title: Piotr Moss
text: # Piotr Moss
  
  Piotr Moss (born 13 May 1949 in Bydgoszcz) is a Polish composer of contemporary classical music.
  
  Since 1981, he has lived in Paris and since 1984 has been a French citizen.
  
  Moss studied in Poland with Piotr Perkowski, Grażyna Bacewicz, Krzysztof Penderecki and, from the late 1970s onwards, in Paris with Nadia Boulanger.
  
  His important work as a composer is characterized by a permanent search for new sounds and new eclectic stylistic associations in a genre related to Alfred Schnittke's style of music.
  
  In 2011, his concerto for clarinet d' un silence... was recorded by Jean-Marc Fessard.
  
  See the Polish article to have a complete list of Moss' compositions.
  
  ## Awards and recognition
  
  Piotr Moss received a number of main awards an various musical competitions in Poland, France, and elsewhere.
  
  He is also a recipient of the following major awards and decorations:
  
  * 2000: Knight of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters), France
  * 2009 Decoration of Honor Meritorious for Polish Culture.
  * 2009: Special award from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland) on the occasion of the 60th anniversary and 40 years of musical work
  * 2016: Officer of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters), France
  