 In addition to her work on the stage, she has been active as a concert singer and recitalist, and is particularly admired for her interpretations of the works of Bach, Handel and Brahms.Teresa Żylis-Gara was born in Landwarów, Second Polish Republic (now Lentvaris in Lithuania).She studied for nine years at the Państwowa Wyższa Szkoła Muzyczna in Łódź with .