Slawomir Zamuszko (30/12/1973), a Polish composer, from Lodz. Up to the age of 12, he studied a violin; in the subsequent years, however, continued his musical education as viola player and composer. He graduated from The Grazyna and Kiejstut Bacewicz Music Academy, Lodz - he received an MA degree in viola with professor Zbigniew Frieman (1997) and an MA degree in composition with professor Jerzy Bauer (1999), the latter - with distinction. He was completing his education durin the Postgraduate Composition Studies at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy, Warsaw, with professor Marian Borkowski (2000-02). In 2002, he participated in The 8th International Young Composers' Meeting in Apeldoorn (Holland), where he was improving his skills with Louis Andriessen, Hanna Kulenty, Martijn Padding. He is twice, in 2000 and 2003, a first-prize winner of the International Composing Competition "New Lusatian Song" in Cottbus (Germany). He was a finalst of Gdansk City Bugle-call Competition (2001) and a particiapnt in The 1st International Festival of Theatre and Arts Actions "Events" in 2000, in Tczew (Poland). In the academic year 1997-98 he received The Ministry of Culture and Arts' scholarship. 1993-2003 he was been active in "Slup" ("Pole") Theatrical Studio in Lodz, for which he wrote a series of music pieces to the performances and songs to texts by Wladyslaw Reymont, Julian Tuwim and Marcel Szytenchelm. He collaborated also with Leon Schiller Polish Filmschool Lodz as a composer for many movie studies. He is assistant in the Composition Department of The Grazyna and kiejstut Bacewicz Music Academy, Lodz and a teacher of theory of music in the secondary State School of Music in Pabianice. He is also active as music publicist and announcer.