Kamil Kosecki was born in 1984 in Kielce. At the age of 14, he started his musical education in the bassoon class at the Ludomir Różycki State Music School in Kielce. He performed his first composition Sonata for Bassoon and Piano at the festival in Kielce in the presence of Wojciech Kilar. In 2010 He graduated from Frederic Chopin University of Music in Warsaw where he studied composition and bassoon. In 2012 He also completed postgraduate studies of Film and Computer Music Composing at the Lodz Music Academy and Lodz Film School. Kamil Kosecki's compositions were performed at various festivals in Poland and abroad, among others at: festival NYCEMF in New York, festival Noise Floor in Staffordshire, festiwal Electronic Music Week in Shanghai, Opera in Kristiansund, Trondheim Symfoniorkester in Norway, Świętokrzyskie Dni Muzyki in Kielce, Festival Gaude Mater in Częstochowa, Festival A. Didura in Sanok, Festival Musica Moderna in Lodz, Festival Probaltica in Toruń and Warsaw (Agnieszki Osiecka's studio), LeoFestiwal in Wrocław, Festival of winners in musical competitions in Bydgoszcz, Festival Alkagran in Czechowice Dziedzice. He is a composer of bugle call in Wilanów district of Warsaw.
Kamil Kosecki wrote music to the several short movies:
· Obok nas directed by Piotr Suzin ;
· About love directed by Piotr Szatyłowicz;
· With long hair you are more beautiful directed by Carlotta Kittel;
· The city of the sun directed by Mateusz Mazur.
He participated in many masterclasses held by important authorities as:
Krzysztof Zanussi, Zygmunt Krauze, Piotr Dumała, Adam Pomorski, Maciej Strzembosz, Marek Chołoniewski, Andrei Smirnov,
Prizes and scholarships
2002 Honourable Mention for Sonata na fagot i fortepian in Olsztyn
2002 Fryderyk Chopin Society of Friends'Prize in Kielce
2002 Mayor of Kielce Prize Hope of Kielce
2006 Honourable Mention at the 3rd International Composition Competition Garden Music for Soul of the Winter for strings
2007 IVth Prize at the 3rd International Composition Competition Musica Sacra Częstochowa – Warszawa - Cambridge for Lacrimosa for choir
2007 Special PWM's Prize at the 3rd International Composition Competition Musica Sacra Częstochowa – Warszawa - Cambridge for Lacrimosa for choir
2008 Finalist at the Z. Herbert All-Polish Composition Competition for Breviary for bass and string quintet
2008 Finalist at the I. J. Paderewski All-Polish Composition Competitiony for Etude for piano
2008 Honourable Mention at the C.W. von Weber All-Polish Bassoon Composition Competition in Wroclaw
2008 1st Prize at the A. Didur All-Polish Composition Competition for Song about music for soprano and piano
2008 1st Prize for a bugle-call of Warsaw disctict, Wilanów
2009 1st Prize at the All-Polish Composition Competition for the children’s opera for opera Our forest
2009 Award of the Marshal Office of Kielce
2009 Artistic scholarship of the Minister of Culture in Poland
2010 1st Prize at the VIII Composition Competition of Polish Music Publisher PWM in Krakow for Magnetismo for accordion
2012 1st Prize Baird-Composition-Competition for Young Composers in Warsaw for Muzyczna Maszyna for bass, guitar and piano
2013 Honourable Mention at the Szymanowski Composer's Competition for Iluzje for symphonic orchestra 2013
2013 Honourable Mention at the K.Komeda International Composer's Competition for Zakłócenia czasu pewnego tajemniczego miejsca for symphonic orchestra
2014 Artistic scholarship of the Minister of Culture in Poland
2015 ZAiKS scholarship
2016 Honourable Mention at the Jan Twardowski Composer's Competition for Jeszcze for bas and strings
