Frances Grace Borowsky (born 5 July 1992) is an American

cellist The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 ...

. She has performed as a soloist in over thirty countries, including some of the world's leading concert venues. She made her debut at

Carnegie Hall Carnegie Hall ( ) is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. It is at 881 Seventh Avenue (Manhattan), Seventh Avenue, occupying the east side of Seventh Avenue between West 56th Street (Manhattan), 56th and 57th Street (Manhatta ...

in 2004. Borowsky won the Erick Friedman Prize for Outstanding Young Musicians in 2004 and has received several other awards. She is also known for her cooperation with her siblings, violinist Emmanuel Borowsky and pianist Elizabeth Borowsky, in The Borowsky Trio. She is a daughter of the noted Polish-born cellist Cecylia Barczyk who defected to the United States in 1981. Borowsky began performing professionally before the age of 10. She studied with Cecylia Barczyk,

Amit Peled Amit Peled (born 1973) is an Israeli-American cellist, conductor, and pedagogue. He plays a ca. 1695 Grancino cello on loan from the Roux Family Foundation. From 2012-2018 he played Pablo Casals's 1733 Matteo Goffriller cello. Prior to Casals's c ...

, Eric Kutz and Alexander Huelshoff, and earned a doctorate of musical arts at the

University of Maryland The University of Maryland, College Park (University of Maryland, UMD, or simply Maryland) is a public land-grant research university in College Park, Maryland. Founded in 1856, UMD is the flagship institution of the University System of M ...

in 2019.

Awards

*Erick Friedman Prize for Outstanding Young Musicians, 2004 *Grace Clagett Ranney Prize for Excellence in Chamber Music, 2013 * Runner up of the 2018–2019 UMD Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition

References

American cellists American people of Polish descent 1992 births Living people {{cellist-stub