Spółdzielnia Muzyczna is among Poland’s most dynamic ensembles specialising in the performance of contemporary music. The musicians have graced renowned festivals such as MaerzMusik in Berlin, the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt, AFEKT in Estonia, and a wealth of Polish ones – the Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music, Sacrum Profanum, Audio Art, Unsound, and Musica Polonica Nova. Their most noteworthy accolade includes the prestigious Ensemble Prize awarded by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation, as well as nominations for the Coryphaeus of Polish Music and the 2022 Fryderyk awards in the Contemporary Music Album of the Year category.

The ensemble has had the privilege of participating in the Ensemble-Akademie Freiburg masterclasses for ensembles led by ensemble recherche, and selection, as one of only four ensembles, for the Young Ensemble Academy, where they worked with the legendary Ensemble Modern.

Spółdzielnia Muzyczna is strongly connected to Kraków, its home city, where it has long developed a variety of regular projects. These include INTERAKCJE / INTERACTIONS – concerts combined with open discussions bridging the creator – performer – audience divide; PLAYGROUND: call for collaborations inviting selected artists to compose together, culminating in the performance of the jointly developed works; OPEN SPACE – workshops in new instrumental techniques for composers; as well as OTWÓRZ USZY, OTWÓRZ OCZY / OPEN YOUR EARS, OPEN YOUR EYES and SPÓŁDZIELNIA NA MIEJSCU / SPÓŁDZIELNIA IS HERE educational and interdisciplinary events designed to open broad audiences to introduce new sounds. As part of the last initiative, Spółdzielnia also organises RYTMICZNE WIERSZOWANKI / RHYMES IN RHYTHM sessions for children where they set well-known poems by Polish poets to sound, incorporating among others elements of body music; ORKIESTRA HAŁASÓW / THE ORCHESTRA OF NOISES with music made together on unconventional instruments; and SPACER DŹWIĘKOWY / SOUND WALK during which participants prick up their ears to the sounds of the city.

•         Małgorzata Mikulska – flutes
•         Tomasz Sowa – clarinets
•         Krzysztof Guńka – saxophones
•         Barbara Mglej – violin/viola
•         Paulina Woś – violin/viola
•         Jakub Gucik – cello/electronics
•         Aleksander Wnuk – percussion/electronics
•         Aleksandra Płaczek – piano/keyboards/electronics
•         Emilia Stefańska – coordination