Piotr Borkowski
Piotr Borkowski - Conductor

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Born: March 8th, 1963 in Warsaw, Poland

Education:

1978-1984, Chopin Music Conservatory in Warsaw. Piano class ofProfessor Teresa Manasterska. Bachelor of Music with Distinction.
1984-1989, Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. Conducting class of Professor Boguslaw Madey. Master of Arts with Distinction. Diploma concert with Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra.
1993 July-August, Wiener Meisterkurse fur Musik. Conducting masterclass of Maestro Hans Graf. Granted by Austrian Culture Institute in Warsaw .
1995 July-August, Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Siena, Italy. Conducting masterclass of Maestro Chung Myung-Whun. Conducting masterclass of Professor Ilija Musin. Diploma di Merito. Accademia Musicale Chigiana scholarship.
1997, December, Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. Completed the Ph.D in Conducting.
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Competitions:
1992, September. Concours International de Jeunes Chefs d'Orchestre. Besancon, France. Quarter-final.
1995, February. Boston Symphony Orchestra competition for the position of assistant conductor. Final with Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1995, September. International Competition for Orchestra Conductors "Antonio Pedrotti", Trento, Italy. Diploma di Merito.
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Conducting Activities:
Orchestras Festivals Tours Recordings Directorships
Orchestras and Opera Companies:
Warsaw National Philharmonic
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chopin Symphony Orchestra
Berliner Symphoniker
Sofia Symphony Orchestra
Chopin Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra
Polish State Philharmonic Orchestras in: Bialystok, Bydgoszcz, Jelenia Gora, Kalisz, Koszalin, Olsztyn, Poznan, Rzeszow, Szczecin, Zielona Gora
Arthur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra (Poland)
Korean Symphony
Bucheon Philharmonic (South Korea)
Seoul National Symphony Orchestra
New Seoul Philharmonic
Taegu City Symphony Orchestra (South Korea)
Taegu Philharmonic Orchestra (South Korea)
Chonju City Symphony Orchestra (South Korea)
Kyungbuk Symphony Orchestra (South Korea)
Taegu Hyosung Symphony Orchestra (South Korea)
Taegu Strings
Taegu Nova Chamber Orchestra (South Korea)
Pusan Sinfonietta (South Korea)
Trento Sinfonietta (Italy)
Capella Bydgostiensis (Poland)
Camerata Vistula (Poland)
La Mirada Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Dnepropetrovsk State Philharmonic (Ukraine)
Karlskoga Sinfoniorkester (Sweden)
Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Warsaw Chamber Opera
Cholla Buk Province State Opera Company (South Korea)
Korean Chamber Ensemble (South Korea)
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Festivals:
International Contemporary Music Festival "Warsaw Autumn" ('86,'88,'89,'90)
Musica Moderna in Lodz '86
Chamber and Organ Music Festival "Conversatorium" ('86,'91)
Warsaw Music Meetings ('89,'91)
World Music Days Warsaw '92
Contemporary Music Laboratory ('86,'91,'93,'95,'04)
Percussion Music Workshop Opole '90
Percussion Music Workshop Bydgoszcz '90
International Young Composers Festival "The Way" in Gdansk '94
Kyungbuk Contemporary Music Festival in Taegu '94
Korean Orchestras Festival in Seoul '95, 2003
Polish-German Culture Days in Reszel ('95,'97)
Kwangju International Contemporary Music Festival '99
International Chamber Music Festival, Seoul 2002
PAN International Contemporary Music Festival, Seoul 2002
Tongyoung International Festival "Isang Yun", 2003
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Tours:
1992 July, concert tour with the Olsztyn State Philharmonic Orchestra. France: Touluse, Bordeaux, Saint Jean de Luze, Cahors.
1997 October-November, concert tour with the Chopin Symphony Orchestra. South Korea: Seoul, Ulsan, Wonju.
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Recordings:
1990 Classicord, Poland. "Warsaw Autumn" Contemporary Music Festival chronicle. Music of Zbigniew Baginski.
1994 Polonia Records Co. CD 020. Polish Chamber and Organ Music. Music of Marian Borkowski.
1994 SPV GmbH ROT/1. "Enjoy Yourself" Rotary Songs.
1995 Skarbo D SK 3961. Music of Philippe Chamouard.
1997 Polish Radio. Recording with Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice. Music of Witold Lutoslawski, Karol Szymanowski and Marian Borkowski.
1998 Acte Prealable AP 0004. Music of Wojciech Lukaszewski.
1999 Acte Prealable AP 0010. Music of Benedykt Konowalski.
1999 Acte Prealable AP 0011. Music of Marian Borkowski.
1999 Acte Prealable AP 0038. Music of Marian Borkowski.
2000 Kukje Recording Studio. Music of Richard Wagner, Ferenc Liszt and Alexandre Borodin.
2002 DUX-GSM. Contemporary music of Korean and Polish composers: Choe Uzong, Cho Songon, Kang Sukhi, Z. Krauze, M. Borkowski and P. Lukaszewski.
2004 OD Musical Company, Seoul. Frank Wildhorn - Musical "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde".
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Directorships:
1991, Sep.1-1997, Nov.30, Artistic and Managing Ditector of the Olsztyn State Philharmonic Orchestra "Feliks Nowowiejski" in Poland.
1994-1995, First Guest Conductor of the Taegu Philharmonic Orchestra in Korea.
Since 1997, Chief Conductor of the Chopin Symphony Orchestra in Poland.
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Teaching Activities:
Since 1989, Oct.1, Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw. Assistant Professor.
1994, Apr.1-Dec.31, Keimyung University, College of Music, Taegu, South Korea. Visiting Professor of conducting.
1996, Mar.1-Aug.31, Taegu Hyosung Catholic University, College of Music, Taegu, South Korea. Visiting Professor, university orchestra director.
1998, Mar.1-2001 Feb.28, Taegu Hyosung Catholic University, College of Music, Taegu, South Korea. Professor, university orchestra director.
Since 2001 Mar.1, Suwon University, College of Music, Suwon, South Korea. Professor, university orchestra director.

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