BIOGRAPHY
Composer of classical, film and video games music. Conductor and educator. Winner of more than twenty awards at international and national composition competitions. His compositions have been recorded on 19 CDs and performed in the most important Polish concert halls and most European countries, as well as in the USA, China, Japan, Singapore and Vietnam.
CALENDAR
10.12.2024 10:00 AM
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🎭The Diary of the Plasteline Man
Show for children in J. Dorman Theatre in Będzin directed by Edyta Januszewska with music and songs by Ignacy Zalewski
11.12.2024 10:00 AM
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🎭The Diary of the Plasteline Man
Show for children in J. Dorman Theatre in Będzin directed by Edyta Januszewska with music and songs by Ignacy Zalewski
18.12.2024 10:00 AM
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🎭The Diary of the Plasteline Man
Show for children in J. Dorman Theatre in Będzin directed by Edyta Januszewska with music and songs by Ignacy Zalewski
19.12.2024 10:00 AM
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🎭The Diary of the Plasteline Man
Show for children in J. Dorman Theatre in Będzin directed by Edyta Januszewska
20.12.2024 7:00 PM
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🎼 Ignacy Zalewski composition class concert
Concert of Ignacy Zalewski and Żaneta Rydzewska composition class.
Music by composition and composition with electronic, film and theatre music:
Katarzyna Koseska, Weronika Palinceusz, Olga Pasek, Irina Pernes, Krzysztof Radziejowski
Chopin University of Music, Henryk Melcer Chamber Hall, free admission
11.01.2025 7:00 PM
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🎙️Chopin's 9th Symphony S01E02
An original radio show dedicated to orchestral music, prepared and hosted by Ignacy Zalewski.
https://chopin.polskieradio.pl/
11.01.2025 7:00 PM
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🎭Kobieta i życie (Woman and Life)
Play of the Silesian Theatre in Katowice and the J. Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, text by Malina Prześluga, directed by Gosia Dębska with music and songs by Ignacy Zalewski.
12.01.2025 7:00 PM
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🎭Kobieta i życie (Woman and Life)
Play of the Silesian Theatre in Katowice and the J. Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, text by Malina Prześluga, directed by Gosia Dębska with music and songs by Ignacy Zalewski.
18.01.2025 7:00 PM
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🎙️Chopin's 9th Symphony S01E03
An original radio show dedicated to orchestral music, prepared and hosted by Ignacy Zalewski.
https://chopin.polskieradio.pl/
29.01.2025 6:30 PM
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🎭 Mordorys (based on novel by Olga Tokarczuk)
The performance by the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, directed by Peter Polák. Music composed by Ignacy Zalewski and Lena Michajłów.
18.03.2025 7:00 PM
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🎭Kobieta i życie (Woman and Life)
Play of the Silesian Theatre in Katowice and the J. Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, text by Malina Prześluga, directed by Gosia Dębska with music and songs by Ignacy Zalewski.
19.03.2025 7:00 PM
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🎭Kobieta i życie (Woman and Life)
Play of the Silesian Theatre in Katowice and the J. Słowacki Theatre in Kraków, text by Malina Prześluga, directed by Gosia Dębska with music and songs by Ignacy Zalewski.
17.04.2025 2:00 AM
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Participation in Composers Summit Prague 2025
Participation in Composers Summit Prague 2025
TEACHING
Ignacy has been teaching at the Chopin University of Music since 2014. Since 2021, he has been leading his own composition class, and the his studentss music is performed in prestigious venues worldwide and have won numerous awards.
In his teaching method Ignacy Zalewski is especially mindful about wellbeing of every student, opening their minds and teach them real composing skills; both new and rooted in tradition -- necessary for the demanding market of classical and film/theatre/video games music market.
Ignacy is also an educator and he's passionate about spreading knowledge and culture of classical music beyond the University, delivering numerous lectures to a wide audience at various levels of musical expertise. His activities range from leading workshops with children and youth in general education schools, to giving lectures at Philharmonics and guest lectures at other universities, as well as hosting specialized radio podcasts and participating in academic scientific conferences.
News
“Bardo Thodol, or Liberation Through Hearing” – a gripping and immersive sonic journey through the transitional states of consciousness and emotion. In this powerful new work, Ignacy Zalewski joins forces with the acclaimed proMODERN vocal sextet, clarinet virtuoso Andrzej Ciepliński, hypnotic percussionist Leszek Lorent, and the Fryderyk-nominated Chopin University Modern Ensemble led by Przemysław Zych.
Inspired by The Tibetan Book of the Dead and composed to the poetic translation of this masterwork prepared by Mateusz Żaboklicki, this album dives into the “in-betweens” of both death and what we experience daily: fear, clarity, struggle, and release.
This is music to feel, to absorb – to truly hear.
Now available – don’t miss the release!
Available from April 25, 2025 on most popular streaming platforms – including in immersive Dolby Atmos sound system.
https://www.efryderyk.pl/plyty/754-ignacy-zalewski-bardo-thodol.html
photos from the Album Premiere event by Emilia Dudkiewicz
album cover: Maciej Grochot
