Bogusław Furtok

Biography

Born in Katowice, Poland in 1967, Bogusław began learning the double bass at the age of 9. In 1986 he enrolled at the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice where he studied with Waldemar Tamowski, graduating with a distinction in 1991. His postgraduate studies led him to study in Germany with Günter Klaus at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. Upon graduation in 1995, Bogusław was appointed Principal Double Bassist of the Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra where he has remained ever since.

Bogusław has played as a soloist with many prominent orchestras in Poland and other countries including Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Together, he and pianist Ewa Warykiewicz, with whom he formed a duo in 1988, have given many recitals performing programs consisting of a wide range of works from the double-bass repertoire, as well as special transcriptions of works originally for cello and violin.