NFM Girls’ Choir
Choir presentation
The NFM Girls’ Choir, made up of girls aged eleven to eighteen, was founded in September 2022. From the outset, it has been under the direction of Małgorzata Podzielny, who initiated the idea of creating the ensemble. Since 2023, Mikołaj Szczęsny has held the position of assistant to the choir’s artistic director. The NFM Girls’ Choir combines a passion for music with a spirit of friendship, which immediately shines through in the girls at first sight.
Despite its short history, the choir actively pursues artistic projects in collaboration with renowned conductors such as Ernst Kovacic, Enrico Onofri and Jacek Kaspszyk, as well as ensembles such as the Baroque Orchestra of the European Union, Sinfonia Varsovia, the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, the LutosAir Quintet, the Lutosławski Quartet, the Polish Radio Choir, the NFM Choir, the NFM Boys’ Choir and the Rondo Vocal Ensemble.
The choir performs regularly at festivals and concerts in Poland and abroad, presenting both sacred and secular music. Major engagements include concerts at the International Andrzej Markowski Wratislavia Cantans Festival (2023, 2024), the Leo Festival and the European Youth Festival “Festival of Europe” in Dresden.
The NFM Girls’ Choir can boast numerous distinctions, including 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 2025, the Choirs received a Gold Diploma at the Cantat Choral Competition in Legnica, the Grand Prix at the Ohrid Choral Festival in Northern Macedonia, and a Gold Diploma at the 11th M. Kopernik “Per Musicam Ad Astra” International Choral Competition and Festival in Toruń.
THE CHOIR DIRECTOR: Małgorzata Podzielny
She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in the artistic discipline of conducting. She teaches at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where she gives courses in choral conducting and children’s choir conducting methodology, accompanied by practical work. She is a graduate of the same academy, where she studied at the Faculty of Music Education (conducting section) as well as the Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Music Therapy. She also completed post-graduate studies in Choirs conducting in Bydgoszcz. In all her courses of study, she graduated with honors. She was awarded a scholarship by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
For twenty years, she was conductor of the Con Brio choir at the Grażyna Bacewicz Undergraduate School of Music in Wrocław. She currently directs the Rondo Vocal Ensemble (since 2006) and holds the position of artistic director of the NFM Boys’ Choir (since 2009) as well as the NFM Girls’ Choir, founded in September 2022.
In 2014, her book Shaping the Artistic Attitude of a Young Chorister was published by the Wrocław Academy of Music. She is also scientific coordinator of the national and international conferences “Working with Children’s Choirs”, which have resulted in the publication of two collections entitled Working with Children’s Choirs (2019, 2023). She regularly leads workshops and seminars on working with children’s and youth choirs.
NFM Girls’ Choir
Choir presentation
The NFM Girls’ Choir, made up of girls aged eleven to eighteen, was founded in September 2022. From the outset, it has been under the direction of Małgorzata Podzielny, who initiated the idea of creating the ensemble. Since 2023, Mikołaj Szczęsny has held the position of assistant to the choir’s artistic director. The NFM Girls’ Choir combines a passion for music with a spirit of friendship, which immediately shines through in the girls at first sight.
Despite its short history, the choir actively pursues artistic projects in collaboration with renowned conductors such as Ernst Kovacic, Enrico Onofri and Jacek Kaspszyk, as well as ensembles such as the Baroque Orchestra of the European Union, Sinfonia Varsovia, the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra, the LutosAir Quintet, the Lutosławski Quartet, the Polish Radio Choir, the NFM Choir, the NFM Boys’ Choir and the Rondo Vocal Ensemble.
The choir performs regularly at festivals and concerts in Poland and abroad, presenting both sacred and secular music. Major engagements include concerts at the International Andrzej Markowski Wratislavia Cantans Festival (2023, 2024), the Leo Festival and the European Youth Festival “Festival of Europe” in Dresden.
The NFM Girls’ Choir can boast numerous distinctions, including 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 2025, the Choirs received a Gold Diploma at the Cantat Choral Competition in Legnica, the Grand Prix at the Ohrid Choral Festival in Northern Macedonia, and a Gold Diploma at the 11th M. Kopernik “Per Musicam Ad Astra” International Choral Competition and Festival in Toruń.
THE CHOIR DIRECTOR: Małgorzata Podzielny
She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in the artistic discipline of conducting. She teaches at the Karol Lipiński Academy of Music in Wrocław, where she gives courses in choral conducting and children’s choir conducting methodology, accompanied by practical work. She is a graduate of the same academy, where she studied at the Faculty of Music Education (conducting section) as well as the Faculty of Composition, Conducting, Music Theory and Music Therapy. She also completed post-graduate studies in Choirs conducting in Bydgoszcz. In all her courses of study, she graduated with honors. She was awarded a scholarship by the Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage.
For twenty years, she was conductor of the Con Brio choir at the Grażyna Bacewicz Undergraduate School of Music in Wrocław. She currently directs the Rondo Vocal Ensemble (since 2006) and holds the position of artistic director of the NFM Boys’ Choir (since 2009) as well as the NFM Girls’ Choir, founded in September 2022.
In 2014, her book Shaping the Artistic Attitude of a Young Chorister was published by the Wrocław Academy of Music. She is also scientific coordinator of the national and international conferences “Working with Children’s Choirs”, which have resulted in the publication of two collections entitled Working with Children’s Choirs (2019, 2023). She regularly leads workshops and seminars on working with children’s and youth choirs.