Krzysztof Wołek (b. 1976, Bytom, Poland) is a versatile composer, improviser, and electronic music performer. He is a Professor of Music Composition and the Director of Digital Composition Studies at the University of Louisville, and serves as a Programming Committee Member for the Warsaw Autumn Festival.

Wołek has received numerous awards, including 2025 Guggenheim Fellowship, the Kentucky Arts Council Al Smith Fellowship, the Century Fellowship from the University of Chicago, and the Prix at the Concours Internationaux de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques in Bourges. His notable commissions include works for the Warsaw Autumn Festival, the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, and the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage. As a composer and performer, Wołek has collaborated with leading ensembles and artists such as TALEA, the Grossman Ensemble, the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra (NOSPR), Camerata Silesia, and long-standing collaborators including Agata Zubel, Małgorzata Walentynowicz, Tempo Reale, and Ensemble OMN.

Wołek's work spans a broad spectrum - from purely acoustic and improvisational to electronic and multidisciplinary collaborations. His compositions explore unique and unconventional relationships between seemingly disparate elements. His recordings appear on the ANAKLASIS and CD Accord labels, and his works are published by PWM Edition.