Conductor Piotr Borkowski CONTACT: Woo Bang 3 Cha Apt. 102-1405 Kyungbuk, Kyongsan City, Hayang 712-900 Rep. of Korea Tel./Fax:+82 53 854 0149 Mobile:+82 19 278 7005 EMAIL

Born: March 8th, 1963 in Warsaw, Poland

Education:

1978-1984, Chopin Music Conservatory in Warsaw. Piano class of Professor Teresa Manasterska. Bachelor of Music with Distinction.
1984-1989, Chopin Music Academy. Conducting class of Professor Boguslaw Madey. Master of Arts with Distinction.Diploma concert with Warsaw 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.

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.

Conducting Activities:

Orchestras:

Warsaw National Philharmonic
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Chopin Symphony Orchestra
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 in Lodz
Korean Symphony
Seoul National Symphony Orchestra
New Seoul Philharmonic
Taegu City Symphony Orchestra
Taegu Philharmonic Orchestra
Chonju City Symphony Orchestra
Kyungbuk Symphony Orchestra
Taegu Hyosung Symphony Orchestra
Taegu Strings
Taegu Nova Chamber Orchestra
Pusan Sinfonietta
Trento Sinfonietta
Capella Bydgostiensis
Camerata Vistula
La Mirada Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Farmington Valley Symphony Orchestra (USA)
Dnepropetrovsk State Philharmonic (Ukraine)
Karlskoga Sinfoniorkester (Sweden)
Baldwin Wallace Conservatory Symphony Orchestra (USA)

Festivals:

International Contemporary Music Festival "Warsaw Autumn" ('86,'88,'89,'90)
Musica Moderna in Lodz '86
Chamber abd Organ Music Festival "Conversatorium" ('86,'91)
Warsaw Music Meetings ('89,'91)
World Music Days Warsaw '92
Contemporary Music Laboratory ('86,'91,'93,'95)
Percussion Music Workshop Opole '90
Percussion Music Workshop Bydgoszcz '90
International Young Composers Festival "The Way" in Gdansk '94
Kyungbuk Cintemporary Music Festival in Taegu '94
Korean Orchestras Festival in Seoul '95
Polish-German Culture Days in Reszel ('95,'97)
Kwangju International Contemporary Music Festival '99

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.

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 i 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.

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.

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.
Since 1998, Mar.1, Taegu Hyosung Catholic University, College of Music, Taegu, South Korea. Professor, university orchestra director.