Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska

Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska (22 February 1912 – 14 March 1994) was a Polish pianist, music educator and composer. Biography Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska was born in Brody, Austria-Hungary and studied piano with Marii Sołtysowej at the Conservatory of Music in Lwów, graduating in 1931. She continued her studies in composition with Tadeusz Szeligowski, Piotr Perkowski and Stefan Boleslaw Poradowski at the National Academy of Music in Wrocław, graduating in 1956. After completing her studies, she worked as a music educator, teaching accompaniment, chamber ensemble, music theory and composition. She died in Wrocław. Honors and awards *Opolska Wiosna Competition, second prize for the cantata Regiment (1960) *Opolska Wiosna Competition, second prize for the song cycle I envy the nut for soprano and chamber orchestra (1962) *Competition for composers in Mannheim, award for children’s ballet Ein Spaziergang in der Stadt (1971) *National Composition Competition, second prize for We Play in the Green (1970) *Prize of the city of Wrocław (1964) *Prime Minister’s Award (1974 and 1983) Works Jadwiga Szajna-Lewandowska composed mostly works for youth, including ballets and stage works. She also com