Iwonka Bogumiła Szymańska

Iwonka Bogumiła Szymańska
Born (1943-07-11) 11 July 1943
Warsaw, Poland
OccupationComposer
InstrumentPiano

Iwonka Bogumiła Szymańska (born 11 July 1943) is a Polish composer and pianist who developed a new musical form she called a "sonnet".

Szymańska was born in Warsaw. She debuted as a pianist in 1951 and began composing in 1965, also performing on the radio. She studied piano at the State Music College in Gdańsk and composition at the State Music College in Warsaw, graduating in 1972. Her teachers included K. Jastrzebska and Witold Rudzinski.

Szymańka’s compositions Two Essays (1971) and Trylogia (1973) received prizes. Her compositions include:

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