Marta Ptaszyńska (born 29 July 1943) is a Polish composer, percussionist and professor of music at the University of Chicago.
[1] She has been described by the Polish Music Center of the University of Southern California as "one of the best known Polish woman composers" as well as "a virtuoso percussionist specializing in performances of contemporary music".
In 1998, she was appointed a Professor of Music and the Humanities at the University of Chicago.
In 1995, she received the Officer Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland.
The Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra and Choir Muzyka to język najdoskonalszy.