Award winning guitarist and composer Marek Pasieczn (*1980) is one of the most popular contemporary polish composers and guitarists of the younger generation. From 2000 to 2005, he studied at the ‘Karol Lipinski Academy of Music’ in Wroclaw under Professor Piotr Zaleski, and was awarded a diploma with distinction upon completion of his course. He then continued his studies at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Scotland, U.K. from 2005 to 2009, completing PGDip and MMus in guitar performance (both with distinction), as well as PGDip and MMus in composition.
Having participated in major international competitions of which the more important and recent ones include: 2004 - 2nd T.Ochlewski Composiotion Competition, Cracow 1st prize, 2005 - “3rd Chanterelle Guitar Prize”, Glasgow 1st prize, 2006 - “The Dundee Guitar Festival Prize” 1st prize; 2008 - 11th Festival of Polish Radio 2008 “New Tradition” in W.Lutoslawski’s Hall, Warsaw/Poland 3rd prize (1st prize among acoustic groups).
2004 - Special scholarship of Polish Minister of Culture in year 2004/2005 - Warsaw;
2005 - Scholarship „Socrates Erazmus” to Academy of Music in Enschede / Zwolle (Holland);
2006 - special award and scholarship POLISH MINISTER OF CULTURE RP „M?ODA POLSKA” – Warsaw 2005/2006; scholarship “SAAS” (Student Award Agency Scotland), Gasgow - Scotand ;
2006/2007 - scholarship “The John Mather Trust”, “Jack Mamond Guitar Scholarship”and “Leverhulm Scholarship”;
2008/2009 scholarship from RSAMD.
Invitations as a performer, teacher, lecturer and composer to festivals have included Poland, France, Germany, Czech Rep., Greece, UK, Switzerland, South Africa and China. Premieres of his works have been performed in venues such as: Lutoslawski’s Hall, Warsaw/Poland; Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall London/UK; Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury/UK; He Luting Hall and He Lv Ting Hall Shanghai/China.
Pasieczny has also performed with orchestras such as: BBC Scotland, SBO and RSNO, “Aukso”, “Vratislavia”, “Orkiestra Swietokrzyska”, and recorded for Polish TV, Polish Radio, German ‘Nurnberg‘ Radio, and BBC Scotland.
Since 2004, Pasieczny’s works have been published by publishing houses: ‘PWM’ (Poland), ‘Euterpe’ (Poland), Lathkill Music (U.K.) and Les Productions D’Oz (Canada).
In 2004, he collaborated with world renowned jazz guitarist Pat Metheny and polish jazz vocalist Anna Maria Jopek (album ‘Upojenie’).
Currently Pasieczny started PHD on The Victoria University in Wellington/New Zealand.
Web: http://pasieczny.com/cv-in-english/ (2010)