Rafal Rudawski is a composer of music, pianist, conductor, lecturer, national examiner in audio professions, sound designer and virtual instruments programmer based in Wroclaw, Poland. His compositions are widely exploited around the world in many films, tv series, media productions and music albums of different artists.
He was born on February 13th, 1983 in Przemyśl, graduate of the State Primary and Secondary Music School Artur Malawski In Przemyśl, a graduate of the Academy of Music Karol Szymanowski in Katowice, lecturer at the Lower Silesian Academy of Sound Realization in Wroclaw. He composes film music, illustrative music, music for theatrical performances, co-creator of the music of the series “Ojciec Mateusz”, “Rodzinka PL”, “Year in the garden”, “Uroczysko”, “There is no place like Poland”, “How it works”, many productions, films, trailers .
He has been co-creating the Polish gospel music scene for 24 years, a long-term instructor and jury member at such festivals as “Copenhagen Gospel Festival”, “Osiek Gospel Festival”, “Luneburg Gospel Night”. Rafal collaborated with leading Polish artists, gospel choirs, And with many global gospel choirs, including Ewa Uryga, Marek Bałata, Mietek Szcześniak, Natalia Niemen, Natalia Kukulska, Christian Charles DePlicque (USA), Michael Green (USA), Eggo Fuhrmann (DE), David Daniel (UK), Karen Gibson (UK),Peter Steinvig (DK), Peter Francis (UK ), Karen Burke (CAN), Toronto Mass Choir (CAN). In 2007, as a pianist, he participated in the recording of the first Polish concert DVD with gospel music of the GospelJoy Choir.
Founder and conductor of the Wroclaw Gospel Choir from which he has been active for 14 years. Composer and producer of the first album of the Wroclaw Gospel Choir. Winner of the first place and main prizes at the Electronic Music Festival CEMF 2011. In 2019 Rafal made his debut at the prestigious 62nd Warsaw Music Autumn festival with the composition “Breath”. In 2023, Rafal completed his 12 years of work with the Wroclaw Gospel Choir by taking part in the 56th Gospel Music Workshop of America in Greensboro, NC, USA – the largest gospel music workshop in the USA. He is also a creator, designer and programmer of custom sample libraries and virtual instruments.