Boris Giltburg

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Boris Giltburg (Hebrew: בוריס גילטבורג‎, born June 21, 1984[1]) is an Israeli classical pianist, born in Russia.[2][3]

Biography[]

Boris Giltburg was born in a Jewish family in Moscow, Russia, and began studying piano with his mother at the age of five. After immigrating to Israel he studied with Arie Vardi between 1995 and 2007.[4]

Music career[]

Giltburg won 2nd prize (the top prize awarded) of the 2002 Paloma O'Shea Santander International Piano Competition in Spain, where he performed the Bartók Third Piano Concerto with the London Symphony Orchestra. Since then Giltburg has performed with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, Bournemouth Symphony, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the Israel Philharmonic with conductors such as Philippe Entremont, Christoph von Dohnányi, Mikhail Pletnev and Marin Alsop.[5][6]

In 2011 he won 2nd place at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition.[7]

On 2 June 2013 he won the international piano competition Queen Elisabeth in Brussels.

References[]

  1. ^ International piano-e-competition
  2. ^ "Boris Giltburg". Intermusica. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  3. ^ Seckerson, Edward (20 November 2008). "Boris Giltburg, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London". The Independent. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Boris Giltburg". Intermusica. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  5. ^ "Boris Giltburg". Intermusica. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  6. ^ "Boris Giltburg" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
  7. ^ "The 13th Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition". The Arthur Rubinstein International Music Society. Archived from the original on 25 January 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
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