Biography

Born in Romania, Luiza Borac studied at the Enescu Music School for gifted children and the Music Academy in Bucharest, as well as at the Academy of Music and Drama in Hanover, graduating both with highest degrees. Further studies include master classes at the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...

 of Music New York, Como International Piano Foundation, Holland Music Sessions Amsterdam and Salzburg International Summer Academy.

Not later than 1991 Luiza Borac caused international stir when she was called at short notice to stand in for indisposed Sviatoslav Richter

Sviatoslav Richter

Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter was a Soviet pianist well known for the depth of his interpretations, virtuoso technique, and vast repertoire. He is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century.-Childhood:...

 during 1991 Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held every year in summer time all over the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany....

 and received rave reviews.
That same year she was a prize-winner of the Enescu International Piano Festival and was awarded the Romanian Critics Prize. She won first prizes at Viotti-Valsesia Italy and Mendelssohn International Piano Competition Germany as well as the Silver Medal of Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition

Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition

The Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition is based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is the second largest piano competition in the United States....

 in Salt Lake City, the Prix d’Oslo, Grieg Prize and Audience Prize of Grieg International Piano Competition Oslo.
One year later she was soloist at the Young Artists International Festival in Los Angeles and gave her debut in the Carnegie Recital Hall in New York which received exceptional reviews.

Luiza Borac performed extensively in Europe and USA where her concerts were broadcasted by major radio/TV stations. She performed solo recitals at the Carnegie Weill Hall, Steinway Hall (New York and London), Cologne Philharmonie, Concertgebouw

Concertgebouw

The Concertgebouw is a concert hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch term "concertgebouw" literally translates into English as "concert building"...

 Amsterdam, Radio Hall Hamburg, Liederhalle Stuttgart and appeared in festivals including Aldeburgh Festival

Aldeburgh Festival

The Aldeburgh Festival is an English arts festival devoted mainly to classical music. It takes place each June in the Aldeburgh area of Suffolk, centred on the main concert hall at Snape Maltings...

, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival

The Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival is a classical music festival held every year in summer time all over the state of Schleswig-Holstein in Northern Germany....

, Oslo Grieg, Prokofiev at the Barbican Centre London, Enescu Bucharest, Chopin Festivals in Vienna and Milan, Bohemian Music Festival, Braunschweiger Classix, Young Artists International Festival Los Angeles.
She has performed as soloist with Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonic Orchestra of Nations, Bucharest and Cologne Radio Orchestras, Utah Symphony Orchestra

Utah Symphony Orchestra

-History:The first attempt to create a symphony group in the Utah area occurred in 1892, before Utah was a state. The Salt Lake Symphony was created and presented just one concert before disbanding. In 1902 the Salt Lake Symphony Orchestra was formed, and it remained in existence until 1911...

 and has worked with artists like Vladimir Jurowski

Vladimir Jurowski

Vladimir Mikhailovich Jurowski is a Russian conductor. He is the son of conductor Mikhail Jurowski.Jurowski began his musical studies at the Moscow Conservatory...

, Murray Perahia and Radu Lupu

Radu Lupu

Radu Lupu is a Romanian concert pianist. He has won a number of the most prestigious awards in classical piano, including first prizes in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition and the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition....

 among others.
Her 2003 recording of George Enescu

George Enescu

George Enescu was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor and teacher.-Biography:Enescu was born in the village of Liveni , Dorohoi County at the time, today Botoşani County. He showed musical talent from early in his childhood. A child prodigy, Enescu created his first musical...

’s Three Piano Suites for Avie Records was highly acclaimed throughout the world not only for her wonderfully idiomatic performances but also for the truthful quality of the recorded sound.
Her next CD recording with works by Schubert and Liszt released in 2005 was described as “impressive mastery” by Gramophone.
With her CD “George Enescu Vol. 2” Luiza Borac completed the recording of the piano works by George Enescu, a world premiere project. The Album went on to win the coveted BBC Award 2007 for the best instrumental CD of the year.

In 2007 Luiza’s tireless promotion of George Enescu’s music led to receiving a special award from Music News (Romania’s leading music magazine) for her international support of Romanian music. She was invited to perform a live-broadcast (radio and television) Enescu recital in Bucharest.

But Luiza Borac also organizes her time for charity purposes. Luiza played in charity concerts for the homeless and orphan children in Romania. The 1991 UK Tour for the Romanian Relief featuring concerts in the Barbican Centre

Barbican Centre

The Barbican Centre is the largest performing arts centre in Europe. Located in the City of London, England, the Centre hosts classical and contemporary music concerts, theatre performances, film screenings and art exhibitions. It also houses a library, three restaurants, and a conservatory...

 and Coventry Cathedral as well as the 2001 charity event of the German-Lutheran Church Melanchton Hannover enabled fund raising to be delivered directly in Romania.

In 2009 Luiza Borac released an album featuring the 24 Etudes and the Polish Songs

Polish songs by Frédéric Chopin

Although Frédéric Chopin is best known for his works for piano solo, among his output are a number of songs for voice and piano, set to Polish texts.-Background:...

 by Chopin, which received a 4 star review in The Times. For Luiza, this recital has musical as well as personal significance as it pays tribute to her long-time supporter and producer, the late John Barnes.

In September 2009 Luiza Borac performed the World Premiere of the newly discovered composition “Ahnung” by Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann

Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....

 – the first unknown work by Schumann that has been discovered since the early 20th century.
Also in 2009 Luiza Borac was included on the Steinway Wall of Fame, after 10 years of being a Steinway Artist.

In 2010 her latest album “Fruehlingsglaube” (Spring Faith) was released including piano transcriptions by Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt

Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...

 and Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music...

 on works by Mozart, Schubert, Kreisler and Tarrega. The new album is dedicated to the Romanian Charity Project which supports orphans and street children of Romania.

Discography

• Robert Schumann - Kinderszenen, Etudes Symphoniques op. 13 (Avie)
• Erbdrostenhof - Klavierabend mit Werken von Chopin, Liszt und Ravel (R+V)
• Ceszky Krmlov Festival - Klavierabend mit Werken von Beethoven und Schumann
• Glasgow International Piano Competition - Prizewinner Concert
• Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition - Prizewinner Concert
• WDR Orchester Köln - Chopin: Variations on "La ci darem la mano", Op. 2
  Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" (Chopin)
  Frédéric Chopin's Variations on "Là ci darem la mano" for piano and orchestra, Op. 2, was written in 1827, when he was aged only 17. It was one of the earliest manifestations of Chopin's incipient genius...
  
  (BMG)
• George Enescu - The Three Piano Suites (Avie)
• Wanderer - Schubert and Liszt (Avie)
• Don Giovanni - Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven (ZEIT Stiftung)
• George Enescu - The Two Piano Sonatas (Avie)
• Frédéric Chopin - 24 Etudes and 6 Polish Songs (Avie)
• Frühlingsglaube - Piano Transcriptions by Liszt and Rachmaninoff