Iwonka Bogumila Szymanska (born 11 July 1943) is a Polish composer[1] and pianist[2] who developed a new musical form she called a "sonnet".
She debuted as a pianist in 1951 and began composing in 1965, also performing on the radio.
She studied piano at the State Music College in Gdansk and composition at the State Music College in Warsaw, graduating in 1972.
[3] Her teachers included K. Jastrzebska and Witold Rudzinski.
[4] Szymanka’s compositions Two Essays (1971) and Trylogia (1973) received prizes.