Their ten years in existence, proMODERN was established in 2012, has been an uninterrupted run of success. During this time the proMODERN vocal sextet released four albums of their own, recorded music for several others, presented the world premieres of dozens of compositions (including miniatures, larger a cappella forms, vocal-instrumental pieces and works for voices with orchestra as well as several different song cycles), performed in concert at festivals and at the invitation of leading cultural centres, including most of Poland’s philharmonics.
proMODERN won five Polish music industry Fryderyk awards. Two statuettes came in the “Choral, Oratorio and Opera Music Album of the Year” category and for “Best Recording of Polish Music” for their debut album Where Are You? Pieces from Warsaw in 2015. Their second album, proMODERN Shakespired, was released in December 2017, and Philip Lawson’s piece, which the legendary artist had composed as a commission specially for the group, already had 20,000 streams on Spotify in just two weeks! This album was also won two Fryderyk awards, in the “Contemporary Music Album of the Year” and “Best Recording of Polish Music” categories. The 2020 brought another prize – the “Contemporary Music Album of the Year” for an avant-garde project “Comfort zone”.
proMODERN was nominated to he "Coryphaeus of Polish Music" Award 2018 in the category of “Discovery of the Year” for their performance of Stimmung K. Stockausen`s during the KODY Festival in Lublin.
The group was founded by leading vocal soloists who shared a passion and skill for interpreting the most demanding works by present-day composers. proMODERN has become a synonym for the best vocal performances of contemporary music. The group are greatly appreciated in the music community and garner excellent reviews.
Marta Czarkowska
SOPRANO
Ewa Puchalska
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Ewelina Rzezińska
MEZZO-SOPRANO
Aleksander Rewiński
TENOR
Krzysztof Chalimoniuk
BARITONE
Piotr Pieron
BASS