Biography

One of the foremost rising talents in film music today, Golden Globe nominated composer Abel Korzeniowski has genuinely impressed the hollywood community with his passionate, evocative and truly original music. Abel’s music inspired fashion mogul turned film director Tom Ford to collaborate with him on Ford’s debut A Single Man.

Born in Cracow, Poland, Korzeniowski graduated from the prestigious Cracow Music Academy, completing his masters in the study of cello and also in composition. His studies were under the close direction of famed composer Christopher Penderecki.

While in Poland Abel composed music for various avenues including theatre, film, and live symphony orchestra. His most interesting endeavor was a live to film commissioned performance of his newly written score to Fritz Lang’s Metropolis. In addition he also received the Golden Lions Award for Best Score at the 25th Annual Polish Film Festival for his music to the Kieslowski’ penned Big Animal.

In 2006 Abel moved from Cracow, Poland to Los Angeles, California to began work on the George Clooney, Peter Berg, and Steven Sodenberg produced picture PU-239. The film was inspired by a Ken Kalfus’ short story and was written/directed by Scott Z. Burns.

Since then Abel has composed and collaborated on the following films: 30 Days Of Night, Battle For Terra, What We Take From Each Other, Tickling Leo, Confessions Of A Go-Go Girl, Copernicus’ Star, A Single Man and Madonna’s directed W.E..
 

ABEL KORZENIOWSKI - Publicity Photo

photo by Marcin Oleszczyk

Awards

  • 2005 Golden Knight Award (Zolotoi Vityaz) for best composer at the Golden Knight International Film Festival in Chelyabinsk, Russia (for music for “Tomorrow’s weather”). During the 14th edition, 300 cinematographers from 31 countries presented more than 200 movies.
  • 2002 Jancio Wodnik Award for best music for film (“An angel in Cracow”) of the Prowincjonalia Film Festival in Wrzesnia, Poland – nationally recognized film festival with 12-year history.
  • 2002 Ludwik Award for best music for theater play (“Kafka”) in Cracow, Poland. Ludwiks are prestigious awards of Cracow theater community, founded in 1996 to recognize and honour excellence and outstanding artistic achievements of the year.
  • 2001 Golden Ducks Award Nominee for best film composer. Golden Ducks of “Film” monthly are the oldest Polish film awards, annual from 1956.
  • 2000 Golden Lions Award for best music for film (“Big Animal”) of the 25th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, which is the most important and prestigious film festival in Poland. Each year, showing both main stream film and TV production as well as independent movies. It is the main event for the whole film industry in Poland, co-organised by the Polish Ministry of Culture and the Association of Polish Filmmakers.