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Marian Borkowski is a composer, musicologist, pianist, pedagogue, and organizer of musical life. Born in August 1934 in Pabianice, he studied composition with Kazimierz Sikorski and piano with Jan Ekier and Natalia Hornowska at the State Higher School of Music in Warsaw. He went on to further his studies with Nadia Boulanger and Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatory. He has been on the faculty of the Academy of Music in Warsaw since 1968, and has held many different roles. His work as a composer represents a wide spectrum of styles and genres. The present represents his solo oeuvre. Several works for solo piano are included, as well as solo compositions for organ, cello, and even solo percussion. Album Tracks 1. Toccata for Piano - Marcin Tadeusz Lukaszewski 2. Images II for Any Solo String Instrument - Patrycja Piekutowska 3. Psalmus for Organ - Andrzej Chorosinski 4. Interludes Romantiques for Piano - Marian Borkowski 5. Vox for Any Solo Wind Instrument - Zdzislaw Piernik 6. Visions I for Cello - Tomasz Strahl 7. Fragmenti for Piano - Andrzej Dutkiewicz 8. Spectra for Solo Percussion - Stanislaw Skoczynski
