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.

Chyrzyński 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. Since 1994 he has been a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Kraków, and in 2010 became an associate professor in the Department of Composition, Conducting and Theory of Music. In 1998 he was awarded a doctorate in composition. Since 2014 he has been director of the Institute of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory.

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).

In 1995 Chyrzyński became a member of the Polish Composers' Union, and at various times has served on that organisation's board. In 2005 he became a member of the Polish Society for Electroacoustic Music. 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.

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