HfMT composition student honored with German Film Music Award

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On October 28, 2022, the German Film Music Prize was awarded for the ninth time in five categories at the Puschkinhaus in Halle (Saale) as part of the Saxony-Anhalt Film Music Days.

In the Young Talent Award category, the jury chose Marta Kowalczuk from Prof. Gordon Kampe's HfMT composition class.

The German Film Music Award has long since established itself as one of the most important awards in the film music industry, recognizing film composers for their outstanding musical work.

Vita
Born in Poland in 1998, composer Marta Kowalczuk is studying composition in the Master's program at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama in the class of Prof. Gordon Kampe.
Marta Kowalcuk actively participates in musical life in Germany and abroad. She works with renowned orchestras, ensembles and musicians such as the Multimedia Improvisation Ensemble Thuringia, the Staatskapelle Weimar, I SOLISTI - Belgian Wind Ensemble Antwerp, Juventas New Music Ensemble, Ensemble via nova, MDR Symphony Orchestra, Radius Ensemble.
Marta Kowalczuk is a prizewinner of numerous competitions, including the International Composers Competition 2017 iMelody (Plano, USA), 4th National Composers Competition Piotr Perkowski in Toruń (2018, Poland), Frost School of Music Ensemble Ibis Competition (2021, Miami USA).