Grzegorz Nowak (conductor)




Grzegorz Nowak (born 15 August 1951, Poznań) is a Polish conductor. He has served as music director of the Polish National Opera, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, the SWR Radio Orchestra in Kaiserslautern in Germany), and Sinfonia Helvetica and festival Musique and Amitié in Switzerland.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 Discography


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Biography


Grzegorz Nowak is the Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. Born in Poznań, Poland, he began his international conducting career by winning the first prize at the Ernest Ansermet Conducting Competition in Geneva. He also won the Grand Prix Patek Philippe, Rolex Prize, Swiss Prize, American Patronage Prize and the Europäische Förderpreis für Musik as the European Musician of the Year. Nowak was honoured with the Distinguished Teacher Award during his tenure as Professor at the BGSU University in Ohio, and the title of "Honorary Professor" was bestowed upon him by the University of Alberta.


After studying conducting, composition and violin at the Music Academy in Poznań, Nowak was awarded a doctorate fellowship at the Eastman School of Music. He honed his skills at Tanglewood on a Serge Koussevitzky Fellowship with such masters as Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Erich Leinsdorf and Igor Markevitch, before assisting Kurt Masur with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.


In Europe Nowak has worked as a conductor with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre Lamoureaux in Paris, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome, RAI orchestras in Milan, Rome and Turin, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande in Geneva, Tonhalle Orchestra in Zürich, National Orchestra of Belgium, Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, National Orchestra of Spain and the Gulbenkian Orchestra in Lisbon. He has also conducted many times in Scandinavia, performing with the philharmonic and radio orchestras of Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen.


In North America, Nowak has conducted the Montreal Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, Carmel Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic orchestras and the Xalapa Symphony in Mexico. He has also earned critical acclaim for his performances in the Far East and elsewhere with the Philharmonic and Yomiuri Orchestras in Tokyo, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Taipei Philharmonic in Taiwan and the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.


Nowak has conducted operatic productions in Italy, Monte Carlo, Switzerland, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, the United States and Canada, including works by Mozart (The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Il Seraglio, Così fan Tutte, The Magic Flute), Rossini (The Barber of Seville, Semiramide), Beethoven (Fidelio), Bizet (Carmen), Borodin (Prince Igor), Moniuszko (Halka, Haunted Manor), Verdi (Otello, Don Carlos and the Polish première of Simon Boccanegra) and Puccini (Madam Butterfly, La bohème, Turandot and Tosca – including a tour with Welsh National Opera). His production of Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien was broadcast live from Rome on the Eurovision television network. He received rave reviews at the 2006 Internationale Maifestspiele Wiesbaden for conducting Giordano's Andrea Chénier, a co-production of the Polish National Opera with Plácido Domingo and the National Opera in Washington.


His recordings have been highly acclaimed by the press and public alike, winning many awards. Diapason in Paris praised his KOS CD with Martha Argerich and Sinfonia Varsovia as ‘indispensable… un must’,[1] and the second edition of this recording won the Fryderyk Award. The Polish Symphonic Music of the 19th Century recording with Sinfonia Varsovia won the CD of the Year Award, a nomination for the Fryderyk Award and the Bronze Bell Award in Singapore. The American Record Guide praised Nowak's Gallo label CD of Frank Martin Violin Concerto with Piotr Milewski and the Biel Symphony as ‘by far the best’.[2]Chopin's piano concerti with Janusz Olejniczak and Sinfonia Varsovia won the Fryderyk and CD of the Year awards, and his CD with Stanislaw Drzewiecki and Sinfonia Varsovia was also nominated for the Fryderyk Award. His Haenssler-classic disc[permanent dead link] with Anja Silja won two Classical Internet Awards, and his recording of Czerny Symphonies No. 2 and 6[permanent dead link] (world premiere recording) received critical acclaim around the world. His CBC record with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and Amanda Forsyth won the Juno Award, the CD-Accord recording with Joanna Kozłowska and the Poznań Philharmonic was hailed as ‘superb’ and Gramophone Magazine praised his ASV recording with the London Symphony Orchestra as ‘outstanding’.[3]


