Orchestre de la Suisse RomandeJonathan Nott (conductor), Khatia Buniatishvili (piano)
Khatia Buniatishvili will once again demonstrate her incredible skill on the piano in mid-March. Together with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, she will perform Brahms’ second piano concerto, which is characterised by romantic expressiveness.
Khatia Buniatishvili will once again demonstrate her incredible skill on the piano in mid-March. Together with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, she will perform Brahms’ second piano concerto, which is characterised by romantic expressiveness.
Dubbed the “lioness of the keyboard” by the international press, the Georgian pianist unites passion and sensuality in performances that are, above all, incomparable and ever unique. Born on the longest day of the year in 1987 on the Black Sea, Khatia Buniatishvili knows how to unite opposites: black and white, dark and light, just like the keys of her instrument. “The piano is the blackest of instruments,” she says; a “symbol of musical solitude”.
Ever the virtuoso in her technical brilliance, Buniatishvili’s play is energy-laden, at times oscillating between drama and boundless melancholy, between reflection and seductive charm. Above all, the music and the pianist share a tremendous vitality. “You need solitude, moments of ardour, to be creative. Artistic creation doesn’t just happen; there are battles to be fought”, she says.
Programme
- Debussy: Images pour orchestre
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2 in B-flat major, Op 83
With
- Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
- Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
- Jonathan Nott, conductor
