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Frances Borowsky, cello
Gracing the stages of over thirty countries, cellist Frances Borowsky is quickly establishing herself as one of the most sensitive artists of her generation. The German newspaper, Heidelberg Rhein-Neckar Zeitung praised her as “very courageous...marvelously colorful, and performing with deep expression and a compelling temperament.” A dedicated citizen of the world, Frances embeds her memories of Norwegian fjords, Venetian artists, Parisian chocolates, and friendly Belgian cows into the rich tapestry of her explosive interpretations. Recent performance highlights include a concert tour in Cuba, a performance of the Beethoven Triple Concerto with her siblings and the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra, solo recitals in Rome, a recital in Paris with pianist Georges Beriachvili, a concert as soloist with the Young Symphony Orchestra of Poland, performing in the The Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, and collaborations with faculty and students of the Alanus Hochschule for an interactive and interdisciplinary audiovisual performance at the senseLAB Symposium.
Ms. Borowsky was the sole American participant in the 2014 Tchaikovsky Youth Orchestra Festival in Yekaterinburg, Russia, as well as in a project with Camerata Villa Musica at Schloss Engers in Germany.
Ms. Borowsky was the sole American participant in the 2014 Tchaikovsky Youth Orchestra Festival in Yekaterinburg, Russia, as well as in a project with Camerata Villa Musica at Schloss Engers in Germany.
Post-Beethoven Triple performance with Emmanuel and Elizabeth Borowsky, and Norman Nunamaker (conductor of the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra).
Throughout her career, Frances has been very much involved with performing, composing, and improvising new music. She frequently performs together with her brother (violinist Emmanuel Borowsky) and sister (pianist Elizabeth Borowsky). They have composed three trios together and have included co-improvisation in their concerts. As Artists-in-Residence at the Dilsberg Castle (Germany), she and her siblings co-composed a trio, “Postcards from Dilsberg,” which is available on DVD and published by ICRecords. Shortly after meeting the Borowsky siblings at the World Cello Congress III, American composer Jody Nagel wrote and dedicated “Six Harmonic Etudes for a Young Piano Trio” to them. In 2004, he wrote another Trio for this ensemble, “Fantasy Cantabile,” and in 2006, Frances and Prof. Cecylia Barczyk performed the world-premiere of Nagel's concerto for two celli, “A Ride Through The Nebula,” at the International Cello Festival with the Towson University Orchestra. Frances has also given several premieres of works by composers from Towson University and Peabody Conservatory. Most recently, she premiered "Sonata for Two Cellos and Piano" by Baltimore composer William Milner. The premiere was given at the 2012 International Cello Festival at Towson University together with Cecylia Barczyk and Elizabeth Borowsky.
Post-performance with Cecylia Barczyk
Every summer, she participates in and assists at the International Music Institute and Festival USA, a ten-day program that hones the chamber and solo skills of students from around the world. Due to her involvement at IMIF, she performed the Dohnanyi Piano Quintet with Peabody faculty member Brian Ganz and IMIF faculty members Blanka Bednarz, Emmanuel Borowsky, and Sharon Eng in Annapolis, Baltimore, Chevy Chase, and at Dickinson College in summer 2012.
Awards 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). She also received Honorable Mention in the Mary Diekmann Competition (2011) and Mary Graham Lasley Concerto Competition (2012, 2011). She 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.
As a precocious college student, she graduated from the Honor's College of Towson University at eighteen. Her mother, acclaimed cellist Cecylia Barczyk, was her primary instructor from childhood through her studies at Towson University. Ms. Borowsky continued her education under Amit Peled at the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University (MM), and recently earned a second masters degree from the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, where she studied with Alexander Hülshoff and Laurentiu Sbarcea. In addition to the above teachers, she has been mentored by prestigious cellists Janos Starker, Johannes Moser, and Michael Flaksman. She is currently enrolled in the Doctorate of Musical Arts program at the University of Maryland and studies with Eric Kutz.
Awards 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). She also received Honorable Mention in the Mary Diekmann Competition (2011) and Mary Graham Lasley Concerto Competition (2012, 2011). She 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.
As a precocious college student, she graduated from the Honor's College of Towson University at eighteen. Her mother, acclaimed cellist Cecylia Barczyk, was her primary instructor from childhood through her studies at Towson University. Ms. Borowsky continued her education under Amit Peled at the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University (MM), and recently earned a second masters degree from the Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany, where she studied with Alexander Hülshoff and Laurentiu Sbarcea. In addition to the above teachers, she has been mentored by prestigious cellists Janos Starker, Johannes Moser, and Michael Flaksman. She is currently enrolled in the Doctorate of Musical Arts program at the University of Maryland and studies with Eric Kutz.
Press Articles and Photos:
http://peabodyinstitute.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/mm-student-frances-borowsky-wins-the-mary-graham-lasley-concerto-competition/
http://www.thetowerlight.com/2010/04/child-prodigies-to-college/
http://www.thetowerlight.com/2008/05/a-family-affair-with-music/
http://www.dilsberg.de/57-berichte/berichte-2014/521-kath-benfizkonzert-borowsky.html
http://peabodyinstitute.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/mm-student-frances-borowsky-wins-the-mary-graham-lasley-concerto-competition/
http://www.thetowerlight.com/2010/04/child-prodigies-to-college/
http://www.thetowerlight.com/2008/05/a-family-affair-with-music/
http://www.dilsberg.de/57-berichte/berichte-2014/521-kath-benfizkonzert-borowsky.html
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