Piotr Borkowski

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Piotr Borkowski

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
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Work title
Performers
Marian Borkowski - Pax in terra II
M. Armanowska - soprano
A. Chorosiński - organ
Warsaw Percussion Group
Phillipe Chamouard
Olsztyn State Philharmonic
Orchestra
Polonia Records
CD 020
1. Symphonie Tibetaine
2. Symphonie Mystique "Sphen"
Skarbo
D SK 3961
Phillipe Chamouard
1. Symphonie Tibetaine
2. Symphonie Mystique "Sphen"
Olsztyn State Philharmonic
Orchestra
Orphée Production
OP 1102
Wojciech Lukaszewski - Moon Songs
(Piesni Ksiezyca)
Anna Malewicz-Madey mezzosoprano
Camerata Vistula
B. Konowalski - Bassoon Concerto
Bogumil Gadawski - bassoon
Chopin Academy of Music
Symphony Orchestra
Acte Prealable
AP 0004
Acte Prealable
AP 0010
1. Wagner - Overture to the opera
“Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg”
2. Liszt - Piano Concerto No 1
Catholic University of Taegu
Symphony Orchestra
Daniel Buranovsky - piano
3. Borodin - Symphony No 2
Kukje
Recording Studio
1. Choe Uzong - “Das Lied der
Unfruchtbaren”
2. Cho Songon - “Soft and Cold”
3. Kang Sukhi - “Mosaicum Visio”
4. Z. Krauze - “Rhapsod”
5. M. Borkowski - “Variant”
6. P. Lukaszewski -“Winterreise”
Lee Jiyoung - flute solo (1)
Kim Min - violin solo (3,4)
Korean Chamber Ensemble
1. Choe Uzong - “Das Lied der
Unfruchtbaren”
2. Cho Songon - “Soft and Cold”
3. Kang Sukhi - “Mosaicum Visio”
4. Z. Krauze - “Rhapsod”
5. M. Borkowski - “Variant”
6. P. Lukaszewski -“Winterreise”
Lee Jiyoung - flute solo (1)
Kim Min - violin solo (3,4)
Marian Borkowski - De profundis
Choir ATK
Symphony Orchestra
DUX Recording
Producers 0393
GSM, Global Sound
Media 001
Acte Prealable
AP 0011-12
Marian Borkowski
1. Pax in terra II
2. Hosanna
3. Dram
4. De profundis
Acte Prealable
AP 0038
Marian Borkowski - Hosanna
Acte Prealable
AP 0098
M. Armanowska (1) - soprano
A. Chorosiński (1) - organ
Szymon Bogacz (2) - trumpet
Arkadiusz Górecki (2) trombone
Warsaw Percussion Group (1,2)
Choir ATK (2,4)
Symphony Orchestra (3,4)
Szymon Bogacz - trumpet
Arkadiusz Górecki - trombone
Warsaw Percussion Group
Choir ATK
The University of Suwon
20th Anniversary Celebration CD
Compositions of Wagner, Mascagni,
J. Strauss, Gounod, Verdi, Puccini
Choir and Orchestra
of The University of Suwon
Vocal Department Faculty
Members
GSM, Global Sound
Media 005
The New Polish Music Panorama - VI
Marian Borkowski - Dram
Symphony Orchestra
Acte Prealable
AP 0109
Frank Wildhorn
Musical "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde"
OD Musical Company, Seoul
BMG Korea
BMGCD 9J96
Isang Yun
1. Chamber Symphony No 1
2. Tapis for strings
3. Gong-Hu for harp and strings
Rana Park - harp
Naxos 8.557938
Laboratory of Contemporary Music - 2004
Marian Borkowski - Pax in terra II
Acte Prealable
AP 0133
M. Armanowska - soprano
A. Chorosiński - organ
Crocow Percussion Group
M. Blazewicz - Concerto for Marimba
and Orchestra No 2
M. Klimasara – marimba
Polish Radio Symphony
Orchestra
T. Baird - Canzona
M. Blazewicz - Concerto for Marimba
and Orchestra No 2
W. Lukaszewski - Trois episodes
funebres
M. Borkowski - Dies Irae
A. Mikolajczyk-Niewiedzial soprano
M. Klimasara - marimba
Musica Sacra Warsaw-Praga
Cathedral Choir
Warsaw University Choir
Orchestra
Romances for Saxophone and Orchestra
Greg Banaszak - saxophones
Beethoven Academy Orchestra
Musica Sacra Edition
MSE 009
MSE 011
Centaur Records
CRC 2889/90
J. Bruzdowicz - Largo
D. Morgan - Three Vignettes
S. Raman - Aria
W. Kilar - Vocalise
H. Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasilieras
A. Hovhaness - Concerto for Saxophone
J. Leatherbarrow - Don Quixote in love
E. Bozza - Aria
Sacred Music
P. Lukaszewski - Gaudium et Spes
A. Mikolajczyk-Niewiedzial soprano
Choir and Orchestra of the
Podlasie Philharmonic
MSE 013
Marian Borkowski
4.
