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Boris Giltburg plays Grieg

Cadogan Hall5 Sloane Terrace, London, Greater London, SW1X 9DQ, United Kingdom
Dates/times in London time zone
Thursday 16 October 202519:30

‘Titanic’ was how one critic described the playing of pianist Boris Giltburg, and they didn’t stop there: ‘Giltburg had enormous reserves of firepower – and of musing poetry, too – to open up whole worlds of feeling and imagination.’ Now imagine him bringing all his wizardry to one of the best-loved showpieces of all time – Grieg’s evergreen (and gloriously tuneful) Piano Concerto. With an extra touch of magic from the RPO’s charismatic Conductor-in-Residence Kevin John Edusei, it’s the big heart of a concert that begins in California, with Gabriella Smith’s ingenious musical nature notebook and ends beneath the Northern Lights of Finland, as Sibelius’ mighty Second Symphony grows from tranquil beginnings to a soaring hymn of triumph. Prepare to be swept away.

‘He made me listen to the music afresh... the whole trajectory of the piece became clearer. The audience’s reaction was fervent and impassioned, and rightly so.’ – Seen and Heard International on Boris Giltburg, February 2024

© Sasha Gusov
© Sasha Gusov
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