THE AMERICAN VIRTUOSI: BRIEF INDIVIDUAL BIOS
CHARLES BOROWSKY is a noted social scientist who has utilized the arts to build bridges among people and
nations. In cooperation with universities in USA (including Yale, the University of Maryland, Towson University, and
Mount Saint Mary’s) and abroad (Jerusalem, Tokyo, Amman, Oldenburg, Berlin, and Warsaw) he has organized
numerous exchange projects, conferences, symposia, and festivals. Under the auspices of UNESCO and The
International Music Council, Dr. Borowsky co-organized conferences and festivals in Amman and Jerusalem featuring
renowned artists and speakers from around the world ("Globalization and Local Music Traditions"). He has also organized
symposia on "Classical Music in the Age of Globalization" (Baltimore and Heidelberg). His harmonica performances and
baritone voice have been very much appreciated by audiences around the world. In 2010 Dr. Borowsky received the
Paderewski Award for Distinguished Contributions to Society and Culture.
CECYLIA BARCZYK, cellist, has achieved international recognition as a complete artist, successful teacher, and
humanitarian. She has given concerts, recitals, and master classes throughout Europe, Asia, North and South America
and has appeared as a soloist with prominent orchestras including those of Amman, Baltimore, Beijing, Berlin, Boston,
Berlin, Bucharest, Budapest, Jakarta, Leipzig, London, Moscow, New York, Prague, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, Seoul,
Shanghai, Sofia, St. Petersburg, Taiwan, Tel Aviv, Tianjin, Tokyo, and Warsaw. She has frequently performed on radio
and television and has recorded much of the standard and new cello literature on the Muza, ICRecords, Melodya, Relief,
and CRS labels. She won prizes in prestigious music competitions including the Danczowski Cello Competition (Poznan),
Pablo Casals Cello Competition (Budapest), Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow), Aldo Parisot International Cello
Competition (Brazil), J.S. Bach International Competition (Leipzig), Cassado International Cello Competition (Florence),
and W.C. Byrd Young Artists Competition (Michigan). She is on the faculty of Towson University and directs the annual
International Cello Festival. In 2003 she was appointed Artistic Director of the International Music Institute and Festival
USA. [www.CecyliaBarczyk.com]
Heralded by the press as “a brilliant young musician with a great personality,” ELIZABETH BOROWSKY enjoys a
versatile musical career as a solo and collaborative pianist, composer, educator, speaker, and recording
artist.
“Elizabeth's performance and personality dismiss any preconceptions of classical music as elite, or being a
music of the past. She is a vibrant and engaging performer and can draw even the most reluctant audience member into
her spell.” She has been a featured performer at distinguished venues including Carnegie Hall and The Kennedy
Center, and has performed in over thirty countries and concerts as soloist with orchestras in the United States, Europe,
and Asia. Borowsky has also recorded CDs and DVDs of standard literature, music by living composers, and her own
original compositions for ICRecords. Borowsky's enthusiasm for music and people is clearly visible both on- and off- the
concert stage. She has earned a reputation as an outstanding teacher for young pianists. She has been a member of the
piano faculty of the International Music Institute and Festival USA since 2003 and was appointed Executive Director in
2010. She is Director of Piano Prodigies, LLC. [www.ElizabethBorowsky.com]
Violinist EMMANUEL BOROWSKY, has been lauded as an engaging and communicative performer. He has been
featured as a soloist with orchestras including the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra (China), Eisenach Festival Orchestra
(Germany), Young German Symphony Orchestra (Germany), Poznan Symphony (Poland), National Conservatory
Orchestra (Jordan), Israeli Soloists Orchestra (Israel), Szczecin Philharmonic (Poland), Susquehanna Symphony
Orchestra (USA), Loudon Symphony (USA), Katowice Philharmonic (Poland), Polish Camerata (Poland), Rzezow
Chamber Orchestra (Poland), St. Christopher Orchestra (Lithuania), and Šiauliai Chamber Orchestra (Lithuania). He is a
recipient of the Erick Friedman Prize for Outstanding Young Musicians and was featured on NPR's From The Top. He is
currently in the Doctor of Musical Arts program at the University of Maryland. [www.EmmanuelBorowsky.com]
Cellist FRANCES BOROWSKY performed her New York Debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of twelve as a recipient of the
Erick Friedman Prize for Outstanding Young Musicians. Awards in recent years include the Grace Clagett Ranney Prize
for excellence in chamber music at The Peabody Institute (2013), first prizes in the Mary Graham Lasley Concerto
Competition (2013), Levine Chamber Music Competition (as part of Trio INUENDI, 2012), Baltimore Music Club
Competition (2010), and Peggy Friedman – Yale Gordon Competition (2008), and second prize in the Sylvia and Irving H.
Cohen Competition (2010). At the age of eighteen, Frances graduated from the Honor's College of Towson University as
a recipient of a full-tuition scholarship. Her mother, cellist Cecylia Barczyk, was her primary instructor through her studies
at Towson University. Frances recently completed her graduate studies at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins
University, where she studied under the instruction of Amit Peled. [www.FrancesBorowsky.com]