Khatia Buniatishvili

Khatia Buniatishvili
ხატია ბუნიათიშვილი
Buniatishvili in 2017
Born (1987-06-21) 21 June 1987 (age 37)
Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic
CitizenshipGeorgia
France
OccupationClassical pianist
Children1
Websitekhatiabuniatishvili.com

Khatia Buniatishvili (Georgian: ხატია ბუნიათიშვილი, Georgian pronunciation: [χatʼia buniatʰiʃʷili]; born 21 June 1987) is a Georgian-born French concert pianist.[1][2]

Early life and education

Born in 1987 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Khatia Buniatishvili began studying piano under her mother at the age of three. She gave her first concert with Tbilisi Chamber Orchestra when she was six and appeared internationally at age ten. She studied in Tbilisi with Tengiz Amirejibi and in Vienna with Oleg Maisenberg at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

Between the ages of eleven and fifteen, she left school in Georgia to follow intensive training with the French pianist and pedagogue of Hungarian origin Michel Sogny at the Villa Schindler in Austria, where she studied Sogny’s innovative piano methodology.[3]

Her older sister, Gvantsa Buniatishvili, is also a pianist, and they have played together on numerous occasions.[1]

Career

Buniatishvili signed with Sony Classical as an exclusive artist in 2010.[4] Her 2011 debut album included Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, Liebestraum No. 3, and Mephisto Waltz No. 1.[5]

Buniatishvili is a regular attendee of the Verbier Festival, and she performed Liszt's Sonata in B minor at the 2011 festival.[6]

In 2012, Buniatishvili released her second album, Chopin,[7] which featured solo piano works as well as Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor accompanied by the Orchestre de Paris and Paavo Järvi. The Guardian reported "This is playing straight from the heart from one of today's most exciting and technically gifted young pianists."[8]

On 7 December 2024, she was one of the featured artists who performed at the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris.[9]

Discography

  • 2011 – Franz Liszt,[10] solo piano album (Sony Classical) OCLC 741021791
  • 2012 – Chopin,[11] with the Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Paavo Järvi (Sony Classical) OCLC 936044843
  • 2014 – Motherland,[12] solo piano album (Sony Classical)
  • 2016 – Kaleidoscope,[13] solo piano album (Sony Classical) OCLC 951603042
  • 2016 – Liszt Beethoven, with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta (Sony Classical) OCLC 1441808778
  • 2017 – Rachmaninoff, with the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Paavo Järvi (Sony Classical) OCLC 1023627471
  • 2019 – Schubert,[14] solo piano album (Sony Classical) OCLC 1100419156
  • 2020 – Labyrinth,[15] solo piano album (Sony Classical) OCLC 1246179245
  • 2024 – Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23,[16] with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields (Sony Classical)

References

  1. ^ a b "About | Khatia Buniatishvili". www.khatiabuniatishvili.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Khatia Buniatishvili: Why are the pianist's performances so controversial?". Interlude. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
  3. ^ Clements, Andrew. "Khatia Buniatishvili review – rash, immature playing". The Guardian. No. 2 April 2015.
  4. ^ Cullingford, Martin. "New Sony signing – Khatia Buniatishvili". Gramophone. No. 6 July 2010.
  5. ^ Nicholas, Jeremy. "A name to remember". Classic FM Music Magazine.
  6. ^ "Khatia Buniatishvili plays Liszt, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky". medici.tv. Archived from the original on 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ^ « C comme Chopin » (C as Chopin), in Improvisation so piano, Jean-Pierre Thiollet, Neva Editions, 2017 ISBN 978-2-35055-228-6, p. 29.
  8. ^ Pritchard, Stephen (8 September 2012). "Khatia Buniatishvili: Chopin – review". The Guardian.
  9. ^ "Star-studded Notre-Dame Reopening Concert now available to watch on STAGE+". Deutsche Grammophon. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  10. ^ "'Franz Liszt' Album Information". Khatiabuniatishvili.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  11. ^ "'Chopin' Album Information". Khatiabuniatishvili.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  12. ^ "'Motherland' Album Information". Khatiabuniatishvili.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  13. ^ "'Kaleidoscope' Album Information". Khatiabuniatishvili.com. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  14. ^ "Khatia Buniatishvili – Schubert | CD". www.sonyclassical.com.
  15. ^ "Khatia Buniatishvili – Labyrinth | CD". www.sonyclassical.com.
  16. ^ "Khatia Buniatishvili – Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23 | CD". www.sonyclassical.com. Retrieved 22 October 2024.