Pawel Lukaszewski

Lukaszewski, Pawel (b. September 19, 1968, Czestochowa). Polish composer of mostly choral and vocal works that have been performed throughout the world; he is also active as a conductor.

Mr. Lukaszewski is the son of the composer Wojciech Lukaszewski (b. 1936 – d. 1978). He studied cello with Grzegorz Janusz at the High School of Music in Czestochowa from 1981-87, where he graduated with a diploma with distinction. He studied cello with Andrzej Wróbel at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw from 1987-92, where he also studied composition with Marian Borkowski from 1991-95 and there earned his MMus in both subjects, as well as his DMus in composition in 2000. He then had post-graduate studies in choral conducting with Ryszard Zimak at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz in 1994-95. In addition, he has attended masterclasses with Barbara Marcinkowska, Harald Ossberger and Boguslaw Schäffer.

Among his honors are First Prize in the competition of the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music (1994, for Arrampicata), Second Prize in the Young Composers Forum in Kraków (1994, for Winterreise) and the Prize of the President of Czestochowa (1995, for his entire oeuvre). He has also received Second Prize in the Adam Didur competition in Sanok (1996, for Recordationes de Christo moriendo) and Second Prize in the competition of the chorus Florilège Vocal de Tours (1998, for Two Lent Motets). In addition, he earned a recommendation in the Jihlava competition in Prague (1998, for Beatus Vir [one section]), the award and medal from the Baltic Arts University in Koszalin (1998), and the Polonia Restituta Cross (order of the knight, 1998). He was also nominated for the title Man of the Year by the American Biographical Institute (2000) and earned two Third prizes in the Pro Arte competition in Wroclaw (2003, for Church Songs [two sections]).

He has earned grants from numerous organizations, including annual grants from ZAiKS, the society of authors and composers, from 1995-99 and biannual grants since 2001. His works have been heard throughout Poland, as well as in Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Russia, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, the UK, Ukraine, the USA, and Vatican City.

As a conductor, he has served as second conductor of the Stefan Wyszynski University Choir in Warsaw since 1994 and as conductor of the chamber chorus Musica Sacra in Warsaw since 1999.

Mr. Lukaszewski is also active in other positions. He has served as president of the Sacred Music Society in Warsaw since 1992. He has also served as the artistic secretary of the Laboratory of Contemporary Music in Bialystok since 1994 and as the secretary-general of the Laboratory of Contemporary Music Society in Warsaw since 1995.

He has taught composition at the Frédéric Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw since 1996, where he has been an associate professor since 2001 and director of counterpoint studies since 2002. He also taught in Chile as a visiting professor at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in Santiago, the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, the Universidad de Chile in Santiago, and the Universidad de Playa Ancha in Valparaíso in 2003.

He is the brother of the composer Marcin Lukaszewski.

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