The NFM Girls’ Choir, comprising girls aged nine to eighteen, was founded in September 2022 by Andrzej Kosendiak. From the outset, it has worked under the direction of Małgorzata Podzielny, who initiated its establishment. Since 2023, Mikołaj Szczęsny has served as the assistant artistic director.
The NFM Girls’ Choir plays an active role in Wrocław’s musical life, undertaking artistic projects in collaboration with renowned conductors, such as Ernst Kovacic, Enrico Onofri, and Jacek Kaspszyk, and ensembles including the European Union Baroque Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra, NFM Wrocław Philharmonic, LutosAir Quintet, Lutosławski Quartet, Polish Radio Choir, NFM Choir, NFM Boys’ Choir, and the Rondo Vocal Ensemble.
The choir performs regularly at festivals and concerts in Poland and internationally, presenting both sacred and secular music. Key events in which it has participated include concerts at the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans, the Leo Festival, and the “Fête de l’Europe” European Youth Festival in Dresden. The choir has also performed twice at the International Ignaz Reimann Choral Music Festival in Wambierzyce and participated in numerous artistic events across Lower Silesia.
In December 2023, the first album featuring the choir members, The Philharmonic of Mr Kleks, was released. On it, they perform alongside the NFM Boys’ Choir, the Rondo Vocal Ensemble, and the NFM Leopoldinum Chamber Orchestra. The album contains songs from the Mr Kleks films arranged by Michał Ziółkowski and received a nomination for the 2025 Fryderyk Award in the Crossover category. In 2026, the young artists featured on the Witold Lutosławski. Opera omnia 09 – Les petits riens album.
The NFM Girls’ Choir boasts a number of awards and honours, including winning the Grand Prix at the 8th Prof Józef Świder International Music Festival in Cieszyn (2023) and the Grand Prix at the Chorus Inside International Competition in Rovinj (Croatia, 2024). In October 2024, the choir received a distinction for the best performance of a work by a Polish composer at the National Choral Competition, held as part of the “Wrocław – City of Music” National Choral Forum.
In 2025, the choir won a Gold Diploma at the Legnica Cantat choral competition, the Grand Prix at the Ohrid Choir Festival in North Macedonia, and a Gold Diploma at the 11th Nicolaus Copernicus International Choral Competition and Festival “Per Musicam Ad Astra” in Toruń. In 2026, the choir performed at the 5th International Choral Events competition in Saint-Raphaël, France, where it won third place in the pop/gospel category, second place in the children's choirs category, and third place in the sacred music category.
The NFM Girls’ 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 Girls’ Choir:
2023
8th International Prof Józef Świder Music Festival in Cieszyn
• Festival Grand Prix
• Winner and Gold Diploma in the Children’s and Youth Choirs category
• Winner and Gold Diploma in the Sacred Music category
• Special Prize for the most interesting interpretation of a sacred work
2024
International Competition Chorus Inside Croatia (Rovinj)
• Grand Prix
• Gold Diploma in the Polyphonic Secular Music category, Children’s and Youth Choirs
• Gold Diploma in the Polyphonic Sacred Music Category, Children's and Youth Choirs
National Choral Competition organised as part of the National Choral Forum “Wrocław – the City of Music”
• Gold Diploma in the children’s and youth choirs category
• Prize for the most interesting performance of a work by a Polish composer.
2025
The album Philharmonic of Mr Kleks was nominated for a Fryderyk Award in the “Album of the Year – Classical Crossover” category
55th Legnica Cantat Choir Festival
• Gold Diploma and 2nd place in the children’s and youth choirs category
• Special Award for exceptional attention to verbal communication in the presented works.
Ohrid Choir Festival in North Macedonia
• Festival Grand Prix
• Award for the best interpretation of a choral piece by Zapro Zaprov
11th International Nicolaus Copernicus Choir Competition and Festival “Per Musicam Ad Astra” in Toruń
• Gold Diploma and victory in the single-member youth choirs category.
2026
5th International Choral Events Competition in Saint-Raphaël, France
• 3rd place in the Pop/Gospel category
• 2nd place in the Children’s Choirs category
• 3rd place in the Sacred Music category.
Choristers:
Hanna Balińska, Klara Balińska, Nina Benedyk, Agnieszka Błaszczyk, Zofia Bogner, Emilia Bylewska, Michalina Chojnacka, Lena Cuper, Nicola Czarnywojtek, Bernadetta Dąbrowska, Gabriela Dąbrowska, Natalia Dąbrowska, Milena Drab, Hanna Dumańska, Yana Frydrykh, Pola Gałęska, Zofia Głód, Teresa Gocel, Gabriela Górska, Maria Guzdek, Martyna Jarnicka, Antonina Jarosz, Anna Klian, Aniela Klimas, Jaśmina Kotusz, Hanna Kubiak, Milena Kwiatkowska, Helena Kwiecień, Anastasia Ligorowska, Estera Ligorowska, Nadia Ligorowska, Anna Lubicz Miszewska, Julita Łobos, Marta Łobos, Agnieszka Łuczak, Beata Maleszczuk, Wiktoria Michnej, Kinga Mizerska, Klara Mokrzycka, Anastasiia Monakhova, Małgorzata Mróz, Małgorzata Muszyńska, Kalina Obała, Beata Okulewicz, Jagoda Olejniczak, Iga Ożga, Joanna Pałka, Nadia Pęciak, Weronika Piwowarczyk, Maria Prochorowicz, Maria Rogala, Anna Semeniuk, Anna Siwek, Antonina Skonieczka, Emilia Skrok, Anna Symonowicz, Zofia Symonowicz, Emilia Szeloch, Elżbieta Szymanek, Karolina Śmigiel, Aleksandra Środecka, Karolina Turczyn, Izabella Winnik, Antonia Witkowska, Zuzanna Wolska, Kalina Zamośny, Anna Złomek, Antonina Zydek
Choir Alumnae 2025/2026
Zuzanna Altman, Milena Brząkała, Paula Buczak, Oliwia Gołos, Milena Gończ, Hanna Janiak, Zofia Jasiszczak, Łucja Jugo, Antonina Kuczwara, Olga Mikołajczyk, Emilia Paczek, Lena Paczek, Aleksandra Renkas, Klaudia Rudnicka, Zuzanna Steinmetz, Joanna Stojek, Julia Szymczakowska, Blanka Środecka, Zofia Zdobylak, Alicja Ziółek