PhD Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska

Composer, vocalist and music theorist. She began her musical education at the age of five, taking piano lessons with Maria Natanson. In 2010, she graduated with honours from the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław with a second degree in composition under the supervision of Krystian Kiełb and Cezary Duchnowski (computer composition) and Zbigniew Karnecki (theatre and film composition). In 2011, she completed her second-cycle studies in music theory under the supervision of Krystian Kiełb, receiving a diploma with honours. In 2014, she obtained a Doctor of Arts degree in composition. Since 2023, she has been working as an assistant professor at her alma mater. She is a member of the Polish Composers' Union, the ZAiKS Authors' Association and STOART, among others.

Her works have been performed at festivals such as Musica Polonica Nova, Musica Electronica Nova, Warsaw Autumn, Sound Screen Festival, Gwiazdy Promują, Muzyka Epok and numerous concerts in Poland and abroad. She is a laureate of national and international competitions and composition projects. Theatre performances with her music have been staged in theatres throughout Poland. Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska's main interests include vocal-instrumental, liturgical, film and theatre music, as well as music that fits into the syncretic art movement. Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska's research interests in music theory focus in particular on vocal, theatre and film music. Between 2004 and 2007, she studied classical singing with Bogdan Makal. As a vocalist, she has given many premieres and performances of works by young composers.

Katarzyna Dziewiątkowska has extensive experience in popular music, which she has been performing since her early childhood. As a singer, composer, arranger and producer, she has participated in numerous productions for television stations such as TVP2, TVN, Polsat, TVP Rozrywka and TVP Kultura, and has made numerous recordings that have been released on albums by Universal Music Polska, Pomaton EMI, MTJ and Luna Music. She has performed on the biggest stages in Poland, as well as in the USA, Canada, England, Germany and Lithuania.