Jagoda Szmytka - NOSPR

Jagoda Szmytka is a contemporary music composer, artist and artistic researcher. Since 2021 she has been pursuing her artistic research for the doctoral degree at the Artistic Research Center of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna – currently finalising her doctoral dissertation on counterpoint in extended compositions. Her creative output encompasses over forty compositions written for solo instruments, chamber and large ensembles, some of which are extended through audio and video projection. Moreover, she has written one chamber opera and three experimental music theatres. The aesthetics of her music is rooted in exploration of instruments and characterised by expressive gestures. Szmytka has collaborated with numerous international ensembles, such as Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble Modern, PHACE, Kronos Quartet. Her music was commissioned by renowned institutions and festivals, such as the Polish National Opera in Warsaw, Warsaw Autumn, Wien Modern or Lucerne Festival. Additionally to composing, Jagoda Szmytka practices drawing on paper.