The Academic Choir of
Wroclaw University of Technology

The Choir has been artistically active for over fourty years now. Its repertoire consists of a wide variety of a cappella, contains pieces of Polish and world composers, both old-times and contemporary music of different types, genres and styles, including outstanding vocal-instrumental compositions. The Choir has performed concerts on four continents, in thirty-three countries, including the USA and China among others, and about one hundred towns and places in Poland. In its musical output, one can find TV appearances and CD recordings as well as over fifty performances of great vocal-instrumental works. The Choir was awarded prizes, awards and medals at a great number of festivals and choral competitions, both at home and abroad. It was also a winner of many prestigious awards for its contributions and achievements in the propagation of culture.

Starting from the year 1974 – being a small group of amatuer singers at the Mining Department of the University, continuously up till now, the Choir has been the organizer of Wroclaw December Academic Choirs Festival . The entirety of its achievements, in comparison with other Polish academic choral groups, situates the choir among the leaders. Thus, this artistic group has been recognized as the cultural mark of Wroclaw. From 1974 to 1999, Piotr Ferensowicz was the conductor and artistic director of the group. Starting from the year 2000, the Choir has been supervised and conducted by Malgorzata Sapiecha-Muziol.

Malgorzata Sapiecha–Muziol graduated from the Academy of Music in Wroclaw in professor Zofia Urbanyi–Krasnodebska’s choral conducting class (1993) and in professor Marek Pijarowski’s symphonic conducting class (1998). She improved her skills and abilities in master's courses and seminars, among other things, at the Bach Academy in Stuttgart under professor Hemuth Rilling. Laureate of I Honourable II Witold Lutoslawski International Competition of Young Conductors in Bialystok. As a conductor, she collaborates with philharmonical orchestras, choirs and musical theatres in Poland. She has performed with outstanding soloists of classical music as well as light music. For many years she has conducted the Wroclaw University of Technology Choir and the orchestra and choir of the Secondary School of Music in Walbrzych. She performs many concerts in Poland and abroad with these groups. She also serves as a Director of International Barborka’s Festival of Students’ Choirs in Wroclaw.

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