SPIFFY (to Ana Vidovic) | Marek PASIECZNY

ANAMNESIS | After Tōru Takemitsu (guitar) | Marek PASIECZNY

AFTER BRAD : VARIATIONS | Marek PASIECZNY

Concerto Polacco by PASIECZNY IV Adagio mesto et espressivo

Concerto Polacco by PASIECZNY V Vivace giocoso et brillante

Fugato Pathétique from HOMMAGE A TANSMAN

Mazurka Romanesque from HOMMAGE A TANSMAN

Polish Suite for two pianos 4 hands part VI

Songs for piano and cello part ONE

The GO-DAI Concerto (tribute to Toru Takemitsu) | part TWO | MAREK PASIECZNY

The Double Symphonic Concerto for two guitars : CADENZA- FINALE | MAREK PASIECZNY

Award winning guitarist and composer Marek Pasieczny (*1980) is one of the most influential and respected contemporary composers writing for the guitar worldwide. Pasieczny holds three Master Degrees in music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, UK (for composition and performance with distinction) and “Karol Lipinski” Academy of Music in Wroclaw, Poland (for performance with distinction). In 2010, Pasieczny began a combined doctoral degree in composition and performance in Australia, before returning to Europe in 2012, continuing his PhD at Surrey University in Guildford, UK. At the same time, Pasieczny has taken up lectureship in composition and orchestration at the university. 

As a composer, guitarist, lecturer and adjudicator Pasieczny has appeared regularly at festivals in Europe (Poland, France, Germany, Czech Republic, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina UK, Italy), Asia (China, Japan), Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. 

Pasieczny has composed for and collaborated with such musicians as : Pat Metheny (CD „Upojenie”), Odair and Clarice Assad, David Russell, Roland Dyens, Carlo Domeniconi, Ana Vidovic, Pavel Steidl, Edoardo Catemario, Gabriel Bianco, Krzysztof Pelech, Duo Melis and many others. Premieres of his works have been performed in venues such as: Lutoslawski’s Hall in Warsaw, Poland; Royal Albert Hall and Wigmore Hall in London, UK; Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA; Canterbury Cathedral in Canterbury, UK; He Luting Hall and He Lv Ting Hall in Shanghai, China. In 2012, Pasieczny became a D’Addario artist and as well featured on the cover of the prestigious Classical Guitar Magazine. 

Composition prizes and awards:
2011 International Composition Competition “Boston Guitar Fest”, USA, 2nd prize
2011 3rd International Composition Competition “Claxica”, Italy, 2nd and 3rd prize
2011 “The Grumo Festival composition competition”, Italy, 1st prize
2004 “The Ochlewski Composition Competition”, Poland, 1st prize
2000 5th ALL-Polish Composition Competition for guitar solo, Tychy, 1st prize

Performer, lecturer, teacher appearance:
Europe (Poland, France, Germany, Italy, Czech Rep., Greece, United Kingdom, Holland, Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia),
South Africa 
Asia (China and Japan)
Australasia (Australia, New Zealand).

Performances
–	Carnegie Hall, New York City, USA
–	Royal Albert Hall, London, UK
–	Lutoslawski’s Hall, Warsaw, Poland
–	Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, UK
–	He Luting Hall, Shanghai, China

Commissions and premieres:
–	RCS ‘International Piano Festival’ Glasgow, UK
–	‘Sounds New’ – Contemporary Music Festival – “Polish Connections”, Canterbury, UK
–	International Guitar Festival “Silesian Guitar Autumn”, Tychy, Poland
–	‘International Guitar Festival’, Olsztyn, Poland
–	‘Wroclaw Baroque Festival’, Wroclaw, Poland
–	‘Warsaw Guitar Festival’, Warsaw, Poland
–	International Guitar Festival ‘GITARA’, Wroclaw, Poland
–	‘ISCM World Music Days’, Wroclaw, Poland
–	Festival “Viva Guitarra”, Kielce, Poland
–	‘All-Polish Guitar Festival’, Swidnica, Poland

Publishers:
–	PWM (Poland)
–	Euterpe (Poland)
–	Lathkill Music (UK)
–	Les Productions D’Oz (Canada)
–	HomaDream Inc. (Tokyo/Japan)
–	Signature Limited Edition (South Africa)

Marek Pasieczny

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