“Powerful, intuitive performances, executed with stylistic understanding and arresting presence.” Daily Telegraph, five stars, August 2012

 

Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg was born in 1984 in Moscow and has lived in Tel Aviv since early childhood. He began his piano studies with his mother at the age of five and went on to study with Arie Vardi. He has received many awards for international competitions, notably at Santander (top prize and Audience Prize, 2002) and the Rubinstein (2nd prize and Best Classical Concerto, 2011). In 2013 he received First Prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, as a result of which his already flourishing international career has been catapulted to a new level.

 

He is a popular guest with many UK orchestras and has also appeared with DSO Berlin, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Royal Flemish Philharmonic, Swedish Radio Symphony, Danish Radio Symphony, Prague Symphony, to name a few. In 2013 he plays at the Vienna Musikverein with the St Petersburg Philharmonic.

 

In 2012 Giltburg released the Prokofiev ‘War’ sonatas to excellent reviews worldwide, and appearing in Gramophone as ‘Editor’s Choice’: “These performances of Prokofiev’s three ‘War’ Sonatas eclipse all others on record – even those tirelessly and justifiably celebrated performances by Richter and Gilels” (Gramophone, October 2012).

 

This brilliant pianist will come to Taiwan for his first ever visit and make his debut concert at Taichung Chung Hsin Hall on 3rd Dec 2015. The concert will present Bach-Busoni Chaconne, Schumann Carnaval, following two Russian master pieces, Shostakovich String Quartet No.8 arranged by Giltburg himself and Sonata No. 2 by Rachmaninov. This is not only a challenge of virtuosity and interpretation to Boris Giltburg, but also a reflection of his connection to beloved birthplace.