Boris Giltburg is lauded across the globe as a deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling interpreter. Critics have praised his “singing line, variety of touch and broad dynamic palette capable of great surges of energy” (Washington Post) as well as his impassioned, narrative-driven approach to performance.
Giltburg regularly plays recitals in the world’s most prestigious halls, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Wiener Konzerthaus and Southbank Centre. He has worked with many top orchestras and conductors across the globe, including the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic, Czech Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic and at the BBC Proms.
Giltburg is widely recognized as a leading interpreter of Rachmaninov. To celebrate Rachmaninov’s 150th anniversary in 2023, Giltburg released the last disc in his acclaimed Rachmaninov concerto cycle and performed Rachmaninov concerti with the BBC Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Dresden Philharmonic and Brussels Philharmonic, as well as Rachmaninov solo works at the Stuttgart Liederhalle, Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Duesseldorf Tonhalle.
In recent years Giltburg has engaged in a series of in-depth explorations of other major composers, including Ravel (peforming solo works at Bozar, Flagey, the Amsterdam Muziekgebouw and the Wigmore Hall, and concerti with the Orchestre National de France, Brussels Philharmonic and Residentie Orkest) and most recently Chopin, including three recitals at the Wigmore Hall last season.
In the 2024/25 season, Giltburg performs Rachmaninov concerti with the Hallé, Bournemouth Symphony and Gulbenkian Orchestra, and gives recitals of works by Rachmaninov and Chopin in Prague, Florence, Córdoba, Tokyo and Seoul. Giltburg also explores concerti by a range of composers, including Prokofiev with Belgian National and Stavanger Symphony, Tchaikovsky with London Philharmonic, Mozart with Hamburger Symphoniker and Grieg with Dresden Philharmonic. Elsewhere, he performs a recital tour across the US and an all-Beethoven recital series at the Wigmore Hall.
Giltburg is a consummate recording artist and has been exclusive to Naxos since 2015, winning the Opus Klassik Award for Best Soloist Recording for Rachmaninov concerti and Etudes Tableaux; a Diapason d’Or for Shostakovich concerti and his own arrangement of Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet; and a Choc de Classica Award for Rachmaninov concerti.
Giltburg feels a strong need to engage audiences beyond the concert hall. His blog “Classical Music for All” is aimed at a non-specialist audience, which he complements with articles in publications such as Gramophone, BBC Music Magazine, Guardian, Times and Fono Forum.
