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Wojciech Kostrzewa
Department: Department of Jazz and Stage Music
Chair: Jazz and Stage Music
Composer, arranger, and orchestrator. A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. He also studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. Winner of international competitions and author of works performed by leading European orchestras and ensembles.
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Wojciech Kostrzewa
composition, jazz arrangement
Composer, arranger, orchestrator. A graduate of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, where he studied composition under Professor Marcin Błażewicz. He holds a PhD in musical arts and works as an assistant professor at his alma mater. He also studied at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where he completed postgraduate studies in jazz composition with Professor Helge Sunde and conducting with Professor Geir Lysne.
His compositions and arrangements have been performed by ensembles such as Neues Orchester Basel, Theater Orchester Biel Solothurn, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Det Norske Blåseensemble, NDR Bigband, Budapest Scoring, as well as Sinfonia Varsovia, the Orchestra of the Teatr Wielki – Polish National Opera, and the Szczecin Philharmonic. His works have been presented in numerous countries, including France, Germany, Norway, Estonia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium, the USA, Spain, Mexico, Argentina, and Hungary.
Arranger and orchestrator of the musical interval acts for the 69th Eurovision Song Contest (Basel 2025), co-producer and arranger of two winning songs of the Eurovision Song Contest: “The Code” (2024, Switzerland, performed by Nemo) and “Wasted Love” (2025, Austria, performed by Johannes Pietsch).
Wojciech is a laureate of numerous composition competitions, including the 1st Prize and Orchestra Award at the “In modo di Lutosławski” Composition Competition (2013), the 1st Prize and Audience Award at the 3rd edition of the “Arboretum” Krzysztof Penderecki Competition (2017), as well as the winner of the Composition Competition marking the 100th anniversary of the Polish Authors’ Society ZAiKS (2018), where he also received the Audience Award. He is a participant in the “Composer-in-Residence 2024–2025” programme, organized by the Polish Chamber Musicians Association and ZAiKS.
He has honed his artistic craft under the guidance and in collaboration with such artists as Lowell Liebermann, Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Joe Kraemer, Richard Bellis, Chris Walden, Gordon Goodwin, and Ingrid Jensen.