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Michael Boriskin
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Michael Boriskin
Pianist MICHAEL BORISKIN, the Artistic Director of Copland House, has worked closely with virtually every major American composer of the last 25 years (including Carter, Foss, Rorem, Harrison, Perle, Del Tredici, Davidovsky, Kernis, Danielpour, and Liebermann, among many others), and has premiered and recorded (for New World, Harmonia Mundi, BMG, CRI, Koch, Albany, etc.) dozens of works.  As Copland House Artistic Director, he has guided the restoration and national emergence of Copland's longtime home near New York City as a unique composer's retreat and creative center for American music.  As the American Record Guide noted in its most recent issue, "in a real sense, Michael Boriskin, beyond being an admirable virtuoso who plays the most challenging new works with brio and panache, assures that [Copland's] personal qualities live on at Copland House."  He is one the American composer's greatest champions.
DISCOGRAPHY 
- COPLAND:  COMPLETE CHAMBER MUSIC      Copland House     With Music from Copland House           (in production, 2002)
 - THORNE:  RHAPSODIC VARIATIONS NO. 7      Albany Records                TROY 451 (2001)
 - SMALDONE:  RHAPSODY FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA    CRI     With Munich Radio Orchestra, Arthur Fagen conductor        CD863 (2000)
 - PERLE:  CONCERTO NO. 1        Albany Records     With Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz, conductor         TROY 292 (1999)
 - HARRISON:  FOUR DANCES for solo piano      Koch International     3-7465-2 H1 (1999)
 - GERSHWIN:  COMPLETE WORKS FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA   BMG/Conifer     With Eos Orchestra, Jonathan Sheffer, conductor         75605-57012 (1998)
 - RAGS TO RICHES:  PIANO MUSIC BY SCOTT JOPLIN    BMG/Conifer                75605-57028 (1998)
 - THE EQUAL-TEMPERED LOU HARRISON (solo piano music)    Newport Classic                NPD 85520 (1995)
 - PERLE: CONCERTO NO. 2*, SIX ETUDES for solo piano.      Harmonia Mundi
 - DANIELPOUR: METAMORPHOSIS for piano and orchestra*        HMU907124 (1994)     With Utah Symphony, Joseph Silverstein, conductor
 - BAZELON:  ALLIANCES for cello and piano.        Albany Records      With Dorothy Lawson, cello               TROY 101 (1994)
 - PIANO MUSIC BY BERNSTEIN, DANIELPOUR, LIEBERMANN, AND SMALDONE New World 80426      (1994)
 - BRAHMS:  VARIATIONS FOR PIANO       Music & Arts CD726      (1992)
 - TCHAIKOVSKY:  CONCERTO NO. 2.  PROKOFIEV:  CONCERTO NO. 1  Newport Classic     With Polish National Radio Orchestra, Michael Bartos, conductor       NPD 85606 (1991)
 - PIANO WORKS BY SHAPERO, FINE, RUGGLES, AND MENOTTI   New World 80402      (1991)
 - POULENC:  AUBADE.  JANACEK:  CONCERTINO.      Newport Classic
 - HINDEMITH:  KAMMERMUSIK NO. 2           NCD 60087 (1990)    With Bronx Arts Ensemble, Michael Bartos, conductor
 - PIANO WORKS BY DEL TREDICI, PERLE, AND THORNE    New World NW380      (1989)
 - PIANO MUSIC BY FRANCIS POULENC      Musical Heritage      Society      MHS 512169X      (1988)
 - PIANO WORKS BY GEORGE PERLE       New World NW-342      (1987)
 
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