- Borwick, W. Leonard
[E] Borwick, W. Leonard, pianist, born at
Walthamstow, Essex, February 26, 1868.
Comes of an old Staffordshire family, many
members of which were musical. His dis-
position for music was shewn at a very early
age ; and after some years of study under
London masters, he entered the Hoch Con-
servatorium, Frankfort, 1884, where he was a
pupil of Madame Schumann for five years.
He also studied composition with Bernard
Scholz and Iwan Knorr. His debut took place
at the Museum Concerts, Frankfort, Novem-
ber 8, 1889, when he played the solo part in
Beethoven's E flat Concerto. His success
was so marked that he was engaged for the
London Philharmonic Concerts, and he made
his first appearance in England, May 8, 3890,
playing Schumann's Concerto. He appeared
at the Richter, Crystal Palace, and Popular
.Concerts, St. James's Hall, the same year ;
,and has now been heard at the principal
jiiusical centres in Britain, and Germany,
ranking with the groat pianists of the dav.entry id: 54-L-39
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