Marta Ptaszyńska

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Marta Ptaszyńska, composer, percussionist, professor of music, was born in 1943 in Warsaw, Poland. She completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Warsaw and in Poznań, receiving three Master of Arts Diplomas with distinction: in music theory, composition, and percussion performance. As a French Government grant recipient, she studied composition in Paris with Nadia Boulanger, attended classes of Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire National, and worked at Groupe des Recherches Musicales (GRM) at l'ORTF. Since 1972 she lives in the United States, where she came on the invitation of the Cleveland Institute of Music to finalize her studies in percussion performance and composition. Since then she is enjoying a multi-faceted career as a composer, percussionist, and teacher. In 1998 she was appointed Professor in Music and Humanities at the University of Chicago. Previously she was on the faculty of the Indiana University School of Music in Bloomington. For many years she also taught composition at Northwestern University, the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, the University of California in Berkeley and Santa Barbara, and at Bennington College in Vermont. Acclaimed as one of the best composition teachers in the US, Ptaszyńska is internationally known mainly through her music. Her works have been presented in many countries all over the world and performed at many prestigious music festivals such as the ISCM World Music Days in Stockholm, Brussels, and Osl

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Polish Collection of the Warsaw Autumn 1956-2005

Polish Collection of the Warsaw Autumn 1956-2005: Apostrophes

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Polonium

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Concerto For Marimba and Orchestra

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Per Clavicembalo Moderno

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Polish Violin Duos

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"Kolorowe światło" na mezzosopran, perkusję i fortepian do słów Modene Duffy

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Polish Collection of the Warsaw Autumn 1956-2005: CD-07 Apostrofy

Pan Marimba

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Concerto For Marimba And Orchestra; Songs Of Despair And Loneliness; La Novella D'Inverno

Duczmal conducts the Amadeus Chamber Orchestra

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Marta Ptaszuńska: Double Concerto, Concerto grosso & SE-TA (Sequenza e tarantella)

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