Patryk Piłasiewicz

Double bass player, conductor, composer, assistant professor at the Jazz Department of the Academy of Music in Poznań. Habilitated doctor (conducting). Since 2001, he has been running the Big Band of the Academy of Music in Poznań and carrying out his own artistic initiatives on the border of musical and visual arts. He participates in scientific and artistic conferences, presenting lectures on the relationship between music and other areas of creativity (architecture, photography, film).

Works at the Poznań Philharmonic Orchestra (soloist - double bass). Founder and president of the Association of Enthusiasts of Krzysztof Komeda’s Art “Astigmatic”. He won 1st place at the Krzysztof Komeda International Competition for Composers Krzysztof Komeda (1997) and a number of awards and distinctions at big-band competitions and festivals (Nowy Tomyśl, Bydgoszcz). Since 2012, he has been implementing a project commemorating the participation of Poles in breaking the codes of the encoding machine - Enigma. During the project implementation, the archives of the Poznań mathematician and musician - Henryk Zygalski were founded and digitized. Artist-in-residence of the Zamek Cultural Center in Poznań (2018).