The Polish Radio Choir, based in Kraków, was founded in 1948 by Jerzy Gert. The first choirmasters of the choir were Alojzy Kluczniok and Tadeusz Dobrzański. From its beginnings till 1994 the Choir was an integral part of the Orchestra and Choir of the Polish Radio and Television Corporation in Kraków. The choir worked with numerous outstanding conductors in Poland and abroad, among others with W. Rowicki, J. Semkow, J. Krenz, A. Wit, B. Bartoletti, J. Ahronovitch and G. Sinopoli. The Choir often participated in the first performances of Polish composers' works, namely those of Lutosławski, Penderecki, Górecki and others. The Choir performed in international festivals: Settimana di Monreale, Festival Regione Lombardia, Oratorio and Cantata Festival Ratzeburg, Le Festival de la Musique Contemporaine Centre Pompidou, Rossini Opera Festival. Besides concerts the Choir made numerous recordings for the Polish Radio and Television Corporation and foreign broadcast stations and musical firms. The co–operation with EMI resulted in recordings of the complete works of Karol Szymanowski and some works of Krzysztof Penderecki. The Choir received 6 Oscar awards for recording the opera Boris Godunov by Mussorgsky. The Academia Charles Cros awarded the Grand Prix du Disque for the record with Krakow Concerto, Katyń by van de Vate, A Survivor from Warsaw by Schoenberg and Dies irae by Penderecki. 

Since 1995 the Choir has worked as an independent group within the structures of the Polish Radio. The repertoire of the Choir embraces both a cappella and orchestral compositions with a special emphasis on Polish music. At the turn of the millennium the Choir, together with the Israeli Kibbutz Orchestra, took part in a concert tour performing Stabat Mater by Szymanowski, Mass in C minor by W. A. Mozart and Schubert's Stabat Mater, conducted by Avi Ostrowski. In November 2001 the Choir participated in the Europalia 2001 Festival in Brussels, where they performed Szymanowski's Stabat Mater with the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antoni Wit. In February 2002 the group went on tour in Switzerland, where together with the Polish Radio Orchestra conducted by Wojciech Rajski, they performed the cantata Alexander Nevski by Prokofiev. The Choir is one of the few to have Arnold Schoenberg's opera Moses and Aaron in its repertoire. In 1998 the Choir was a guest at State Theatre Darmstadt, in 2002 Teatro Massimo in Palermo, in 2003 State Theatre Stuttgart and in 2004 Hamburg State Opera.

The discography of the Polish Radio Choir consists of 60 CD recordings, four of which have been nominated for Fryderyk award of the Akademia Fonograficzna. Its recording of music by Górecki won two Fryderyk awards. In 2008/09 the Choir celebrated the 60th anniversary of its foundation with a concert on 15 November at the Polish Music Festival, and was awarded Honoris Gratia by the president of the city of Krakow. In March 2009 the Choir performed at the Tongyeong International Music Festival in Korea and in May at the Sounds New Contemporary Music Festival – Polish Connections with Penderecki’s Passion in Canterbury Cathedral. In 2009, performances are scheduled at the Bregenz Festival and in Münster.