Boris Giltburg

Pianist Boris Giltburg has combined training in the core Russian and Western repertory with fresh efforts to expose this repertory to audiences outside the usual classical spheres. He has recorded many albums for the Naxos label, including a complete cycle of Beethoven's piano sonatas. Giltburg was born in Moscow in 1984, and his family joined the exodus of Russian Jews to Israel soon after. His first piano teacher, beginning at age five, was his mother. In Israel, he studied with the veteran Tel Aviv pianist and teacher Arie Vardi. In 2006, he made his recording debut on the...