NFM Girls’ Choir

The NFM Girls’ Choir, whose members are girls aged nine to eighteen, was founded in September 2022 by Andrzej Kosendiak. From the beginning, it has worked under the direction of Małgorzata Podzielny, who originated its idea. From 2023, Mikołaj Szczęsny will be the assistant artistic director of the ensemble.

Despite the short period of activity, the NFM Girls’ Choir has gained recognition for participating in the musical life of Wrocław, carrying out artistic projects in collaboration with famous conductors – including Ernst Kovacic and Enrico Onofri – and such ensembles as the European Union Baroque Orchestra, NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, LutosAir Quintet, Lutosławski Quartet, NFM Choir, NFM Boys’ Choir and Rondo Vocal Ensemble.

The choir has taken part in, among others, a concert during the Witold Lutosławski World Days, a concert of carols and pastorals, music and theatre workshops, recordings of the album Mr Kleks’ Philharmonic, the 14th Leo Festival, the 22nd International Ignaz Reimann Choral Music Festival in Wambierzyce – as an honorary guest, the European Youth Festival “Fête de l’Europe” in Dresden (2023), as well as the 58th International Festival Wratislavia Cantans.

In 2023, during the 8th Prof. Józef Świder International Festival of Music, the choir won the Grand Prix of the Festival, two Golden Diplomas (in the category: sacred music, children’s and youth choirs) and a special award for the best performance of a sacred composition.

In December 2023, the ensemble’s first album was released: Mr Kleks’ Philharmonic with the participation of the NFM Boys’ Choir, the Rondo Vocal Ensemble and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra. The album contains songs from films about the adventures of Mr. Kleks, arranged by Michał Ziółkowski.

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Małgorzata Podzielny

Artistic Director of the NFM Boys’ Choir and NFM Girls’ Choir

Assistant professor at the Faculty of Music Education, Choral Studies and Church Music of the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław; she graduated from this university in the Faculty of Music Education (in the conducting class of Maria Oraczewska-Skorek) and the Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Music Therapy (music theory). She also completed postgraduate choral studies in Bydgoszcz. She obtained diplomas with honours in all her specialties. Małgorzata Podzielny was a scholarship holder of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. For 20 years she was the conductor of the Con Brio Choir at the Grażyna Bacewicz First Degree Music School in Wrocław. Currently, she leads the Rondo Vocal Ensemble (since 2006) and is Artistic Director of the NFM Boys' Choir of the National Forum of Music (since 2009), as well as the NFM Girls’ Choir, established in September 2022.

Contact

Barbara Olech

Manager of NFM Boys’ Choir and NFM Girls’ Choir

phone: +48 71 715 97 93

mobile: +48 782 780 778

barbara.olech@nfm.wroclaw.pl

Weronika Piotrowska

NFM Boys’ Choir and NFM Girls’ Choir Specialist

mobile: +48 728 447 001

weronika.piotrowska@nfm.wroclaw.pl

Valentyna Maruniak

NFM Boys’ Choir and NFM Girls’ Choir Specialist