Zbigniew Karkowski

Composer Of CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AMBIENT And HARSH NOISE. Was Born In Krakow Poland But Emigrated As A Teenager And Afterwards Lived In Among Others Gothenburg Sweden Amsterdam Netherlands Berlin Germany Paris France Los Angeles USA And Tokyo Japan. He Studied Music And Composition For Many Different Teachers And Composers In Poland Sweden France And Netherlands.
From Today's Perspective He Considers That The Only Teacher Who Taught Him Something Real Was Iannis Xenakis. Karkowski Has Presented His Work In More Than 30 Countries On Nearly All Continents. He Is Convinced That It Is A Responsibility Of An Artist In Present Time To Travel And Move And Work Around The World In Order To Learn And Understand Different Cultures And Traditions And Discover Truth About Us And Our Planet.
He Also Strongly Believes That Geographical Political And Social Exile Is A Necessary Condition For True Creation And True Creation Is The Only Act That Really Matters. Since 1994 He Is Based In Tokyo - Japan Where He Collaborates Closely With Japanese Underground Noise And Experimental Artists.
He Is Not Interested In A Traditional Definition Of What Is Music In His Opinion All Theory And Systems Of Music As Cultural Concepts Have To Be Destroyed. So In His Latest Work His Main Concern Is On Realizing Drama With Electronic Sound And Acoustic Walls With Scores Based On Architectures Of Ruins.
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