Polish composer, the author of symphonic, chamber, and solo works. She is specializing in vocal, operatic, and theater music. The winner of numerous international awards, including the Capital Fringe Festival Audience Award for the Best Musical Theatre & Opera (Washington, 2013), Opera Vista Artistic Director’s Prize (Houston, 2010), Grand Prize in the chamber division of 2008 David Walter/ISB International Composition Competition; Special Commendation at the 2008 Nancy Van de Vate International Composition Prize for Opera, Vienna. Brochocka received a Certificate of merit and a Special Mention at Italian Femfestival Women Composers Competition (Siena, 2022). Katarzyna Brochocka was also the finalist of the Douglas Moore Fund for American Opera Competition (New York, 2010) and a runner-up in the Flourish Opera Competition (London, 2012) and the 2010 I.C.A. Composition Competition. She was a grant holder of the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage Creativity Promotion Fund (2010).