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Capella Cracoviensis
Founded in 1970 on the initiative of Stanisław
Gałoński, Capella Cracoviensis is presently one
of Poland’s most dynamic ensembles specializing
in stylistic performance of music from past eras.
Thanks to the ongoing support of the City of Kraków,
Capella Cracoviensis is able to carry out ambitious
projects in an uncompromising manner and at the
highest artistic level, involving superb artists of a
particular sensitivity. The ensemble has collaborated
in productions of Baroque operas and oratorios
on historical instruments (recently: G. F. Handel’s
Amadigi, Deborah, Rodelinda, A. Vivaldi’s
Griselda, J. S. Bach’s Passion According to St. John
and Christmas Oratorio) with musicians from such
renowned ensembles as Il Giardino Armonico,
Europa Galante, Orchestra of the 18 th Century and
L’Arpeggiata. Guest artists of Capella Cracoviensis
have also included Andrew Parrott, Paul Goodwin,
Sirkka-Liisa Kaakinen, Les Sacqueboutiers
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de Toulouse, Ensemble Oltremontano and Nachtmusique.
Capella Cracoviensis is also a vocal
ensemble performing repertoire that extends from
Gesualdo’s mannerist madrigals to Szymanowski’s
Kurpie Songs. The choir is utilized by distinguished
guests of the Opera Rara series, such as Fabio Biondi
and Marc Minkowski. A recent special project of the
Capella Cracoviensis vocal group was an innovative
crossover entitled Bar.oque Feast – a staging of
madrigals by C. Monteverdi at one of Kraków’s milk
bars featuring Maria Peszek, as well as Jan Peszek
reciting Petrarch sonnets. Since November 2008, the
ensemble’s executive and artistic director has been
Jan Tomasz Adamus. Previously associated with
Wrocław, this organist, harpsichordist, conductor
and organizer of musical life studied in Kraków and
Amsterdam. He formed his artistic sensitivity in
collaboration with many distinguished singers, as
well as in contact with art, discerning in painting,
sculpture, architecture and philosophy a constant
counterpoint for all his musical endeavors.
Photo: From the ensemble’s archives