Piotr Borkowski (b. Warsaw, 1963), conductor, pupil of Boguslaw Madey, graduate of the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw with distinction for conducting the Warsaw National Philharmonic in diploma concert (1989), followed by assistantship in the Department of Conducting at his Alma Mater and doctorate (PhD in Conducting, 1997). Earlier, Piotr Borkowski made his debut as conductor at Warsaw Autumn Festival, 1986, and that time his professional career began. A few years later (1993) he studied conducting with Hans Graf in Vienna under a Meisterkurse für Musik scholarship. In 1995 his studies with Myung-Whun Chung and Ilija Musin at Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena fruited with a Diploma di Merito. Regularly conducts many Polish orchestras (including Warsaw National Philharmonic) and chamber groups as well as their French, Italian (Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma), Swedish, North-American, German (Berliner Sinfoniker), South-Korean, Slovakian, Brasilian and Ukrainian counterparts. Recorded for the Polish Radio, Katowice (NPRSO) and commercial outfits at home (e.g. Gorzow Philharmonic, Olsztyn Philharmonic, Podlasie Philharmonic, Beethoven Academy Orchestra) and abroad (Korean Chamber Orchestra). He recorded for Polskie Nagrania, Polonia Records, SPV GmbH, Acte Préalable, Skarbo, DUX, Global Sound Media, Centaur Records, Musica Sacra Edition and NAXOS. For many times nominated to Polish phonographic award "Fryderyk", he received it in 2006 for the best recording and interpretation of Polish music. Recently his recording with Soyoung Yoon – 1st prize winner of the “Wieniawski” International Violin Competition – received a nomination to prestigious International Classical Music Award 2013. Aspirated to the post of assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and was among finalists (February 1995). The same year Piotr Borkowski participated in the Antonio Pedrotti competition with Diploma di Merito. In the years 1991-1994 Head of the Feliks Nowowiejski State Philharmonic Orchestra in Olsztyn (Poland), then in 1994-1997 its artistic director. Toured France with the Olsztyn Philharmonic in 1993, South Korea with Chopin Symphony Orchestra (1997), Taiwan (2007) and China (2008, 2009) with University of Suwon Symphony Orchestra, and Germany (with Podlasie Philharmonic in 2010; with United Chamber Orchestra in 2012). Guest professor of conducting at Taegu Keimyung University, College of Music (South Korea) and simultaneously guest conductor of the local Taegu Philharmonic Orchestra i.a., at the Festival of Korean Orchestras in Seoul. Regularly conducts also the major Korean orchestras, and opera companies including: KBS Orchestra, Korean Symphony, Suwon Philharmonic, Buchon Philharmonic, New Seoul Philharmonic, Taegu City Symphony, Chonju Philharmonic, Kangnam Symphony and Cholla Buk Province Opera Company (“Lucia di Lammermoor” by G. Donizetti), as well as Korean Chamber Orchestra and The Life and Dream Singers chamber opera group (Asian premieres of opera "Mannequins" by Z. Rudzinski, "Ein Fest für Boris" by Sukhi Kang and "Aleko" by S. Rachmaninoff). With The University of Suwon Opera Group he conducted W.A.Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Cosi fan tutte", "Magic Flute" and „Cavalleria Rusticana” by P. Mascagni. Since 1996 to 2001 professor of conducting at the Hyosung Catholic University in Teagu and director of university orchestra. Since 2001 until 2011he was a professor of conducting and orchestra music director at the University of Suwon in South Korea where he also served as Chair of Orchestral Department. In 2006 Piotr Borkowski was appointed the conductor of Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra in South Korea. In years 2008-2011 he established and was the chief conductor of the Gyeonggi Festival Orchestra in South Korea. In 2010 he was appointed Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of new-established orchestra of Gorzow Philharmonic - Centre for Art Education (Poland), where he served until November 2012. Presently Mr. Borkowski is the Music Director of the United Chamber Orchestra, and First Guest Conductor of the Kammersolisten der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Piotr Borkowski --- conductor Recordings Thumbnail /Label Work title Performers Marian Borkowski - Pax in terra II M. Armanowska - soprano A. Chorosi ński - organ Warsaw Percussion Group Piotr Borkowski - conductor Polonia Records CD 020 Phillipe Chamouard Olsztyn State Philharmonic Orchestra 1. Symphonie Tibetaine Piotr Borkowski - conductor 2. Symphonie Mystique "Sphen" Skarbo D SK 3961 Phillipe Chamouard Olsztyn State Philharmonic Orchestra 1. Symphonie Tibetaine Piotr Borkowski - conductor 2. Symphonie Mystique "Sphen" Orphée Production OP 1102 Wojciech Lukaszewski - Moon Songs Anna Mal ewicz-Madey - (Piesni Ksiezyca) mezzosoprano Camerata Vistula Piotr Borkowski - conductor Acte