Agnieszka Stulginska

Agnieszka was born in Poland. She began studying piano at the age of eight, and was improvising and composing by age nine. She studied piano and cello in secondary music school, and continued her piano studies through high school(...) Finally, she received a master’s degree in Music Composition with Krzysztof Olczak at the Academy of Music in Gdansk,Poland and finished postgraduate studies at the Royal Flemish Conservatory Antwerp in Belgium, where she was studying composition with Luc van Hove. (...)Agnieszka received several grand scholarship: as an Erasmus student for studding in Leuven, from the Belgian government for studying in Antwerp. She was also awarded a four-year scholarship from the Krzsztof Penderecki European Center for Music, a program which sponsors and supports young composers. She was given the third prize at the 46th Baird Composition Competition then was selected as one of the composers to premier a piece at the music@venture festival in Antwerp. Her works been performed in Leuven, Antwerp, Warsaw, Gdansk, Krakow, Lodz and Ostroleka by such ensembles as Kwartludium, Prometheus ensamble and, I Solisti del Vento, Lutoslawski duo(...)Agnieszka’s music is inspired by philosophical texts, stories, visual images and impressions. She often composes from concrete visual images, using extended techniques and sonoristic effects to create an aural landscape that conjures these images. She is also inspired by sounds from the street and creates a reportage of these sounds in both acoustic and electronic mediums. Her works include solo, chamber, choral, electronic and orchestral pieces mainly in collaboration with another arts: movie, dance and theater.