Khatia Buniatishvili ****
Queen Elizabeth Hall, 9th May 2018
Khatia Buniatishvili was born to play Liszt. This is not news. Her Liszt is like a wild stallion, galloping furiously, nostrils flared, tossing its black mane impatiently. The easy virtuosity she brings to this most flamboyant of pianist-composers was fully on display towards the end of her International Piano Series recital in the freshly refurbished Queen Elizabeth Hall. What was surprising was the humour she brought to Mikhail Pletnev’s impish arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker and, in the first half, the weighty introspection and dignity of her Brahms.
Khatia Buniatishvili
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