composer and pianist; b. 25th February 1971 in Elbląg. He studied composition with Leszek Wisłocki at the Karol Lipiński Music Academy in Wrocław. He was one of the initiators of the Computer Composition Studio at this Academy, where he currently teaches computer music and other subjects.

He writes chamber and symphonic works, film and theatre music. He also creates multimedia projects such as the interactive opera Martha’s Garden to a libretto by Piotr Jasek. His music has been performed by ensembles such as musikFabrik, London Sinfonietta, Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester, Hilliard Ensemble, AuditivVokal Dresden, at festivals in Poland and other countries, including Warsaw Autumn, Ultraschall (Berlin), Sacrum Profanum (Cracow), Synthèse (Bourges), Other Spaces (Moscow), Sonic Exploration (London), Wratislavia Cantans and Musica Electronica Nova (Wrocław).

Lately, he has focused on electroacoustic music. In the ElettroVoce duo with Agata Zubel he develops projects for voice and electronics. As a great promoter of improvised music, he eagerly collaborates with jazz musicians and other artists for whom live music-making is a life’s passion. With Paweł Hendrich and Sławomir Kupczak, he founded Phonos ek Mechanes, an ensemble performing "human electronics", a special type of improvised electronic music in which computers are controlled by acoustic instruments. In 1997 together with Marcin Rupociński, he founded Morphai, a project for interdisciplinary artistic initiatives.

Composer’s website: www.duchnowski.pl

Żuławy Impressions for chamber orchestra (1993)

Epic Poem of Hops for soprano, actors’ choir and symphony orchestra (1996)

Poems from the Rabble of Nobody’s Thoughts for choir, 3 sopranos, piano and harpsichord (1996)

Blues in C for symphony orchestra (1996)

Taps, concert-performance for soprano, piano, quintet, dance theatre and actor (collective composition) (1997)

Music for the play Radiation of Fatherhood, dir. Zbigniew Solski (1997)

Hypér tes morphés for tape (1998)

Morphai, multimedia spectacle for soprano, saxophone, piano, marimbaphone and electronics with dance, performance and video (collective composition) (1998)

Mediants for string quartet, harpsichord and piano (1998)

Games, audiovisual show for soprano, saxophone, piano, marimbaphone and electronics with dancers and actor (with Marcin Rupociński) (1998)

Music for the play Karol, dir. Zygmunt Bielawski (1998)

Music for the play Three Tall Women, dir. Marjorie Hayes (1998)

Vernissage for photos, piano and tape (collective composition) (1999)

Ludus for symphony orchestra (2000)

Ovinu Malkeinu for tape (2000)

monada 1 for accordion and 2 violins (2001)

Sequences, audiovisual performance (2001)

The Beginning. Broadcast 1 for reciting voice and electronics (2001)

Progress for soprano and electronics (2001)

Ruffled Through (Wyczochraczone) for computer (2002)

Dishevelled Grass for voice and computer (2002)

Triads for string orchestra and electronics (2002)

The Aim. Broadcast 2 for reciting voice and electronics (2002)

monada 2 for trumpet, voice and computer (2003)

Meloodia for Arvo Pärt for 4 male voices and tape (2003)

monada 3 for voice, piano and computer (2003)

monada 4 for Baron, Wojtasik and computer (2003)

Reality on Braces Stretched from the Window for clarinet, trombone, piano, cello and electronics (2004)

No-skyscrapers for string orchestra and computer (2004)

10 1, 8 2, 6 3, 4 4 for string quartet (2005)

The Gate for symphony orchestra and computer (2005)

Beard for cello and computer (2005)

Szymborskie Improvisations for voice, piano and computer (2005)

Martha’s Garden, chamber opera for female voice, actor, electronic media and instruments to a libretto by Piotr Jasek (2006)

Apoftegmata for tape (2006)

monada 5 for at least 3 improvising musicians and computer (2006)

Szymanki Kurpianowskie na głos, fortepian i komputer (2007)

Szymanki Kurpianowskie for voice, piano and computer (collective composition) (2007)

Reality on Braces Stretched from the Window for 2 pianos, string orchestra and computer (2008)

Sweater. Broadcast 3 for reciting voice and electronics (2008)

Cello_net for cello octet (2009)

City Voices for symphony orchestra, choir and computer (2009)

Cast of Dice for 3 computers (2009)

Stazione Termini, music for a Wrocław Pantomime Theatre's performance (2010)

