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Boris Giltburg

Boris Giltburg is an Israeli classical pianist, born in Moscow, who won the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in 2013.

born 1984Classical piano performanceWinning the 2013 Queen Elisabeth CompetitionRachmaninoff recordings

Born: 21 June 1984, Moscow
Occupation: pianist, music arranger
Education: Buchmann-Mehta School of Music

Boris Giltburg was born in 1984 in Moscow

Giltburg was born on 21 June 1984 in Moscow to a Jewish family with a musical tradition. At age 5 he began learning piano with his mother, Ella Giltburg, herself a pianist.

After moving to Israel, he grew up in Tel Aviv and Rishon LeZion. He studied with Arie Vardi from 1995 to 2007 and finished high school in Rishon LeZion.

He won the Newport competition in 1997 and the Santander piano competition in Spain in 2002. In 2005 he first played with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, and he has also performed with the London Symphony Orchestra and other orchestras in Europe and South America.

In 2011 he took 2nd prize at the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition. In 2013 he won the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, and in 2018 he received an Opus Klassik award for a Rachmaninoff recording on Naxos.

Outside performing, he translates poetry from Russian, German and English and has written about music.