Khatia Buniatishvili

Lahir pada tahun 1987 di Batumi, Georgia, pianis Khatia Buniatishvili mulai belajar piano di bawah bimbingan ibunya pada usia tiga tahun. Dia mengadakan konser pertamanya dengan Tbilisi Chamber Orchestra ketika dia berusia 6 tahun dan tampil secara internasional pada usia 10 tahun. Khatia belajar di Tbilisi dengan Tengiz Amiredjibi dan di Wina dengan Oleg Maisenberg. Kakak perempuannya, Gvantsa Buniatishvili juga seorang pianis dan mereka telah bermain bersama beberapa kali. Buniatishvili menandatangani kontrak dengan Sony Classical sebagai artis eksklusif pada tahun 2010. Album debutnya pada tahun 2011 menampilkan Sonata in B minor karya Liszt, Liebestraum No.3, dan Mephisto Waltz No.1. Pada tahun 2012, Buniatishvili merilis album keduanya, Chopin, yang menampilkan karya piano solo serta Konser Piano Chopin No. 2 di F minor diiringi oleh Orchester de Paris dan Paavo Järvi. Penjaga melaporkan "Ini dimainkan langsung dari hati oleh salah satu pianis muda paling menarik dan berbakat secara teknis saat ini."

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."