Hubert Gabriel Żmudzki is a Polish composer and pianist, born 15 June 1997 in Więcbork. In 2021 he graduated with an A grade from the Department of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Education at the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice. In 2021 he graduated as composition student under prof. Eugeniusz Knapik. In 2016 he graduated the PZSM of Artur Rubinstein in Bydgoszcz, where he studied in the piano class of Adam Zok. He took his first steps in the art of composition under the supervision of one of the most outstanding composers of the young Polish generation – Marcin Gumiela.
As a composer and pianist, he was awarded, a.o 1st and 2nd Prize at The 63rd and 62nd Tadeusz Baird Young Composers' Competition for hidden monologues for mezzo-soprano and string quartet to the words by W. Shakespeare (2022) and Kangchenjunga for four trumpets in Bb (2021), 3rd Prize at The Henryk Mikołaj Górecki International Composers' Competition for Je est un autre for mixed choir a cappella to chosen verses by Arthur Rimbaud (2020), 1st and 2nd Prize at The 2nd and 3rd Marek Jasiński Youth Composers' Competition in Bydgoszcz for In Paradisum for mixed choir a cappella (2015) and Between the hammer and sickle for cello and piano (2016), 2nd Prize at The Intercollegiate Alternative Piano Confrontations in Kraków (2017). His works have been performed in Poland and abroad, including at the premises of Polish National Radio Orchestra in Katowice, PWM in Warsaw or the Pomeranian Philharmonic in Bydgoszcz.
He has participated in numerous composition courses: The International Synthetis Composers' Course 2020, The International Synthetis Composers' Course 2021 in Radziejowice and at The 63rd Warsaw Autumn Festival. He perfected his craft under the supervision of composers such as Trond Reinholdtsen, Pēteris Vasks, Mark Andre, Ivan Fedele, Justė Janulytė, Ondřej Adámek, Franck Bedrossian, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Idin Samimi Mofakham, Luca Antignani, Paweł Mykietyn, Paweł Hendrich, Martyna Kosecka, Zygmunt Krauze, Krzysztof Knittel and Zbigniew Bargielski.
Hubert Gabriel Żmudzki’s music is characterized by extensive harmony with extremely dense, polyphonic texture. The emotionality and trance nature of his compositions make his music appear in the spirit of mysticism and symbolism. In his works, he looks for a connection between the romantic euphony and creative originality. He is influenced heavily by the use of microtones and spectral music. His works are inspired by surreal painting, Polish and French poetry and the observation of deep sky objects.