Nowak has performed alongside soloists, including pianists Vladimir Ashkenazy, Angela Hewitt and Anton Kuerti. He has performed many times with Krystian Zimerman, including tours in Switzerland, Italy and Spain. He has accompanied violinists Nigel Kennedy, Adam Taubitz, Joseph Silverstein and Pinchas Zukerman, among others. Nowak has worked with several cellists, including Ofra Harnoy and Mstislav Rostropovich. He has collaborated with singers, including Ben Heppner, Marilyn Horne, Gwyneth Jones, Kathleen Battle, Ewa Podles and the Swingle Singers.



Discography















































































































































































































































































































































































Year
Orchestra
Works
Soloists, Prizes
Label
2017

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Mieczysław Karłowicz: Returning Waves
Mieczysław Karłowicz: Eternal Songs
Mieczysław Karłowicz: Lithuanian Rhapsody


RPO SP 52
2007

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 'Italian'

RPO SP 011
1985

London Symphony Orchestra

Bartók: Dance Suite
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

ASV CD DCA 1794
2006

London Symphony Orchestra

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé

Union Square Music USMCD011
1993
Sinfonia Varsovia

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 'Italian'

Martha Argerich
KOS CD S1-002K
2000
Sinfonia Varsovia

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2

Martha Argerich
Arthur Rubinstein
Fryderyk Award

CD-Accord ACD 080
2004
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Weill: The Seven Deadly Sins
Weill: Quodlibet

Anja Silja
Julius Pfeifer, Alexander Yudenkov, Bernhard Hartmann, Thorsten Müller
Classical Internet Award
French Classical Internet Award
CLASSIC CD 93.109
2006
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Czerny: Symphony No. 2 op. 781 ‘Grande Symphony’
Czerny: Symphony No. 6 in G minor

world premiere recording
CLASSIC CD 93.169
1995
Sinfonia Varsovia
Kurpinski – Two Huts (Dwie Chatki)
Dobrzyński – Monbar
Moniuszko – The Fairy Tale (Bajka)
Zelenski – In the Tatra Mountains (W Tatrach)
Noskowski – The Steppes (Step)

CD of the Year
Bronze Bell Award (Singapore)
Fryderyk Nomination
CD Accord-PolyGram ACD 019
1995
Sinfonia Varsovia

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2
Janusz Olejniczak
CD of the Year
Fryderyk Award
CD-Accord-PolyGram-Rhône-Poulenc ACD 013
2005
Poznań Philharmonic

Puccini:
Si, mi chiamano Mimi – La bohème (Mimi)
Donde lieta usci al tuo grida d’amore – La bohème (Mimi)
Un bel di, vedremo – Madama Butterfly (Butterfly)
Tu…Piccolo Oddio – Madama Butterfly (Butterfly)
Signore ascolta – Turandot (Liu)
Tu che di gel sei cinta – Turandot (Liu)
Vissi d’arte – Tosca (Tosca)
O moi babbino caro – Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta)
Verdi:
Pace moi Dio – La forza del destino (Leonora)
Era piu calmo?… Emilia, te ne prego… Piangea cantando… Ave Maria – Otello (Desdemona)

Joanna Kozłowska
CD Accord ACD 135-2
2005
Sinfonia Helvetica and
Deutsches Kammerorchester

Dvořák:
• Cello Concerto in B-minor, Op. 104
• Polonaise A-Dur, B. 94
• Silent Woods, Op. 68, No. 5
• Rondo g-moll, Op. 94
Wen-Sinn Yang
ARTS 47638-2
1998

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Malcolm Forsyth:
•Electra Rising
•Valley of a Thousand Hills
•Tre Vie

