composer
Alex Pozniak
Alex Pozniak (b. 1982) has recently completed a Masters in Musical Composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, under the guidance of Matthew Hindson. Working with composers Anne Boyd, Nicholas Routley and Ian Shanahan during his undergraduate years at the University of Sydney (beginning in 2000), Alex went on to obtain First Class Honours and the University Medal in 2005. Alex completed a BA alongside his music studies in which he studied philosophy, psychology, art history and theory, while majoring in English literature. He has had works performed by the Ku-ring-gai Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bourbaki Ensemble, the Sydney Symphony Fellows, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Kammer, the Song Company, the Arditti Quartet, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and has attended two AYO National Music Camp composition programs, working with Graeme Koehne and Joby Talbot.
In 2009 Alex was named composer-in-residence for the 2009 Verge Arts Festival at the University of Sydney during which he staged his first composer portrait concert, INFOCUS, presented by chronology arts, featuring eight works of both chamber and electronic music drawn from 2005-09. Alex was also a finalist in the Classical category of the 2009 APRA Professional Development Award. He is Artistic Director of chronology arts, which he co-founded with Andrew Batt-Rawden and which was named one of the top 100 Creative Catalysts in 2009 as part of the Creative Sydney arm of the inaugural Vivid Sydney Festival. Alex is Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney’s Music Department in composition and digital music techniques, teaches composition at the Sydney Conservatorium High School and The McDonald College and is a committee member of the New Music Network and the Aurora Festival.
Concerts with Chronology Arts