Born and trained in the Soviet Union, Mr. Borok received his early musical instruction at the Darzinya Music School in Riga, Latvia, where he studied with Vladimir Sturestep, who later taught Gidon Kremer, and the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow. In 1971, he became a co-concertmaster of the Moscow Philharmonic.

Emanuel Borok has made many solo appearances in Israel, Canada, France, Italy, Norway, Venezuela, Mexico, Switzerland, Holland and throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall. His solo appearances have included the Bach Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, Mozart's Symphony Concertante with Pinchas Zukerman and Brahms' Double Concerto with Janos Starker; chamber music with Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrel, and Emanuel Ax, Efim Bronfman and Christopher Hogwood. He was also featured in the Distinguished Artists Recital Series at the 92nd Street Y in New York. In addition to his highly active performing life, Borok has established himself as an internationally recognized teacher. having taught at the Tanglewood Music Center; the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy; and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland, Royal Conservatory of Music in London and Conservatoire de Paris..

Mr. Borok has recorded the Shostakovich Violin Sonata with Tatiana Yampolsky (a recording that received a four-star rating from the Penguin Cassette Guide), the solo part of Vivaldišs Four Seasons with musicians from the Boston Symphony (named "Best of the Month" by Stereo Review Magazine), and Beethovenšs Archduke Trio with pianist Claude Frank and cellist Leslie Parnas (a recording honored by Ovation).

Emanuel Borok is on the music faculty of the University of Houston. His interests include photography and the study of foreign languages.

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