Partial Client List

I have been making instruments for over 44 years. During that time, soloists, recording artists, symphonic and chamber musicians, as well as pedagogues and collectors have acquired my instruments. The following is not a complete list, but it's a sampling.

Clients are listed alphabetically, *indicates multiple Borman instruments

Kyung-Wha Chung, Soloist; Grammy Award Winner, Professor of Violin Juilliard

Victor Danchenko, Soloist; Professor of Violin Glenn Gould School, Former Professor of Violin Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory; gold medal winner Soviet National Competition

Sadie Fields, Award winner at Gueiph and Kitchener-Waterloo Kiwanis Music Festivals; Provincial Finalist for the Ontario Music Festival Competition; National Finalist for the Canadian Music Competition; 2013 winner of the Emerging Excellence Award; Artistic Director of Chamber Music Brussels

Pamela Frank, Soloist; Violin Faculty The Curtis Institute and Peabody Conservatory; Faculty New York University; Avery Fisher Prize winner

Jose-Luis Garcia Asensio (1944-2011), Soloist; Former Violin Professor and Orchestra Conductor, Queen Sofia School of Music; Former Lead Violin and Director, English Chamber Orchestra

Nicolas Kendall, Soloist, member of Time for Three, member of Dryden String Quartet, founding member East Coast Chamber Orchestra

Dennis Kim, Concertmaster of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, former Concertmaster of the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra; former Concertmaster Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra; former Concertmaster Hong Kong Philharmonic

Jaime Laredo*, Soloist; member Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio; President of the Jury, International Violin Competition of Indianapolis; Emmy Award Nominee; Grammy Award Winner; Professor of Violin Curtis Institute and Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington; Professor of Violin Cleveland Institute of Music, Music Director of the Vermont Symphony, Principal Conductor of of the Westchester Philharmonic, and Artistic Director and Conductor of the New York String Orchestra Seminar at Carnegie Hall

Cho-Liang Lin*, Soloist; Grammy Winner; Music Director of La Jolla Music Society's SummerFest, Professor of Violin at Rice University's Shepherd School of Music, Violin Faculty The Julliard School

Violaine Melancon; Soloist; Member Peabody Trio; Violin Faculty Peabody Institute; Associate Professor of Violin at the Schulich School of Music; first prize in violin, Conservatoire de Musique de Quebec; member Knopp-Melancon Duo

Anne Akiko Meyers, Soloist; Recording artist;

Freddy Antonio Varela Montero, Soloist; Concertmaster of the Orquesta Estable of Teatro Colon and Concertino director of the Camerata Bariloche, member of Opus Trio, past concertmaster of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Chile and Concepción Symphony Orchestra.

Sharon Robinson, Soloist; member Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio; Grammy Nominee; Chamber Musician; Professor of Violin Cleveland Institute of Music; Former Associate Professor Indiana University School of Music, Bloomington;

Abel Romero, Soloist; Chamber Musician; ONIX Ensamble; Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional; Violin Faculty Centro Escolar Cedros;

Joseph Silverstein (1932-2015), Soloist; Grammy Nominee; former Conductor Laureate Utah Symphony; former Violin Faculty Curtis Institute and Longy School of Music; former Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor of Orchestras, New England Conservatory; former Concertmaster Denver Symphony; former Concertmaster Boston Symphony

Pinchas Zukerman*, Soloist; Grammy Award Winner; Music Director, National Arts Centre Orchestra; Director, Ilona Feher Music Center, Holon, Israel; Faculty, Manhattan School of Music

Additionally, my instruments have been owned by members, students,and faculties of the following schools, symphonies, and groups.