Grażyna Bacewicz Poland
Biography
Gra?yna Bacewicz (February 5, 1909 in ?ód? – January 17, 1969 in Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish composer and violinist. She was the first Polish female composer to achieve national and international recognition. Her father and brother Vytautas were Lithuanian and used the last name Bacevi?ius, the other brother Kiejstut was Polish. Her father, Wincenty Bacewicz (lith. Vincas Bacevi?ius), gave Gra?yna her first piano and violin lessons. In 1928 she began studying at the Warsaw Conservatory
