Piotr Borkowski

Graduated from the conducting class of Prof. Bogusław Madey at the Chopin Music Academy in Warsaw (presently the Fryderyk  Chopin University of Music) with distinction for conducting the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra in diploma concert (1989), followed by assistantship in the Department of Conducting at his Alma Mater and doctorate (Ph.D. in Conducting, 1998). In 2015 he was granted the title of Doctor Hab. of Musical Arts (post-doctoral degree) by the National Committee for Grades and Titles of the Republic of Poland. Further, 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. He took part in the International Conducting Competition in Besançon (France 1992), and the Boston Symphony Orchestra competition for the assistant conductor post (1995) where he qualified for the finals and conducted the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In August 1995 he was awarded the Diploma di Merito at the International Conducting Competition Antonio Pedrotti in Trento (Italy). Regularly conducts many most recognized orchestras in his country, among others National Philharmonic Orchestra in Warsaw, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice, Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw. Abroad he appeared with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berliner Symphoniker, Kammersolisten der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma, Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana, Košice Janacek Philharmonic, United Chamber Orchestra, Sofia Symphony Orchestra, Trento Sinfonietta, Dnepropetrovsk State Philharmonic, Krasnoyarsk Chamber Orchestra, Kazakh State Philharmonic of Almaty, Orquesta do Theatro São Pedro (São Paulo), and most of the South Korean orchestras such like KBS Symphony, Korean Symphony, Suwon Philharmonic, Bucheon Philharmonic to name a few. He performed in the USA, France, Italy, Sweden, Germany, Russia, Brazil, China, South Korea, Kazakhstan, Mexico, India, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Recorded for the Polish Radio, Polskie Nagrania, DUX, Polonia Records, Global Sound Media, Centaur Records, and NAXOS. Served as chief conductor and resident conductor in Poland, India, Korea, and Germany. As an educator with 34 years of experience, he was a lecturer at the Chopin Academy of Music in Warsaw, Keimyung University, Daegu Catholic University, and Suwon University (all three in South Korea). Presently, since 2018 he is a professor at the Academy of Art in Szczecin (Poland). Awarded the Silver Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland he is a member of the International L. van Beethoven Association in Berlin and the vanB Korea Artistic Association in South Korea.