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Born in 1987 in 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.

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.

Khatia Buniatishvili perfomrs Chopin's Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4 in A Minor

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Mazurka / Piano

Chopin – Mazurka Op. 17 No. 4 – Buniatishvili, Piano

Mazurka in A Minor is the last one from Op 17, a set of four mazurkas composed by Frédéric Chopin between 1832 and 1833. It is a real masterpiece, in the form of a dance poem. Written in A minor, it is in 3/4 and is marked Lento, ma non troppo.

Ravel - La Valse - Khatia and Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Ravel – La Valse – Khatia and Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano

La valse, poème chorégraphique pour orchestre (a choreographic poem for orchestra), is a work written by Maurice Ravel between February 1919 and 1920.

Satie - Gymnopédie No 1 - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Satie – Gymnopédie No. 1 – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

The Gymnopédie No. 1 is part of Gymnopédies, three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie and published in Paris starting in 1888.

Liszt - Dreams of Love - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Liszt – Dreams of Love – Buniatishvili, Piano

Dreams of Love is a set of three solo piano works published in 1850 by Franz Liszt. Originally the three Liebesträume were conceived as lieder after poems by Ludwig Uhland and Ferdinand Freiligrath.

Liszt - Mephisto Waltz No 1 in A major - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Liszt – Mephisto Waltz No. 1 – Buniatishvili, Piano

The Mephisto Waltzes are four waltzes composed by Franz Liszt. Nos. 1 and 2 were composed for orchestra, and later arranged for piano, piano duet and two pianos, whereas nos. 3 and 4 were written for piano only.

Bach-Petri - Sheep may safely graze - Buniatishvili, Piano

BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Cantata / Piano

Bach-Petri – Sheep May Safely Graze – Buniatishvili, Piano

Sheep may safely graze (German: Schafe können sicher weiden) is a soprano aria by Johann Sebastian Bach setting words by Salomon Franck. The piece was written in 1713.

Prokofiev - Sonata No 7 - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 7 – Khatia Buniatishvili

Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 (1942) (occasionally called the “Stalingrad”) is the second of the three “War Sonatas” written by Sergei Prokofiev. The sonata was first performed on 18 January 1943 in Moscow by Sviatoslav Richter.

Ravel - Scarbo - Buniatishvili, Piano

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano

Ravel – Scarbo – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

Scarbo is the third and last movement from Gaspard de la Nuit, Trois poèmes pour piano d’après Aloysius Bertrand, a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908. The work was premiered in Paris, on January 9, 1909, by Ricardo Viñes.

Schubert - Fantasia in F Minor - Khatia and Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Fantasy / Piano

Schubert – Fantasia Four-Hands – Khatia & Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano

The Fantasia in F Minor by Franz Schubert, D.940 (Op. posth. 103), for piano four-hands (two players at one piano), is one of Schubert’s most important works for more than one pianist and one of his most important piano works altogether.

Beethoven - Piano Concerto No 1 in C Major - Buniatishvili, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Khatia Buniatishvili

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 1 was written in 1795, then revised in 1800. The first performance took place on 18 December 1795 in Vienna with Ludwig van Beethoven himself as soloist.