Cello
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Biography
Tomasz Skweres (*1984) is a Polish composer and cellist, living for many years in Vienna, Austria and Regensburg, Germany. He studied at the University of Music in Vienna – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien.
Since 2012 Tomasz Skweres has been Principal Cellist in the Philharmonic Orchestra Regensburg in Germany and since 2020 cellist of the ensemble for contemporary music Risonanze Erranti in Munich. He is an active interpreter in the field of contemporary music. As a soloist, chamber musician and guest of such ensembles like Collegium Novum in Zurich, ÖENM (Austrian Ensemble for New Music) in Salzburg, Ensemble Reconsil and Platypus Ensemble Vienna he performs modern music in renowned concert halls all over the world. Tomasz Skweres gives solo recitals with contemporary cello pieces in such renowned international festivals as Warsaw Autumn or Meridian Festival in Bucharest. Many contemporary composers composed and dedicated solo pieces to him. He performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including Hrvatski Komorni Orkestar (Croatian Chamber Orchestra), New Music Orchestra (Poland) and Philharmonic Orchestra Regensburg.
2016- 2017 he was lecturer for cello at the Musik University in Detmold (Hochschule für Musik Detmold) and 2015 at the HfKM Regensburg – College of Catholic Church Music & Musical Education in Regensburg.
In the last years the orchestral compositions play the most important role in his work as a composer. He has received commissions from the RSO Wien (Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna), Stuttgarter Kammerorchester in Germany, the Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany, the Niederbayerische Philharmonie in Germany, the Leopoldiunum Orchestra in Wrocław in Poland and the Hastings Philharmonics from England. In addition, he composed works commissioned by renowned festivals, including Wien Modern, Warsaw Autumn, Musica Polonica Nova and for numerous chamber ensembles, such as the Polish Apollon Musagetes Quartet, Austrian Ensemble ÖENM (Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik) and Duo Aliada.
Tomasz Skweres is a laureate of more then ten international composition competitions, in 2019 Tomasz Skweres received the 2nd prize at the “Zemlinsky Prize” – one of the largest international composition competitions.
The artistic work of Tomasz Skweres has been supported many times by numerous scholarships, including those of the Austrian Ministry of Culture, the Dr. Robert and Lina Thyll-Dürr Fundation, the Herbert von Karajan Foundation, and awards such as the Publicity Prize of the Austrian AKM, Förderpreis der Stadt Wien (a prize of the city of Vienna in the field of Composition) and the Theodor Körner Preis of the President of Austria . Skweres’ works are published by the Doblinger publishing house in Vienna and Sikorski Music Publisher in Hamburg, albums with his compositions have been released by DUX, Genuin, Col Legno, Hännsler Classics and Orlando Records.
Photo: Union SHOT
Tomasz SKWERES
Cello
Biography
Tomasz Skweres (*1984) is a Polish composer and cellist, living for many years in Vienna, Austria and Regensburg, Germany. He studied at the University of Music in Vienna – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien.
Since 2012 Tomasz Skweres has been Principal Cellist in the Philharmonic Orchestra Regensburg in Germany and since 2020 cellist of the ensemble for contemporary music Risonanze Erranti in Munich. He is an active interpreter in the field of contemporary music. As a soloist, chamber musician and guest of such ensembles like Collegium Novum in Zurich, ÖENM (Austrian Ensemble for New Music) in Salzburg, Ensemble Reconsil and Platypus Ensemble Vienna he performs modern music in renowned concert halls all over the world. Tomasz Skweres gives solo recitals with contemporary cello pieces in such renowned international festivals as Warsaw Autumn or Meridian Festival in Bucharest. Many contemporary composers composed and dedicated solo pieces to him. He performed as a soloist with numerous orchestras, including Hrvatski Komorni Orkestar (Croatian Chamber Orchestra), New Music Orchestra (Poland) and Philharmonic Orchestra Regensburg.
2016- 2017 he was lecturer for cello at the Musik University in Detmold (Hochschule für Musik Detmold) and 2015 at the HfKM Regensburg – College of Catholic Church Music & Musical Education in Regensburg.
In the last years the orchestral compositions play the most important role in his work as a composer. He has received commissions from the RSO Wien (Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna), Stuttgarter Kammerorchester in Germany, the Regensburg Philharmonic Orchestra in Germany, the Niederbayerische Philharmonie in Germany, the Leopoldiunum Orchestra in Wrocław in Poland and the Hastings Philharmonics from England. In addition, he composed works commissioned by renowned festivals, including Wien Modern, Warsaw Autumn, Musica Polonica Nova and for numerous chamber ensembles, such as the Polish Apollon Musagetes Quartet, Austrian Ensemble ÖENM (Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik) and Duo Aliada.
Tomasz Skweres is a laureate of more then ten international composition competitions, in 2019 Tomasz Skweres received the 2nd prize at the “Zemlinsky Prize” – one of the largest international composition competitions.
The artistic work of Tomasz Skweres has been supported many times by numerous scholarships, including those of the Austrian Ministry of Culture, the Dr. Robert and Lina Thyll-Dürr Fundation, the Herbert von Karajan Foundation, and awards such as the Publicity Prize of the Austrian AKM, Förderpreis der Stadt Wien (a prize of the city of Vienna in the field of Composition) and the Theodor Körner Preis of the President of Austria . Skweres’ works are published by the Doblinger publishing house in Vienna and Sikorski Music Publisher in Hamburg, albums with his compositions have been released by DUX, Genuin, Col Legno, Hännsler Classics and Orlando Records.