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First name: Marcin
Last name: Bortnowsky
Dates: 1972
Category: Quintet
Nationality: Polish
Opus name: Music in Spring (1998)
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Peculiarities: http://www.bortnowski.pl/Bortnowski_en/works.html
Information: Born in ?ary (Poland) in 1972, he graduated in 1997 from the Music Academy in Wroc?aw where he studied composition with Gra?yna Pstroko?ska-Nawratil (diploma with honours). He took part in the 2nd International Meetings of Young Composers in Apeldoorn, Holland, organized by the Gaudeamus Foundation (1996) and the experimental and computer music workshops at the University of Ghent (1997). In 2003 he received a doctorate in musical arts in the field of composition. His honours include accolades at the Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers (Second Prize for String Quartet No. 2 and a special prize for String Quartet No. 1 in 1995 and Second Prize for Music for… in 1997), the National Composers’ Competition ‘Gda?sk 1997’ (Third Prize for Symphony No. 1) and at the ‘Pan Accordion 2000’ International Competition for Composers (First Prize for Music in Lent for accordion and string quartet). He is a faculty member of the Department of Composition, Conducting, Theory of Music and Music Therapy of the Music Academy in Wroc?aw.