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NameGrigory
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Birth year1938
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Borovsky Alexander Kirillovich (1889-1968)

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surnameBorovsky
nameAlexander
patronymKirillovich
birth_year1889
death_year1968

Borovsky (Borowski) Alexander (Aleksander) Kirillovich (born 6 (18) March 1889, Mitau [possibly Libau] – died 27 April 1968, Woburn, USA) – pianist and music educator.

In 1912, Alexander Borovsky graduated with distinction from the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, where he studied under Anna Yesipova.

From 1915 to 1920, he was a professor at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1920, he moved to Latvia and began performing in concert tours around the world. Between 1922 and 1940, Borovsky gave annual concerts in Riga, both solo and with orchestra. He also delivered lectures on music.

His repertoire included works by Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Stravinsky, Chopin, Liszt, Busoni, Scarlatti, Lyadov, Debussy, Prokofiev, de Falla, and Albéniz.

Literature:

Rigasche Post, 19 July 1936;

Segodnya vecherom (“This Evening”), 16 June 1936, No. 159.