Paweł Łukaszewski One of the leading representatives of Polish sacred and choral music, he is regarded as the successor of such composers as Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, Krzysztof Penderecki, Arvo Pärt and John Tavener. He has been on the faculty of the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, holding a Ph.D. in composition and the title of Professor. In 2016 he was elected Vice-Rector. He has received numerous awards for his compositions and recordings (the Orphée d’Or de l’Académie du Disque lyrique, Orphée d’Or – Prix Hector Berlioz, ten ‘Fryderyk’ Awards of the Polish recording industry). His honours include the Commander’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (1998), the Bronze Gloria Artis Medal of Cultural Merit (2011), the award from the Primate of Poland (2011). His discography includes over 150 CDs (Hyperion, Warner Classics, Signum Records, DUX). Over sixty of his pieces have been published in Britain (ChesterNovello), Poland (PWM Edition), Germany (Edition Ferrimontana). He has served as President of the Musica Sacra Institute. He has sat on the juries of the composers’ competitions in Arezzo, Moscow, Cambridge, Rome, Cologne and Bucharest. He is Artistic Director and Conductor of the ‘Musica Sacra’ Choir of the Warsaw-Praga Cathedral. www.lukaszewski.org.uk