Filip Gołdanowski

Filip Gołdanowski (born October 11, 2008, in Warsaw) is a Polish composer, filmmaker and pianist. As a composer, he boasts an output of several hundred compositions and significant artistic achievements, recognized also on the international stage. He embarked on his musical journey in 2015. For four years, he received formal education in piano performance, compositional techniques, music theory, and music history. Since 2020, he has been a self-taught composer, acquiring knowledge and skills through a self-education project. He is a scholar of the Polish Children's Fund and recipient of Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage scholarship "Młoda Polska". In April 2025, he was admitted to the Youth Circle of the Polish Composers' Union and in June 2026, he become one of the members of international interdisciplinary artistic organisation C.L.S.I. - Cercle pour la Libération du Son et de l’Image. His compositions have been presented not only in Poland but also on stages across Europe: in Germany, Italy, France, Czechia and Lithuania. As a pianist, he specializes in the performance of new music. He has given historic world premieres of works by, among others, Bogusław Schaeffer, as well as Aryan Omid and Gérard Pape. In 2025, he became interested in the visual medium and began creating experimental films. His earliest attempt in filmmaking was a short film "Preface". Afterwards, he directed over 10 short films ("Thou Art BENEDICTUS - a symphony for film", "Introit") and one experimental feature-length film ("In illo αTempore"). For several years, he has been working on the interdisciplinary series REQUIEM - intended to be a collection of over 40 musical and film works. As the artist writes: "As early as 2017, I began to vaguely think about a Requiem. I have always been fascinated by multi-movement church music forms - both because of their spiritual significance and the diversity of their movements, which have evolved over the centuries. I have always strived…

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Born

2008-10-11 · Warszawa, Polska