AmiciMusic returns to the White Horse stage with a thrilling program entitled “ALIVE and KICKING” that features three fantastic Piano Trios by living composers.  Pianist and Artistic Director Daniel Weiser will be joined by the amazing Borowsky siblings—Emmanuel on violin and Frances on cello.  The concert includes a very fun Trio influenced by Tango, Samba, and the Blues by Dutch composer Heleen Verleur; the amazing “Cafe Music” by Paul Schoenfield with touches of Jazz, Ragtime, Dixieland, and Klezmer; and a majestic neo-Romantic Piano Trio by Stephen Dankner that sounds like Brahms and Rachmaninoff.  Dr. Weiser will talk about each piece before it is performed to add some helpful and interesting information about the composers.

Emmanuel Borowsky, violin, has toured a staggering 37 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Borowsky’s early achievements include performances in the Kumho Gallery Child Prodigy Series in Seoul, on the NPR show “From the Top”, and a Carnegie Hall debut at age 17. Borowsky has been featured as soloist with orchestras including the Tianjin, Poznan, and Katowice Symphony Orchestras, Young German Orchestra, Siauliai Chamber Orchestra, St. Christopher Orchestra of Vilnius, Jordan National Conservatory Orchestra, and Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra. His performance with the Polish Camerata was broadcast internationally by POL-SAT. In March 2018, he premiered Yoshiyahu, a violin concerto by acclaimed composer James Lee III, with the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra. This past season, Emmanuel toured Lithuania as soloist with the Alytus Dream Orchestra, premiered a commissioned duo by James Lee III, and performed Beethoven’s Violin Concerto with the Susquehanna Symphony Orchestra. Emmanuel’s love of music is manifested in his educational work with aspiring musicians. Each summer, he teaches violin and chamber music at the esteemed Intermuse International Music Institute and Festival USA. He is on the faculty of Towson University and Dickinson College, and also teaches privately in Baltimore. Borowsky holds degrees from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts, Indiana University (B.M., M.M.) and University of Maryland (D.M.A). His lifelong curiosity for how things work has led him to undertake a journey into areas of string playing that few performers have ever ventured: the world of luthiers, bow makers, and acoustics. Through his work at the Oberlin Acoustics Workshop and personal research on the contemporary market, Emmanuel has become an expert in the process of finding the right instrument for the player and works through his shop, Grace Albert Strings.

Frances Borowsky, cello, is the youngest in an exceptionally musical family with a cellist mother, pianist sister, and violinist brother. This environment honed her love for solo and chamber music performance. Together with her family, Frances has performed more than 400 concerts in over thirty countries throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, in major venues such as the Kennedy Center, Kimmel Center, and Penderecki European Music Centre. In December 2018, Frances performed together with her sister, Elizabeth, at Carnegie Hall Stern Auditorium as a featured, invited soloist in a celebration of Antonin Dvorak’s contributions to America. Frances’ major mentors have been Cecylia Barczyk, Amit Peled, Eric Kutz, and Alexander Huelshoff. She graduated from Towson University at age 18, and holds masters degrees from both the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University and Folkwang University of the Arts in Essen, Germany. Frances completed her DMA at the University of Maryland in 2019 and serves as Executive Director of the Intermuse Music Institute and Festival in Maryland, a summer chamber music program for high school and college students. She is on the faculty of Lebanon Valley College, Elizabethtown College, and the Community College of Baltimore County, and also teaches privately in Baltimore. Frances works as the passionate cello-finder of her shop, Grace Albert Strings in Baltimore, helping cellists along the East Coast find their ideal match.

Daniel Weiser, piano, has a Doctorate in Piano/Chamber Music from the Peabody Conservatory, where he studied with Samuel Sanders and Robert MacDonald and won the Richard Franko Goldman prize for outstanding contribution to musical and educational life. He has performed on many great stages, including the Weill Recital Hall of Carnegie Hall, the National Gallery of Art in D.C., and on the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series in Chicago. He has also concertized around the world, including Israel, Thailand, Holland, and France and was the 1996 U.S. Artistic Ambassador Abroad, for which he performed on an eleven-country tour of the Middle East and Asia. He has been on the music faculty of Dartmouth College and the prestigious St. Paul’s School in Concord, NH.  Besides founding AmiciMusic, he co-founded and still serves as Artistic Director for Classicopia, a similar type of chamber music organization based in New Hampshire. He was also a founding member of the Adirondack Ensemble, which won a Chamber Music America award for inventive programming and outreach. He has participated in the New Hampshire Music Festival, Musicorda, and the Apple Hill Chamber Music Festival and has been the Music Director of the Da Corneta Opera Ensemble, the Opera North Young Artist program, and Opera New England. A phi beta kappa graduate of Columbia University with a degree in American History, he also spent a year at Harvard Law School and was a classmate of President Obama. A native of Buffalo, NY, he currently lives in Savannah, GA with his wife, Dr. Kisha Weiser and their nineteen-year old twin daughters, Rose and Sophie.