- "All the signs point to the emergence of one of new music's most creative and distinctive voices in a long while" - The Gramophone, about Tomasz Jakub Opalka's music.
Tomasz Jakub Opalka is considered as one of the most original composers of his generation, and yet one of the few young artists with such extensive experience in writing orchestral music. After completing studies at The Chopin University of Music in Warsaw/Poland, he went to Los Angeles, where he gained experience in film music, cooperating with some of the top LA composers. He quickly established his name in the world of concert music working with the most important orchestras and soloists in Poland and abroad, such as: The London Symphony Orchestra, The National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic, OMN Ensemble, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Arditti Quartet, Sinfonietta Cracovia, etc. His music was performed in Poland, USA, Mexico, Argentina, South Korea, Germany, Slovakia, China, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and others. Opalka is also an experienced music producer, working with diverse electronic tools and virtual instruments. He is a professor at The Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, teaching composition, film music composition and orchestration.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Tomasz Opalka
- 'Opalka is a master of colour. He never makes conventional use of the traditional orchestra. He combines instruments in original ways, creating new soundscapes' - Malgorzata Gasiorowska, Polish Radio, Channel 2.
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