{"id":34964,"date":"2023-11-17T17:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ab4858a3-7393-449d-a1e4-a1dade334e42"},"modified":"2023-11-17T22:39:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T21:39:58","slug":"khatia-buniatishvili-revisiting-our-early-interview-with-the-captivating-georgian-pianist","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/khatia-buniatishvili-revisiting-our-early-interview-with-the-captivating-georgian-pianist\/","title":{"rendered":"Khatia Buniatishvili: revisiting our early interview with the captivating Georgian pianist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n <\/p>

Published: Friday, 17 November 2023 at 16:58 PM<\/p>

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In the November 2010 issue of BBC Music Magazine<\/em>, we interviewed pianist Khatia Buniatishvili for our ‘Rising Star’ series. Here’s what we learned… <\/strong><\/p>

If only Khatia Buniatishvili had known she was going to be invited to play in front of one of the world\u2019s great pianists, she probably wouldn\u2019t have previously stood so close to a candle. <\/p>

‘I had no hair… and I had to run to the church’<\/h2>
\u2018I had no hair,\u2019 recalls Buniatishvili about performing for Martha Argerich<\/a><\/strong> during the festival at Lockenhaus, Austria. \u2018I\u2019d burnt it and so shaved it off completely. I wasn\u2019t looking in good shape to play at all. I had to run to the church where she was. But she\u2019s a very nice person, and wants to make you feel well and comfortable.\u2019<\/p>
Buniatishvili\u2019s performance of Liszt<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s Mephisto Waltz<\/em> clearly impressed. The Argentinian has championed her ever since, inviting her to perform at the prestigious Projetto Argerich festival in Lugano. Nor is Argerich the only person to have sat up and taken notice of the 23-year-old Georgian\u2019s prodigious talent. <\/p>
Liszt: five essential works<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>
Buniatishvili is a regular playing partner of violinist Gidon Kremer, one of our greatest violinists of all time<\/a><\/strong>. She has also been taken on as a Radio 3 New Generation Artist. And she’s currently making her recording debut for Song \u2013 the Mephisto Waltz <\/em>will line up alongside the B minor Sonata in an all-Liszt CD. <\/p>
‘I was 15… quite young for Liszt’<\/h3>
\u2018At first, I didn\u2019t actually realise 2011 was \u201cLiszt year\u201d,\u2019 she says. \u2018I wanted to express through my CDs some special moments in my life. My first success and my first big appearance in public was with Liszt. I was 15, which was quite young for the B minor Sonata.\u2019<\/p>
Watching footage of Buniatishvili dressed in trademark black and hunched over the keyboard, it\u2019s tempting to imagine her as an introspective loner. One who focuses on the darker recesses of the repertoire. And she herself has spoken before now on the solitary nature of the pianist. <\/p>
\u2018Solitude is one of the most important facts for a pianist,\u2019 she explains. \u2018If you are not fine with solitude, you cannot give recitals and play alone. And you also don\u2019t understand a big part of piano music. But it\u2019s only part of our role. There is also chamber music, plus recital music that is not so \u201csolitaire\u201d \u2013 it is very joyful!\u2019<\/p>
The hair, as you can see, has grown back.<\/p>
Jeremy Pound<\/em><\/p>
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