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Magdalena Barszcz

Summary

Composer, violinist and workshop leader with a special interest in cross-arts and improvisation. Collaborates and create new work with dancers, electronic musicians, visual artists, actors, and a variety of musicians with different music backgrounds from all over the world. To share passion for music and composition works as a workshop leader with a wide range of communities. Scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in 2024.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Part-time job

Borderland Foundation
09.2023 - Current
  • Holding a music lab for people with intellectual disabilities
  • Composing music for children's performances

Company Owner

Connective Sounds
01.2020 - Current
  • Own business delivering workshops to community groups such a hospitals, care homes, youth sociotherapy centres etc. in the spirit of community art

Artist-in-Residence

The Arctic Circle
06.2023 - 06.2023
  • Participation in an art and science residency, during which I developed, in collaboration with other artists, scientists and environmental educators, an artistic and educational project on the subject of ecology, based on investigations of the Svalbard archipelago and the Arctic Ocean

Artist

"Warsaw Autumn" International Festival of Contemporary Music
09.2021 - 09.2021
  • Composed and performed a soundwalk 'The places we go to' during the "Warsaw Autumn" International Festival of Contemporary Music

Artist-in-Residence

Mazowiecki Program Edukacji Kulturalnej
06.2021 - 09.2021
  • Worked with the local community in order to create a multimedia sound memories map of the place

Artist-in-Residence

Strefa WolnoSłowa / Krytyka Polityczna
09.2020 - 04.2021
  • Participated in few months long programme focused on the community arts, during which I created a piece 'I know that I am not alone'

Artist-in-Residence

Rotary Culture House in Jazdów
07.2019 - 07.2019
  • Created a site-specific performance in inspiration of the Jazdów neighborhood (finnish settlements)

Musician

The Place
10.2018 - 10.2018
  • Co-creation and performing of the piece "During" in collaboration with London Contemporary Dance School

Artist-in-Residence

Tate Modern
06.2018 - 06.2018
  • Created two interactive pieces; "Silence is golden" and "Can you hear a pin drop" during Tate Exchange

Artist

Milton Court Theatre Studio
05.2018 - 05.2018
  • Created "Kuki" a music-theatre piece for: violin, danso, harp and stage movement, based on research on children's imagination
  • For this piece I received a Guildhall 'Starred' Award

Artist-in-Residence

The Charterhouse
03.2018 - 03.2018
  • Created a site-specific music piece "Time", based on a history of Carthusian Martyrs that lived there back in XIV century

Artist

Broadway Theatre
02.2018 - 02.2018
  • Created a piece “Traces” for violin and movement for a Dialogue Festival

Artist-in-Residence

Chats Palace
10.2017 - 10.2017
  • A residency led by Jan Hendrikse regarding the Fluxus movement

Music Composer

Barbican Exhibition Hall
06.2017 - 06.2017
  • Created a piece "inPARTS" for violin with electronics in collaboration with visual artist Gunjan Kaul

Artist-in-Residence

La Sonora
12.2016 - 12.2016
  • Created a music piece with children from the orphanage

Education

Master of Arts: Music Leadership -

Guildhall School of Music And Drama
London, UK
07.2018

Bachelor of Arts: Classical Music Performance (Violin) -

Music Conservatory
Maastricht, NL
06.2015

Skills

  • Composition
  • Improvising
  • Teamwork
  • Leadership skills
  • Dance background
  • Ableton Live
  • Logic Pro

Timeline

Part-time job

Borderland Foundation
09.2023 - Current

Artist-in-Residence

The Arctic Circle
06.2023 - 06.2023

Artist

"Warsaw Autumn" International Festival of Contemporary Music
09.2021 - 09.2021

Artist-in-Residence

Mazowiecki Program Edukacji Kulturalnej
06.2021 - 09.2021

Artist-in-Residence

Strefa WolnoSłowa / Krytyka Polityczna
09.2020 - 04.2021

Company Owner

Connective Sounds
01.2020 - Current

Artist-in-Residence

Rotary Culture House in Jazdów
07.2019 - 07.2019

Musician

The Place
10.2018 - 10.2018

Artist-in-Residence

Tate Modern
06.2018 - 06.2018

Artist

Milton Court Theatre Studio
05.2018 - 05.2018

Artist-in-Residence

The Charterhouse
03.2018 - 03.2018

Artist

Broadway Theatre
02.2018 - 02.2018

Artist-in-Residence

Chats Palace
10.2017 - 10.2017

Music Composer

Barbican Exhibition Hall
06.2017 - 06.2017

Artist-in-Residence

La Sonora
12.2016 - 12.2016

Master of Arts: Music Leadership -

Guildhall School of Music And Drama

Bachelor of Arts: Classical Music Performance (Violin) -

Music Conservatory

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