The WHOOP Group
Saxophone Quartet

The WHOOP Group is an extremely energetic and extraordinary saxophone quartet composed of the most outstanding Polish saxophonists, who were brought together by their love for the saxophone and music, and by their long-term friendship. They are one of the most promising chamber groups in the current music scene.

The WHOOP Group specialises in performing classical and contemporary music in their own arrangements, as well as their original compositions for saxophone quartet, but they are also at ease in other genres (jazz, film and entertainment music). The group very often performs as soloists with symphony orchestras and big bands. The musicians combine virtuosity and liveliness with outstanding musicality and perfection, and are developing at a rapid pace and enjoying the recognition from audiences all over the world. Their video recording of Vivaldi’s Storm – which is the Presto from “Summer” of The Four Seasons – has reached over 30 million views online.

Individually, the musicians are laureates of numerous prestigious prizes in chamber and solo competitions, as well as multiple scholarship holders. As a quartet, they won all chamber music competitions in which they participated, including the FNAPEC Musiques d’Ensembles Competition in Paris, International Chamber Music Competition in Bydgoszcz and National Chamber Music Competition in Warsaw. After releasing their début album Crimes, they were nominated for “Discovery of the Year” at the prestigious Coryphaeus of Polish Music Award 2018, and in 2023 the group received a Fryderyk Award (Polish equivalent of the Grammys) for the album Debut, where they performed as soloists in Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue with the Warsaw Saxophone Orchestra.

The WHOOP Group has inspired other artists to write works dedicated to them. Composers who have written for the group include Wojciech Kostrzewa, Krzysztof Falkowski and Oscar-winning composer Jan A P Kaczmarek, who entrusted the ensemble with the solo part in his monumental Silesian Rhapsody. The group has also appeared as guest artists in various projects with such musicians and groups as the L U C & Rebel Babel Film Orchestra, Maciej Obara, Dorota Miśkiewicz, Henryk Miśkiewicz, Paweł Gusnar, Krzysztof Herdzin, Joanna Kulig, Małgorzata Kożuchowska, DAGADANA, Andrzej Kowalski Quartet etc.

Among many others, the group has performed at festivals and venues such as Un Violon sur le Sable in France, Roppongi Hills in Tokyo, Christopher Summer Festival in Vilnius, Swaledale Festival in England, Musik in den Häusern der Stadt in Hamburg, La Folle Journee de Varsovie and the Warsaw National Philharmonic.