Khatia Buniatishvili

Born in 1987 in Batumi, Georgia, pianist 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 6 and appeared internationally at age 10. Khatia studied in Tbilisi with Tengiz Amiredjibi and in Vienna with Oleg Maisenberg. Her older sister, Gvantsa Buniatishvili is also a pianist[1] and they have played together on numerous occasions[2][3].

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]

In 2012, Buniatishvili released her second album, Chopin,[6] 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."[7]

• 2011 - Franz Liszt,[8] solo piano album (Sony Classical)
• 2012 - Chopin,[9] with the Orchestre de Paris, conducted by Paavo Järvi (Sony Classical)
• 2014 - Motherland,[10] solo piano album (Sony Classical)
• 2016 - Kaleidoscope,[11] solo piano album (Sony Classical)
• 2016 - Liszt Beethoven, with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta (Sony Classical)
• 2017 - Rachmaninoff, with the Czech Philharmonic, conducted by Paavo Järvi (Sony Classical)
• 2019 - Schubert,[12] solo piano album (Sony Classical)

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