Praised for their "lyric sensitivity, extraordinary inner perception and overwhelming technical mastering" (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), the Silver-Garburg Piano Duo enjoys a flourishing international career in more than forty countries on the five continents. Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg founded their duo in 1997 and within a few years became one of the remarkable piano-duos on the international stages, gaining enthusiastic acclaim by music audiences and critics.

Their numerous recitals have taken them to prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Cologne Philharmonie, Finlandia Hall, Beijing National Radio, Rome's New Auditorium, Teatro Colon and Palacio Nacional de Bellas Artes, to name a few.

They perform at festivals such as the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Israel Festival, Tokyo Summer Festival, Kremlin Festival, Cervantino Festival, Dresdner Tage der zeitgenössischen Musik, Riga Winter Festival, Passau European Music-Weeks and Oslo Chamber Music Festival, as well as Artists in Residence at the Canberra Chamber Music Festival and artistic directors of the Braunlager Maikonzerte in Germany.

The duo performs with numerous orchestras including Israel Philharmonic, Tchaikovsky Symphony "Fedoseyev", NDR (North German Radio) Radiophilharmonie, Melbourne Symphony, Stuttgart Chamber, Mexico Philharmonic, soloists of the Bayerischer Rundfunk, and many others. They have played with all major orchestras in Israel.

Sivan Silver & Gil Garburg research and perform many unknown works by major composers of the 19th and 20th centuries. They have an extensive repertoire, including contemporary works written for and dedicated to them.

Sivan Silver, born in Israel in 1976, and Gil Garburg, born in Israel in 1975, studied with Prof. Arie Vardi at the Rubin Music Academy at the Tel-Aviv University and later at the "Hochschule für Musik und Theater" in Hanover, Germany. They won the first prize at more than a dozen national and international competitions, both as soloists and as a duo.

Ms. Silver and Mr. Garburg present Master-Classes at institutes such as the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow, Sibelius Music Academy in Helsinki and Beijing Central Conservatory, as well as at the Tel- Hai International Piano Master-classes in Israel. In July 2004 they were members of the jury at the "IBLA Grand Prize" International Competition. Since October 2001 they hold a teaching position at the Hanover Musikhochschule in Germany.

The Duo records for Harmonia Mundi label. The upcoming CD will feature works by Mendelssohn. Previous CDs appeared for JMC and NDR records.