Tomasz Wierzbowski

has been a member of Teatr ZAR since 2005. He is an actor and musician in the performances Gospels of Childhood, Caesarean Section, Anhelli: The Calling and Armine, Sister. He holds an MA in English from the University of Wrocław. He has translated into Polish Nikos Kazantzakis’ Report to Greco and a publishing series of works dedicated to music entitled 3/2. He has authored or co-authored music for short films and theatre productions in Europe and the US. Together with Aleksandra Kotecka, he works in the Foxterrier Production music studio. Greatly interested in Georgian polyphony which he first encountered during Teatr ZAR’s expeditions to Tbilisi and Svaneti. Together with Aleksandra Kotecka and Krzysztof Paździora, he runs an in-depth project with Georgian musical material, initiated by a work session with Malkhaz Erkvanidze in June 2014. With the project Armine, Sister he has broadened his vocal experience through the work with modal music, which has in turn enriched his approach to polyphony. He learns to play the kanoun under the tuition of Aram Kerovpyan.