Nowak becomes musical director of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra
Polish conductor Grzegorz Nowak becomes musical director and chief conductor of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra (PPO).
Nowak is Principal Associate Conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. From 2017 to 2020 he was Music Director of the Polish National Opera in Warsaw. He was the winner of the Ernest Ansermet Conducting Competition in Geneva and received the European Music Prize for the European Musician of the Year, awarded by a commission chaired by Pierre Boulez. He has held conducting positions with several orchestras in Switzerland.
The Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1973 as the CCP Philharmonic Orchestra. It has also performed with artists such as Van Cliburn and Renata Tebaldi. It toured Europe in 2001.
