Khatia Buniatishvili - Schubert: Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 90, D. 899 

We used this piece at my beloved mother's funeral just 3 days ago to accompany a slide show of photos of her life from a baby with her parents to a child with her 3 siblings, to a school girl, to getting married, to her having her 5 children to having her grand and great-grandchildren into her old age, dying aged 97 after many moves to many places including Algeria during its terrible war of independence in the 1950s - a whole lifetime in just over 6 minutes of music. The music of Schubert was a perfect accompaniment to these photos, in fact I cannot get over just how perfect this music was - what a lovely tune it opens with and how many lovely tunes Schubert composed!. Schubert was a genius and yes, Khatia plays this with feeling, tenderness and great artistry. This music will forever remind me of my Mum who also loved Schubert's impromptus. RIP Margaret Stedeford

There is such total power and control in her playing. It feels like not a single sound, vibration or overtone is accidental. As if she is sculpting the sound meticulously as it hovers above the piano. I am always in awe of her mastery.

I love how Khatia gives every single note the meaning it deserves. The result is outstanding.

It's an honor to watch this piece played with such love, care, and precision.

No audience = No coughing. Yay! Excellent performance. Perfect piece for her. I love the intensity when she plays.

Perfection. Depth. Beauty. Intensity. Subtlety. Pain. Pleasure. All of those are in this and Khatia delivered this exceptionally.

We're so fortunate to be able to listen to such beautiful music. Most people in the world will never have the opportunity.

That was beyond perfection Khatia! No one could possibly perform that piece any better than this! Your touch is brilliant, full of fire but gentle as a summer breeze in the soft areas. Schubert would be very, very pleased to hear his composition played on this grand level. Thank you so much Khatia for this unforgettable recital. I just loved it!!!

She plays sublimely. And she always takes you by surprise. What a wonderful gift she has. Of her generation, she stands out for me... always willing to take risks and, god forgive, never giving a routine performance of anything. This is mesmerizing. Thank you for sharing it.

I feel like crying when listening to her performances. And she is so stunningly gorgeous.

Schubert was for a long time one of the most underrated composers, I'm very happy that more and more of people are discovering his talent and genius, but that make me think how many other great composers lay there forgotten by the time for different reasons, with beautiful pieces we maybe will never hear and appreciate.

She breathes Schubert. I feel in another world. Thank you Khatia.

The music she plays is never trivialized. Not only does she know it well but treats it as if it is sacred. She may be the most accomplished pianist performing at this time.

Seeing all the different languages in the comments... music really does bring people together

There's no pomp, no circumstance. Just a deep connection with the music.

I've always thought Schubert is a hugely underrated composer, this piece tipifies this, it has everything, pathos, drama, feeling, virtuosiry and its not especially well known, but its wonderful and this rendition is just beautiful!

I just know that feeling, when you are playing, and you are just caught up in it and lost in the magic of the music, and the world suddenly seems small and comforting for a moment, and it is heavenly, that feeling. I yearn for it more and more as I learn to feel with my fingertips, and see with my ears, and hear with my heart. Thank you Khatia, for love.

I would like to thank all of those Mothers who instilled a love of music in their children. We can all see and hear what wonder and joy these musicians bring to the world. Khatia brings me such joy that I can't wait to get up in the morning and listen to her once again. So ... to the Mothers who made their children practice all of those hour, to the makers of such wonderful pianos, to RU-vid and to Khatia Buniatishvilli , Thank You

No audience!!! Sooo fantastic!!!! No one is disturbing this perfekt Sound!!!!!!!!! Its like Angels Wings!!

I have fallen in love with Khatia just listening to her express her inner soul through her music and she'll never know who i am. That is how she touched me with her music. She's an angel.

Méditation admirable de profondeur , de sérénité et de délicatesse ; bravo Madame Buniatishvili ....

Khatia braucht keinen Applaus. Sie hat unseren großen Dank.

Deep tenderness and power, submitted to the piano with high virtuosity. It is not for nothing that Khatia Buinatishvili is considered one of the best pianists in the world, today.

What huge depths of feeling she conjures up, yet how modestly and openly she shares those feelings with us. Thank you Khatia.

Welch unbegrenzte Gnade und Liebe muss Gott dabei überkommen sein; als er dieses Herz zum Schlagen brachte .... Khatia - . Die Musikwelt dankt deinem Schöpfer.

I don't like every performance by K Buniatishvili, but this one is a true gem. The music flows like honey. She hits that bass note at 4:40 - and lets it resonate - as perfectly as I can possibly imagine.

This piece is one of the jewels of world music, It is fluent gold

Schubert is one of the few composers who can move me and stir up emotions that are so deep within me. It is so sad he died at aged 31. What a tragedy for Classical music to have him die so young. He could have composed so many more pieces for us to enjoy had he lived until at least age 50.

I can understand the way she feels and what she wants to say through her music. She makes the piano sing so heavenly...

it's 2020 & everything is on fire, but this is so beautiful it made me cry

He was a tragic figure in many ways. Underappreciated, died young, shunned for his homosexuality, the man still is enriching our lives nearly 200 years later. Khatia is fabulous!

Just one example of why Liszt regarded Schubert as the most lyrical of all composers.

Великолепное исполнение прекрасной музыки.Очень чувственное, тем более в исполнении столь симпатичной женщины, браво !

I love that she hardy moves. ALL her effort is in portraying the emotions through her hands!

I have listened to this hundreds of times. I can’t hear or detect any mistake and the performance is truly perfect. I will likely listen hundreds of more times.

Kathia, Yuja Wang, Alice Sara Ott, Martha Argerich, Valentina Lisitsa, Helene Grimaud and many others. Thank you for your music!! What a splendid time to be alive!

