Born in 1974 in Siemianowice Sląskie (Poland). A composer and double-bass player, he is a graduate of the Karol Szymanowski Music Academy in Katowice (1998). He also completed postgraduate studies at the Musik-Akademie in Basel (1999-2002). He has perfected his skills in the performance of contemporary music under the guidance of O. Badila and W. Giittler. He has attended numerous masterclasses. He studied composition with his father Ryszard Gabrys’, T. Kessler, and had consultation with the late Witold Szalonek. He is a prizewinner of numerous competitions for composers and performers, including those dedicated to A. Krzanowski, A. B. Ciechanski, K. Penderecki and T. Baird, as well as the Andrzej Panufnik "Patri Patriae" Competition. He has held grants from the Arts Institute in Cracow, the Brandenburg Land Government, the "Lyra" Foundation of Zurich and the "Thyll-Diirr" Foundation of Basel. He has performed as a soloist and in chamber music since his teens. For the past few years he has also been a member of the "Proporzioni" Oboe Trio of Kazimierz Dawidek. He has participated in the Silesian Composers Tribunes, the Silesian Days of Contemporary Music, the Days of Karol Szymanowski’s Music in Zakopane, the Mikolow Music Days, "Das Theatralische in der Musik" in Davos, "Buckowtzer Begegnungen", the "Unerhorte Musik" in Berlin, "Hudobni Salony" in Bariska Bistrica (Slovakia), and "Melos-Ethos" in Bratislava. He has given over 30 recitals in Poland, Switzerland, Germany and Holland. His pieces for tape have been featured in Bourges. He has taken part in performances of Alberto Ginastera’s Glosses as a member of the soloists’ quintet with Gidon Kremer. He was the first musician in Poland to play Gubaidulina’s Sonata for Double-bass as well as works by Scelsi, Lombardi, Zeljenka’s Concertino and the double—bass version of Szalonel<’s 1+1+1+1. He has made numerous recordings for Polish Radio and Silesian TV. Many composers, such as T. Kessler, ]. lrsai, E. Bogus,awski, D. Iack, R. Klisowski, P. Radko, R. Gabrys have dedicated to him their works for double-bass. A. Gabrys is working with "Ensemble Phoenix Basel", "Collegium Novum Zurich", he belongs to "X-Quartet", as well as formations performing old music, like "Camerata Vivaldi".
Selected works: Miniatures for double-bass and tape (1990), Lux in tenebris for tape (1992), Voak gefeustich, instrumental theatre for five musicians-actors (1992), Holy God for soprano, piano strings, tapes and light (1993), The Garden of God's Games for strings and computer sounds (1994), Quadrofonietta for string instrument and live electronics (1996), Printemps Mandale for tape (the composer's own poem in his own interpretation, 1997), Actus contra Naturam for tape (1997, for dancer), Eco-Ethno—Polish-Mountains—Spheroid for tape (1998), Abraxas for string orchestra and tape (1998), Man in Fish for double-bass and tape (1999), Bas-el-Karneval for string instrument and live electronics (2000), L’ultima Volta con de-cadenza for tape (2000), Folklorietta for tape (2001, computer music employing authentic folk music recordings from the Silesian Beskid range; 2001), Patrix for double—bass and tape (2001), Deus Irae for violin/viola, cello / percussion instruments, accordion / piano, double-bass/gd’ulka (2002), Avanti for clarinet solo (2003), Da ich ein Knabe war for soprano, horn, clarinet, violin, cello and piano to the words of F. Holderlin (2003), Aleksandrietta for double—bass solo, 2003, Nano for creative contrabassist (2004).