PIOTR SALABER - born on July 30th 1966 in Wroclaw (Poland) composer, pianist and conductor. First piano classes with Selima Morska-Welminska, diploma from the Secondary Music School in Torun (the piano), with Barbara Muchenberg. Graduated from the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz. There he got his Master Degrees in - choir conducting and the theory of music. In 2005 he got his PhD in music as a conductor.
He also studied composition with - KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN during master classes of Interpretation and Composition Courses in Kuerten (Germany) 1998-2002, and with Alain Savouret and Elzbieta Sikora (IV International Course for Composers, Gdansk 2000).
Singing his own songs, he was noticed by critics and audiences at the Polish Song Festivals in Opole and Cracow (1985 - 1986). So far he has composed music for over 60 drama plays, more than 100 songs and many popular Polish - TV and Radio programs (e.g. Piraci, Na kazdy temat, Kocham Polske). The TV show - Piraci (The Pirates), in 1999 it was noticed by the jury of The International Festival of Television Art in Montreux and was regarded as one of the best programs in its category. His records are also available in the National Library of Poland.
On September 12
th 1992, in the pages of The Boston Sunday Globe, Phyllis Krasilovsky wrote about one of his piano recitals on board the Renaissance VIII as it was sailing along the coast of Eastern Africa - "... Peter Salaber, a Polish crewmember, mesmerized passengers with an all - Chopin piano concert." Working for two years as a pianist, he also traveled to Indonesia, Egypt, Mauritius, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Singapore, Comoros and the Seychelles. On his journeys he wrote reports for Polish newspapers, e.g. an interview with one of the authors and producers of Dynasty - R. E. Pollock. During his travels he found inspiration for his music while diving and searching the deep waters and caves in Africa and Indonesia.
From 1994 to 2001 he worked as the musical director of Teatr Polski (drama theater) in Bydgoszcz He works with the best Polish theatrical directors and plays concerts in Lithuania, Russia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Sweden, U.S.A. and Canada.
He is a member of the Polish Association of Authors - ZAiKS.
In 1997 he got the prestigious annual awards from - Provincial Administration of Bydgoszcz and from BIK - a culture magazine.
Since 1997 he has conducted many concerts with his music for children, which were played by the Pomeranian, Kielce, Wrocław and Kalisz Philharmonic orchestras in their concert halls.
He also wrote the music for the movie about Bydgoszcz "Be my guest...". In 1997 he published his first CD -
"Lokomotywa" with music for children. It got very favorable reviews in numerous newspapers and a recommendation from the Ministry of Education.
On 19
th of March in Konzertsaal of Solingen near Cologne (Germany) a concert of a symphony orchestra and a jazz trio took place. The Bergische Philharmoniker and: Markus Stockhausen - trumpet, Arild Andersen - double bass and Patrice Heral - drums, played a piece entitled Choral & Sehnsucht. This was the result of an invitation by Markus Stockhausen to Piotr Salaber to work together on this composition during his staying in Cologne in January, 2002.
Since September 2000, he has been playing the piano with his own orchestra "SALABER BAND" on one of the most popular Polish TV shows - "Na Kazdy Temat Show" by TV POLSAT.
On 19
th of April 2002, the Chapter of the "Citizen of Bydgoszcz Plebiscite" awarded Piotr Salaber with the
title of Laureate for the year of 2001.
In June 2004, Tv program - JOKER, co-created by Piotr Salaber - was awarded with the Blue Hat Award as the "funniest Polish talk show" at the Festival of the Good Humor in Gdansk.
Music by Piotr Salaber for "Karamazov Brothers'" was awarded with the prize - "The best music of the 2006/07" by the "Theater" Magazine
Currently, Piotr Salaber is giving lectures on film music at the Jagiellonian University in Cracow and on theater music, at the Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz.
