The Polityka Passport is a cultural award established in the 1993 by the weekly "Polityka". The award is a distinction for creators who make progress, surprise with new achievements, and are very active in the in the future and therefore deserve to be cared for, supported and promoted in the world.

On Sunday evening, we met the winners Polityka Passports 2025. In the "Classical Music" category, the award was given to Ełczanka, Aleksandra Joanna Słyż. The award was given for an extraordinary ability to engage listeners, for creating a unique sound and for To show how close today we are from composition to sound direction.

Born in 1995, the composer has given her musical education – initially on the cello – she began in Ełk. She studied sound directing at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the composition at the Poznań Academy of Music, and then also an electroacoustic composition at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

In 2018 and 2020, Aleksandra Słyż received artistic scholarship of the Mayor of the City of Ełk.

Congratulations on the award!

Photo: Leszek Zych / Polityka