Marcel Chyrzyński

Marcel Chyrzyński (born in 1971) is a Polish composer.

He has been described as "a polystylist with an enormous sense of humour, and a lover of rhythm and jazz improvisation".

Chyrzyński's works have been performed throughout Europe, as well as in South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the USA and Canada.

Since 1994 he has been a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Kraków, and in 2010 became an associated professor in the Departament of Composition, Conducting and Theory of Music.

Chyrzyński has received many awards and prizes, including 1st prize in the A.Krzanowski Competition for Young Composers in Bielsko-Biała, 1st prize at the 3rd All-Polish Adam Didur Composers' Competition in Sanok (1994), a citation in the Composers' Competition of the Polish Radio in Warsaw (1996), 3rd prize at the 2nd All-Polish Composition Competition Musica Sacra in Warsaw (1996), 3rd prize at the 3rd All-Polish Composers' Competition Musica Sacra in Warsaw (1997), and 1st prize at the Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition for Young Composers in Warsaw (1997).

He completed a master's degree at the Academy of Music in Kraków in 1995, where he studied composition with Marek Stachowski, orchestration with Krzysztof Penderecki, and computer music with Marek Choloniewski, Richard Boulanger, Cindy McTee and Rodney Oaks.

In 1995 Chyrzyński became a member of the Polish Composers' Union, and at various times has served on that organisation's board.

In 1998 he was awarded a doctorate in composition.

In 2005 he became a member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music.

Since 2014 he has been a director of the Institute of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory.

Since 2014 Chyrzyński has been the director of the International Festival of Kraków Composers.

The list of compositions below is sourced from the composer's official website.