The NFM Boys’ Choir plays an active role in Wrocław’s artistic life, performing with top ensembles and conductors such as John Eliot Gardiner, Giovanni Antonini, Zubin Mehta, Giancarlo Guerrero, and Jacek Kaspszyk. The choir is frequently invited to participate in artistic events, such as the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans and the Leo Festival, as well as in film productions (by Agnieszka Holland, Paweł Pawlikowski, and Michał Kwieciński), television projects, and theatre productions. It has performed in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Switzerland, Georgia, and Japan.

The choir’s discography includes albums released by the NFM, such as Salzburg Marian Mass (2015) featuring music by Mozart, and Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 07 (2018) featuring songs for children; works by Marcin Józef Żebrowski conducted by Andrzej Kosendiak (2018); This Day (2019) with music for children by Bob Chilcott; The Light of a Winter Night (2022), containing arrangements of Christmas carols and pastorals by Michał Ziółkowski, performed by the NFM Choir and the NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Małgorzata Podzielny; and The Philharmonic of Mr Kleks (2023), featuring arrangements of songs from the Mr Kleks films, an album that received a Fryderyk Award nomination in the Crossover category in 2025. Another release, Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 09 – Les petits riens was released in 2026, and selected soloists of the NFM Boys’ Choir also appear on the Komm! Bach Cantatas with Recorder album.

In addition to the choir’s regular schedule, the young singers participate in workshop sessions held several times a year and led by Polish and international experts. The choir won two Gold Diplomas at the 55th International Festival of Choral Song in Międzyzdroje (2020) and the Gold Prize at the 11th World Peace Choral Festival Online Events in Vienna (2021). The ensemble also received a Gold Diploma and a Special Award for the highest score in the children’s and youth choir category at the National Choral Competition held as part of the “Wrocław – City of Music” National Choral Forum (2021), as well as a Gold Diploma in the online edition of the “Dona Nobis Pacem” National Sacred Music Competition organised by the “Kulturalny Koneser” Polish Association of Culture Animators in Wrocław (2022); it took first place at the Ohrid Choir Festival in Macedonia (2022), won the Grand Prix at the 42nd National A Cappella Choir Competition for Children and Youth in Bydgoszcz (2024), and participated in the Stefan Stuligrosz Grand Prix of Polish Choral Music in Poznań (2024). In 2025, the NFM Boys’ Choir won gold diplomas in the “Musica Sacra” and Children’s Choirs (under 16) categories at the 60th Prof Jan Szyrocki International Choral Song Festival in Międzyzdroje, as well as gold diplomas in the sacred music and children’s choirs categories at the 10th Prof Józef Świder International Music Festival in Cieszyn. In 2026, the NFM Boys’ Choir was successful at the 6th “Filii Melodiis” National Children’s Choir Competition, winning the Grand Prix, a Gold Ribbon award in the children’s choir category (ages 16 and under), and a special prize for the best performance of a sacred work.

The NFM Boys’ Choir is active in three groups. More information about recruitment and the beginner and intermediate groups can be found at: https://www.nfm.wroclaw.pl/edukacja-dla-mlodych-artystow/nabor-i-zajecia.

Achievements of the NFM Boys’ Choir
2020
55th International Choral Festival in Międzyzdroje

• Two Golden Diplomas

2021
11th World Peace Choral Festival Online Events in Vienna

• Gold Prize

National Choral Competition, part of the National Choral Forum “Wrocław – the City of Music”

• Golden Diploma in the children’s and youth choirs category
• Special Prize for the highest score in the children’s and youth choirs category

2022
4th National Choral Competition and Festival “Musica in Urbe”

• Victory and Golden Diploma in the children’s choirs category
• Prize for the performance of a work by a Bydgoszcz-based composer
• Special Prize of the Chairman of the Artistic Council of the National Sea Song Festival in Wejherowo. Online edition of the National Sacred Music Competition “Dona Nobis Pacem" organised by the Polish Association of Cultural Animators “Kulturalny Koneser” in Wrocław
• Golden Diploma

Ohrid Choir Festival in Macedonia

• Victory in Category A
• Prize for the best interpretation of the choral piece by Zapro Zaprov

2024
42nd National Competition of Children’s and Youth A Cappella Choirs in Bydgoszcz

• Grand Prix
• Golden Tuning Fork
• Cup of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for the highest score and for the best performance of a mandatory piece in its category
• Special Prize of the Minister of National Education
• Special Prize of the President of the Main Board of the Polish Association of Choirs and Orchestras

Stefan Stuligrosz Grand Prix of Polish Choral Music 2024 in Poznań 

2025
Nomination for a Fryderyk Award for the “Album of the Year – Classical Crossover” category for the album Philharmonic of Mr Blot

60th International Prof Jan Szyrocki Choral Song Festival in Międzyzdroje

• Golden Diploma in the “Musica Sacra” category
• Golden Diploma in the Children’s Choirs up to 16 years of age category
• Special Prize of the Director of the International Cultural Centre

10th International Prof Józef Świder Music Festival in Cieszyn

• Winner and Golden Diploma in the Children’s Choirs category
• Winner and Golden Diploma in the Sacred Music category
• Special Prize for the best performance of a piece inspired by folklore and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Educational Sciences Cup of the University of Silesia in Cieszyn
• Special Prize for the best performance of a sacred piece and the Cup of His Excellency the Bishop of the Cieszyn Diocese of the Evangelical-Augsburg Church and His Excellency Bishop of the Katowice Diocese.

2026  

6th National Children’s Choir Competition “Filii Melodiis”
•    Grand Prix,
•    Gold Ribbon in the Children’s Choirs (up to age 16) category,
•    Special award for the best performance of a sacred piece.

Choristers:
Jakub Budzik, Michał Chowaniec, Jakub Dubiel, Krzysztof Franczyk, Stanisław Gaura, Antoni Grabowski, Miłosz Huniak, Tomasz Jakubczyński, Michał Jałowy, Maksym Kawałko, Aleksander Kołodziejczyk, Czesław Kostetsky, Franciszek Kośmider, Piotr Kucharski, Błażej Kuczyński, Mateusz Mazur, Józef Muszyński, Jerzy Ołpiński, Stanisław Piekarek, Filip Podstawka, Aleksander Polak, Dariusz Romanowicz, Szymon Sadowski, Jean-Baptiste Sieraczek, Mikołaj Sierka, Jan Szewczuk, Jan Szydło, Filip Szymczakowski, Stanisław Wojtyło, Karol Wróbel, Mateusz Złomek, Filip Zyzański, Leopold Żyłajtys-Wroński

Choir Alumni 2025/2026
Stanisław Adamus, Antoni Baliński, Julian Gbur, Jan Klimas, Tomasz Piwowarczyk, Artur Rudnicki, Dominik Siemieniuch, Jan Szydłowski, Józef Undak