Biografia

The history of the children’s and youth choir – Inovroclaviensis Cantans -is a colorful kaleidoscope of awards, concerts, festivals and competitions. Some of them:

 Competitions:

“Złoty Kamerton” (1987,1989), „Srebrny Kamerton” (1995)  Pomeranian Philharmonic- Bydgoszcz;

Festival „Incontrii Polifonici” Pescara -Italy (1988);

Performance for St. John Paul II and the radio broadcast “Voice of America”, Vatican (1988);

“Silver Band” Festival of Advent and Christmas Songs with the Petr Eben Award-  Prague, Czech Republic (2007);

“Eola’s Harp”  Kalisz, Poland (2010);

Grand Prix – Cups of the Marshal of Kuyavian-Pomeranian, Toruń, Poland (2011);

“Silver bend” Ars Liturgica – Gniezno, Poland (2012);

Silver and Golden Band at the National Competition of Carols and Pastorales in Chełmno (2020, 2021);

Second prize at the festival “Together in XXIst century” Bulgaria (2020);

Participation in important events:

Ingress of the Primates of Poland to the Cathedral in Gniezno: Archbishop H. Muszyński (2009);

Archbishop J. Kowalczyk (2010), Holy Mass canonization of St. John Paul II, Gniezno (2014);

Culture Festival Salzburg, concert of laureates in Mozarteum, Austria (2011);

22nd International Festival “Gaude Mater”, Wojciech Kilar’s 80th birthday concert, Częstochowa- Poland (2021);

Symphonic and oratorio concerts with the Nicolaus Copernicus Academic Choir and the Toruń Symphony Orchestra,  Toruń- Poland (2014, 2015);

Concerts: Krakow “Night of Choirs” Polish Federation of Pueri Cantores (2007, 2022), Poznań “Night of Choirs” Polish Federation of Pueri Cantores (2015)

Concerts International Federation of Pueri Cantores – Kraków (2007), Stockholm (2009), Rzeszów ( 2017), Lublin (2018);

Regional concerts “Constellation Festival” Toruń, Kruszwica (2015, 2016, 2017);

In June 2023, the band gave three concerts “W Gościnie u Kopernika”, as part of the celebration of the 550th birthday of the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The event was organized by the City of Toruń and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Heritage Center in Toruń, under the auspices of  Marshal of the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship .

The choir gave concerts in Italy, Austria, France, Belgium, Sweden, Germany and Ukraine.

In 2019, the choir celebrated its 40th anniversary.