EMERGING ENSEMBLE: KOMPOPOLEX at Warsaw Autumn

After a stop at Time of Music, Ensemble Kompopolex heads to Warsaw Autumn. This Polish contemporary music ensemble was founded in 2017 in Wrocław by Aleksandra Gołaj (percussion), Rafał Łuc (accordion), and Jacek Sotomski (electronics, computer). The trio specialises in performing the latest music and often swaps its instruments for cables, samplers, keyboards, recitation and singing. Since its inception, the ensemble has focused on cooperating with Polish composers such as Piotr Bednarczyk, Monika Dalach Sayers, Nina Fukuoka, Kuba Krzewiński, Paweł Malinowski, Piotr Peszat, Teoniki Rożynek, Rafał Ryterski, Monika Szpyrka, Marta Śniady, Rafał Zapała, and Aleksandra Słyż. It also works with renowned international artists including Cezary Duchnowski, Neo Hülcker, Kelley Sheehan, Simon Løffler, Jorge Sanchez-Chiong, Mathew Shlomowitz, and Jennifer Walshe. 

Thanks to its extensive concert programme and collaboration with artists from various backgrounds, Ensemble Kompopolex has developed a distinctive artistic language, combining instrumental music, electronics and performance. Its work forms part of the movement to popularise contemporary music: the ensemble brings it to a wide audience and abolishes stereotypes associated with its reception. Since 2023, Ensemble Kompopolex has been working with sound engineer Łukasz Myszyński, who is responsible for ensuring the consistency and high quality of the sound during concerts.

Programme 19 September
19.30, Nowy Teatr

Performed by Hashtag Ensemble:
Oskar Tomala everything can be seen through the prism of ** (Hashtag Ensemble commission)
Stefan Prins I’m your body *
Aleksandra Słyż Presence ** (Polish Radio commission)
Sara Glojnarić Pure Bliss *
Andrew Evdokimov Ask the Frozen Lark ** (Warsaw Autumn commission)

Performed by Ensemble Kompopolex:
Cezary Duchnowski Musical Composition ** (Polish Radio commission)

Ensemble KOMPOPOLEX

Aleksandra Gołaj - percussion
Rafał Łuc - accordion
Jacek Sotomski - electronics
Kosma Standera, Łukasz Myszyński - ound projection

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Programme 23 September
22.30 Teatr Komuna Warszawa

Alexander Schubert No Future ** (Warsaw Autumn, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Kompopolex Foundation, IMD Darmstadt, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Le Vivier commission)

Ensemble KOMPOPOLEX

Aleksandra Gołaj - percussion, voice
Rafał Łuc - accordion, voice
Jacek Sotomski - synthesizer, electric bass guitar, voice
Dr Pierre-Alexandre Murena - targeted attacks programming
Paulius Mikalajunas - computer vision and audio analysis programming
Matteo Traverso - sonic perturbation programming
Klaudia Kasperska - spatial design
Lila Dziedzic - costumes
Łukasz Myszyński - sound direction
Emil Lorenz - video

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**first performance

*first Polish performance