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Krzysztof Wołek Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship

Apr. 24, 2025

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced the 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship recipients – 198 outstanding individuals from the world of science and contemporary art, representing 53 disciplines, selected through a rigorous application process from nearly 3,500 applicants. Among the receipients of a Guggenheim Fellowship is Krzysztof Wolek.

Composer, improviser, author of multimedia installations, and educator, Krzysztof Wolek studied at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and the Koninklijk Conservatorium in the Hague, as well as completing a doctorate in composition and computer music at the University of Chicago. He is currently a composition teacher at the University of Louisville, as well as head of UofL’s computer music studios. His interdisciplinary approach results in projects that involve, apart from musicians, also visual artists and dancers. His accolades include an award in the Concours International de Musique et d’Art Sonore Electroacoustiques in Bourges for Mobile Variations and an ASCAP competition prize for Eppur si muove.


Eppur si muove/Krzysztof Wolek/Tony Arnold, soprano/Contempo, The University of Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players/Cliff Colnott, conductor

Explore more of Krzysztof Wolek’s music – Various Forms of Friction (ANAKLASIS)

To learn more about Krzysztof Wolek, visit pwm.com.pl.


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