Boris_Giltburg Knowpia

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

Biography edit

Giltburg was born into a Jewish family in Moscow, then the capital of the Soviet Union, and began studying piano with his mother at the age of five. After emigrating to Israel, he studied with Arie Vardi between 1995 and 2007.^[4]

Music career edit

In 2002, Giltburg won 2nd prize (the top prize awarded) of the 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]

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

On 2 June 2013, he won the international piano competition Queen Elisabeth in Brussels.^[8]

References edit

^ "International piano-e-competition". piano-e-competition.com.
^ "Boris Giltburg". Intermusica. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
^ Seckerson, Edward (20 November 2008). "Boris Giltburg, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London". The Independent. Retrieved 7 April 2010.
^ "Boris Giltburg". Intermusica. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
^ "Boris Giltburg". Intermusica. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
^ "Boris Giltburg" (PDF). ColbertArtists.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2009.
^ "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.
^ "Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg wins Queen Elisabeth Piano Competition". Pianist Magazine. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 14 February 2023.