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BIOGRAPHY

Dominik Karski is a Perth-based composer, whose body of work is informed by close collaboration with distinct interpreters of new music. He was the winner in the 2021/2022 Da_sh Editions International Composition Competition with his alto flute work The Unquenchable. Since then, a number of his works have been published by Da_sh Editions, and the winning work has been recorded by Alessandra Rombolá and released by the Madrid publisher. Renowned ensembles and soloists who have worked with the composer and presented his works include ELISION, Schallfeld Ensemble (Austria), Quatuor Diotima (France), harpsichordist Goska Isphording and her ensemble The Roentgen Connection (The Netherlands), flautist Ewa Liebchen (Poland), violinist Karin Hellqvist (Sweden), and Paetzold contrabass recorder virtuoso Anna Petrini (Sweden), among many others. His works have been presented at numerous international events, including the Warsaw Autumn International Contemporary Music Festival (Poland), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), Gaudeamus Music Week (The Netherlands), and Wien Modern (Austria). As a young composer, he was recognised in Australia through awards such as the 1998 ABC Classic Young Composers’ Award, 1999 Ian Potter Music Commissions, 2003 Albert H. Maggs Composition Award, and internationally, being the Australian representative at Forum 2000 with Nouvel Ensemble Moderne (Adelaide Festival and Montreal), ISCM World Music Days 2002 (Switzerland), and the winner in the 2001 International Andrzej Panufnik Composition Competition (Poland). In his composing, he focuses essentially on the player-instrument relationship as the primary source of the musical substance. A number of his works are available on CD and digital releases; of particular importance is a monographic CD with the composer’s flute works recorded by Ewa Liebchen and RafaÅ‚ JÄ™drzejewski (BôÅ‚t Records, Poland, 2016). Currently, Dominik Karski is a grant recipient of the 2024 APRA AMCOS Art Music Fund, undertaking a new project with ELISION.

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