Piotr Peszat
Composer and sound artist based in Cracow/Poland. His artistic activity combines instrumental and electronic music elements as well as multimedia and performance.
Peszat participated in workshops and festivals where his compositions were presented: Lucerne Festival, Ung Nordisk Musik Festival, Darmstadt Ferienkurse Für Neue Musik, Gaudeamus Festival, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Ultraschall Festival. He collaborated with ensembles such as Ensemble Musik Fabrik, Klangforum Wien, Nadar Ensemble, Scenatet Ensemble and Ensemble Modern.
Peszat graduated with a distinction from the Music Academy in Cracow after composition studies with Krzysztof Meyer and master studies at The Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus in Simon Steen-Andersen’s and Niels Rønsholdt’s class. Peszat holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Academy of Music in Cracow (2018). He received habilitation in 2022.
He works as an adjunct professor in the Electroacoustic Music Studio at the Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków.
From January to June 2025, Peszat implemented the project "Rozwój umiejętności artystycznych w zakresie muzyki elektronicznej i kompozycji multimedialnej" as part of the "Krajowy Plan Odbudowy" Scholarship.
