Aleksander
Gabryś Musician

Aleksander Gabryś, born in Upper Silesia, Poland, was educated at the music academies in Katowice and Basel, where he has lived since 1999 and has worked continuously as a solo double bassist with Ensemble Phoenix Basel ever since. He has already dedicated several instrumental and electronic works to his adopted city: 'Bas-el-Karneval' (2000), 'Basilesia' for the choir Camerata Silesia (2020) and the realisation of the performance of the 'Beelzebub Sonata' (2021).
Aleksander Gabryś's versatile compositional work includes works for different instrumentations and purposes. As an instrumentalist specialising in contemporary music, he has performed in most European countries and on both American continents. At festivals such as La Biennale di Venezia, Maerzmusik and Ultraschall in Berlin or Wien Modern, he has presented recitals and solo works with renowned ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, NOSPR, Ensemble Modern Frankfurt, Schlesische Philharmonie, oenm Salzburg, Collegium Novum Zürich. He is the recipient and interpreter of many works dedicated to him, including works by Piotr Radko, Edward Bogusławski, Jevgenij Iršai and Zbigniew Karkowski; he is currently working on new works with artists in the UK and Germany. At the invitation of Stanford University in California, he led a course in performance and composition there in 2020. In the 23/24 season he is part of the band of 'Die Dreigroschenoper'.