duartion: ca. 5'

This work was written for young performers.

Commissioned with the support of the Lions Club Weimar and the Förderverein Freunde der Musikschule „Johann Nepomuk Hummel“ e. V.

duartion: ca. 6'

commissioned by Lux Nova Duo

premiere: 07.11.2025, Hamburg Dialogues VI, resonanzraum Hamburg

duration: ca. 4'

premiere: 28.09.2025, RADAR Quartett, Halle 424, Hamburg

Recording available upon request.

duration: ca. 3'

This work was written for young performers.

Recording available upon request.

duration: ca. 8'

Commissioned work for the ad libitum competition

premiere: 05.07.2025, as part of “ad libitum – Kompositionswettbewerb der Winfried Böhler Kultur Stiftung”, Waldkirch

program note: In dieser Komposition hebt das Geigenensemble zu einer interplanetaren Forschungsmission ab. Ziel: vier völlig unterschiedliche Planeten: der Wasserplanet gluckert, der Dschungelplanet raschelt, der Wüstenplanet flirrt. Und der schwarze Stilleplanet? Nun ja, er ist … still. Oder?
Bevor überhaupt ein Ton notiert wurde, mussten wir natürlich auf jedem Planeten landen. Danach die große Frage: Wie klingt das auf der Geige? Kann man Wüstenwind streichen? Darf der grüne Planet auch mal miauen?
Das Stück ist in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem Ensemble entstanden – mit viel Neugier, Mut zur Lücke und Liebe zum Geräusch.
Wer wissen will, wie man mit einem Bogen durchs All reist: Bitte einsteigen - der Countdown läuft.

Recording available upon request.

duration: ca. 6'

commissioned by Lux Nova Duo

premiere: 17.10.2024, Hamburg Dialogues V. Sounds of Guernica, Instituto Cervantes Chilehaus, Hamburg

program note: “Boje Trepetljike” means “The Colors of the Aspen” in Bosnian. The piece unfolds a multifaceted spectrum of colors that gradually fades into shades of grey over the course of the composition. With this work, I sought to capture the contrasts I encountered in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

duration: ca. 9'

premiere: 31.10.2024, Dreieck Quartett, Kapelle Vonderau-Museum, Fulda

program note: The work was inspired by A. Tennyson’s The Two Voices and engages with inner conflict as well as existential questions arising in the speaker’s mind. It presents an internal dialogue between two voices that represent differing perspectives on life, belief, and existence.

duration: ca. 12'

premiere: 26.05.2024, ensemble via nova, 25. Weimarer Frühjahrstage 2024, Weimar

program note: The piece delves into the hidden world of roots. At its center is the birch tree: its processes of growth, colors, and forms become the central motifs of the work. Networks of sound intertwine, symbolizing the connection and communication of root systems.

duration: ca. 10'

duration: ca. 3'

This work was written for young performers.

Recording available upon request.

duration: ca. 5'

commissioned by The Young ClassX e.V.

premiere: 24.10.2023, the Brass Ensemble of the MJO conducted by Kent Nagano, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

Recording available upon request.

duration: ca. 13'

premiere: 29.04.2023, Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest

program note: In my piece Looking Glass for basset horn in F, natural horn in D, violin, viola, and double bass, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, I imagine the process of sending sound through a mirror. Gradually, the listener is led to a point on the other side, where everything that is heard appears as a reflection and where sonic elements emerge that should not normally exist.
The work plays with this idea of mirrored perception: familiar sounds are transformed, distorted, or doubled, creating a musical space in which the boundary between the original and its reflection becomes increasingly blurred.

duration: ca. 9'

premiere: 18.11.2022, DUO F:LAUTE, Künstlerhof Roter Ochse Schleusingen

program note:

ru – ur (ru – rural, ur – urban) is a piece for piccolo/alto flute and electronics. Field recordings from wintry rural and urban environments form the electronic layer with which the flute enters into an ever-changing sonic dialogue. The idea for this piece emerged during a residency at the Künstlerhof Schreyahn. During this time, I regularly traveled between the village and Hamburg, taking regional trains through winter landscapes. Along the way, the contrast between the two places became repeatedly audible: the wide, quiet soundscape of the countryside and the denser acoustic environment of the city. At the same time, both shared something in common for me - their own particular form of winter stillness.

duration: ca. 10'

commissioned by Hamburger Ratsmusik

premiere: 31.01.2023, Kleiner Saal, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg

program note: The piece is based on baroque rhetorical figures and rhythmic elements of the galliard. It takes inspiration from the theme of Flow, My Tears by John Dowland.

duration: ca. 8'

premiere: 28.04.2022, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, Subito! Woche der Neuen Musik Hamburg

program note: The musical material of the piece is inspired by the sea shanty Rolling Down to Old Maui. The work unfolds as a musical narrative about a sea monster.

duration: ca. 9'

premiere: 27.06.2021, HFM Weimar

duration: ca. 10'

premiere: 23.05.2021, ensemble via nova, 22. WEIMARER FRÜHJAHRSTAGE 2021, Weimar

program note: Conexiones means connections in Spanish, and that is the main idea of the piece.
The connections are between the instruments, but also appear as a connection to nature. The composition is a collage in which the elements change quickly but still relate to the main idea. Two important elements that appear in this musical collage are inspirations from South America - bird calls and traditional dance from Ecuador: San Juanito.

duration: ca. 7'

duration: ca. 2'

commissioned by MDR Klassik

more information: https://www.mdr.de/klassik/ensembles/audio-marta-kowalczuk-platz-der-demokratie-mikrokomposition100.html

duration: ca. 8'

premiere: 30.05.2020, Ensemble Miet+, 21. Weimarer Frühjahrstage, Weimar

duration: ca. 10'

duration: ca. 7'

premiere: 14.08.2020, Sondershausen

duration: ca. 17'

duration: ca. 1'

for 3 flutes

duration: 3'

for brass quintet

duration: ca. 5'

duration: ca. 10'

duration: ca. 8'

program note: "CB 2016" is inspired by Codex Buranus. In the piece appear original medieval melodies, which are introduced by viola in intentionally lower tuning.

duration: ca. 7'