Boris Giltburg scores with double Shostakovich in Malmö

By Mark Pullinger, 08 April 2021

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“Giltburg relished the thrill of the chase in the coda, ripped glissandos and all”

Reviewed at Malmö Live Konsertsalen Malmö, Malmö on 8 April 2021

Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor for piano, trumpet and string orchestra, Op.35

Sibelius, Symphony no. 7 in C major, Op.105

Shostakovich, Piano Concerto no. 2 in F major, Op.102

Boris Giltburg, Piano

Gustav Melander, Trumpet

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Patrik Ringborg, Conductor

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***11

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.