Grażyna Krzanowska is a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 composer. She was born in Legnica

Legnica

Legnica is a town in south-western Poland, in Silesia, in the central part of Lower Silesia, on the plain of Legnica, riverside: Kaczawa and Czarna Woda. Between 1 June 1975 and 31 December 1998 Legnica was the capital of the Legnica Voivodeship. It is currently the seat of the county...

, Poland

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

, and studied composition with Tadeusz Natanson at the State High School of Music in Wroclaw

Wroclaw

Wrocław , situated on the River Oder , is the main city of southwestern Poland.Wrocław was the historical capital of Silesia and is today the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. Over the centuries, the city has been part of either Poland, Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, or Germany, but since 1945...

, where she graduated in 1976. After completing her studies, she took a teaching position at the Bielsko-Biala Music School. She married composer and accordionist Andrzej Krzanowski

Andrzej Krzanowski

Andrzej Krzanowski was a Polish composer of classical music and accordionist...

and often collaborated with him.

Works

Selected compositions include:

• Melodies, 1975
• Cantata, 1975
• Passacaglia for Orchestra, 1976
• Relief X for Sax quartet, 2002, dedicated to Andrzej Krzanowski