Michal Klauza (41) has been appointed Music Director of the Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw. He takes over from Lukasz Borowicz who held the post for eight years. Klauza studied conducting at the Fryderyk Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw as well as at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg. In 1998-2003 he worked at the National Opera in Warsaw. From 2004 until 2008 he served as Associate Conductor of the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff. Since 2009 he has served as Associate Conductor of the National Polish Radio SO in Katowice.