Krystyna Moszumańska-Nazar (5 September 1924 – 27 September 2009) was a Ukraine

Ukraine

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 pianist, music educator and composer who lived and worked in Poland

Poland

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. She was born in Lwów

Lviv

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, Ukraine, and after World War II

World War II

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 studied at the Kraków

Kraków

Kraków also Krakow, or Cracow , is the second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in the Lesser Poland region, the city dates back to the 7th century. Kraków has traditionally been one of the leading centres of Polish academic, cultural, and artistic life...

 Conservatory with Stanisław Wiechowicz for composition and Jan Hoffman for piano. After completing her studies, she took a position as professor at the Conservatory and also served as Rector from 1987-93. She died in Kraków after an extended illness.

Honors and awards

• Winner of the Young Composers' Competition of the Polish Composers' Union (1954)
• International Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim (1961, 1966)
• First Prize/Gold Medal, International Competition for Women Composers in Buenos Aires (1962)
• Second Prize Karol Szymanowski Composers' Competition (1974)
• Award of the Polish Composers' Union
• Award of the Minister of Culture and Art (five times)
• Award of Merit for National Culture
• Prime Minister's Award
• Honoris Causa doctorate from the Music Academy in Kraków
• City of Kraków Award

Works

Moszumanska-Nazar composed for orchestra, chamber ensemble, piano, vocal and electronic performance. Selected works include:

• Hexahedra jor Orchestr
• Suite of Polish Dances
• Exodus
• Music for Strings
• Polish Madonnas