Aleksander Nowak, composer, is a holder of the Moritz von Bomhard Fellowship for student composers at the University of Louisville, a graduate of The Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice, Poland, and also a 2nd Prize winner at the “CRESCENDO” Young Composers Competition in Tarnow, Poland in 1999 and 2000, as well as a finalist at the Composers Competition for Solo Guitar by the “Silesian Guitar Autumn” in Tychy, Poland in 2001.

Aleksander Nowak’s works have been performed on several festivals and concerts in Europe and USA such as: “Velvet Curtain 2” Festival in Lwow, “Ryszard Bukowski Music Days” in Wroclaw, “The City of Mikolow Days”, The Krzysztof Penderecki Chamber Music Festival and Contest in Krakow, International Young Composers Meeting “Brand-New Music” in Katowice, “Summer Outdoor Concerts” in Rycerka and The Composition, Education, Interpretation and Jazz Department Days at the Academy of Music in Katowice, "Earsight" Project at the University of Louisville, and also in the Polish Radio Program 2.

He took part in Composition Courses in Jelenia Gora in 2000, and in Warsaw, by the “Warsaw Autumn” Festiwal in 2003, with such composers as Ivan Fedele, Luca Francesconi and Anders Hillborg. He has received commissions from Helga and Klaus Storck Duo, the “City of Mikolow Days” Festival, the “Warsaw Autumn Friends Society”, supported by the Ernst von Siemens Fundation in Munich, and from The International Festival "Silesian Guitar Autumn".

Aleksander Nowak was born in 1979 in Gliwice, Silesia, near the south border of Poland, where he has started his music education by taking piano and classical guitar lessons. He began composing in the age of fourteen, under the direction of Uliana Bilan – a graduate of Composition Department at the Music Conservatory in Lwow, Ukraine, and continued studying with prof. Aleksander Lason at the Academy of Music in Katowice. At present he is a graduate student at the University of Louisville, School of Music, under the direction of prof. Steve Rouse.