Biografia

The SIRENES Chamber Choir was founded in September 2015, although members of the choir have known each other and sung together for a dozen or more years, some even for several decades. The choir performs during independent concerts, makes recordings and participates in both national and international competitions.

The choir enjoys working together with other musical ensembles, is involved in charity work, and takes part in projects with musicians representing diverse musical styles.

The repertoire of the SIRENES Chamber Choir is wide ranging covering works by both Polish and foreign composers of different periods, sacred as well as secular. Since September 2016, the choir has been run by the Sirenes Foundation.

The Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space in Warsaw became the home of the SIRENES Chamber Choir in 2023.
The SIRENES Chamber Choir!s achievements and projects:
2015
● “Graffiti” – a vocal and instrumental concert promoting the work of young Polish composers organised by the Association Varsoviae Regii Cantores at the Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Rosary in Warsaw, 2016
● 1st place at the Third National Festival of Contemporary Choral Music “Music Everywhere!” in Gdansk,
● Special Prize for the Best Conductor of the Third National Festival of Contemporary Choral Music “Music Everywhere!” in Gdańsk awarded to Magdalena Gruziel,

● Participation in the project “Polish Art 2: Uncommon Choirs” – concert entitled “Different but shared. Women – passion – sound” at Studium Teatralne in Warsaw, 2017
● Grand Prix of the 12th National Competition of Carols and Pastorals in Chełmno,
● Gold diploma at the 16th International Feliks Nowowiejski Choir Music Festival in Barczewo,
● Special award for the performance of a contemporary composition entitled “Spring” by E. Ešenvalds during the 16th International Feliks Nowowiejski Choir Music Festival in Barczewo,
● 1st place in the category of homogeneous choirs and a Gold Diploma of the 13th International H. M. Górecki Rybnik Choral Autumn Festival,
● A special award for the best performance of a piece of contemporary music entitled “Jaakobin pojat” by P. Kostiainen as part of the 13th International H. M. Górecki Rybnik Choral Autumn Festival,
● Participation during the opening ceremony of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, 2018
● 1st place in a competition for the best performance of a religious song in the Kashubian language during the 30th Stanisław Ormiński Jubilee International Festival of Religious Music in Rumia,
● Silver Diploma at 30th Stanisław Ormiński Jubilee International Festival of Religious Music in Rumia,
● Participation in performances of the opera “Arcytrudno dojechać na Bródno” (“It!s a daunting task to reach Bródno”), directed by Cezary Tomaszewski as part of the performance programme of the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, 2019
● “Stabat Mater. Stabat Homo” vocal and instrumental Lent concert at the church of Our Lady Queen of Polish Martyrs in Warsaw,
● Premiere performance during a vocal and instrumental concert “Songs of the Independent” at the Łowicka Centre in Warsaw,
● ‘Light’ vocal and instrumental carol concert at St Martin’s Church in Warsaw, promoting the SIRENES Chamber Choir’s CD “Light” with Polish carols,
2021
● Gold rating in the category of homogeneous choirs at the National Competition of Carols and Pastorals in Chełmno, 2022
● Bronze diploma at the National Festival of Carols and Pastorals “At the Christmas Tree’ (online edition),
● “There was no place for you” vocal and instrumental carol concert with the chamber music ensemble ‘Amok’ at St Martin’s Church in Warsaw accompanied by a fundraiser for refugees at the border between Poland and Belarus, 2023
● Grand Prix and Gold Diploma in the chamber choir category, Prize for the Best Conductor awarded to Magdalena Gruziel, Award for Best Performance of a work of a Polish composer, i.e. “Pater Noster” by Zuzanna Koziej during the 6th National Sacred Music Competition ‘Hope in the Choir’ in Tykocin,
● “ryWALKA” a vocal and instrumental concert organised on Independence Day at the Hashtag Lab Contemporary Music Space in Warsaw.