Polish musicologist Piotr Poźniak died on November 23, 2016 at the age of 80.

He was a researcher (who focused mainly on the 16th- and 17th-century music), teacher and author of several score editions. He studied musicology, composition and choral conducting in Krakow. As an academic scholar (he became a full professor in 2006), he gave guest lectures at the Academy of Music in Krakow, as well as at universities in Bochum, Rome, Salzburg, and Leuven. Ha participated in numerous conferences in Poland and abroad.

Piotr Poźniak worked at the Jagiellonian University (1983-87) and PWM Edition (1963-73), and was the president of the Musicologists’ Section of the Polish Composers’ Union (1985-1991).