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composer; b. 31st March 1990 in Wrocław. In 2014 he graduated from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where he studied composition with Krystian Kiełb (Honorary Diploma Primus Inter Pares) and violin with Jarosław Pietrzak and Małgorzata Kogut-Ślanda. He hoaned his skills at the "Synthesis" International Course for Composers in Radziejowice (2014, 2015), the 22nd Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn (2016) and the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra International Workshop for Young Composers in Rēzekne (2019). In 2016 he received a Doctor of Msical Arts Degree. Since 2020 he has been a Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Music Therapy at the Academy of Music in Wrocław.

He has been granted scholarships by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2010-2012), the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (2012-2014), the Mayor of City Wrocław (2010-2014), the ZAiKS Authors' Association (2014, 2017). Additionally, he was honoured for his outstanding achievements with the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Award for students of artistic educational institutions (2012), he was a laureate of the Student's Nobel Prize Competition (2014) and the Young Poland Scholarship (2015).

He has received numerous awards in Polish and international composition competitions, including the 1st prize in the 4th Witold Szalonek Composition Competition of the Silesian Rostrum of Composers in Katowice for Archaikum for chamber string orchestra (2009), the 3rd prize in the Grzegorz Fitelberg Polish National Competition for Composers in Katowice for Unireum for large symphony orchestra (2011), the 2nd prize in the Krzysztof Penderecki International Composers' Competition ARBORETUM in Radom for ...Stretched for strings (2012), an honourable mention in the International Competition GENERACE in Ostrava for String quartet (2013) and twice an honourable mention in the Tadeusz Ochlewski Composers' Competition in Krakow – in the 10th edition for Semi-overture for string orchestra (2012), and in the 12th edition for Kolby for small symphony orchestra (2014).

His compositions have been performed by such orchestras and ensembles as the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Academy Orchestra, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra Amadeus, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra, Orkest de Ereprijs, Sound Factory Orchestra, Hashtag Ensemble, Nordlys Ensemble, Kwadrofonik, Fama Q, Duo van Vliet and others in many European countries, among others in Poland (the Witold Lutosławski Concert Studio in Warsaw, Concert Hall NOSPR in Katowice, National Forum of Music in Wrocław, Centennial Hall in Wrocław, Adam Mickiewicz University Hall in Poznań, The Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic in Łódź, The Oscar Kolberg Philharmonic in Kielce), Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, Great Britain, Lithuania, Latvia, the Netherlands, Serbia, Australia (Sydney Opera House) and USA (Boston, New York). His music have been performed at such festivals as ISCM World Music Days 2019 in Tallin, Warsaw Autumn, Musica Polonica Nova and Musica Electronica Nova in Wrocław, Warsaw Music Encounters, AudioStage in Warsaw, Poznań Music Spring, Silesian Rostrum of Composers in Katowice, Janacek May in Ostrava, Świętokrzyskie Music Days in Kielce, Musica Moderna in Łódź, New Waves in Gdańsk, Christopher’s Summer Festival in Vilnius.

Many of his compositions have been incorporated as obligatory pieces into the programmes of Polish and international performance competitions. His works have been recorded by Orchid Classics, DUX, Requiem Records, published by PWM Edition, Publishing House of the Academy of Music in Wrocław, Publishing House of the Academy of Music in Poznań, as well as broadcast by Polish and foreign radio stations.

Adam Porębski's output contains over 70 compositions representing various genres and forms of instrumental, vocal, vocal-instrumental, electroacoustic music and music for theater plays. Even before starting his studies, in March 2009 he made his debut as a composer on the Wrocław Philharmonic stage with the piece Contrafluctum for symphony orchestra. Two months later he received the 1st Prize at the National Composers' Competition Opole'2009 for the piece Varianti for violin and piano. In 2013 during the Great Anniversary Concert on the occasion of the official opening of the new concert hall in Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław his piece Hierophonos F-E-C-H was performed by the Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Marek Pijarowski. As part of the European Capital of Culture 2016 in Wrocław, Adam Porębski composed music for one of the four parts of the Wrocław Cantata for choir and symphony orchestra – an outdoor multimedia show that was watched live by about 50,000 viewers. In 2019 his piece Semi-overture for string orchestra was qualified by the international jury of the International Society of Contemporary Music (ISCM) to perform in the same year during festival World Music Days in Estonia. Adam Porębski was also a laureate of the 3rd Edition of the Music of Our Times Program, organised by the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music.

Adam Porębski is a member of the Polish Society for Contemporary Music and the Polish Composers’ Union, where he holds the position of treasurer of the Wrocław Branch.

updated: 2019, 2021 (ac)

Composer's website: www.adamporebski.com

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