Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haifi Szamotulska kuma ta zauna a Warsaw a mafi yawan rayuwarta. A cikin lokacin tsakanin yaƙe-yaƙe, ta yi karatun piano a Warsaw Conservatory (yanzu Jami'ar Kiɗa ta Fryderyk Chopin) tare da malamai da Marcelina Kimont-Jacynowa. Bayan kammala karatunta, ta yi aiki a matsayin mai rakiyar a alma mater. Bayan mamayewar Poland a 1939, ta yi waƙoƙi a ɓoye. Bayan da
a ƙarshen yaƙin a cikin 1945 ta sami matsayin darektan aji na rakiyar a PWSM a Kraków, wanda ta riƙe har zuwa 1965. A cikin 1948, ta yi wasan farko na "Waƙoƙin Yara Biyu" na Witold Lutosławski, tare da Irena Wiskida.