Amanda Forsyth, violoncello
Bill Street, saxophone
Juno Award
CBC SMCD 5180
1990
Biel Symphony Orchestra

Martin – Violin Concerto
Baer – Violin Concerto
Meier – Trames I-IV
Piotr Milewski, violin
Gallo Records CD-582
1996
Sinfonia Varsovia

Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1
Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2
Piotr Plawner
Bartek Niziol
Fryderyk Nomination
CD Accord – PolyGram ACD 024-2 / 456 087-2
2007
Orchestre de Bretagne

Tchaikovski – Piano Concerto No. 1
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2

Laure Favre-Kahn
TRANSART LIVE TR 151
2005
Poznań Philharmonic

Mozart:
•Don Giovanni – Champagne Aria
•The Marriage of Figaro – Aria of Count ‘Hai già vinta la causa!'

Verdi:
•Traviata – Aria of Germont ‘Di Provenza li Mar’
•Rigoletto – Aria of Rigoletto ‘Cortigiani’
Borodin: Prince Igor – Aria of Igor
Tchaikovsky
•Eugene Onegin – Aria of Oniegin
•Yolande – Aria of Robert
•The Queen of Spades – Aria of Jeletzky
Bizet: Carmen – Aria of Torreador
Wagner: Tannhäuser – Song of Wolfram



Wojtek Drabowicz
DUX 0494
1995

Warsaw National Philharmonic

J.S. Bach
•Piano Concerto BWV 1052 in D Minor
•Piano Concerto BWV 1054 in D Major
•Piano Concerto BWV 1056 in F Minor
Piotr Folkert
Arti PD 3001
2007
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Weill – Quodlibet

hänssler CLASSIC
2001
Sinfonia Varsovia

Moniuszko – Mazurka from opera Haunted Manor

Platinum CD
DUX 0334A05100 92
1992
Gävle Symphony
Malmlöf-Forssling – Shanti, shanti
Anita Soldh
Bluebell ABCD 069
2001
Sinfonia Varsovia

Moniuszko – Bajka
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2
Noskowski – The Steppes
Janusz Olejniczak
CD Accord ACD 019-2 SE
2001

London Symphony Orchestra

Ravel – Daphnis et Chloé

ASV Quicksilva ASQ 6126
1991

London Symphony Orchestra

Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Concerto No. 3
Takashi Shimizu
Platz-Nippon Columbia PLCC-550
1995
Sinfonia Helvetica

Mussorgsky/Gorchakov – Pictures at an Exhibition
Prokofiev – Romeo & Juliet (selections G. Nowak)

Sonoris SCD 5158
2000
Sinfonia Varsovia

Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1
Stanislaw Drzewiecki
Fryderyk Nomination
Golden CD
CD Accord ACD 019-2 SE
1992
Sinfonia Helvetica

Poulenc – Sinfonietta
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin,
Prokofiev – Classical Symphony

Sonoris SCD 5152
1993
Sinfonia Helvetica

Stravinsky – Firebird (1919)
Liszt – Les Préludes
Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Rossini – Wilhelm Tell Overture

Sonoris SCD 5153
2000

Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

Smetana – Ma Vlast (My Homeland, original 1874-75 version)
Janáček – Moravian Dances

MCE 5001
1999
Sinfonia Helvetica

Schumann
•Piano Concerto
•Cello Concerto
Nelson Goerner, piano
Wen-Sinn Yang, violoncello
SCD 5162
2003
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Leoncavallo – Der Bajazzo: Glockenchor
Weber – Der Freischütz:
•Ouvertüre
•Chor der Jäger
•Chor der Brautjungfern
Nicolai – Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor:
•Ouvertüre
•Mondchor
Smetana – Die verkaufte Braut:
•Tanz der Komödianten
•Eingangschor
Mascagni – Cavalleria rusticana: Vorspiel und Chor der Landleute
Wagner – Der fliegende Holländer:
•Matrosenchor
•Chor der Spinnerinnen
Verdi – Nabucco: Gefangenchor ‘Va pensiero’
Bizet – Carmen:
•Vorspiel
•Chor der Zigarettenarbeiterinnen
Gounod – Margarethe: Chor der Soldaten
Donizetti – Don Pasquale: Dienerchor
Verdi – Der Troubadour: Zigeunerchor
Staatschor der Republik Lettland ‘Latvija’
Bodensee-Festival BSF 03/1-2
2003
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Kodály – Tänze aus Galánta

