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Aleksander Gabryś is a double bassist, performer, and composer. He appears as a soloist with ensembles such as Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Collegium Novum Zürich, and the œnm – Austrian Ensemble for New Music. Since 2001, he has been a permanent member of Ensemble Phoenix Basel.

He has performed internationally in New York, Moscow, Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Cape Town, Montevideo, Tbilisi, Warsaw, Nairobi, Gothenburg, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Novi Sad, and Zurich, as well as at major festivals including the Biennale di Venezia, MaerzMusik, and Wien Modern.

In 2020, he was active at Stanford University, where he led a masterclass in composition and performed a solo recital at CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics).

Numerous composers — including Helmut Oehring, Ulrich Krieger, Douglas McCausland, Edward Bogusławski, Thomas Kessler, Ryszard Gabryś, Krzysztof Knittel, Junghae Lee, Michel Roth, Nicolas Tzortzis, and Erik Ulman — have dedicated works for double bass to him.

His own compositional output includes works for solo double bass, chamber music, and computer music, often with a tendency toward paratheatrical forms. His solo performances, marked by expressive intensity, are rooted in the tradition of one-man theatre.

In 2024, he released the film Sonata ♭ as author and creator, based on the “Beelzebub Sonata” by S. I. Witkiewicz. In 2025, his Double Bass Concerto Rio, mein Rio was premiered by Ensemble Phoenix Basel.