5.
6.
7.
MSE 020
Hymnus
De profundis
Hosanna
Dies Irae
Musica Sacra Warsaw-Praga
Cathedral Choir
Choir and Orchestra of the
Orchestra
Jaejoon Ryu - Violin Concerto No.1, Op.10
(World priemiere)
So-Ock Kim - violin
Podlasie Opera and
Philharmonic Orchestra
Duo Concertos for Alto Saxophone, Flute
and Orchestra
Greg Banaszak - saxophone
Katherine DeJongh - flute
Orchestra
NAXOS 8.570599
Centaur Records
CRC 3192
1. David Morgan - Reflections and
Meditations
2. Arthur Honegger - Concerto da Camera
3. Pawel Lukaszewski - Trinity Concerto
4. Subaram Raman - A Song Not Sung
5. Russell Peterson - Concerto for Alto
Saxophone, Flute and String Orchestra
Marian Borkowski - Symphonic and Chamber
Music
1. Variant for instrumental ensemble
2. Vision II for string orchestra
3. Dram for orchestra
Chopin Academy String
Orchestra
Chopin Academy Symphony
Orchestra
Musica Sacra
Edition
MSE 030
1. J. Sibelius - Violin Concerto Op.47
2. P. Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto Op.35
Soyoung Yoon - violin
Gorzow Philharmonic
Orchestra
Pawel Lukaszewski - Musica Sacra 1
Anna Mikolajczyk-Niewiedzial
- soprano
Greg Banaszak - saxophone
Ravel Piano Duo
Orchestra and Choir
DUX Recording
Producers 0336
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
DUX Recording
Producers 0356
Gaudium et Spes
Sinfonietta for strings
Trinity Concerto for saxophone and strings
Adagietto for string orchestra
Symphony No. 2 for soprano,
two pianos, mixed choir and symphony
orchestra
Piotr Borkowski - Conductor
REVIEWS
Glos Pomorza, June 3-4, 1989
"... Piotr Borkowski's interpretation of Beethoven's Eight Symphony
had all the hallmarks of a conductor on the threshold of a major
career: restraint and expediency of gestures, excellent manual
technique, self-discipline, musicality and sensitivity, a thorough
knowledge of the score and musical styles. When it comes to young
musicians at the very start of an independent career these are
extremely rare features. Likewise, such an outstanding
interpretation of the Eight Symphony can be heard rarely in the
concert halls today ..."
Glos Pomorza, November 25-26, 1989
"... Piotr Borkowskis's second appearance in Koszalin in a few
months went a long way to confirm the astounding musicality,
refinement and an exceptional conducting talent of this year's
graduate of the Warsaw Music Academy. /.../ It was a performance
clearly in the realm of the true art..."
Nowiny Jeleniogorskie, February 7, 1990
"... The spontaneous and warm reception at tonight's concert should
be surely attributed to Piotr Borkowski, very young conductor from
Warsaw, whom the audience accepted almost without reservations.
Small wonder, considering that Borkowski was able to demonstrate
the full range of his talent. The fantastic memory, excellent
command of the conductor's craft and manual skills have made his
communication with the orchestra readable and highly suggestive..."
Gaz e ta Ols z ty n s k a , February 13, 1991
"... The Friday concert was a success. First and foremost it was the
conductor's success. For the young Piotr Borkowski it was the
second opportunity to display his musical skills in the town of
Olsztyn. The excellent technique, clear-cut gestures and the
interpretative concepts, full of life and yet meticulously thought-out,
make us believe that he has won a permanent place on the musical
circuit."
Gaz e ta Ols z ty n s k a , May 12, 1992
"... The D-minor Symphony by Cesar Franck has electrified the
audience. Its mellow, "organ-like" sound, full of dynamic contrasts
and nuances had a sense of inevitable unfolding. /.../ It seemed to
me that all the atmospheric electricity on that rainy night in May
found an outlet for itself on the concert stage. It was a truly unique
experience. The concert was Borkowski's success. I do not really
know how he achieved it. And I do not want - this time at least - to
find it out. I trust in his talent!"
Gaz e ta Ols z ty n s k a , July 1, 1992
"... It was a concert in an almost holiday mood; yet it gave much
food for thought as to the scope of progress the orchestra has made
since the start of the season. Piotr Borkowski deserves words of
praise for what he has done for this ensemble ...
