2017 November PASO Magazine
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SYMPHONY OF THE VINES SEASON EVENT AT CASS WINERY<br />
WORLD-CLASS PIANIST<br />
TORSTEN JUUL-BORRE<br />
TO PERFORM ON NOVEMBER 19<br />
<strong>PASO</strong> PEOPLE<br />
By Melissa Chavez<br />
North SLO County is home to<br />
among the best and brightest artists<br />
and teachers. Meet Torsten<br />
Juul-Borre, whose commitment<br />
and depth of talent as a performing<br />
classical pianist and teacher<br />
make and enrich the quality of<br />
life on the Central Coast.<br />
It’s 6:30 on a Friday evening<br />
and Torsten Juul-Borre has just<br />
finished teaching his last piano<br />
student for the day. He’s<br />
also preparing for an upcoming<br />
concert at Cass Winery in<br />
<strong>November</strong>, but paused briefly<br />
to reflect on his beginnings as a<br />
musician and a few of the influences<br />
that inspire it.<br />
“I grew up here and attended<br />
Templeton High School,” said<br />
Torsten. “My family moved to<br />
the area when I was in fourth<br />
grade.<br />
At the age of 16, Torsten<br />
moved to Denmark, the<br />
land of his heritage. There<br />
he began his studies at Royal<br />
Danish Music Conservatory<br />
for an eight-year period of<br />
advanced training. In 1983<br />
Torsten and his young family<br />
moved back to the Central<br />
Coast where he began teaching<br />
piano. In his Templeton studio,<br />
he teaches classical to contemporary<br />
styles.<br />
Years later, around the coffee<br />
table of the home he shares with<br />
loving wife, Eva, were conversations<br />
with fellow music lovers<br />
that seeded the beginnings of<br />
Symphony of the Vines nonprofit<br />
music organization.<br />
As part of the <strong>2017</strong>-2018<br />
season, Torsten will perform a<br />
piano recital on Sunday, <strong>November</strong><br />
19, at 4 pm at Cass<br />
Winery, 7350 Linne Road, in<br />
Paso Robles. Tickets are $30/<br />
adult, $27/senior and $15/students.<br />
Visit www.symphonyofthevines.org.<br />
An actively touring pianist,<br />
Torsten has performed at Tivoli<br />
Gardens Concert Hall and<br />
Copenhagen Summer Music<br />
Festival. From Rachmaninoff<br />
to Chopin to Debussy, his playing<br />
is highly skilled, precise and<br />
seemingly effortless.<br />
Among Torsten’s students are<br />
accomplished young artists who<br />
have competed in the annual<br />
Paderewski Festival Youth Piano<br />
Competition in Paso Robles.<br />
“A whole person includes music,<br />
and one learns music just as<br />
other courses we learn in school,”<br />
said Torsten. “It’s a joy to see my<br />
students continue playing and go<br />
on to bigger and better things<br />
and it’s fun to know that teaching<br />
has helped produce fruit like<br />
that.” He added, “I love music<br />
and I view it as a gift from God.<br />
I just think it’s an important part<br />
of everyone’s life.”<br />
<strong>November</strong> <strong>2017</strong>, <strong>PASO</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> 19
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