composer and music tutor, b. 7th April 1953 in Laski. He studied composition with Tadeusz Baird in the State Higher Music School in Warsaw (1974-79) and later, thanks to an Austrian government scholarship, in Hochschule für Musik in Vienna under Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1983-84). He also participated in International Summer Courses of New Music (1980, 1982, 1984) and the International Young Composers’ Workshop in Borowec (Bulgaria, 1982). Since 1979, he has been on the faculty of Warsaw’s Music Academy (serving also as deputy dean of the Department of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory in 1983-86). In the 1980s and 1990s, he held various functions in the Managing Board and the Warsaw Board of the Polish Composers’ Union. In 1990-94, he taught in the State Higher School of Theatre Studies in Warsaw. Paweł Buczyński has won a number of composer competitions, incl. the Youth Forum in Cracow, 1977 (1st prize for String Quartet No. 1 written in 1976), the Young Composers’ Competition of the Polish Composers’ Union, 1980 (1st prize for The Music of Falling Leaves for string orchestra, a work from 1980) and a recommendation of the International Rostrum for Composers in Paris, 1985 (for the same piece).
Nocturne for 3 percussion groups (1976)
String Quartet No. 1 (1976)
Requiem for alto, baritone, three vocal quartets and instrumental ensemble (1977)
Tricorne for 2 flutes, cello and harpsichord (1978)
Litany for orchestra (1978)
Chess, a chamber opera after Stanisław Grochowiak (1979)
Episode for solo flute (1980)
The Music of Falling Leaves for string orchestra (1980)
Play Sweet Music for mixed a cappella choir (1981)
Night Is Falling, music in 4 parts for 2 percussions, piano, reciting voice and string quintet (1981)
Musing, music for flute, violin and piano (1981)
Oratio MCMLXXXII, music for three trumpets, percussion, soprano and string ensemble (1982)
Three Autumn Landscapes for wind quintet (1983)
Farewell for piano (1983)
Porta d’inferno for organ (1984)
In the Cellar for clarinet, bassoon, viola and cello (1985)
Lectio: music for tenor, percussion and strings (1985)
Three Pieces with a Dedication for violin, double bass and piano with an accompanying actor (1985)
...death is born..., music for percussion to the memory of Edward Stachura (1985)
Abendmusik for string quartet (1985)
Pezzo per passero for 13 instruments (1987)
Capriccio per cembalo ed archi (1987)
In the Beskid, music for symphony orchestra (1988)
Elegy to the memory of Tadeusz Baird for string orchestra (1989)
Precious Things for clarinet, trumpet, vibraphone and cello (1989)
Acacia Twig for piano quartet (1991)
Antiphon for violin and piano (1993)
... like corn seed for piano trio (1994)
Oro supplex for mixed a cappella choir (1997)
Porta d’inferno for organ (1998)
Minione klimaty na flet, skrzypce i fortepian (2003)
Impresja na początek drogi na głos recytujący, idiofony metalowe i smyczki do wybranych fragmentów Tryptyku rzymskiego Jana Pawła II (2006)
Szachrit na trąbkę solo (2009)
Muzyka przy sadzeniu róż na flet mały i smyczki (2010)
Bądź zawsze wśród nas – hymn na cześć błogosławionego Jana Pawła II na chór mieszany a cappella do słów własnego autorstwa (2011)
Lamento dla recytatora z towarzyszeniem orkiestry symfonicznej do wybranych fragmentów Kazań sejmowych ks. Piotra Skargi (2012)
Aquila Bianca na chór dziecięcy, fortepian i werbel lub chór dziecięcy i orkiestrę (2013)
Benedictus – oratorium in honore beati Edmundi in partes quinque (2014)
