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Orchestra in the world premiere of
Górecki’s Symphony No.4, to considerable acclaim.
Notable in Mr. Boreyko’s discography
with the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart
des SWR (where he was principal guest
conductor) are Pärt’s Lamentate and Silvestrov’s Symphony No.6 (both for ECM
records) and the premiere recording of his
original version of the Suite from Lady
Macbeth of Mtsensk for Hänssler Classics.
Mr. Boreyko was born in St. Petersburg,
Russia in 1975, and studied conducting
at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory,
graduating summa cum laude.

Variations on a Rococo Theme
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall

Friday, April 29, 2016 — 8p.m.
Sunday, May 1, 2016 — 3 p.m.
Music Center At Strathmore

Saturday, April 30, 2016 — 8 p.m.

Andrey Boreyko is making his BSO debut.

Victoria Borisova–Ollas

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

The Kingdom of Silence
Variations on a Rococo Theme, opus 33
DARIUSZ SKORACZEWSKI

INTERMISSION

Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat Major, opus 100
Andante
Allegro moderato
Adagio
Allegro giocoso

Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
The concert will end at approximately 9:50 p.m. on Friday, and 4:50p.m. on Sunday.
Music Center At Strathmore
The concert will end at approximately 9:55 p.m.

Arch iv Ku ns tler

Supporting Sponsor:

Andrey
Boreyko

Andrey Boreyko has
been music director
of Orchestre National
de Belgique since 2012, expanding its
activities nationally and internationally.
He also holds the position of principal
guest conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica
de Euskadi, and since 2014 music director
of the Naples Philharmonic in Florida.

In North America, he has worked with
the New York and Los Angeles philharmonics, the Cleveland and Philadelphia
orchestras, and Toronto, Chicago, Boston,
Pittsburgh and Montreal symphony
orchestras. His 2015–2016 season includes
a debut with San Francisco and concerts
with the Baltimore, Indianapolis and
Toronto symphony orchestras.
A passionate advocate for new works,
Boreyko led the London Philharmonic

Ch r istian Co lb erg

Andrey Boreyko, Conductor
Dariusz Skoraczewski, Cello

Dariusz
Skoraczewski

Baltimore Symphony
Orchestra’s Principal Cellist Dariusz
Skoraczewski has delighted audiences in
America and Europe with his artistic and
technical command of the instrument.
As a soloist in the U.S., he has performed
with the National Philharmonic, Alexandria Symphony, Arlington Philharmonic,
Lancaster Symphony and the BSO.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Skoraczewski has appeared in the Candlelight Series,
Music at the Great Hall in Baltimore and
the Barge Music Festival in New York City.
In 2005 he gave his Carnegie Hall debut,
which was sponsored by the La Gesse
Foundation. The cellist is also a member
of the Monument Piano Trio.
Mr. Skoraczewski began his musical
education at the age of six in Warsaw
and completed his higher education as a
scholarship recipient at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore under the
supervision of Stephen Kates.
He is a laureate of the Tchaikovsky
Competition in Moscow, the Leonard Rose
Competition in Washington D.C. and the
Rostropovich Competition in Paris.
In 2013, Mr. Skoraczewski was awarded
the prestigious Baker Artist Award, the
highest recognition for artists in Maryland.
His debut CD Cello Populus is a
collection of solo pieces from the

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