In Beethoven's Fifth, as if running counter its drama and pathos, he
brought out the dance quality of the music. Add to it the conductor's
sensitivity to the shadings of dynamics and color, and his
meticulous attention to all the sound nuances of almost Romantic
nature - as if in a symphonic poem rather than a Beethoven
symphony. The result was an astonishingly fresh reading of the
piece, full of unique charm. I would have never expected such an
interpretation of the Fifth. Bravo!"
Gaz e ta Pom ors k a , November 11, 1992
"... On Friday evening a young conductor, the first one known this
season by Bydgoszcz audience, met with loud cheers. Conductor's
success generally comes together with musical and personal
maturity. Piotr Borkowski is 29-year old and yet he is general and
artistic director of the Olsztyn Philharmonic. Conducting the Friday
concert with Pomeranian Philharmonic Orchestra he presented
himself extremely well both visually - thanks to his elegant figure
and unpretentious plasticity of gesture - and musically; the
interpretation of each piece of music was clear, confident and vivid.
/.../ Piotr Borkowski has an important virtue: under his leadership
Tchaikovsky sounds like Tchaikovsky and Franck like Franck. He
knows draw out stylistic differences of harmony and expression and
to elicit from the orchestra as much latitude as discipline of
performance. Full of temperament, he does not let it carry him away.
/.../ Also in Variations the soloist was well supported by the
conductor performing a difficult art of conducting the orchestra.
/.../
The grateful orchestra sounded clearly, tuned and kept consonant
structures even in fortissimos. It was a vivid and mellow concert,
clear in forms and at the same time light and unconstrained. The
young public attending the event was leaving the concert hall very
much animated and satisfied."
Przeglad Powszechny, October 1993
"... The festival was brought to a close with the first Polish
performance of Nowowiejski's oratorio "The Return of the Prodigal
Son", a work which in 1902 won the then 25-year old composer the
Meyerbeer Award. The Symphony Orchestra of Olsztyn Philharmonic
and the combined choruses of the College of Education and the
Olsztyn Diocese were conducted by Piotr Borkowski. He handled the
vast musical forces excellently, giving due attention to all the planes
of the work's rich texture and maintaining a sense of proportion
between the expressive and sound qualities of the oratorio. He also
drew out the fine musical outlines of the evangelical parable."
Gaz e ta Ols z ty n s k a , December 21, 1993
"... After the symphony concert last Friday, December 17, I was
leaving the Olsztyn Philharmonic Hall very much impressed by the
pianist Tatiana Szebanowa. And thought I do not want to deprive the
famous pianist of her well deserved splendors I was equally, if not
more, impressed by the performance of Piotr Borkowski, director of
the Olsztyn orchestra. /.../
It seems to me, however, that we still underestimate the presence of
Piotr Borkowski in Olsztyn. He is one of the most talented Polish
conductors of younger generation. /.../. I have had many
opportunities to admire his sensibility to the color of sound or his
rhythmic vigor. /.../.
Meanwhile last night /.../ I saw a fully mature musician who is
conscious of his own, consistent and well established artistic way.
/.../ As soon as I heard the Suite from "The Swan Lake" I pricked
my ears. Trivialized by various sentimental interpretations,
paraphrases, rearrangements the suite is not that much enjoyable
for music lovers any more. And suddenly I realized that the
instrumental solo parts and the sound of orchestral sections were
refined, rhythms accurate, facture treatment clear, everything far
from traditional drawn-out manner of Tch a ik ovs k y ¯ work's
interpretation; on the contrary: restrained, composed and fresh.
And that was what really moved and impressed me so much: the
sound of certain concert parts for solo instruments of "The Swan
Lake" conducted by Piotr Borkowski made me think of ballets
composed by Igor Stravinsky 50 years later. Above all differences in
music matter, purely technical disparities, above "revolutions", you
could feel similar logic of shaping the course of music, continuity of
its historic evolvement. Time after time /.../ you could feel the
presence of timeless spirit of pure music. The spirit of mathematics,
geometry, harmonious form and beauty - romantic in a way but in
different manner."
