Encores One of the favorite genres of any classical musician is that of the encore. Encores are the "dessert" at the end of a performance. Songs for a Lonely Heart The violin is indeed the instrument of the heart. And violinist Emanual Borok is indeed the instrmentalist of the heart. Larry A. Russell, CEO of Eroica Classical Recordings, went to his favorite Shakespearean work, As You Like It, to find the quote he thought most aptly described this performance: O wonderful, wonderful, and most wonderful wonderful! and yet again wonderful, and after that, out of all whooping! Emanuel Borok, violin Emanuel Borok, concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since 1985, has had a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral leader. Before coming to Dallas, Mr. Borok served for 11 seasons as associate concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and concertmaster of the Boston Pops Orchestra. He came to Boston from Israel where he spent one season as concertmaster of the Israel Chamber Orchestra. Born and trained in the Soviet Union, Mr. Borok received his early musical instruction at the Darzinya Music School in Riga, Latvia, where he studied with Vladimir Sturestep, who later taught Gidon Kremer, and the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow. In 1971, he became a co-concertmaster of the Moscow Philharmonic. Emanuel Borok has made many solo appearances in Israel, Canada, France, Italy, Norway, Venezuela, Mexico, Switzerland, Holland and throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall. His solo appearances have included the Bach Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, Mozart's Symphony Concertante with Pinchas Zukerman and Brahms' Double Concerto with Janos Starker; chamber music with Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrel, and Emanuel Ax, Efim Bronfman and Christopher Hogwood. He was also featured in the Distinguished Artists Recital Series at the 92nd Street Y in New York. In addition to his highly active performing life, Borok has established himself as an internationally recognized teacher. having taught at the Tanglewood Music Center; the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy; and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland, Royal Conservatory of Music in London and Conservatoire de Paris. Mr. Borok has recorded the Shostakovich Violin Sonata with Tatiana Yampolsky (a recording that received a four-star rating from the Penguin Cassette Guide), the solo part of Vivaldi¹s Four Seasons with musicians from the Boston Symphony (named "Best of the Month" by Stereo Review Magazine), and Beethoven¹s Archduke Trio with pianist Claude Frank and cellist Leslie Parnas (a recording honored by Ovation). Emanuel Borok is on the music faculty of the University of North Texas since September 2006. His interests include photography and the study of foreign languages. Cullan Bryant, Piano Cullan Bryant is among the most active chamber and collaborative pianists in New York City, maintaining a schedule of over 70 recitals a year. He has performed with many world-class artists including Ju-Young Baek, Emanuel Borok, Colin Jacobsen, Misha Keylin, Oleh Krysa, Julia Lichten, Midori, Sviatoslav Moroz, Peter Rejto, Paul Tobias, members of the Amati, American, Arcata and Borromeo Quartets and members of the New York Philharmonic, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke's, New York City Ballet Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony, Boston Symphony and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in such venues as Weill Recital Hall, Merkin Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Detroit's Orchestra Hall. Mr. Bryant made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1992 in recital with violinist Patmore Lewis. Mr. Bryant's festival appearances have included the Long Island Beethoven Festival where he performed 16 Beethoven piano sonatas in a 2-day marathon, the Serenates de Platja d'Aro and the Porta Ferrada festivals in Spain, the Chateau de la Napoule in France, Lake Winnepesaukee Music Festival in New Hampshire, Palm Beach Invitational Series in Florida and the Shandelee Piano Festival in New York among many others. Mr. Bryant has been on the faculty of the Academy of Music Summer Festival since 1999. Cullan Bryant began playing the piano at age two, giving his first public recital at age six. At eleven he toured campuses in his native Arkansas and in Texas including several televised recitals. His prizes and awards include the Leschetizky International Competition, the National Arts Club of New York, the Memphis Beethoven Competition, Miami Arts Competition and a certificate of outstanding citizenship from Arkansas Governor Frank White. His college studies were with Robert Goldsand and Artur Balsam at the Manhattan School of Music. In July of 2002 he toured Japan in recitals with violinist Midori. