Musicologist, professor at the Institute of Art of the Polish  Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. Curator of Zygmunt Mycielski’s legacy. Her books include Panufnik (PWM Edition, 2001),  Górecki. A Portrait in Memory (PWM Edition, 2013), Panufnik.  Architect of Emotions (PWM Edition, 2014), The Life and Works of  Andrzej Panufnik (1914–1991) (trans. Richard Reisner, Ashgate,  2015), Mycielski. Nobility Entails Responsibility(PWM Edition,  2017), The Symphony and Symphonic Thinking in Polish Music  since 1956 (Routledge, 2019), Górecki (PWM Edition, 2023),  Zygmunt Mycielski. Between Music and Politics (PWM Edition,  2025), and she has edited the letters between Zygmunt Mycielski  and Andrzej Panufnik (ISPAN, 2016, 2018, 2021), the writings  of Zygmunt Mycielski (PWM Edition, 2022; ISPAN, 2025) and Paweł Hertz (PIW, 2022), and the correspondence between Jerzy  Giedroyc and music composers (with Michał Ceglarek; ISPAN,  2026). She coinitiated and coedited the Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Art’s publication series Polish Music Abroad  and has authored articles on Polish contemporary music, online  articles, concert programmes, and liner notes. She has appeared  at and organised numerous musicological conferences.

Her accolades include the Meritorious for Polish Culture medal  (2007), Honorary Award of the Polish Composers’ Union (2015),  Annual Award of the Polish Composers’ Union (2026) and  Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage (2026).  From 2015 to 2025, she was chair of the Musicologists’ Section of  the Polish Composers’ Union, becoming its president in June 2025.