dr Ilona Iwańska
In 2009 graduated with honours from the Academy of Music in Krakow, where she studied theory of music, spending one semester at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in the United Kingdom (2008). Both her MA and PhD theses were prepared under the supervision of prof. M. Tomaszewski. She also pursued comparative studies at the Faculty of Polish Studies, Jagiellonian University. Her academic interests has been focused on two areas so far: the rhetoric of major-minor tonality (PhD dissertation: “Ekspresywno-semantyczny aspekt tonalności. W kręgu liryki wokalnej modernizmu”) and the Word-Tone relationship (MA thesis: “Pieśni Charlesa Ivesa inspirowane poezją anglojęzyczną”). Iwańska has taken part in several Polish and international musicological conferences, and published one book (Tonalność – ekspresja – semantyka. Studia nad pieśnią czasu modernizmu, 2020) and over twenty articles, essays, interviews and concert programme notes in Polish and English. She works as an assistant professor at the Chair of Theory and Analysis of Musical Work. She is the editorial board member of Teoria Muzyki. Studia. Interpretacje. Dokumentacje journal. She is the recipient of several scientific scholarships: from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2007, 2008), the Mayor of the City of Krakow (2009), and Sapere Auso (2007, 2008). Her doctoral dissertation was rewarded by Polish Composers’ Union (2018).