Pianomania: Boris Giltburg

Rachmaninov / Prokofiev / Scriabin

This concert has already taken place! 9 | 17 | 25 | 40
This concert has already taken place! 9 | 17 | 25 | 40
Boris Giltburg
Boris Giltburg © Sasha Gusov
  • Doors open 18:30

  • Start 19:30

  • Interval

  • End ca. 21:30

Description

Boris Giltburg was catapulted to international fame in 2013 after winning the Queen Elisabeth Competition. Born in Moscow and raised in Israel, he comes to Hamburg to perform a Russian programme.

The main highlight is Alexander Scriabin’s etudes, which are extravagant in the very best sense of the word. In them, the professed synaesthete powerfully contrasts opposite forces: the lyrical and the apocalyptic collide and are hardly separable – a tremendous technical challenge awaits the interpreter.

As a counterbalance, Giltburg performs arresting works by Scriabin’s contemporaries. With his virtuosic Op. 2, Prokofiev presented himself in 1909 as a highly promising composer and pianist. For Sergei Rachmaninov, in contrast, the »Etudes-tableaux« of 1917 was the last great composition he finished in Russia, and in the work he pays his last respects to the deceased Scriabin.

Performers

Boris Giltburg piano

Programme

Alexander Skrjabin
Étude cis-Moll op. 2/1
Étude Des-Dur op. 42/1
Étude b-Moll op. 8/11
Étude H-Dur op. 8/4
Étude h-Moll op. 8/3
Étude E-Dur op. 8/5
Étude b-Moll op. 8/7
Étude As-Dur op. 8/8
Étude gis-Moll op. 8/9
Étude cis-Moll op. 42/5

Sergej Prokofjew
Vier Etüden op. 2

– Interval –

Sergej Rachmaninow
Études-tableaux, Op. 39


Encore:

Sergej Rachmaninow
Prélude G-Dur op. 32/5

Franz Liszt
Étude f-Moll »La leggierezza« / aus: Trois Études de concert S 144

Robert Schumann
Zart und singend / from: 18 Character Pieces, Op. 6

Subscription

Pianomania

Promoter: HamburgMusik

Supported by the Cyril & Jutta A. Palmer Stiftung

During your visit

Elbphilharmonie Plaza

A public viewing platform on the 8th floor of the Elbphilharmonie

More about the Plaza

Food and Drink

Before the concert and in the interval

Find out more

Coughing, clapping, chatting

Tips for your concert visit

Read now