Aleksander Gabryś Composer / Solo Double Bassist
Aleksander Gabryś

Works

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Scores, audiovisual works, and other authored material.

Works

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Works

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Miniatures for double bass and computer sounds

Year
1990
Instrumentation
double bass and computer sounds

Aleksander Gabryś — Miniatures / Miniaturen / Miniatury

«Miniatures» for double bass and computer sounds / «Miniaturen» für Kontrabass und Computerklänge / «Miniatury» na kontrabas i dźwięki komputerowe. Aleksander Gabryś: composition and double bass. 1990.

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Lux in tenebris

Year
1991
Instrumentation
for tape

Lux in tenebris na taśmę

Voak gefeustich

Year
1992
Instrumentation
instrumental theatre for five musician-actors

Voak gefeustich, teatr instrumentalny dla pięciorga muzyków-aktorów

Święty Boże

Year
1993
Instrumentation
for soprano, piano strings, tapes and lights

Święty Boże na sopran, struny fortepianu, taśmy i światła

Aleksander Gabryś - Święty Boże (1993)

Historical recording of Święty Boże from the 1993 prize winners' concert, digitized from VHS in 2026.

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Ogród igier boskich

Year
1994
Instrumentation
for strings and computer sound

Ogród igier boskich na smyczki i brzmienie komputerowe

Printemps Mandale

Year
1995
Instrumentation
for tape

Printemps Mandale na taśmę

Collage for Forst

Year
1995
Instrumentation
for voice and fixed media

Collage for Forst

Collage for Forst

Published YouTube recording of Collage for Forst.

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Quadrofonietta

Year
1996
Instrumentation
for string instrument and live electronics

Quadrofonietta na instrument smyczkowy i live electronics

Actus contra Naturam

Year
1997
Instrumentation
for tape and dancer

Actus contra Naturam na taśmę i tancerza

Eco-Ethno-Polish-Mountains-Spheroid

Year
1998
Instrumentation
for tape

Eco-Ethno-Polish-Mountains-Spheroid na taśmę

Abraxas

Year
1998
Instrumentation
for string orchestra and tape

Abraxas na orkiestrę smyczkową i taśmę

Man in Fish

Year
1999
Instrumentation
for double bass and tape

Man in Fish na kontrabas i taśmę

Bas-el-Karneval

Year
2000
Instrumentation
for string instrument and live electronics

Bas-el-Karneval na instrument smyczkowy i live electronics

L’ultima volta con de-cadenza

Year
2000
Instrumentation
for tape

L’ultima volta con de-cadenza na taśmę

Folklorietta

Year
2001
Instrumentation
computer music using authentic folk recordings from the Silesian Beskids

Folklorietta, muzyka komputerowa z użyciem autentycznych nagrań ludowych z Beskidu Śląskiego

Patrix

Year
2001
Instrumentation
for double bass and tape

Patrix na kontrabas i taśmę

Deus Irae

Year
2002
Instrumentation
for violin, viola, cello, percussion, accordion, piano, double bass and chatterbox

Deus Irae na skrzypce, altówkę, wiolonczelę, instrumenty perkusyjne, akordeon, fortepian, kontrabas i gadułkę

Da ich ein Knabe war ...

Year
2003
Instrumentation
for high voice, clarinet, horn, piano, violin and cello, to words by Friedrich Hölderlin

Da ich ein Knabe war ... na głos wysoki, klarnet, waltornię, fortepian, skrzypce i wiolonczelę, do słów Friedricha Hölderlina

Avanti, Amico! — for bass clarinet, Version II

Year
2003
Instrumentation
for bass clarinet

Avanti, Amico! [wersja II] na klarnet basowy

Jekyll-Hyde

Year
2004
Instrumentation
for creative double bassist

Jekyll-Hyde dla kreatywnego kontrabasisty

Nano

Year
2004
Instrumentation
for creative double bassist

Nano dla kreatywnego kontrabasisty

If it's Truth

Year
2005
Instrumentation
for double bass and string quartet

If it's Truth na kontrabas i kwartet smyczkowy

Bas-El

Year
2006
Instrumentation
for tape

Bas-El na taśmę

Glorietta

Year
2007
Instrumentation
for choir of soloists and tape [with Ryszard Gabryś]