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emanuel Borok has recorded a second album on the Eroica label, A Road Less Traveled, as soloist with the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin A Road Less Traveled Emanuel Borok, soloist The Misha Rachlevsky, Conductor Misha Rachlevsky's lifetime affinity for chamber music and chamber orchestra repertoire began at the College of the Moscow Conservatory and the Gnessin Academy of Music. Born in Moscow, his violin studies began at the age of five and continued through the well-traveled path of the Russian school of string playing. After leaving the Soviet Union in 1973, he lived and worked in different countries on three continents, and in 1976 settled in the United States, becoming active in the field of chamber music. Mr. Rachlevsky founded the New American Chamber Orchestra (NACO) in 1984, and led it to international prominence, completing nine European tours in four years. In 1989, Rachlevsky accepted an offer from the city of Granada, Spain – a two-year project under which NACO became the resident orchestra of Granada while, concurrently Rachlevsky founded and led Granada’s own chamber orchestra. In 1991, in the heady aftermath of Moscow’s momentous events of August 1991, Misha Rachlevsky found it impossible to resist an opportunity presented by Claves to record Russian works for this label. When Claves concurred with his suggestion to realize the project with Russian musicians, Rachlevsky called auditions, and the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin was created. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fyodor Stroganov, Cembalo Born in Moscow, Mr. Stroganov studied harpsichord, organ and composition at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory. He continued his studies at the Paris Conservatory under the tutelage of Professor M. Chapuis. While a student he began an active performing life as an organist and harpsichord player. Mr. Stroganov received many prizes in competitions as an organist as well as a composer. He teaches harpsichord and organ at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow and frequently performs with the Ensemble of Ancient Music under the direction of T. Grindenko in Russia and abroad. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Gotgelf, Cello Born and educated in Moscow at the Gnessin Institute of Music in the studio of the renowned professor Armen Georgian, Gotgelf is a prizewinner in many national competitions as well as the Fifth International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. He performed in concerts as soloist and chamber music collaborator with Igor Oistrakh, Mikhail Pletnev, The Borodin Quartet and others. In 2002 the British firm Cello Classics released a recording in which Alexander Gotgelf is featured alongside the greats such as Pablo Casals, Emanuel Feuermann, Gregor Piatigorsky and others. Mr. Gotgelf is the distinguished Principal cellist of the Russian National Orchestra. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Olga Tomilova, Oboe Olga Tomilova is considered one of the leading oboists of her generation. In 1991 while still a student at the Gnessin Academy of Music, she became the First Prize Winner of the National Wind Players Competition. In 2001 she won the position of Principal Oboe in the Russian National Orchestra. She has performed under the direction of some of the world’s leading conductors: E. Svetlanov, M. Pletnev, M. Rostropovich, V. Yurovsky, K. Nagano and P. Berglund. She has performed chamber music with such renowned musicians as: M. Pletnev, B. Berezovsky, Helen Grimahud, V. Repin, M. Vengerov, M. Maisky, D. Geringas, I. Arkhipova, L. Pavarotti, P. Domingo and J. Norman. She regularly performs in festivals in Salzburg, Gstaad, Calmar and Bregenz and records for Melodia, Deutsche Gramophone Geselschaft, Sony Classical, Decca and others. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mikhail Furman, Bassoon Mikhail Furman was born and educated in Moscow at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. Immediately upon graduation he accepted the position of Principal Bassoon with the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra and in 2001 became the Principal Bassoonist in the State Symphony Orchestra of Russia. He has participated in major festivals in Russia and Europe with G. Kremer, Y. Bashmet and M. Rostropovich. In addition to a busy performing life he is on the faculty of Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. For his achievements in music Mr. Furman was awarded the title of Honorary Artist of Russia. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------