Competitions: Chopin's Nose Award

Andrzej Smolik

The most renowned music producer in Poland. Apart from producing albums for other artists (like Katarzyna Nosowska, Maria Peszek, Robert Gawliński, Krzysztof Krawczyk, Maryla Rodowicz), he publishes his own records. Smolik’s music is a combination of subtle electronics with very spacious, acoustic sounds, string orchestra, brass band and extraordinarily arranged melodies. Very successful score writer for the films, theatre shows and television. He is also the author of music for many ad campaigns and spots. In Novemer 2012 he published his latest album “The Trip”, part of the transmedium project in collaboration with Kissinger Twins (Kasia Kifert & Dawid Marcinkowski) and a London-based agency unit9. “The Trip” is a combination of short film, interactive video, photographic project and Smolik’s album concept.




Łukasz Kamiński

Born 1973 in Warsaw. Studied cultural anthropology at the Warsaw University and journalism at the Warsaw Journalism Center, an American foundation. Worked at the Centre for Contemporary Art Zamek Ujazdowski in Warsaw. Since 2001 affiliated with “Gazeta Wyborcza” daily. Juror of “Wdechy”, Warsaw cultural awards. Co-author of the alternative Polish-English guide “Do It in Warsaw”. Regularly invited to radio and TV cultural shows (TVP Kultura, TVP Info, Polish Radio Czwórka, TOK FM). Attends many music contest and festivals, looking everywhere for new talents and sounds.




Aleksandra Bilińska

Born in 1973 in Opole. Graduated from the Department of Composition, Conducting and Music Theory at the Academy of Music in Katowice. Since 1998 she has been lecturing at her alma mater at the Composition, Interpretation, Education and Jazz Department – specializations: rhythmic (specialized music literature with practice, piano improvisation), music theory (history and literature of electroacoustic music), and artistic education (music piece analysis). Organiser of the 1st Polish Conference “20th Century Music Literature in Contemporary School”. Co-organiser of the 1st and 2nd Polish Rhythmics Meetings. Awarded for her compositions performed, among others, at the Second European Eurhythmics Competition in Trossingen, the 26th Tychy Theatrical Meetings, the Apart Festival in Katowice. In 2003, for Polish Dance Theatre in Poznan, she did “P®uder-ja” show with her own music and script, co-written with Andrzej Morawiec, a dancer and choreographer. Her works were played in Poland, Germany and Puerto Rico. As a teacher, she collaborates with The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, the Wasowski Vocal Studio in Warsaw and, since 1996, with the International Festival of Contemporary Music Warsaw Autumn. She is still interested in 20th century composing techniques and electroacoustic music.