Altra Volta is one of the most versatile string quartet bands playing a wide spectrum of music from classical, contemporary and film music through folk and pop to improvised music. It was founded in 1998 in Katowice. The band comprises violinists: Jacek Dzwonowski and Jacek Heczko, violist Aleksandra Marko-Lech, cellist Michał Lech – all of whom are alumni of the Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice.

Atra Volta’s performances were appreciated on many concert and festival stages in Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Vatican City, Switzerland, Slovakia, Turkey, Lithuania , Belarus, the Netherlands, Egypt, India, Sri Lanka and China. Altra Volta performed at the International Festival La Nuit de la Voix - Opera Comique in Paris, during the76th International Film Festival in Venice, the Chopin’s Music Gardens Festival held in the Royal Castle in Warsaw, the International Festival La Folle Journée - Teatr Wielki Polish National Opera in Warsaw and much more...