Hubert Gabriel Żmudzki (*1997) is a Polish composer, music theorist and pianist. A graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, he studied composition with Eugeniusz Knapik and music theory with Marcin Trzęsiok. Since 2022 he has been working at the Composition Department of the Academy of Music in Katowice, teaching harmony, counterpoint, contemporary score, and score reading. He is a member of the Polish Composers’ Union and a board member of its Katowice branch. Currently pursuing doctoral studies at the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk.
Żmudzki has won numerous awards, including the 1st Prize at the 63rd Tadeusz Baird Competition for Young Composers, prizes at the Henryk Mikołaj Górecki and Marek Jasiński competitions, as well as the “Young Poland” scholarship of the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage. His works, blending microtonal and spectral techniques, have been featured at festivals like Warsaw Autumn, Festival of Premieres, Sacrum Profanum, NeoArte Synthesiser of Arts, and Silesian Days of Contemporary Music. Hubert's works are part of the repertoire of distinguished ensembles such as Orkest De Ereprijs, Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble, Silesian Quartet, NeoQuartet, and Messages Quartet. He is a laureate of the International Composition Competition and the NeoVoyager Mentoring Program, organized by NeoQuartet. In 2023, he was also selected for the prestigious project PLAYGROUND 2023: call for collaborations, organized by Spółdzielnia Muzyczna Contemporary Ensemble. In the 2024/25 season he worked with Orkest De Ereprijs as part of the international 31st edition of the Young Composers Meeting project in Apeldoorn.
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 and SCONTRI Composer's workshop. He perfected his craft under the supervision of composers such as Richard Ayres, Yannis Kyriakides, Tansy Davies, Wilbert Bulsink, Trond Reinholdtsen, Pēteris Vasks, Mark Andre, Ivan Fedele, Justė Janulytė, Ondřej Adámek, Franck Bedrossian, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Idin Samimi Mofakham, Luca Antignani, Paweł Mykietyn, Artur Zagajewski, Paweł Łukaszewski, 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.