Aleksander Nowak

about

Aleksander Nowak was born in 1979 in Gliwice. He began his music education with private lessons of guitar and piano (with Mrs and Mr Dzierzgowscy), and continued with guitar training in Bogusław Pietrzak’s class, at The State Music School in Gliwice, where he also made his first steps as a composer, under supervision of Ukrainian composer, Uliana Biłan. In 2001 he began composition studies with prof. Aleksander Lasoń at The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, and after graduating with distinctions he continued education until May 2008 with Dr Steve Rouse at the University of Louisville (USA). In the meantime, during various masterclasses and other informal meetings, he also consulted his work with such composers as: Simon Bainbridge, Leslie Basset, Zbigniew Bujarski, Sebastian Currier, John Gibson, Eugeniusz Knapik, Peter Lieberson, Per Norgard, Krzysztof Meyer and Steven Stucky. Currently he works at the Academy of Music in Katowice, at the Chair of Composition, where he teaches Orchestration and Composition. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Baśń o sercu. Favola in musica

Nowak: 3x4+8

Drach. Dramma per musica

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Febra arktyczna. Comedia harmonica

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Pokora. Dramma giocoso

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Syrena. Melodrama aeterna

Polish New Music for Classical Accordion and Cello

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Aleksander Nowak - Dziennik zapełniony w połowie / Half-filled diary

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Fiddler's Green

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New Music Orchestra, Camerata Silesia. Szymon Bywalec

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Warsaw Autumn 2009 [CD02]

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Sound Chronicle Of The Warsaw Autumn 2011

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