Tomasz Goliński
Tomasz Goliński is a Polish composer, marimbist and percussionist. He is one of the leading composers and performers of his generation on the international marimba and percussion scene.
Some of his commissioned works include: Double Percussion Concerto No.1 premiered in 2015 by Tuopali Duo, the Orquesta Sinfónica de Tenerife and Maestro Eckart Preu (USA) during the Festival de Música Contemporánea de Tenerife at the Auditorio de Tenerife in Spain; Double Marimba Concerto No.2 premiered in 2017 by Lucid Duo, the Koszalin Philharmonic and Maestro Simone Zuccatti in Poland; Marimba Concertino Luminosity premiered in 2018 by Mark Ford and the Opole Philharmonic in Poland, commissioned by Mark Ford/University of North Texas; the Italian Premiere of Luminosity Concertino performed in 2019 by Filippo Lattanzi, the Orchestra della Fondazione Petruzzelli and Maestro Luigi Piovano in Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari in Italy; The Principal Delusion and Double Marimba Concerto for marimba orchestra premiered in 2019 by Lucid Duo, Phonix Marimba Orchestra and Shiniti Ueno in Tokyo, Japan and by Lucid Duo & Filarmonica de Marimbas de la UNICACH in Chiapas, Mexico 2019.
Tomasz is a laureate of several marimba and composition international competitions including the First prize of the Universal Marimba Composition Competition in Belgium (2011&2012) with his Marimba Solo pieces Luminosity and Purity; Second prize at the 39th Percussive Arts Society Percussion Composition Contest in the USA with his Marimba Solo piece The Absurd World (2011); Second prize in the Marimba Solo category of the 8th Percussive Arts Society Italy International Percussion Competition in Fermo, Italy (2010) etc. For his artistic and academic achievements Tomasz received a scholarship from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage in 2010 and in 2012 a scholarship from the Ministry of the Flemish Community in Brussels, Belgium. In 2016 Tomasz held his composition masterclass at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna.
The composer receives commissions from Austria, Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan, Germany, USA, Poland, Spain, and Denmark such as marimba solo/duo/quartet works with electronics, marimba and organ, marimba and violin, marimba and saxophone, marimba and flute, solo and duo percussion/marimba concertos with Philharmonic Orchestras, soundtracks etc. In 2021 Tomasz wrote several soundtracks: Utopia Spheres for Linus Leonardsson’s Autumn/Winter Collection “Let There Be Light” premiered at the London Fashion Week; Up in the air for Farshido Larimiam’s movie Everything is up in the air as part of the exhibition Alles hängt in der Luft at the Theater am Spittelberg in Vienna; Between the Worlds for Minna Antova’s exhibition SKIN#touching NOLE ME TANGERE at the Haus Wittgenstein in Vienna.
Tomasz obtained with the greatest distinction his Master Degrees in Percussion, Marimba, Chamber Music and Postgraduate Marimba Solo in the class of Ludwig Albert at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp, the Leuven College of Arts in Belgium and at the Music Academy in Gdansk. He graduated his Bachelor in Composition in the class of Luc van Hoove at the Leuven College of Arts, as well as a specialization of Electroacoustic Composition with Joris de Laet at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp. In 2016 he completed his marimba specialization with the Japanese composer and marimba legend Keiko Abe at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, Japan.
In 2013 Tomasz’s marimba solo piece Luminosity was used as a set-piece of the Universal Marimba Competition Belgium and in 2021 his marimba solo piece The Mirror was used as a set-piece of the Marimba Festiva Competition in Bamberg, Germany. His compositions Purity II and Luminosity have been published by the Danish publishing house Edition Svitzer and The Absurd World, by Keyboard Percussion Music in the USA. Tomasz is Yamaha artist and is endorsed by Innovative Percussion Inc. USA.