Dobrawa Czocher

This composer and cellist has appeared on the world’s leading stages. Together with Hania Rani, she recorded Biała flaga, a collection of extraordinary reinterpretations of songs by Grzegorz Ciechowski, and created Inner Symphonies, a masterpiece released by Deutsche Grammophon. As a solo artist, she’s published her debut Dreamscapes and the EP Sonata for Solo Cello: Joanna’s Tale, commissioned by the Warsaw Uprising Museum. She performed at the 2025 Great September Showcase Festival and Conference, to thunderous applause, and will be coming to the 2026 OFF Festival hot on the heels of her follow-up album, State of Matter. On it, she asks: “What pushes us to reach farther, deeper? To explore, to touch, and to understand?” And she presses on boldly as a composer and a musician. No longer anchored solely in the cello, Dobrawa’s subtle but intense music is now incorporates synths, electronics, and her own voice. In an interview for the NME, actor Benedict Cumberbatch called listening to Dobrawa Czocher’s music “a wonderful thing to bathe in.” And that’s exactly why we’re inviting you – and Benedict – to see her perform at the OFF Festival.