born 1963 in Siemianowice (Poland), has lived in Germany since 1974.
He studied composition and live-electronics with Guenther Becker and Dimitri Terzakis at the Robert Schumann School of Music and Media in Dusseldorf. Computer
music seminars with Clarence Barlow at University
of Music and Dance in Cologne.
Postgraduate studies with Hans Zender (composition) and Hans-Dieter Resch (conducting) at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt.
Master Classes with Martin Bresnick (USA), Zygmunt Krauze (POL), Vinko Globokar (FRA/SVN) and Joseph Dorfman (ISR).
His instrumental and electronic works have been featured in concerts and radio programs throughout Europe (BBC London, SFB Berlin, HR Frankfurt, WDR Cologne, NDR Hamburg, VPRO Radio Holland, VRT Radio Belgium, Radio Nacional de Espana, Polskie Radio, ORF Austrian Radio Vienna, and Swedish National Radio), the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australia.
He has developed an algorithmic composition software (AFSTS 1) for the Atari ST computers from 1991-1993. From 1994-1997 he was chairman of the music department in the guild of artist "Kunstlergilde NRW". Banasik was the artistic director of the ensemble "go ahead" and organizer of multimedia events with new music, literature and fine arts as well as concerts of electroacoustic music and University symposia.
He has received national and international music awards and scholarships.
2009-2020, member of Music Advisory Board, State Capital Dusseldorf
2011, mentor and curator at the FFT's "Interface" Sound-Art Festival
2017-2022, organizational team "die digitale dusseldorf" festival
2019, review team ICMC 2019 concerts, New York City
2020-2024, review team New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival
2021- Jury Music Promotion Award, State Capital Dusseldorf
2021, Jury Sound Cinema Dusseldorf
2023, Jury GNM / ISCM World New Music Days 2023 in South Africa
2023, Jury GNM / ISCM World New Music Days 2024 on Faroe Islands
Banasik is lecturer for Audio Visual Design (media composition / sound) at the University for Applied Sciences / Peter Behrens School of Arts, member of the Institute for Image and Media (HSD) and the artistic director of the Computer Music Studio / Clara Schumann Music School in Dusseldorf.
guest lecturer at
Robert Schumann School of Music and Media, 2013
University of Rome "Tor Vergata", 2016/17
Hogeschool Rotterdam / School
of Communication and Media, 2023
Anton Bruckner University Linz, 2024
Philipps University of Marburg, 2024
Beside live electronics / computer music, chamber music and music theater, he has produced works for dance theater, radio plays and film/media soundtracks.
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