by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
At the start of his season as Artist in Residence with the Dresden Philharmonic, Boris Giltburg gave an in-depth interview for the German print edition of Pianist magazine, in which he discussed topics ranging from his upcoming performances and the recording of both books of Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier (“the next Mount Everest I’m taking on”) to his surprise at Yuja Wang’s recent performances of his piano arrangements of Rachmaninoff’s The Isle of the Dead and Shostakovich’s Eighth String Quartet.
“For me, Beethoven has evolved from a composer I deeply admired (and perhaps slightly feared) into one of my closest companions in music. This season I will perform the cycle again [after Wigmore Hall] in Brussels, Valencia, and Santiago de Chile, and perhaps more cities will follow. I think I will play these sonatas all my life.”
Giltburg on the complete cycle of Beethoven sonatas
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
Boris Giltburg was recently featured on Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Germany’s nationwide public radio, on the programme Klassik, Pop, et cetera. With an audience of hundreds of thousands of weekly listeners and more than 2,500 episodes produced, the programme remains one of Germany’s most enduring and beloved music-radio shows.
Giltburg described jazz as “a kind of magical secret” and spoke about his enduring love for Rachmaninov’s music. The programme reveals the breadth of the pianist’s musical curiosity. German listeners can catch the whole podcast here. Follow the link to check out Giltburg’s more unexpected choices, which include Ella Fitzgerald and Beyoncé!
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
Boris Giltburg stepped in at the last minute to replace Evgeny Kissin, who cancelled due to ill health, and played Prokofiev’s Third and Rachmaninov’s Second Concerto with the London Philharmonia at the Royal Festival Hall on November 17 under the baton of Lawrence Foster.
Giltburg received excellent reviews and was featured in The Times:
“bouncing on his piano stool, Giltburg attacked the [Prokofiev] with crisp staccato and precision power… There was delicate pedalling in the middle movement’s theme and variations, and the finale’s coda thrilled, powered by knuckled glissandos.”
The Times, Mark Pullinger
by AdminTyBarts | Dec 16, 2025 | News
We are exceptionally pleased to welcome Elena Graf to TYB Arts. The first violinist in our roster, Graf plays the Stradivari “Tullaye” (1669), on loan from L-Bank Baden-Württemberg.
Graf’s upcoming season promises a series of high-profile performances, including Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto with the Kammerphilharmonie Mannheim in Heidelberg, Brahms’ Double Concerto at the Mannheimer Rosengarten, Sibelius’ Violin Concerto with Arcademia Sinfonica in Balingen, and a new project by Fazil Say with the Bilbao Orkestra Sinfonika in Spain.
A renowned soloist and chamber musician, Graf has performed with orchestras such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, Staatskapelle Dresden, WDR Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Philharmonic, and the Stuttgart State Orchestra, and at major festivals including the Rheingau Musik Festival, Cape Classic Festival in South Africa, and Musica in Trancoso Festival in Brazil.
Her performances have been described as “technically perfect, with a phenomenal richness of sound and a spirited, vibrant musicality” (Kronen Zeitung).
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by AdminTyBarts | Dec 9, 2025 | News
Conductor Enrico Fagone made a highly successful debut at the Arena di Verona on December 5 and 6, earning enthusiastic critical response and a warm, enthusiastic reception from the audience. The program opened with a new commission by Orazio Sciortino, written for the Fondazione Arena di Verona, followed by Francis Poulenc’s Aubade, the choreographic concerto for piano and chamber orchestra. The concerts concluded with Richard Strauss’s Sonatina No. 1, which was particularly praised and made for a spectacular showcase of contrasting styles.
“The enthusiastic conductor Enrico Fagone leads with a remarkably precise baton and an impeccable sense of timing”
—L’Adige
“Fagone offers a performance of luminous discipline, which shaped the music with a refined and beautifully balanced palette of colors … the orchestra responded instantly to Fagone’s guidance, keeping the entire structure effortlessly cohesive”
—MTGLirica
