Performers:
Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Szymon Bywalec – conductor
https://nospr.org.pl/pl/kalendarz/the-new-music-orchestra-between-ives-and-crumb

Charles Ives The Unanswered Question

Janusz Krzysztof Korczak
"Da Mihi Bibere"
Lent in ancient texts and polish songs
Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singer's Ensemble
Conductor: Anna Szostak

2024 DUX Recording Producers

Sub Tuum Praesidium

Song: Stefan Stuligrosz
Arrangement: Janusz K. Korczak

"Da Mihi Bibere" Lent in ancient texts and polish songs

Camerata Silesia Katowice City Singer's Ensemble
(This recording featured a 12-member ensemble)

Conductor: Anna Szostak

2024 DUX Recording Producers

Duszo Chrystusowa

January 12, 2025, "Florianka" Concert Hall, Krakow.
Chamber Orchestra of the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Krakow, Maciej Tworek (cond.)

Marcel Chyrzyński - Adagio Krzysztof Penderecki in memoriam for string orchestra (2020)

wyk. {oh!} Orkiestra, dyr. Maciej Tomasiewicz 
podczas 67. Warszawskiej Jesieni

Before-images / After-images

Dialogue, für Marimba Duo
I - Gabriel López 
II - Seonghyun Jo
Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg

Xing Yu (Yu Xing)
Composer & Conductor, based in Budapest, Hungary, born in China on 07. Aug. 1997. 
-Composer in Residence in Trio - CMT based in Atlanta, USA.
Master Composition: HfMT Hamburg, Germany. 
Bachelor Composition: AMKP Kraków, Poland.

His compositions have got premiered and performed in different concerts and festivals in many different countries including Germany, USA, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Philippines, in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Kraków Philharmonic etc. 
In October 2024, his commissioned work “Die Kunst des Teufels” for violin, violoncello and piano was premiered in Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA by chamber ensemble Crown Mountain Trio(Trio-CMT). 
Since 2024, he has been invited to be the “Composer in Residence” in Crown Mountain Trio which is based in Atlanta, USA! 
In 2024, he dedicated his solo flute piece “Monologue” to his friend, Polish flutist Krzysztof Kaczka, and he also premiered this piece during his concert in Manila, Philippines in March, 2024, and later in the same year he performed this piece in Kranj, Slovenia. 
He also joined the concerts for electroacoustic music during the 31st, 32nd and 33rd “Kraków international festival of composers” in Kraków, Poland. 
From 2022, he started to work with Maestro Justus Frantz, as his concert assistant and conducting trainee in his orchestra “Philharmonie der Nationen” in Germany. 
In 2018 his composition “Cursive Script” was commissioned by concert for Warsztat Kompozytorsko-Wykonawczy in class of Prof. dr. hab. Tomasz Sobaniec in Kraków, 
Poland. This was the reason and opportunity that the piece “Cursive Script” was completed. He also performed this piece as a conductor during the world premiere concert. 
He finished his music composition in Master degree in the University of Music and Drama Hamburg, Germany(HfMT Hamburg) in 2024. Before moving to Germany he finished his music composition in Bachelor degree in Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland(AMKP Kraków) in 2021 in class of Prof. dr. hab. Marcel Chyrzyński, and orchestral conducting with Tomasz Tokarczyk in Kraków opera house(Opera Krakowska) in Poland. He studied electroacoustic and computer music with Prof. dr. hab. Marek Chołoniewski and dr. hab. Mateusz Bień during the years in Poland. 
His graduation music composition for Bachelor degree in Poland “The Painted Skin Nr. 2” for soprano, baritone and large chamber ensemble was premiered in May, 2021 in Kraków Philharmonic(Filharmonia Krakowska), and he finished his Master graduation concert in May, 2024 in HfMT Hamburg as both composer and conductor. 
About his music, he is focused on developing his music with oriental elements and concepts as an Asian composer. And he is doing his best to make the balance between the timbre and the concept of Asian cultures

