Polish Radio Choir - Lusławice - NOSPR

The Polish Radio Choir, based at the Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music in Lusławice, ranks among the finest vocal ensembles in Poland. Its members include gifted young singers, full of energy and irrepressible imagination, alongside seasoned vocalists who skilfully navigate the intricacies of the demanding art of singing with perfection and finesse.

Founded in 1948, the choir has for more than seventy-five years performed a repertoire that comprises both a cappella music and vocal-instrumental forms. Not only does the ensemble draw on the rich history of choral music, but it also constantly continues to seek new paths by reaching into the traditions of various styles and epochs and confronting them with its own artistic idiom and individual, recognisable sound in a creative and modern manner.

The choir’s work includes presentations that explore the relationships between sound, the body, and space, interpretations of traditional songs and pre-Classical repertoire as well as performances of complex melodic and harmonic structures. Musical encounters with the world of jazz are also well within its scope.

Polish music of the twentieth century holds a special place in the choir’s work. Its achievements include premières of pieces by some of the most significant contemporary composers, among them Krzysztof Penderecki, Witold Lutosławski, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki, and Wojciech Kilar. In recent years, the ensemble has also worked closely with leading voices in today’s Polish music, including Agata Zubel, Aleksander Kościów, Paweł Łukaszewski, Andrzej Kwieciński, Szymon Godziemba-Trytek, Aleksander Nowak, Paweł Mykietyn, and Joanna Wnuk-Nazarowa.

The Polish Radio Choir – Lusławice participates in numerous festivals both in Poland and abroad. It also regularly collaborates with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, the Polish Radio Orchestra in Warsaw, the New Music Orchestra, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Capital Royal City of Krakow Sinfonietta Cracovia.

In 2025, the ensemble – invited by Philharmonie Luxembourg – visited Luxembourg and Brussels, where it achieved great success in a concert performance of Wagner’s “Der fliegende Holländer” (“The Flying Dutchman”), conducted by Tarmo Peltokoski and featuring distinguished soloists.

In October 2025, the Polish Radio Choir – Lusławice welcomed its new artistic director Dawid Ber, D.Mus. (Habil.).