Piotr Kurek
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Piotr Kurek is a Warsaw-based composer and performer. His work focuses on shifting, unstable arrangements, allowing elements of chamber music, jazz, and fractured song forms to drift and dissolve. Constantly in transition, Kurek’s practice spans solo releases alongside numerous scores for theater, film, and multidisciplinary projects, bound by a recurring interest in instability and understatement.
His music has been released on Unsound, Mondoj, and Longform Editions, among others. He has performed at festivals including Unsound, Berlin Atonal, CTM, Elevate, and Kraak, touring across Europe, the US, and Asia.
Scores:
- What Belongs to Others, dir. Grzegorz Dębowski, Venice Film Festival, feature film, 2026
- Luftmasse, Paper Tiger Theatre with Ai Weiwei, Chemnitz, theatre piece, 2026
- Gonave, dir. Róża Duda / Michał Soja, short film, 2025
- Pierce, dir. Nelicia Low, Karlovy Vary, feature film, 2024
- Mammalia, dir. Sebastian Mihăilescu, Berlinale Forum, feature film, 2023
- Heart Chamber Fragments 某种类似于我的地洞:心室片段, dir. Tian Gebing, Münchner Kammerspiele, theatre piece, 2021
- Sweat, dir. Magnus von Horn, Cannes Official Selection, feature film, 2020
Features:
- The Wire, October 2023
Interviews:
- Critical Listening, October 2026
- Táto Strana Európy, April 2024
- Kraak Fest, March 2022
- Foxy Digitalis, February 2022
- Dwutygodnik, July 2020
Reviews:
- Pitchfork, September 2025
- Boomkat, September 2025
- Pitchfork, September 2023
- The Quietus, September 2023
- Boomkat, September 2023
- The Wire, July 2023
- SoundOhm, March 2023
- Pitchfork, March 2023
- Boomkat, March 2023
- Boomkat, December 2022
- Cyclic Defrost, April 2022
- Pitchfork, March 2022
- The Quietus, February 2022
- Nowa Muzyka, February 2022
- Foxy Digitalis, February 2022
- The Vinyl Factory, February 2022
- Soundohm, January 2022
- Boomkat, January 2022
- Tiny Mix Tapes, March 2019