Khatia Buniatishvili - Mussorgsky/ from: Pictures at an Exhibition 14 & 15 (live @Bimhuis Amsterdam)

Khatia Buniatishvili performs from Pictures at an Exhibition, composed by Modest Mussorgsky part 14 & 15
"The Hut on Fowl's Legs" & "The Great Gate of Kiev"

Broadcast may 29th 10.30 am (GMT +1) NPO1
This video was recorded in Bimhuis Amsterdam.
VPRO Vrije Geluiden is a music program made by the Dutch public broadcast organisation VPRO

[ianjeffery]

Is it just me, or do others see something quite surreal in this fabulous performance, with its everyday background of trams, cars, trains, and cyclists?

[florynsewastian]

Khatia is the best pianist from generation to generation

[neblaxter]

In Mexico, Khatia is a little unknown. Only some of us know how to recognize their beautiful, majestic and impeccable music. However, letting go of her beauty would be sin. Kathia, expresses a look of admiration!
As in my country we say; What else do you want? IT'S A PIANIST! She is beautiful, she surely has a lot of money, she has international fame, she is beautiful, she is a pianist, she has beautiful eyes ¬ ¬ (LOL), she is a polyglot, and above all, she is a pianist! hahaha
IT IS MY IMPOSSIBLE LOVE, I KNOW IT.

[valdiskrebs]

Wow... from ƒƒƒƒ to pppp. Some are just technically brilliant on the piano -- she plays with amazing technical AND expressive skill.

[mar]

Carácter! Pasión! Maravillosa Khatia!! Sin duda la más brillante de la nueva generación!. Mi FAVORITA

[ronniekahn]

I love how she lets her hair fall down and cover her face when she's in her eyes-closed reverie totally at-one and alone with the very quintessence of the music invisible in her own private little tent, even though thousands of people are watching and scrutinizing her. The first inter-active game that most children learn is “peek-a-boo” And she must have been a great little peek-a-boo player, and she still is! Amazing sensitivity serenity courage divine-inspiration and powers of concentration!
I think those who rudely crudely devise to condemn and criticize her, are missing the boat and missing the point and missing a beautiful exalted experience; probably because their misplaced misinformed misogynistic bigotry prevents them from accepting the self-evident fact that a great transcendent divinely-inspired musical genius can also be a strikingly beautiful young woman!

[cathofficial]

Didn't know this piece, it's gorgeous! Thank you for uploading ;)

[robertgrenier]

Mussorgsky is not the easiest composer to folow! Kathia has the touch needed to do so! Wonderful!

[florynsewastian]

I think must to do a wax statue in Madame Tussauds London whit Khatia Buniatishvili !!!

[MrFab]

Quelle femme magnifique, sexy et  virtuose...Fantasme absolu ! Je prends tout : le piano, le lieu, les tableaux derrière ...

[RochonPiano]

Comme Franz Liszt l'a démontré jadis et bien d'autres depuis, c'est la présence à l'instrument qui affecte à la fois la performance et sa réception.

[lancerexford]

She's mesmerizing... and.... At least on my machine the piano was miced with too much emphasis on the bass.

[zygmaszel]

l do play piano, but not like that . and she looks so sexy
this is call beauty and talent the same time

[speedcartooning]

Undeniable beauty and intensity, so no offense, but somehow... I get lost, it's too much, I don't know where to look, 'where' to listen...

[wimdehaan]

I do not understand why people are so enthousiastic about this performance, just many mistakes. There is nothing wrong with a mistake or a dirty note, I like when a pianist takes a certain risque and goes for it, but this is 'sloppy'.
Normally this program is live and early in the morning and I guess, as most musicians, Kathia is not at her best in the morning. Her lipstick is perfect though ;-)