Khatia Buniatishvili

Born: 1987-06-21

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 and they have played together on multiple occasions. Buniatishvili signed with Sony Classical as an exclusive artist in 2010. Her 2011 debut album included Liszt’s Sonata in B minor, Liebestraum No. 3, and Mephisto Waltz No. 1. In 2012, Buniatishvili released her second album, Chopin, 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."


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Love at Second Sight

as Self
Released: 2019-01-18

A man tries to make his wife fall in love with him again, after waking up in an alternate...

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Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven

as Herself - Piano
Released: 2016-11-16

Vivaldi, Mozart, and Beethoven serve up an evening of glittering virtuosity and transcendent...

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Mind in the Wilderness: Khatia Buniatishvili

as uncredited
Released: 2013-01-01

Framed by the tranquil beauty of a forest near Berlin, Khatia Buniatishvili gives a recital of...

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