Emanuel Borok is an American

United States

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 violin

Violin

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ist of Russia

Russia

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n descent, born July 15, 1944 in Tashkent

Tashkent

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, Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

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. He studied violin in Riga

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, Latvia

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 with the renowned teacher Voldemar Sturestep and in 1959, he joined the Gnessin Music School in Moscow

Moscow

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 USSR where he continued his studies with Michael Garlitsky. He won top prizes in the All Russian Republic and All Soviet Union Violin Competitions. He became Second Concertmaster

Concertmaster

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 of the Moscow Philharmonic in 1971. In 1973, he emigrated to Israel

Israel

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 where he became Concertmaster of the Israel Chamber Orchestra

Israel Chamber Orchestra

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In 1974, he won the positions of Concertmaster of the Boston Pops and Associate Concertmaster of the Boston Symphony, where he spent 11 years.

In 1985, he won the position of Concertmaster in the Dallas Symphony which he held until his retirement in 2010. Emanuel Borok serves on the violin faculty at University of North Texas College of Music

University of North Texas College of Music

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 in Denton

Denton, Texas

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 and Southern Methodist University

Southern Methodist University

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 in Dallas. He previously taught at the Moores School of Music

Moores School of Music

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 at the University of Houston

University of Houston

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Borok performs on a violin by Brothers Amati

Amati

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of 1608.

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