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		Piotr Klimek (Szczecin, 1973) graduated at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague (1997) and at the Composition Department of the Music Academy in Poznan (1999). PhD degree in Composition at the Music Academy in Poznan (2003). Studied with Gilius van Bergeijk, Diderik Haakma Wagenaar, Grażyna Pstrokonska-Navratil, Wlodzimierz Kotonski and Marek Jasinski. Writes electronic, chamber and symphonic pieces as well as music for theatre, radio and film. Works mostly in Szczecin, Berlin and Amsterdam. His works are performed by ensembles, soloists and orchestras in Poland and abroad. Klimek's compositional aesthetic is derived from the ancient idea of catharsis, considered to be the basic aim of any artistic experience. His music therefore uses a broad spectrum of techniques to achieve the emotional effect on the listeners, being at the same time on the edge of modern cold-blooded experiment and in the middle of typicaly Slavic ocean of hysteria. Klimek teaches as a member of the Art Education Department at the University of Szczecin. Occasionally guest-lecturing at universities and conservatories abroad. Runs an independent audio publishing house.