For more than fifteen years the AUKSO Chamber Orchestra has been giving concerts in Poland and abroad — in Italy, Spain, Brazil, Germany, Austria, Denmark, France, Ireland, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania and China. The music brings together classical tunes, jazz and rock, looking for whatever they share and skilfully playing with elements that keep them apart. Founded in February 1998 at the initiative of young graduates of the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice and Marek Moś, an eminent violinist, conductor and chamber musician, AUKSO (from Greek ‘growth’) has become a symbol of their aspirations and a lodestar for the professional development of its members. Its name emphasises the necessity of constant improvement and creative development and the importance of taking on new and uncommon challenges.