XING YU - Dialogue, für Marimba Duo (2023)

Grassschrift Nr.2, für Blockflöte und Cembalo (2023)
Blockflöte - Adriano Trarbach 
Cembalo - Jing Tang
Hamburg, Germany

Xing Yu (Yu Xing)
Composer & Conductor, based in Budapest, Hungary, born in China on 07. Aug. 1997. 
-Composer in Residence in Trio - CMT based in Atlanta, USA.
Master Composition: HfMT Hamburg, Germany. 
Bachelor Composition: AMKP Kraków, Poland.

His compositions have got premiered and performed in different concerts and festivals in many different countries including Germany, USA, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Philippines, in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Kraków Philharmonic etc. 
In October 2024, his commissioned work “Die Kunst des Teufels” for violin, violoncello and piano was premiered in Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA by chamber ensemble Crown Mountain Trio(Trio-CMT). 
Since 2024, he has been invited to be the “Composer in Residence” in Crown Mountain Trio which is based in Atlanta, USA! 
In 2024, he dedicated his solo flute piece “Monologue” to his friend, Polish flutist Krzysztof Kaczka, and he also premiered this piece during his concert in Manila, Philippines in March, 2024, and later in the same year he performed this piece in Kranj, Slovenia. 
He also joined the concerts for electroacoustic music during the 31st, 32nd and 33rd “Kraków international festival of composers” in Kraków, Poland. 
From 2022, he started to work with Maestro Justus Frantz, as his concert assistant and conducting trainee in his orchestra “Philharmonie der Nationen” in Germany. 
In 2018 his composition “Cursive Script” was commissioned by concert for Warsztat Kompozytorsko-Wykonawczy in class of Prof. dr. hab. Tomasz Sobaniec in Kraków, 
Poland. This was the reason and opportunity that the piece “Cursive Script” was completed. He also performed this piece as a conductor during the world premiere concert. 
He finished his music composition in Master degree in the University of Music and Drama Hamburg, Germany(HfMT Hamburg) in 2024. Before moving to Germany he finished his music composition in Bachelor degree in Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland(AMKP Kraków) in 2021 in class of Prof. dr. hab. Marcel Chyrzyński, and orchestral conducting with Tomasz Tokarczyk in Kraków opera house(Opera Krakowska) in Poland. He studied electroacoustic and computer music with Prof. dr. hab. Marek Chołoniewski and dr. hab. Mateusz Bień during the years in Poland. 
His graduation music composition for Bachelor degree in Poland “The Painted Skin Nr. 2” for soprano, baritone and large chamber ensemble was premiered in May, 2021 in Kraków Philharmonic(Filharmonia Krakowska), and he finished his Master graduation concert in May, 2024 in HfMT Hamburg as both composer and conductor. 
About his music, he is focused on developing his music with oriental elements and concepts as an Asian composer. And he is doing his best to make the balance between the timbre and the concept of Asian cultures

XING YU - Grassschrift Nr. 2, für Blockflöte und Cembalo (2023)

“Florianka” Hall, Sereno Fenna 15, Kraków, Poland
14.05.2025
WARSAW TRIO
PIOTR THIEU-QUANG – clarinet
MARIA LESZCZYŃSKA-THIEU – cello
PAWEŁ POPKO – piano

37th Krakow International Festival of Composers

Xing Yu:
Composer | Conductor, based in Budapest, Hungary.
Born in China on 07. Aug. 1997.
Composer in Residence in Trio - CMT based in
Atlanta, USA.
Lecturer for Composition in VPMA in Vienna,
Austria.
Master Composition: HfMT Hamburg, Germany.
Bachelor Composition: AMKP Kraków, Poland.

