Art'n'Voices - bio
Art’n’Voices is a remarkable ensemble, with flexible voices, wonderful musicianship, creative programming, and a real sense of how to communicate their love of ensemble singing to their audiences, specialist or otherwise!
Simon Carrington, The King’s Singers
Art’n’Voices is most definitely an outstanding group of high-class vocalists and sensitive, hardworking artists.
prof. Paweł Łukaszewski, composer
Your CD is stunning! Great music, beautifully performed.
Philip Lawson, The King’s Singers
The group has built a vast repertory of contemporary pieces that feature intricate vocal arrangements tailored exclusively for them. They frequently explore alternative and improvised musical styles. Nevertheless, the cornerstone of every Art’n’Voices performance is music composed by its members.
The Polish vocal ensemble Art’n’Voices aims to define the future of a cappella music by exploring its deepest emotions and inspiring listeners of all generations with the highest quality sound. It consists of eight young vocalists associated with the musical stages of northern Poland, who are the rising stars of the Polish vocal scene.
Art’n’Voices was awarded multiple times at national and international competitions. Its achievements feature 10 Grand Prix prizes, including at the 11th International Choir Festival Mundus Cantat in Sopot (2015) or the National Contemporary Choral Music Festival Music Everywhere (Gdańsk 2014). The ensemble was also successful at prestigious competitions within the network of the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing: Polifonico Guido di Arezzo in Italy (2017) and Tolosako Abesbatza Lehiaketa in Spain (2019). Their latest triumph was winning the esteemed International 'a cappella’ Contest Leipzig in May 2023.
So far, Art’n’Voices has taken part in recording nine CDs, three of which were albums released by the ensemble. In 2021, the Polish Phonographic Academy honored Art’n’Voices with the Frederic Award (also known as the Polish Grammy) for the album Midnight Stories in the category: Album of the Year – Contemporary Music. Art’n’Voices is the first a cappella octet to receive this distinction. This is the most prestigious award in the Polish Music Industry.
Art’n’Voices has performed in numerous esteemed concert halls including the Philharmonics of Gdańsk, Kashubia, Kielce, Gewandhaus Leipzig, Teatro Petrarca, Théâtre Michel Portal Bayonne, and many more. They have also collaborated with world-class artists such as Leszek Możdżer and some of the best orchestras in Poland.
The group supports the community by organizing the ArteFonie Festival, which takes place every September in Wejherowo, Poland. The festival’s goal is to discover the most innovative classical musicians and juxtapose their work with various genres of music as well as photography, graphics, painting and other forms of artistic expression.