He chose the pseudonym "Henrique de Curitiba" to become known in Brazil and abroad under a more commonly and better pronounceable name.

His father was a dancer and choreographer and was known at La Scala in Milan, Italy.

He graduated at the Curitiba Music and Arts School in 1953 and worked as an organist at the city's cathedral.

Morozowicz then moved to São Paulo to study piano under Henry Jolles and composition under H. J. Koellreuter at the Escola Livre de Música.

In 1981 Morozowicz received the Master's Degree at Cornell University and Ithaca College in New York,[2] under the guidance of Karel Husa.