Ewa Synowiec – a composer, music theorist, pianist and teacher – died in Gdańsk on 6 March 2021. She was a member of the Polish Composers 'Union, and in 1977-1881 – treasurer of its Gdańsk Branch. The Funeral Mass followed by the burial will be held on 18 March at 10.20 p.m. in the chapel at the Rakowicki Cemetery in Kraków.
She studied piano with Ludwik Stefański (diploma with distinction in 1967) and composition with Bogusław Schaeffer (diploma in 1973) at the State Higher School of Music in Krakow. In 1967-68, thanks to a scholarship from the French Government, she continued her piano studies with Susanne Roche and Vlado Perlemutter in Paris.
She took part in many piano competitions. Until 1978 she performed as a pianist with recitals and concerts in Poland and abroad, and later devoted herself exclusively to composing. She was awarded a scholarship by the Polish Composers' Union twice (1974, 1975). Her works have been performed at festivals, including in Wrocław, Warsaw ("Warsaw Autumn"), Katowice, Poznań, Boswil (as part of the Frauenmusik-Forum), Salzburg, Zurich, and her music graphics (almost half of her compositional output) were exhibited in Poland, Germany, Great Britain, France, Austria, Switzerland and Canada.
She taught piano and composition at the Academy of Music in Gdańsk (from 1991 as a professor). She is the author of the book Bogusław Schaeffer's Instrumental Theatre (Academy of Music in Gdańsk, 1983).
She was honored, among others, with the Award of the Minister of Culture and Art, third degree (1980) and theAward of the Minister of Culture and Art, first degree (1990).