His father was a music teacher, flutist and orchestra leader from Poltava who served in the Tsar's army during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78).

[3] Boguslawski was named head of the piano department at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music when he was 20 years old.

Recitals given during this time established him as a well-known pianist, and in 1916 a trip to the East Coast earned him good reviews in New York and Boston.

[3] For Chicago's WJJD radio station (now WYLL), Boguslawski played all of Bach's piano music and all of the sonatas of Beethoven, taking a total of 21 weeks to accomplish.

A 1936 piece in TIME magazine said of him, "When straight news about himself is scarce, 'Bogie' is likely to come forth with such a project as his proposal to promote world peace through voice culture, since animosity arises when unpleasant tones are heard.