Alexander Borovsky
Alexander Borovsky · Arts & Literature
Classical pianist
1889, Mitau (Jelgava), Russian Empire (Latvia) — 1968, Waban, Massachusetts, USA
Russia · United States
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Alexander Borovsky, of Jewish descent through his mother, was a Russian-American pianist who won the Anton Rubinstein Prize on graduating from the St. Petersburg Conservatory in 1912 and taught there before leaving Russia after the Revolution. He built an international concert career, made his New York debut in 1923, and later became a professor at Boston University. He was especially noted for his advocacy of the keyboard works of Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Classical pianist
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