Prealable AP 0004 B. Konowalski - Bassoon Concerto Bogumil Gadawski - bassoon Chopin Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra Piotr Borkowski - conductor Acte Prealable AP 0010 1. Wagner - Overture to the opera Catholic University of Taegu Symphony Orchestra “Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg” Daniel Buranovsky - piano 2. Liszt - Piano Concerto No 1 Piotr Borkowski - conductor 3. Borodin - Symphony No 2 Kukje Recording Studio 1. Choe Uzong - “Das Lied der Lee Jiyoung - flute solo (1) Unfruchtbaren” Kim Min - violin solo (3,4) 2. Cho Songon - “Soft and Cold” Korean Chamber Ensemble 3. Kang Sukhi - “Mosaicum Visio” Piotr Borkowski - conductor 4. Z. Krauze - “Rhapsod” 5. M. Borkowski - “Variant” 6. P. Lukaszewski -“Winterreise” DUX Recording Producers 0393 1. Choe Uzong - “Das Lied der Lee Jiyoung - flute solo (1) Unfruchtbaren” Kim Min - violin solo (3,4) 2. Cho Songon - “Soft and Cold” Korean Chamber Ensemble 3. Kang Sukhi - “Mosaicum Visio” Piotr Borkowski - conductor 4. Z. Krauze - “Rhapsod” 5. M. Borkowski - “Variant” 6. P. Lukaszewski -“Winterreise” GSM, Global Sound Media 001 Marian Borkowski - De profundis Choir ATK Chopin Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra Piotr Borkowski - conductor Acte Prealable AP 0011-12 Marian Borkowski M. Armanowska (1) - soprano A. Chorosi ński (1) - organ 1. Pax in terra II Szymon Bogacz (2) - trumpet 2. Hosanna Arkadiusz Górecki (2) - 3. Dram trombone 4. De profundis Warsaw Percussion Group (1,2) Choir ATK (2,4) Acte Prealable Chopin Academy of Music AP 0038 Symphony Orchestra (3,4) Piotr Borkowski - conductor Marian Borkowski - Hosanna Szymon Bogacz - trumpet Arkadiusz Górecki - trombone Warsaw Percussion Group Choir ATK Piotr Borkowski - conductor Acte Prealable AP 0098 The University of Suwon Choir and Orchestra 20 th Anniversary Celebration CD of The University of Suwon Vocal Department Faculty Compositions of Wagner, Mascagni, Members J. Strauss, Gounod, Verdi, Puccini Piotr Borkowski - conductor GSM, Global Sound Media 005 The New Polish Music Panorama - VI Chopin Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra Marian Borkowski - Dram Piotr Borkowski - conductor Acte Prealable AP 0109 Frank Wildhorn OD Musical Company, Seoul Korean Chamber Ensemble Musical "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" Piotr Borkowski - conductor BMG Korea BMGCD 9J96 Isang Yun Korean Chamber Ensemble Rana Park - harp 1. Chamber Symphony No 1 Piotr Borkowski - conductor 2. Tapis for strings 3. Gong-Hu for harp and strings Naxos 8.557938 Laboratory of Contemporary Music - 2004 M. Armanowska - soprano A. Chorosi ński - organ Marian Borkowski - Pax in terra II Crocow Percussion Group Piotr Borkowski - conductor Acte Prealable AP 0133 M. Blazewicz - Concerto for Ma rimba M. Klimasara – marimba and Orchestra No 2 Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra Piotr Borkowski - conductor Musica Sacra Edition MSE 009 T. Baird - Canzona A. Mikolajczyk -Niewiedzial - M. Blazewicz - Concerto for Marimba soprano and Orchestra No 2 M. Klimasara - marimba W. Lukaszewski - Trois episodes Musica Sacra Warsaw-Praga funebres Cathedral Choir M. Borkowski - Dies Irae Warsaw University Choir Polish Radio Symphony Musica Sacra Edition Orchestra MSE 011 Piotr Borkowski - conductor Romances for Saxophone and Orchestra Greg Banaszak - saxophones Beethoven Academy Orchestra J. Bruzdowicz - Largo Piotr Borkowski - conductor D. Morgan - Three Vignettes S. Raman - Aria W. Kilar - Vocalise H. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasilieras Centaur Records A. Hovhaness - Concerto for Saxophone CRC 2889/90 J. Leatherbarrow - Don Quixote in love E. Bozza - Aria Sacred Music A. Mikolajczyk -Niewiedzial - soprano P. Lukaszewski - Gaudium et Spes Choir and Orchestra of the Podlasie Philharmonic Piotr Borkowski - conductor Musica Sacra Edition MSE 013 Marian Borkowski Musica Sacra Warsaw-Praga Cathedral Choir 4. Hymnus Choir and Orchestra of the 5. De profundis Podlasie Philharmonic 6. Hosanna Polish Radio Symphony 7. Dies Irae Orchestra Piotr Borkowski - conductor Musica Sacra Edition MSE 020 Jaejoon Ryu - Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 10 So-Ock Kim - violin (World priemiere) Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra Piotr Borkowski - conductor NAXOS 8.570599 Duo Concertos for Alto Saxophone, Flute Greg Banaszak - saxophone and Orchestra Katherine DeJongh - flute Podlasie Philharmonic 1. David Morgan - Reflections and Orchestra Meditations Piotr Borkowski - conductor 2. Arthur Honegger - Concerto da Camera 3. Pawel Lukaszewski - Trinity Concerto Centaur Records 4. Subaram Raman - A Song Not Sung CRC 3192 5. Russell Peterson - Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Flute and String Orchestra Marian Borkowski - Symphonic and Chamber Korean Chamber Ensemble Music Chopin Academy String Orchestra 1. Variant for instrumental ensemble Chopin Academy Symphony 2. Vision II for