POLNISCHE 'MUSICA SACRA'
**** - P. Lukaszewski: Musica Sacra I; Gaudium et Spes, Sinfonietta per archi,
Trinity concerto for Alto Saxophone and String Orchestra, Adagietto for Strings,
Symphony no 2; Anna Mikolajczyk, Sopran, Greg Banaszak, Saxophon, Podlasie
Philharmonic Chorus, Podlasie Philharmonic Orchestra, Bialystok, Piotr
Borkowski; 1 CD Dux 0356; o.D. (69'25)
*** - P. Lukaszewski: Musica Sacra 2; Polish Chamber Choir, Jan Lukaszewski; 1 CD
Dux 0367; 2012 (61’55)
*** - P. Lukaszewski: Musica Sacra 3; Polish Chamber Choir, Schola Cantorum
Gedanensis, Jan Lukaszewski; 1 CD Dux 0440; 11/02 (49’57)
Der polnische Papst Johannes Paul II. ist nicht ganz unschuldig an einer Neubelebung der geistlichen
Musik in seinem Heimatland. Der aus Tschenstochau stammende polnische Komponist Pawel
Lukaszewski (*1968) der sich selbst als Erneuerer der Tonalität sieht, hat sich mittlerweile als einer
der Protagonisten dieser Bewegung hervorgetan und ist vor allem für seine Vokalwerke bekannt, von
denen etliche für den 1999 von ihm gegründeten Kammermusikchor 'Musica Sacra' der Kathedrale in
Warschau komponiert wurden.
'Musica Sacra' heißt auch diese CD-Kollektion die mittlerweile drei Alben umfasst.
Auf der ersten CD befinden sich Werke, die a priori nicht in die Kategorie geistlicher Musik zu gehören
scheinen. Doch bei Lukaszewski konvergieren diverse Gattungen in diesen Bereich.
'Gaudium et Spes' (1997) ist der erste Satz der Ersten Symphonie (Symphonie der Vorsehung), ein
eher dunkel gefärbtes Stück Musik, über dem der Sopran von Anna Mikołajczyk-Niewiedział schwebt.
Orchester und Chor stehen ausdrucksvoll im Dienst dieser aussagekräftigen Musik. Das gilt, was die
Streicher anbelangt, auch für die 2004 entstandene Sinfonietta, deren Ausdrucksvielfalt das
Dramatische genau so begreift wie das Kontemplative, und im letzten Satz eine düstere Spannung
aufbaut. Von packender Wirkung ist das 'Trinity Concerto' mit sattem Streicherklang und voller
inbrünstiger Saxophontöne.
Die Symphonie Nr. 2, ‘Festinemus amare homines’ (Beeilen wir uns die Menschen zu lieben), benutzt
einen ins Lateinische übersetzten Text des polnischen Priesters und Dichters Jan Twardowski, in dem
ein modernes Wort wie Telephon doch ungewöhnlich klingt. Die vier Sätze lauten: 'Festinemus'
(Beilen wir uns), 'Tempus (Zeit), 3. Amamus (Lieben wir), 4. Decedunt (Sie verlassen uns). Der
dramatische erste Satz führt zu einem traurigen zweiten Satz, während der dritte Satz (Amamus)
wiederum sehr dramatisch und drängend ist. Auch das Finale pulsiert die Musik leidenschaftlich und
kraftvoll. Borkowski hält die Orchester- und Chormassen ausgezeichnet zusammen und inspiriert sie
zu einem grossartigen Musizieren. Die Tonaufnahme ist erstrangig, und wir können daher diese erste
CD der Kollektion bedingungslos empfehlen
Die beiden anderen dokumentieren ebenfalls Lukaszewskis vielseitiges Schaffen. Sein musikalisches
Vokabular bedient sich aus der gregorianischen Tradition, greift aber auch Einflüsse seines
Landsmannes Henryk Gorecki sowie von Arvo Pärt auf. Diese klanglich interessante Bandbreite ist in
den vorliegenden Aufnahmen nur zu erahnen. Die Chöre sind stimmlich wenig ausblanciert, singen
dennoch nett. Der Musik geht aber vor allem jegliche innere Spannung und Mystik ab, die gerade
geistliche Musik erfordert.
Ge/Rémy Franck
CA CHAUFFE
**** - J. Sibelius & P. I. Tchaikovsky: Concertos pour violon et orchestre;
Soyoung Yoon, violon, Orchestre Philharmonique de Gorzow, Piotr Borkowski;
1 CD Dux 0336; 4/12 (72'05)
Les violonistes se suivent et, heureusement, ne se ressemblent pas toutes. En voici une qui se distingue
par un tempérament féroce. Cette lauréate de nombreux concours et Médaille d'or du Concours
Wieniawski en 2011, livre une version bouillante des deux compositions. Son Stradivarius 'King
George' rayonne dans des couleurs brillantes et tranchantes. Les Concertos de Sibelius et de
Tchaikovsky en profitent, le premier ne tolérant guère la douceur, le deuxième permettant facilement
un maximum de virtuosité et d'énergie. Et ça chauffe, croyez-le moi! L'Orchestre ne demeure pas en
reste et épaule la soliste avec un son vigoureux et bien nourri. L'image sonore du CD est excellente.
Rémy Franck

Piotr Borkowski

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