Born 4th of January 1980 died tragically on 21st May 2007. He began his musical education at the age of seven. Upon graduating from a secondary music school in Warsaw in 1999, he started taking lessons in composition from Wlodzimierz Kotonski. In 1999-2003 he studied composition at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague under the guidance of Louis Andriessen, Diderik Wagenaar, Martijn Padding and Gilius van Bergejk. He also studied composition and electronic music with Brian Ferneyhough, Jonathan Harvey and Tristan Murail at ircam in Paris (2002-2003).
Between 1994 and 1999 he won prizes at five composers competitions (including the Tadeusz Baird Competition in Warsaw and the Andrzej Panufnik Competition in Krakow). He was a finalist of the International Competition for Young Composers at the Gaudeamus Music Week in Amsterdam (2000). In 1994-2002 he participated in courses for composers in Poland, Germany, Hungary and France (Royaumont and Acanthes). In 2001 he participated (alongside, among others, Luciano Berio and Louis Andriessen) in the Bach project of the European Union, contributing a commission for a piece based on Die Kunst der Fuge. He also received commisions from the Warsaw Autumn Friends Foundation.
His pieces have been performed in Poland, Holland, Germany, Britain, the United States, France, Italy and Hungary. He has collaborated with such artists and groups as Ed Spanjaard, Nieuw Ensemble, Maarten Altena Ensemble, the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the New Music Orchestra and Adrian Brand.
Adam Falkiewicz also writes film music and takes part in multimedia installations (projects with Lukas Gloor at the Korzo Theater in The Hague and with Bozena Biskupska at the Centre of Polish Sculpture in Orońsko).