hänssler CLASSIC
2003
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Hindemith – Tuttifäntchen

BBC MUSIC VOL. 12 NO. 4
1998
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern

Chopin – Andante Spianato und Grande Polonaise Es-Dur op. 22
Karol Szymanowski – Lied der Roxana aus der Oper ‘König Roger’
Karol Szymanowski – Ballett ‘Harnasie’ – Tanz der Bergbauern
Lutosławski – Kleine Suite für Orchester: Fujarka, Tanz
Ewa Kupiec
Bodensee-Festival BSF 98/1-2
2004
Sinfonia Varsovia

Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2
Bartek Niziol
TMHW 1001
1992
Sinfonia Helvetica

Rossini – Overture La scala di Seta
Tchaikovsky – Rococo Variations
Mozart – Die Entführung: ‘Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden’
Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro: ‘Se vuol ballare’
Mozart – Die Zauberflöte: ‘In diesen heil'gen Hallen’
Debussy – Danse sacrée et profane
J.S. Bach – Concerto for 2 Violins
Mozart – ‘Exsultate, Jubilate’
Juliana Gondek, soprano
Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp
Yuzuko Horigome & Barbara Gorzynska, violins
Marek Gasztecki, bass
Leonid Gorokhov, violoncello
Sonoris SCD 101
1993
Sinfonia Helvetica

Rossini – Overture L'Italiana in Algeri
Mozart – Die Entführung us dem Serail ‘Solche hergelauf'ne Laffen’ (Osmin)
Mozart – Don Giovanni ‘Catalogue Aria’ (Leporello)
Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 violins in B-minor
Bellini – Aria ‘Oh! quante volte’ from ‘I Capuleti e I Montecchi’
Mozart – Symphonia Concertante
Hideko Kobayashi, viola
Naoko Okada, soprano
Natalia Morozova, Jacek Klimkiewicz, Marek Kowalski, Krzysztof Wegrzyn, Robert Zimansky – violins
Sonoris SCD 103
1994
Sinfonia Helvetica

Rossini – Overture Wilhelm Tell
J.S.Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Vivaldi – Concerto for 4 Violins
Mozart – La Clemenza di Tito: ‘Parto, Parto’
Dvořák – Polonaise
Mozart – Die Zauberflütte ‘O Isis und Osiris’
Verdi – Simon Boccanegra: ‘Il Lacerato Spirito’
Wieniawski – Faust Fantasy
Helene Schneiderman, mezzo-soprano
Marek Gasztecki, bass
Wen-Sinn Yang, violoncello
Krzysztof Baranowski, Piotr Milewski, Bartlomiej Niziol, Krzysztof Plawner, Jan Stanienda – violins
Sonoris SCD 105
1995
Sinfonia Helvetica

Bizet – Carmen: Habanera
Bizet – Carmen: Seguidilla
Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 82
Tchaikowsky – Eugene Onegin: Aria of Prinz Gremin
Verdi – Don Carlos: Aria of Philip
Wagner – Tristan und Isolde: Prelude & Lovedeath
Helene Schneiderman, mezzo-soprano
Marek Gasztecki, bass
Piotr Milewski, violin
Sonoris SCD 107
1996
Sinfonia Helvetica

