Was formed in 1981 under the leadership of Jacek Urbaniak. Ars Nova specialises in performing European music of from 13th to 16th centuries and is one of leading ensembles of this kind in Poland. The ensemble has performed in the most important concert halls both in Poland and abroad (including, among others, festivals in Utrecht, Glasgow, Moscow, Budapest, Paris, Dresden, Berlin, Sweden, Belarus and Lithuania). Ars Nova has recorded its repertoire for Polish Radio (including Adam de la Halle, Cantigas, Minesingers, Machaut, Ciconia, The Manuscript of Jan of Jasienna, Polish Passion Songs and contemporary music written for historical instruments). It has also recorded its. music for TV (film music, ballet music, educational programmes). The ensemble has also released numerous CD-records (Music of the Court of the Jagiellons, Petrus of Grudziądz, El Llibre Vermell, Nicolaus of Radom, Music at the Wawel Castle 15th-16th c., Songs of the Kurpie Region, The Psalms of Gomóka) as well as cassettes (Cantigas, Songs of Krzysztof Klabon, Dances of the Tabulature of Johannes of Lublin). Ars Nova has also taken part in theatrical performances (Songs of Pilgrms, Old-Polish Passion Songs, The Renaissance Ball, the Psalter of David, Varsaviana) during which they co-operated with Poland's most prominent actors in an attempt to combine the art of sound with words, movement an picture. The ensemble received, for its records - the Fryderyk award - a prestigious award for achievements in music.

1. Musique a la chapelle des Jagiellons, 1990 ACCORD, Paris
2. Petrus de Grudziądz, 1991, ACCORD, Paris
3. El Llibre Vermell, 1991 JAM, Warszawa
4. Mikołaj z Radomia, 1995,DUX, Warszawa (nominacja Fryderyk'95)
5. Muzyka na Wawelu, 1995, DUX, Warszawa (nominacja Fryderyk'95)
6. Zaświeć niesiundzu, 1996, DUX, Warszawa
7. Melodie na psałterz polski, 1996, DUX, Warszawa (Nagroda Fryderyk'96)
8. W Dzień Bożego Narodzenia, sol. Łucja Prus, 1996, POLNET, Warszawa)
9. Millenium Sancti Adalberti-Wojciechi, 1997, Polskie Radio, Warszawa
10. Bogurodzica, Hymny, sekwencje, utwory wielogłosowe polskiego
średniowiecza, 1997, Tonpress, Warszawa
11. Pieśni sefradyjskie, sol. J. T. Stępień, 1997, ZPR Records, Warszawa
12. Romantyczność, w 150 rocznicę śmierci Adama Mickiewicza, 1998
13. Radio Białystok, DUX Warszawa-Białystok
14. Andrzej Hiolski Śpiewa Kolędy, 1998 Silva Rerum - Warszawa
15. Bogurodzica, reedycja płyty z roku 1996. Czas Kultury-Poznań 2001
16. Medieval music in Poland, Krasiński manuscript, XV cent.,Travers, Polskie Towarzystwo Muzyki Dawnej 2001
17. Anatomia kobyły Polish folk songs on ancient instruments, Travers 2003
18. Medieval Silesian Music XIII-XV cent., Travers 2003
19. Pavans and Galliards - Niderlandy 1611 r., Cornelius Schuyt, Travers 2004
20. Jezusa Judasz przedał - staropolskie pieśni wielkopostne, 2004, Dux
21. Medieval Polish Music, 2006, Travers
22. Renaissance Polish Music, 2007, Travers