1 5 1, 2 4 2, 3 3 3 for violin, cello and electronics (2011)

Crossfade for accordion, cello and electronics (2011)

i for instrumental groups and electronics (2012)

Fere Vetus Canticum for voice and accordion (2012)

The End of Poetry for voice, electric cello, orchestra and electronics (2012)

Acc++ca for accordion and computer (2012)

Stone—River—Rhythm for 4 violas da gamba and electronics (2013)

Music of Spatial Forms for voice, cello, strings and electronics (2013)

Parallels for piano, MIDI keyboard, percussion and cello (2014)

Drone Music for instruments and electronics (2014)

Romania Mea, intuicyjna kompozycja audiowizualna do fotografii Vlada Dumitrescu; wersja dla 4 improwizujących wykonawców: 3 muzyków i realizatora akcji wizualnej (2014)

Symphony of Sets for group of instruments and electronics (2015)

Fables of Robots, co-opera for typewriter, percussion instruments, unconventional instruments, 2 accordions, electric guitar, MIDI keyboard, cello/electric cello, electronics, visualizations and dubstep dance (with Paweł Hendrich) (2015-2016)

Passacaglia in Between [version I] for 2 accordions and electronics (2015-2019)

Sequenza I. Study for a Second Cymbal Stroke for cymbal and computer (2016)

Relatively Isolated Systems [with Paweł Hendrich and Paweł Romańczuk] (2017)

Relatively Isolated Arrangement for total piano and virtual machines (2017)

Ball of Spring Plenitude for instruments and electronics (2017)

cROSSFAdE 2 for accordion, viola and electronics (2017)

Music for the play The Painted Bird, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2017)

Music for the play Golem, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2017)

Przedtakt for eight-channel tape [with Rafał Augustyn] (2018)

 eSequenza II. Starter for harpsichord and computer (2018)

Rage for voice, instruments and electronics (2018)

Music for the play Under Pressure, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2018)

Music for the play As You Like It, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2018)

Music for the play The Bacchae, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2018)

cROSSFAdE III for voice, accordion and electronics (2019)

Music for the play Taming, dir. Monika Pęcikiewicz (2019)

Music for the play Hamlet, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2019)

Music for the play He's Back, dir. Robert Talarczyk (2019)

Music for the play Berek, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2019)

Widzimisię [version I] for semantophoric phonotizer [with Agata Zubel] (2020)

Widzimisię [version II] for desemantric verbaphone [with Agata Zubel] (2020)

Devil's Violin, country opera [co-author] (2020)

eSequenza III. The Rest for voice and computer (2020)

Radio Quartet for electricity and complementary sounds (2020)

Music for the play Nana, dir. Monika Pęcikiewicz (2020)

From a Perfect Vacuum for voices and electronics part 2 & 5 (2021)

phonoPhantomatics for instruments and electronics (2021)

Wooden for cello solo (2021)

Music for the play Face to Face, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2021)

Music for the play Picnic at Hanging Rock, dir. Lena Frankiewicz (2021)

Music for the play Dziady, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2021)

Music for the play Ulysses, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2022)

Music for the play Łaskawe, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2022)

Passacaglia in Between, [version II] for two accordions and electronics (2023)

cROSSFAdE 4 for trumpet, trombone and electronics (2023)

Music for the play One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2023)

Matching Components, multimedia composition [with Marcin Rupociński, Laura Adel and Maja Wolińska] (2024)

Music for the play Wesele, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2024)

Music for the play Ocalone, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2024)

Music for the play Devils, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2024)

Posthumana II for orchestra (2025)

The Best City in the World. Opera about Warsaw (2025)

Music for the play Tkocze, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2025)

Music for the play The Promised Land, dir. Maja Kleczewska (2025)

Szwarcman Dorota, Muzyka 2.1: Cezary Duchnowski, "Dwutygodnik" nr 90

Mówi Cezary Duchnowski, „Ruch Muzyczny” 2004 nr 16, s. 5

Dążenie do muzyki prawdziwej. Cezary Duchnowski odpowiada na pytania Ewy Szczecińskiej, "Ruch muzyczny” 2006 nr 11

Hendrich Joanna, Cezarego Duchnowskiego algorytm na muzykę, "Glissando. 71: Wrocław. Muzyka konkretna" 2007 nr 12

Topolski Jan, Cezary Duchnowski (wywiad), "Glissando. Junge Komponisten aus Polen auf Deutsch" 2011 nr 19