Boris Giltburg, the Russian-born Israeli pianist, is lauded across the globe as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter.
Suddeutsche Zeitung described a recent performance as "gripping... one could not wish for a more illuminating, lyrical or more richly phrased interpretation”
As famous for his profound and exemplary Bach and Beethoven as for his exquisitely sensitive Rachmaninov and Ravel, Giltburg’s programme includes four masterworks of the piano repertoire. The Preludes and Fugues of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and the Beethoven piano sonatas are considered by pianists to be the unsurpassable foundation stones of piano repertoire.
Rachmaninov was unquestionably one of the great 20th century pianists and his compositions are deeply and justifiably loved by audiences around the world. Ravel’s masterpiece is a tour de force of imagination and pianism.
Biography
Boris Giltburg
Boris Giltburg is lauded for his combination of poetic imagination and analytical insight – qualities that have driven his in-depth explorations of major composers including Rachmaninov, Beethoven and Ravel. The Süddeutsche Zeitung praised his “interplay of spiritual calm and emphatic engagement” as “gripping… one could not wish for a more illuminating, lyrical or more richly phrased interpretation,” while BBC Music Magazine observed that “the range of his playing – from colour to pacing to emotional shading and sheer heady propulsion – makes for compulsive listening.”
Highlights of the 26/27 season include his debut in the Elbphilharmonie’s Grand Hall performing Gershwin’s Concerto, and Tchaikovsky’s First Concerto with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen under Edward Gardner. As Artist-in-Residence with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, he works with Mark Wigglesworth on two programmes – a partnership extending to Brahms’s Second Concerto in Warsaw. Further debuts include the KBS Symphony in Seoul and the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonikoa. He opens the North Carolina Symphony’s season, joins the Osaka Philharmonic under Kahchun Wong, and returns to the WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, the Residentie Orkest and the Tampere Philharmonic. As Associate Artist at Wigmore Hall, he gives three recitals exploring Prokofiev, while also performing at “Le Grand Récital” Lausanne and returning to Premiere Performances in Hong Kong, the Berlin Piano Festival, and Portland Piano International, where he serves as Guest Artistic Curator. He reunites with his frequent collaborators the Pavel Haas Quartet for chamber music at the Seoul Arts Center.
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