DOWGIAŁŁO-ZYCH, Zofia

Zofia Dowgiałło-Zych is a Polish composer, harpist, and educator. She graduated in philosophy at the University of Warsaw, but then went on to attend the prestigious Fryderyk Chopin University of Music, studying composition and performance. She obtained her doctorate in 2022.

As a composer, her works have been performed by a number of renowned orchestras, including the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Chamber Orchestra of the National Philharmonic, the New Music Orchestra, and the Gorzowska Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2022, she was a composer-in-resident in Les Coves de Vinromà, Spain.

As a performer, she was a resident at the Omi International Arts Center in New York as an improvising harpist (2006). She has also performed in numerous festivals as a chamber musician.

She is presently a lecturer at The Krzysztof Penderecki Academy of Music in Kraków.