Roman Borys, cellist, a native of Toronto, Canada, and of Ukrainian descent, Roman studied with Janos Starker at Indiana University and Aldo Parisot at Yale University. He now teaches at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, is one of Canada’s most leading chamber musicians and a founding member of the Juno Award-winning Gryphon Trio, which he formed along with pianist Jamie Parker and violinist Annalee Patipatanakoon. One of North America’s leading chamber groups, the Gryphon Trio tours regularly throughout North America and Europe. To date, the ensemble has released six recordings for the Analekta label. As a producer, Roman Borys is a passionate advocate of audience-development initiatives. His most ambitious undertaking in this regard has been the theatrical development of Christos Hatzis’ 85-minute multi-media work, Constantinople. This production brought the Gryphon Trio together with two vocalists in a performance environment enriched by projected visuals, lighting, and dramatic staging. Premiered in 2004, Constantinople is now beginning to tour and will be presented by the Royal Opera House ROH2 series in 2007 in London, England. When not playing chamber music, Roman enjoys contributing to film soundtracks and has been featured in Kenneth Lonnergan’s You Can Count On Me (2002; he even appears on screen) and Guy Maddin’s The Saddest Music In The World (2003). Outside of music, Roman enjoys honing his skills as a racing driver at club events held at various tracks of North America.

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