Cracow Golden Quintet

The Cracow Golden Quintet was formed by graduates of Poland’s Academies of Music—soloists, symphonic
orchestra musicians, and members of various chamber ensembles.
The quintet’s repertoire covers both classical and popular music ranging from the classical era all the way to
the contemporary. Besides interpreting works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Nielsen, Jacques Ibert,
Samuel Barber, and György Ligeti, among other composers, the group specialise in performing and
promoting the musical output of Poland. That particular repertoire, conceived and prepared for the Stanisław
Moniuszko International Competition of Polish Music in Rzeszów, consists of pieces by Grażyna Bacewicz,
Wojciech Kilar, Michał Spisak, and Tadeusz Szeligowski, among others, and is continually extended,
especially to include music which has been forgotten and rarely performed onstage. Another field of Cracow
Golden Quintet’s activity is premiering and recording 20 th- and 21 st -century works.