Glorietta na chór solistów i taśmę [wspólnie z Ryszardem Gabrysiem]

Donquixoterie

Year
2008
Instrumentation
for (contra)tenor, guitar, double bass and live electronics

Donquixoterie na (kontra)tenor, gitarę, kontrabas i live-electronics

Pax, Freunde, Pax

Year
2008
Instrumentation
trumpet and tape
Premiere
18 April 2008, Gare du Nord Basel

Pax, Freunde, Pax, trumpet and tape

Aleksander Gabryś - Pax, Freunde, Pax

Aleksander Gabryś: Pax, Freunde, Pax for trumpet and tape, with Nenad Marković.

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Nokturn

Year
2009
Instrumentation
music for a photo cycle by Carl Cordonnier

Nokturn muzyka do cyklu fotografii Carla Cordonniera

Nowa Chowańszczyzna

Year
2009
Instrumentation
music for an animated film, dir. Ewa Słowik-Grabowska

Nowa Chowańszczyzna muzyka do filmu animowanego, reż. Ewa Słowik-Grabowska

Avunculus

Year
2009
Instrumentation
music for a documentary film, dir. Alicja Żebrowska

Avunculus muzyka do filmu dokumentalnego, reż. Alicja Żebrowska

elUle

Year
2010
Instrumentation
for horn and violin

elUle na róg i skrzypce

Bestiarium

Year
2012
Instrumentation
for horn and violin

Bestiarium na róg i skrzypce

Bestiarium – Fortune Square trio tripSinfAct

Year
2013
Instrumentation
for violin, horn and symphony orchestra

Bestiarium – Fortune Square trio tripSinfAct na skrzypce, róg i orkiestrę symfoniczną

GABRYS GIGER I–IV

Year
2013
Instrumentation
double bass and camera

GABRYS GIGER I–IV, archival improvisations for double bass and camera

Become the performer — start two, three, or all four videos simultaneously and discover a different GABRYS GIGER every time.

GABRYS GIGER I

First film from the archival GABRYS GIGER cycle.

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GABRYS GIGER II

Second film from the archival GABRYS GIGER cycle.

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GABRYS GIGER III

Third film from the archival GABRYS GIGER cycle.

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GABRYS GIGER IV

Fourth film from the archival GABRYS GIGER cycle.

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meƚAƚɘm

Year
2014
Instrumentation
performers, double bass, lupophone, live electronics and self-made sound objects

interactive music-booth

meƚAƚɘm

Video documentation of meƚAƚɘm, an interactive music-booth with double bass, lupophone, live electronics and self-made sound objects.

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PrāṇāhTron

Year
2015
Instrumentation
for vocal ensemble, double bass and live electronics

2-Pol-Run

Year
2015
Instrumentation
for flute/contrabass flute, voice and media

Walser Code

Year
2016

ILINX

Year
2017
Instrumentation
for bass flute, double bass, electronic media and creative mixing

PARTITURA

Year
2018

BASSBOXTRING

Year
2019

Natural Born Rebels

Year
2019

Basilesia

Year
2019
Instrumentation
for the Camerata Silesia vocal ensemble

MANIFESTO PLAYBOX

Year
2020
Instrumentation
for two creative pianists

The Beelzebub Sonata

Year
2021
Instrumentation
freely based on Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz's play

nevermore

Year
2022
Instrumentation
for sextet, tape and video

±∞

Year
2023
Instrumentation
for no-input mixer

Gabriss X

Year
2024
Instrumentation
for double bass and live electronics (quadraphonic sound)
Duration
12′
Premiere
2024

Gabriss X for double bass and live electronics (quadraphonic sound)

Rio, my Rio

Year
2025
Instrumentation
concerto for solo double bass and ensemble
Premiere
UA: Ensemble Phoenix Basel, Gare du Nord Basel, 13–14.12.2025

Rio, my Rio for solo double bass and ensemble

Katábasis

Year
2026