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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.

Brahms – Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2 – Buniatishvili, Piano

Intermezzo Op. 117 No. 2 in B-Flat Minor is the second of the three Intermezzi for piano composed by Johannes Brahms in 1892 for solo piano.

Chopin - Scherzo No 2 in B-Flat Minor - Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Scherzo

Chopin – Scherzo No. 2 – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B-Flat minor, op. 31, was composed and published in 1837, and was dedicated to Countess Adèle Fürstenstein. Schumann compared this scherzo from Frédéric Chopin to a Byronic poem.

Debussy - Ondine (Prelude No 8, Book II) - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

IMPRESSIONIST MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Debussy – Ondine – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

Debussy’s Préludes are 24 pieces for solo piano, divided into two books of 12 preludes each. Unlike some notable collections of preludes from prior times, such as Chopin’s or Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier, Debussy’s do not follow a strict pattern of key signatures.

Chopin - Prelude No. 4 in E Minor - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 4 – Buniatishvili, Piano

Chopin’s Prelude No 4 in E minor is one of the 24 preludes opus 28 for piano. By Frédéric Chopin’s request, this piece was played at his own funeral, along with Mozart’s Requiem. Hans von Bülow called the prelude “suffocation”, due to its sense of despair.

Mozart - Fantasia No 2 in C Minor - Buniatishvili, Piano

Piano / CLASSICAL MUSIC

Mozart – Fantasia No. 2 – Buniatishvili, Piano

Fantasia No. 2 in C Minor, K. 396/385f is a fragment of a violin sonata composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna in August or September 1782.

Maxim Vengerov and Khatia Buniatishvili perform César Franck's Sonata for violin and piano in A Major.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Violin

Violin Sonata (Franck) – Vengerov, Buniatishvili

The Sonata in A Major for Violin and Piano by César Franck is one of his best-known compositions, and is considered one of the finest sonatas for violin and piano ever written.

Schubert - Violin Sonata No 4 (Grand Duo) - Buniatishvili, Piano; Batiashvili, Violin

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Piano / Sonata / Violin

Schubert – Violin Sonata No. 4 – Buniatishvili; Batiashvili

The Violin Sonata No 4 (also known as the “Duo” or “Grand Duo”) in A Major for violin and piano by Franz Schubert was composed in 1817.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Liszt – La Leggierezza – Buniatishvili, Piano

La Leggierezza (meaning “lightness”) is the second from Franz Liszt’s Three Concert Etudes . It is a monothematic piece in F minor with a very simple melodic line for each hand under an unusual Quasi allegretto tempo marking, usually ignored in favour of something slightly more frenetic.

Schubert - Impromptu Op 90 No 3 in G-Flat Major - Buniatishvili, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Impromptu / Piano

Schubert – Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 – Buniatishvili, Piano

Impromptu Op. 90 No. 3 is the third piece of a series of eight for solo piano composed in 1827 by Franz Schubert. They were published in two sets of four impromptus each.

Liszt - Sonata in B Minor - Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Sonata

Liszt – Piano Sonata in B Minor – Khatia Buniatishvili

The Piano Sonata in B minor is a sonata for solo piano by Franz Liszt. It was completed in 1853 and published in 1854 with a dedication to Robert Schumann in return for his dedication of his Fantasie in C major, Op. 17 (published 1839) to Liszt.