Dorota Szwarcman is a music journalist and critic, and a graduate of the composition program at the Warsaw music academy. She has contributed to various publications, including Ruch Muzyczny, Gazeta Wyborcza, Wprost, Newsweek, Midrasz, and Jazz Forum. Since 2002, she has been associated with the weekly magazine Polityka. She is the author of the books Razem w życiu i muzyce. Rozmowy z Ewą Podleś i Jerzym Marchwińskim (2001) and Czas Warszawskich Jesieni. O muzyce polskiej 1945–2007 (2007), and has also authored entries for the PWM Music Encyclopedia. In 2007, she launched Co w duszy gra—the first music blog in Poland—on the Polityka website, which she continues to write to this day. Her honors include the Medal of the Association of Polish Musicians for Services to Polish Music (2007), the “Distinguished for Polish Culture” honorary badge (2007), and the Honorary Award of the Polish Composers’ Union (2009).