His compositions have got premiered and performed in different concerts and festivals in many different countries including Germany, USA, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Philippines, in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Kraków Philharmonic etc. 
Since 2025, he has been selected as a lecturer for music composition in Vienna Premier Music Academy in Vienna, Austria. 
In October 2024, his commissioned work “Die Kunst des Teufels” for violin, violoncello and piano was premiered in Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA by chamber ensemble Crown Mountain Trio(Trio-CMT). 
Since 2024, he has been invited to be the “Composer in Residence” in Crown Mountain Trio which is based in Atlanta, USA! 
In 2024, he dedicated his solo flute piece “Monologue” to his friend, Polish flutist Krzysztof Kaczka, and he also premiered this piece during his concert in Manila, Philippines in March, 2024, and later in the same year he performed this piece in Kranj, Slovenia.
 He also joined the concerts for electroacoustic music during the 31st, 32nd and 33rd “Kraków international festival of composers” in Kraków, Poland. 
From 2022, he started to work with Maestro Justus Frantz, as his concert assistant and conducting trainee in his orchestra “Philharmonie der Nationen” in Germany.
 In 2018 his composition “Cursive Script” was commissioned by concert for Warsztat Kompozytorsko-Wykonawczy in class of Prof. dr. hab. Tomasz Sobaniec in Kraków, Poland. This was the reason and opportunity that the piece “Cursive Script” was completed. He also performed this piece as a conductor during the world premiere concert.
 He finished his music composition in Master degree in the University of Music and Drama Hamburg, Germany(HfMT Hamburg) in 2024. Before moving to Germany he finished his music composition in Bachelor degree in Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland(AMKP Kraków) in 2021 in class of Prof. dr. hab. Marcel Chyrzyński, and orchestral conducting with Tomasz Tokarczyk in Kraków opera house(Opera Krakowska) in Poland. He studied electroacoustic and computer music with Prof. dr. hab. Marek Chołoniewski and dr. hab. Mateusz Bień during the years in Poland. 
His graduation music composition for Bachelor degree in Poland “The Painted Skin Nr. 2” for soprano, baritone and large chamber ensemble was premiered in May, 2021 in Kraków Philharmonic(Filharmonia Krakowska), and he finished his Master graduation concert in May, 2024 in HfMT Hamburg as both composer and conductor. 
About his music, he is focused on developing his music with oriental elements and concepts as an Asian composer. And he is doing his best to make the balance between the timbre and the concept of Asian cultures 

XING YU - Die Kunst des Teufels Nr. 2, für Klarinette, Violoncello und Klavier (2025)

Sopran: Maria Babicz-Korczak
Alt: Natalia Czajkowska
Tenor: Piotr Windak
Bas: Janusz K. Korczak

Organy: Henryk Krawczyk

Nasyć nas, Panie, łaską swoją

Composer / Conductor: Xing Yu
World premiere in Kraków, Poland

This piece is based on a calligraphic work Shu Pu.
Shu Pu (書譜, also translated as “A Narrative on Calligraphy”or “Treatise on Calligraphy”) is a representative Chinese calligraphic work by the Tang Calligrapher Sun Guoting. The work of about 3500 Chinese characters was written in 687AD and can be currently observed in the National Palace Museum in Taiwan[1]. However, whether this is the whole, part or the preamble of an unfinished work is still in debate.

XING YU - Grassschrift Nr. 1, für Blockflöte, Cembalo und Schlagzeug (revised in 2020)

Xing Yu (*1997)
Composer | Conductor,
-Publisher: Donemus Publishing.
-Composer in Residence in Hera Trio and Crown Mountain Trio based in Atlanta, USA.
-Master Composition: HfMT Hamburg, Germany. 
-Bachelor Composition: AMKP Kraków, Poland. 