Rossini – Il Barbiere di Siviglia Overture
Vivaldi – 4 Seasons: Winter
Mozart – "Ch'io mi scordi di te?"
Fauré – Flute Fantasy
J.S. Bach – Andante from Suite for solo violin
Saint-Saëns – Havanaise
Richard Strauss – Serenade op. 11
Rossini – Cenerentola Overture
Pierre Amoyal, Bartlomiej Niziol, Jan Stanienda – violins
Jane Irwin, mezzo-soprano
Stphane Réty, flute
Sonoris SCD 108
1998
Sinfonia Helvetica

Vivaldi – Concerto pour 2 violons en la mineur
Janáček – Sonate pour violon et piano
Saint-Saëns – Morceau de Concert
Sarasate – Navarra
Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18
piano: Pascal Rogé, François Killian
violins: Akiko Tanaka, Marek Kowalski, Jan Stanienda, Radosław Szulc
Hervé Joulain, French horn
Sonoris SCD 109
1999
Sinfonia Helvetica

Mozart – The Impresario Overture, K. 486
J.S. Bach – Concerto for oboe and violin, BWV 1060
Vivaldi – Concerto for two violoncellos in G Minor
Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat Major, K. 447
Bottesini – Grand Duo Concertante
Bartek Niziol & Radosław Szulc, violin
Birgit Welpmann, oboe
Lidia Grzanka-Urbaniak & Stefan Rieckhoff, violoncellos
Piotr Stefaniak, contrabass
Hervé Joulain, co
Sonoris SCD 110
1996
Sinfonia Varsovia

Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp Minor
Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D Minor
Piotr Plawner & Bartek Niziol
Henryk Wieniawski Society
1994
Sinfonia Helvetica
&
Deutsches Kammerorchester

Dvořák:
•Cello Concerto in B-minor, Op. 104
• Polonaise A-Dur, B. 94
•Silent Woods, Op. 68, No. 5
•Rondo g-moll, Op. 94
Wen-Sinn Yang
Sonoris SCD 5154
1996
POZNAN PHILHARMONIC

Lalo – Spanish Symphony
Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 1
Akiko Tanaka
Reiko Otan
TMHW 1996-2
1984
Biel Symphony Orchestra

Haydn – Symphony No. 92 ‘Oxford’

Suisa MH CD 75.2
1986
Biel Symphony Orchestra

Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1
Wen-Sinn Yang
Suisa MH CD 77.2
1987
Biel Symphony Orchestra

Martin – Ballade for Viola & Orchestra
Haug – Trumpet Concerto
Ole Edvard Antonsen, trumpet
Hong-Mei Xiao, viola
Suisa MH CD 70.2
2001
Hammerhead Consort

Orff – Carmina Burana
Aleksandra Kurzak
Marek Gasztecki
Calgary Girls Choir
Suisa MH CD 70.2
1984
Biel Symphony Orchestra

Martin – Athalie Overture
Haydn – Symphonie No. 92 ‘Oxford’

Suisa MH SE-8
1983
Bowling Green Philharmonia
Francesconi – Viaggiatore Insonne

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Cultural offices
Preceded by
Uri Mayer

Music Directors, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
1994-2002
Succeeded by
William Eddins


References





  1. ^ Diapason Magazine, Paris, November 1999


  2. ^ http://www.ccm.uc.edu/performance/Piotr_Milewski.aspx


  3. ^ Gramophone magazine, London, 1985, "outstanding … In every way this matches and even outshines the superb account which Sir Georg Solti recorded with the Chicago Orchestra on Decca … the vitality of the piece is superbly caught with the LSO even crisper in articulation than the Chicago players."



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External links



  • Edmonton Symphony Orchestra

  • Biography on the site of National Opera in Warsaw


  • Biography on the official site of Grzegorz Nowak[permanent dead link]

  • Biography on the site of Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej

  • Biography on the site kamerton

  • Sinfonia Varsovia

  • Biel Symphony Orchestra

  • Orchestre de Bretagne

  • Gävle Symphony

  • Deutsches Kammerorchester










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