NFM Girls’ Choir

The NFM Girls’ Choir, bringing together girls aged nine to eighteen, was founded in September 2022 by Andrzej Kosendiak. From the outset, it has operated under the direction of Małgorzata Podzielny, its mastermind. Since 2023, Mikołaj Szczęsny has served as the choir’s assistant artistic director.

Despite its short history, the NFM Girls’ Choir has already been actively involved in the musical life of Wrocław, realising artistic projects in collaboration with renowned conductors such as Ernst Kovacic, Enrico Onofri, and Jacek Kaspszyk, as well as ensembles such as the European Union Baroque Orchestra, Sinfonia Varsovia, NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, LutosAir Quintet, Lutosławski Quartet, Polish Radio Choir, NFM Choir, NFM Boys’ Choir, and Rondo Vocal Ensemble. The choir regularly performs at festivals and concerts in Poland and internationally, presenting both sacred and secular music. Among its most important events are concerts during the International Festival Wratislavia Cantans (2023, 2024), the Leo Festival, and the European Youth Festival “Fête de l'Europe” in Dresden. The choir also performed as a guest of honour at the 22nd Ignaz Reimann International Choral Music Festival in Wambierzyce and has participated in numerous arts projects in Lower Silesia.

The NFM Girls’ Choir boasts a number of successes, including winning the Grand Prix at the 8th International Professor Józef Świder Music Festival in Cieszyn (2023) and the Grand Prix at the Chorus Inside International Competition in Rovinj, Croatia, in 2024. In October 2024, the choir received an award for the best performance of a work by a Polish composer at the National Choral Competition held as part of the National Choral Forum “Wrocław – the City of Music”.

In December 2023, the choir’s first album, Philharmonic of Mr Blot, was released, featuring the NFM Boys’ Choir, Rondo Vocal Ensemble and NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra. The album includes songs from the films about the adventures of Mr Blot, arranged by Michał Ziółkowski. In 2025, the album was nominated for a 2025 Fryderyk Award in the Crossover category.

In 2025, the choir won the Gold Diploma at the Legnica Cantat choir competition, the Grand Prix at the Ohrid Choir Festival in North Macedonia and the Gold Diploma at the 11th International Nicolaus Copernicus Choral Competition and “Per Musicam Ad Astra” Festival in Toruń.

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.

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

Conductor, music theorist, and professor at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław. Since 2024, she has headed the Department of Music Education at her alma mater. She teaches choral conducting and methodology of work with children’s choirs, including practical training. Author of the book Shaping the Artistic Attitude of a Young Chorister (2014) and editor of two volumes of the Working with a Children's Choir (2019, 2023), which include proceedings from international and national conferences of the same title, for which she served as the research director, as well as the collection Children Sing! Volume 1: Two- and Three-Part Pieces for A Cappella Children’s Choir (2025).

A concert of the 25th International I. Reimann Festival
 
13.06
Sat.
3:00 PM
Wambierzyce, Bazylika Nawiedzenia Najświętszej Marii Panny
Waves at Play
Jerzy Maksymiuk
11.09
Fri.
7:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Masters of Harmony
NFM Girls' Choir / NFM Boys' Choir
11.10
Sun.
5:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Emotions

A Choral Performance

Art’n’Voices Ensemble
10.01
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Joyful, Joyful
NFM Girls' Choir / NFM Boys' Choir
18.04
Sun.
5:00 PM
NFM, Red Hall
Voices United

Songs for Children

NFM Girls' Choir / NFM Boys' Choir
13.06
Sun.
11:00 AM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
Carmina Burana
NFM Girls' Choir / NFM Boys' Choir / NFM Choir
20.06
Sun.
6:00 PM
NFM, ORLEN Main Hall
 
Contact
Barbara Olech
Manager of NFM Boys’ Choir and NFM Girls’ Choir
Valentyna Maruniak
NFM Boys’ Choir and NFM Girls’ Choir Specialist
NFM Wrocław Philharmonic
NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra
Wrocław Baroque Orchestra
Wrocław Baroque Ensemble
NFM Choir
NFM Boys' Choir
Lutosławski Quartet
LutosAir Quintet
Polish Cello Quartet
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