“Sein Sinn für Farben und Effekte ist fantastisch” / “His sense of colors and effects is fantastic”
— — Justus Frantz

“The works of Xing Yu, despite his young age, are very original, interesting and mature. Each performance of his compositions is met with great enthusiasm by the audience. The composer is an extremely hardworking and reliable person, and his scores are refined down to the last detail. They are prepared very carefully and aesthetically, with attention to the smallest editorial details.”
— — Prof. Dr. Marcel Chyrzyński

    The compositions of Xing Yu are distinguished by a unique synthesis of Western avant-garde techniques and traditional Chinese aesthetics. His compositions have got premiered and performed in many concerts and festivals in many different countries including Germany, the USA, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Philippines, in concert halls such as Carnegie Hall, Kraków Philharmonic etc. 
    Since 2025, most of his compositions have been published by the publisher “Donemus Publishing” located in The Hague, Netherlands.
    Since 2025, he has been selected as a lecturer in music composition in Vienna Premier Music Academy in Vienna, Austria. 
    In 2025, he was a freelance lecturer in music theory for the students in preparatory courses from the “Franz Liszt Academy of Music/ Béla Bártok Conservatory” in Budapest.
    Since 2024, he has been invited to be the “Composer in Residence” in Hera Trio and Crown Mountain Trio based in Atlanta, USA! 
    In October 2024, his commissioned work “Die Kunst des Teufels Nr. 1” for violin, violoncello and piano was premiered in Carnegie Hall in New York City, USA by chamber ensemble Crown Mountain Trio(Trio-CMT). 
    In 2024, he dedicated his solo flute piece “Monologue” to his friend, Polish flutist Krzysztof Kaczka, and he also premiered this piece during his concert in Manila, Philippines in March, 2024, and later in the same year he performed this piece in Kranj, Slovenia. 
    He also joined the concerts during the 31st, 32nd, 33rd and 37th “Kraków international festival of composers” in Kraków, Poland, where his compositions such as “Swordsman”(2021) and “Die Kunst des Teufels Nr. 2”(2025) were premiered. 
    In 2022, he worked with Maestro Justus Frantz, as his concert assistant and conducting trainee in his orchestra “Philharmonie der Nationen” in Germany. 
    In 2018 his composition “Cursive Script No. 1/Grassschrift Nr. 1” was commissioned by concert for Warsztat Kompozytorsko-Wykonawczy in class of Prof. dr. hab. Tomasz Sobaniec in Kraków, Poland. He also performed this piece as a conductor during the world premiere concert. 
    He finished his music composition in Master degree in the University of Music and Drama Hamburg, Germany(HfMT Hamburg) in 2024. Before moving to Germany he finished his music composition in Bachelor degree in Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków, Poland(AMKP Kraków) in 2021 in class of Prof. dr. hab. Marcel Chyrzyński, and orchestral conducting with Tomasz Tokarczyk in Kraków opera house(Opera Krakowska) in Poland. He studied electroacoustic and computer music with Prof. dr. hab. Marek Chołoniewski and dr. hab. Mateusz Bień during the years in Poland. 
    His graduation music composition for Bachelor degree in Poland “The Painted Skin No. 2” for soprano, baritone and large chamber ensemble was premiered in May, 2021 in Kraków Philharmonic(Filharmonia Krakowska), and he finished his Master graduation concert in May, 2024 in HfMT Hamburg as both composer and conductor. Maestro Justus Frantz attended his Master graduation concert and commented: “His sense of colors and effects is fantastic”.
    The works of Xing Yu are very original, interesting and mature. Each performance of his compositions is met with great enthusiasm by the audience. In his compositions, he puts the main emphasis on sonority, attention to form, explores extended performance techniques and the perception of time is extremely important to him. He is focused on developing the combination between oriental concepts and European contemporary music. He is also doing his best to make the balance between the timbre and the concept of Asian cultures. However, he did it in his own individual way. 
    His scores are refined down to the last detail. They are prepared very carefully and aesthetically, with attention to the smallest editorial details.

XING YU - Grassschrift Nr. 1, für Blockflöte, Cembalo und Schlagzeug (revised in 2020)

Xing Yu (new)

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