2019Nominee
Best Performance
Love at Second Sight
Khatia Buniatishvili
Actor
Batumi, Batumi Oblast, Kutaisi Governorate, Russian Empire [now Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Republic of Georgia]
June 21, 1987
Biography
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
2026Nominee
Best Performance
Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2026 : Le concert événement
2025Nominee
Best Performance
Le Concert de la Paix
Career Highlights
2016Highlight
Best Performance
Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven
2024Highlight
Best Performance
Le Gala des Pièces Jaunes 2024 : Le concert événement
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Khatia Buniatishvili and Zubin Mehta: Liszt & Beethoven