Maestro Grzegorz Nowak, who serves as conductor of both the Florida International University Symphony and the Chopin Foundation Orchestra in Miami, hosted a special evening of music on January 22 as part of the FIU Orchestral Masterworks Series. The evening’s program included Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Op.35, led by guest conductor Mark Gibson, and Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor, Op.11, conducted by Grzegorz Nowak and featuring pianist Agustin Anievas, chair of the US National Chopin Piano Competition Jury. The concert was given in the Concert Hall of FIU’s Herbert and Nicole Wertheim Performing Arts Center.
[Sources: press release via the Chopin Foundation, cartanews.fiu.edu]