Boris Giltburg: Well Tempered Clavier I

Curtis Performance Hall Assumption University Tsotsis Family Academic Center 500 Salisbury St. Worcester, MA 01609 Part of BACHtoberfest Weekend Deeply sensitive, insightful and compelling, pianist Boris Giltburg performs Bach’s unforgettable Well Tempered Clavier, Book 1. This near-meditative journey through every key signature, each with two movements (Prelude and Fugue) allows the listener to experience Bach’s keyboard writing as he intended: musical practices to explore all ways of writing. Moscow-born Israeli pianist Boris Giltburg is known for his compelling interpretations of piano greats, performing with some of the world’s most distinguished ensembles, and this solo recital of Bach engages the listener in an exploration of Bach’s work on the modern-day keyboard. An avid interpreter of all periods of the classical music repertoire, Giltburg often dives deep into the workings of the composer through his blog “Classical Music for All”