Caribbean

South America

Asia

Middle East

His pieces have been performed at numerous domestic festivals such as the International Sacred Music Festival "Gaude Mater" in Częstochowa, the Young Composers Forum in Cracow, the "Laboratory of Contemporary Music" in Białystok, Music in Old Cracow, Wratislavia Cantans and in France, Germany ("Unerhörte Musik" Festival in Berlin), Italy (also in Vatican), Belgium, Monaco and Canada (5th Edmonton New Music Festival).

Recordings

Sources

David Wordsworth. 2013. Choir and Organ Journal, pp. 47–51.