Weronika Ratusińska-Zamuszko, studied composition with Włodzimierz Kotoński and Stanisław Moryto at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw (diploma with distinction in 2001). In 2001/2002 she was a postgraduate student of Louis Andriessen and Martijn Padding at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. In 2009 she gained her MusD and is appointed as an assistant-professor at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (FCUM) at the Faculty of Instrumental Music and Music Education in Białystok. In 2018 at FCUM she gained her MusD of 2nd degree (habilitation). She held grants from the Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung, the Minister of Culture in Poland, the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and the ZAiKS Artists and Composers Association. Her honours include First Prize at the 4th "Musica Sacra" Young Composers' Competition in Częstochowa, Second Prize at the 1st National Composers' Competition in Łódź and Third Prize at the "Msza Bogucka" National Composers' Competition in Katowice. She is a member of the ZAiKS Artists and Composers Association and Polish Composers' Union.
Her compositions have been performed at numerous concerts and festivals in Poland, including the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music (Youth Circle concerts), Conversatorium Organ Music Festival in Legnica, The Laboratory Festival of Contemporary Music in Warsaw, Newest Polish Music - the Festival of Premieres in Katowice, Musica Polonica Nova in Wrocław, Warsaw Musical Encounters, Silesian Days of Contemporary Music, "Generations" at the Witold Lutosławski Concert Hall of Polish Radio, the International Festival of Sacred Music in Częstochowa, the "Stars Promote" National Festival in Jelenia Góra, as well as at the Centre for Contemporary Art. They have also been performed in Great Britain, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Holland and Ukraine, and recorded for radio and television in Poland and abroad (Polish Radio Two, RBB Radio Kultur Berlin, Radio Amsterdam, VPRO Radio 4 Nederland, WPRB Princeton, New Jersey).
Several of her works were nominated to The Phonographic Academy Award "Fryderyk" in the Album of the Year - Contemporary Music category and in 2014 the CD "Saxophone Varie" with her composition Nymphs II interpreted by Paweł Gusnar (soprano saxophone) and Alina Ratkowska (harpsichord) was awarded by "Fryderyk" in the Album of the Year - Chamber Music category. Autumn 2007 the label DUX released her first monographic CD "Chamber Music", which in the year 2009 received one of the most prestigious awards in Europe: the Pizzicato Supersonic Award in Luxembourg. In 2010 was issued her second monographic CD "Weronika Ratusińska - Works for Orchestra" recorded by Silesian Philharmonic under the baton of Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk.
In 2007-2010 Weronika Ratusińska had participated in the "Young Composers Paying Homage to Fryderyk Chopin" Programme of the Krzysztof Penderecki European Music Centre. Her works are issued by the Euterpe Music Publishers. The composition Obbligato was the mandatory work on 9th Witold Lutosławski International Cello Competition in 2013.
For Seven Beats for flute, violin and viola (1996)
Gasherbrum for chamber orchestra (1997)
String Quartet No. 1 (1997)
Divertimento for string orchestra (1998)
Missing the Mountains for mezzosoprano, clarinet,
cello and percussion instruments (1998)
Mass for choir and organ (1998)
Adoratio Crucis for mixed choir (1999)
Adeste Fideles for soprano and organ (1999)
Rondo a la España for flute, guitar and viola
(1999)
Amarcord for violin and piano (2000)
Two for two for 2 percussion players (2000)
Magnificat for soprano, baritone, mixed choir and
symphonic orchestra (2001)
Concerto for amplified violin, instrumental ensemble
and tape (2002)
String Quartet No. 2 - The Last Moments (2003)
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano (2004)
Katharsis for symphonic orchestra (2005)
Zegnaj Wilno ukochane [...] - Three Borderland Songs
for mixed choir (2005)
Nymphs I for recorder and harpsichord (2006)
Nymphs II for soprano saxophone and harpsichord (2006)
Seven Christmas Carols for soloists, mixed choir
and chamber orchestra (2006)
Rosary for soloists, mixed choir and instrumental
ensemble (2006)
Blue Note for cello and piano (2007) - see
video
1st Concerto for cello and orchestra (2008)
- see video mov.
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2 & 3
Symphony for orchestra (2008)
Sinfonietta for string orchestra (2009) - see
video
Three Sketches for organ (2010)
Obbligato for cello solo (2012) - the composition
written on commission of 9th W. Lutosławski International Cello Competition
Three pieces for 3 flutes and viola (2013) - the
composition was created as part of the Collections - Compositional
Orders programme of the Institute of Music and Dance
2nd Concerto for cello and orchestra (2013)
- the composition was created as part of the Collections
- Compositional Orders programme of the Institute of Music and Dance
Exile for right-handed solo cello and cello quartet
(2014) - the composition written on commission of Internationaal Kamermuziekfestival
Schiermonikoog (The Netherlands)
Impressions I for alto saxophone and piano (2014)
Impressions II for flute and piano (2014)
Concerto for clarinet, viola and string orchestra
(2015) - the composition was created as part of the Collections
- Compositional Orders programme of the Institute of Music and Dance
Trio for clarinet, viola and piano (2016)
Christmas Carols for mixed choir a cappella (2016)
Blue Note II for cello and orchestra (2017)
Triptych for organ (2017)
Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra (2017)
Polish Piano Quintet (2018) - the composition was
created as part of the Collections - Compositional Orders
programme of the Institute of Music and Dance
Agnus Dei for white voice and string quartet (2018)
- the composition was created as part of the Collections
- Compositional Orders programme of the Institute of Music and Dance
Phantasy for cello and piano (2019)
For Berenice - a miniature in baroque style for harpsichord
and tape (2019)
Euterpe for piano (2019) - composition comissioned
by Euterpe Music Publishing House
Calliope for piano (2020) - composition comissioned
by Euterpe Music Publishing House
Clio for piano (2020) - composition comissioned by
Euterpe Music Publishing House
Polyhymnia for piano (2020) - composition comissioned
by Euterpe Music Publishing House
Thalia for piano (2020) - composition comissioned
by Euterpe Music Publishing House
Reflections for soprano saxophone and harpsichord
(2022)
A Prayer for Rain for soprano and piano (2023)