Marcel Chyrzyński

He has been described as "a polystylist with an enormous sense of humour, and a lover of rhythm and jazz improvisation".

[1] Chyrzyński's works have been performed throughout Europe, as well as in South Korea,[2] Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the USA and Canada.

[3] He completed a master's degree at the Academy of Music in Kraków in 1995, where he studied composition with Marek Stachowski, orchestration with Krzysztof Penderecki, and computer music with Marek Choloniewski, Richard Boulanger, Cindy McTee and Rodney Oaks.

[5] Chyrzyński has received many awards and prizes, including 1st prize in the A.Krzanowski Competition for Young Composers in Bielsko-Biała, 1st prize at the 3rd All-Polish Adam Didur Composers' Competition in Sanok (1994), a citation in the Composers' Competition of the Polish Radio in Warsaw (1996), 3rd prize at the 2nd All-Polish Composition Competition Musica Sacra in Warsaw (1996), 3rd prize at the 3rd All-Polish Composers' Competition Musica Sacra in Warsaw (1997), and 1st prize at the Tadeusz Baird Composition Competition for Young Composers in Warsaw (1997).

[6] In 1995 Chyrzyński became a member of the Polish Composers' Union, and at various times has served on that organisation's board.