Emanuel Borok, concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra since 1985, has had a distinguished career as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral leader. Before coming to Dallas, Mr. Borok served for 11 seasons as associate concertmaster of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and concertmaster of the Boston Pops Orchestra.  He came to Boston from Israel where he spent one season as concertmaster of the Israel Chamber Orchestra.

Born and trained in the Soviet Union, Mr. Borok received his musical instruction at the Darzinya Music School in Riga, Latvia, where he studied with Vladimir Sturestep, who later taught Gidon Kremer, and  latter the Gnessin School of Music in Moscow ubder the tutelage of  Michael Garlitsky.  In 1971, he became a co-concertmaster of the Moscow Philharmonic.

Emanuel Borok has made many solo appearances in Israel, Canada, France, Italy, Norway, Venezuela, Mexico, Switzerland, Holland and throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall.  His solo appearances have included the Bach Double Concerto with Yehudi Menuhin, Mozart's Symphony Concertante with Pinchas Zukerman and Brahms' Double Concerto with Janos Starker; chamber music with Itzhak Perlman, Lynn Harrell, and Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman and Christopher Hogwood, Joshua Bell, Ralph Kirshbaum, Cho-Liang Lin and Paul Neubauer.  He was also featured in the Distinguished Artists Recital Series at the 92nd Street Y in New York and soloist at the renowned Tuscan Sun Music Festival in Cortona Italy.

In 1999 he was nominated for the Grammy Award for his recording with the Dallas based Voices of Change  In addition to his highly active performing life, Borok has established himself as an internationally recognized teacher, having taught at the Tanglewood Music Center; the Academia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, Italy; and the Menuhin Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland, Royal Conservatory of Music in London and Conservatoire de Paris, Prague Music Academy and Verbier
Music Festival in Switzerland

Mr. Borok has recorded the Shostakovich Violin Sonata with Tatiana Yanpolsky (a recording that received a four-star rating from the Penguin Cassette Guide), the solo part of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with musicians from the Boston Symphony (named “Best of the Month” by Stereo Review Magazine), and Beethoven’s Archduke Trio with pianist Claude Frank and cellist Leslie Parnas (a recording honored by Ovation).