Background
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil was born in Wroclaw, Poland.
Grażyna Pstrokońska-Nawratil was born in Wroclaw, Poland.
She studied composition at the State School of Music in Wrocław with Stefan Poradowski and Tadeusz Natanson, and in France under Pierre Boulez and Olivier Messiaen. She took courses at the Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique in Paris and studied Iannis Xenakis"s music in Aix-en-Provence.
After completing her studies, Pstrokońska-Nawratil took a position in 1971 at the State School of Music in Wroclaw, becoming a professor in 1993 and later Chair of Composition and Music Theory. Beginning in 1998, she also taught at the Poznan Academy of Music. Kasia Glowicka.
The Tadeusz Baird Young Competition of the Union of Polish Composers in 1968 and 1973 Grzegorz Fitelberg Competition in 1972 International Competition for Women Composers in Mannheim in 1975 3rd place at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Composers" Tribune in Paris in 1987 Wroclaw City Award Chairman of the Council of Ministers Award for work for children and teenagers in 1997 Brother Albert Award in 1998.
