Polish composer, pianist, currently living in Copenhagen.
Sebastian Zawadzki is recognized for working within many styles, genres and instrumental combinations, always with an unmistakable personal sound and curious to break new ground. He compose both for chamber ensambles, orchestras, jazz ensambles, and for solo instruments. Sebastian wrote music to several films. Often he self performes his music on piano, or conduct. He has released severals CD's, performed concerts in Europa, cooperated with film composers and jazz musicians.
Sebastian studied piano and composition in Odense (Musikkonservatorium), Cracow (Akademia Muzyczna w Krakowie) and Copenhagen (Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium). He studied also film composition in Filmskole in Copenhagen and during "ASCAP Film scoring workshops with Richards Bellis" in Los Angeles.
Activities
Special prize at Novum Jazz Jazz Festival 2009
Grand Prix at Novum Jazz Jazz Festival 2011
2nd Prize at Przegląd Młodych Zespołów Jazzowych in Gdynia
2nd Invidual Prize at Tarnów Jazz Contest in solo category, without a limit of age
Individual Prize at Jazz Juniors 2011 in Kraków
Scholarship for a recording of the CD of Tone Raw, was received on the contest "Jazzowy debiut Fonograficzny 2012" organized by IMIT (Instytut Muzyki i Tańca)
Grand Prix of European Jazz Contest in Rome with International Jazzpocalypse, and indyvidual prize for Sebastian at the same contest
Film "Life feels good" by Maciej Pieprzyca has won top prizes at film festivals in Montreal and Gdynia. Sebastian has been recording music for the film, composed by Bartosz Chajdecki
Concerto for violin and string orchestra received 2 award at composition contest during II Violin International Festival in Torun (Poland)
The movie ''Nu vandrer livet'' with original score by Sebastian is screened at Cannes Film Festival 2016
Bassoon concerto (comp. Sebastian Zawadzki, 2016) is performed by solist Leszek Wachnik at Festiwal Muzyki Polskiej in Warsaw 2016
First prize at Transatlantyk Instant Composition contest during Transatlantyk Film Festival 2016 in Łódź (Poland)
Sebastian is chosen among 400 applications to take part as one of 12 participants in "ASCAP Film Scoring Workshops 2016 with Richard Bellis" in Los Angeles
Sebastian conducts his own composition to the movie at Newman Scoring Stage at FOX Studios in Los Angeles during "ASCAP Film Scoring Workshops 2016 with Richard Bellis" in Los Angeles