With what beauty and passion does Khatia interpret, simply extraordinary

Schubert's piano Impromtus are some of the most beautiful piano music written in the Romantic Era in my opinion. It's the subtly of the melodic development that makes them so stunning and this viruosi radiates confidence, beauty, poise, and almost actual total embodiment of what she's playing. Remarkable.

This performance is so very beautiful on so many different levels (the score, the heart felt execution, the instrument, the setting, and the musician). The world needs more of this! Much respect…Thank you!

Schubert is looking down at you and crying over the beauty of your sensitivity......you are indeed one of the ''Chosen''

Absolutely lovely, soulful Schubert, played with so much feeling by Khatia. Thank you, Schubert and Khatia.

That's my girl! she plays me to sleep every night with her dreamy rendition of this lovely work.

Katja plays like a dream. She takes me off any stress with this piece.

Schubert's tragic early death cheated humanity out of at least 30 more years of masterpieces like this Impromptu.

It's the way she connects with the piece - the expression on her face, the calmness one gets from her interpretation, that part of what she plays that words can never do justice to describe - that makes one agree, without a doubt, that even Schubert would be smiling in heaven to hear his work being played here so phenomenally on a Steinway. Many thanks, Khatia.

to be alive for this ... thank you loving Father

I am truly amazed at this woman. She has an immense talent. I imagine she must put in countless hours of practice, but how she plays and the sort of mystical channeling of the composer of each piece she plays is the stuff of magic and ethereal realms. Only music can evoke such feelings and only true musical geniuses can pull it off. Khatia is surely one of the best at it

Wonderful piece of music, it sounds like a deep prayer. Schubert was a very devout and sensitive man.

She plays with her whole emotion in the piece naturally without any acting as if.... Great player!!

Kept in style of Franz Schuberts’ poetic romantic spirit yet a warm touch and the sound of Buniatishvilis’ hands in this recording of true musicianship

J’aime son doigté, sa grande sensibilité. Tout me plait dans son jeu musical, ses yeux fermés, sa tête en rétroflexion son sourire radieux et enfin ses cheveux en broussaille. Son interprétation musicale est digne des grands interprète tel Ashkénasi, bref je l’écoute sans m’en lasser. Quel plaisir pour mes oreilles!

Such a beautiful music and the most beautiful pianist ever.

She is my new favourite pianist! I just love her so much!

Every time I hear Khatia play I fall in love with her all over again. The notes and timing are one thing but the strength that each note gets is what makes her genius. I've got to say that Khatia is easily the best pianist that I have ever heard. Khatia is honoring every one of us with her dedication to the nuances. She is drop-dead gorgeous on top of it all.

My personal favorite performance of this master piece, ever! Her state of connection with the music is on the highest level.

Just looking at all the comments and views it just shows how music really does bring us all together

Un ABSOLU musical, comme toujours avec vous, Khatia Buniatishvili... Merci beaucoup, merci encore une fois.

Such beauty and no one siting in the audience to appreciate it. Thanks RU-vid for putting it in my recommended viewing list.

Хватит музыка льётся из твоих пальчиком и твоей души. Замечательное исполнение. Твоя манера исполнения. Талантом бог тебя наградил.

People would ask what are the differences between Khatia's piano playing and other female or male pianists. Well, If you just listened to a CD, it's okay. But if you viewed on RU-vid, watched her and any other pianists playing the same concerto, you'd immediately notice the differences between them; not just a little bit but a lot. Khatia let you understand and experience more of the lyrics of this concerto, allowed you to know more about those composers when they composed those works, not just by her intoxicated body language and expression. She was actually completely immersed in every note and the music that made her complete. She was completely melted in it, talking with the composer and his concerto. You'd become more understanding and more passionate to his emotions when he composed this concerto. Khatia made it become more alive, more vividly colorful. And don't overlook the fact that when she played that night, she obviously caught cold with some light runny nose, so you saw that she asked the conductor to give her a handkerchief to wipe her nose. But didn't you notice, once she start to play, once her fingers touched the keys, all the cold symptoms were immediately disappeared, the music and what she played, actually comforted her. The other thing that amazed me by Khatia is (was) that almost every concerto or piano piece she played, she almost never paid too much attention to the keyboard, almost never looked at those keys. When the camera opposite the piano took her images, sometimes you couldn't even tell if she's playing, but in fact she was. That's what the difference between her and most of the other female or male pianists and how naturally superior to others. Her virtuosity gave us more opportunity to know better about every piece of music. It'd become a poem, a poetry, a love story, a romance.... that's not possible by just listening to or from a CD. She'd not just playing it, she's talking to you and to herself at the same time, she's telling you a wonderful story. Because she herself IS THE MUSIC and all the composers were fulfilled by her!

Schubert ! Another composer I love most.i could feel in my heart and soul the way you touch the Piano. Flowing coming from your both hands.i wish I could meet you in person. Fantastic, amazing Pianist! Peace and quiet room hearing you playing. It forgets my loneliness and imagining the life experiences in my life. Thanks for playing Khatia! Love you!

One of the most beautiful things I’ve ever had the privilege of hearing.

Harmonie parfaite, piano et pianiste. Merci, Mademoiselle Khatia.

Those dynamics are sublime, and the rubato is beautiful and dramatic without being gauche.

I have discovered this amazing pianist now! In these crazy days of Covid and world's caos! Thanks for this music!

Khatia Buniatishvili is the best for ever and ever

She plays so we'll. Timeless music and never ending. Like heaven.

Как благородно, возвышенно! ❤

I have just seen and listened to her other concert and she had altered my mood, so I think she must have something for making us feeling her music so deeply. I love her. She is able to put all her body, mind and soul playing these oeuvres.

Красивая девушка, потрясающая игра, редкое сочетание красоты и таланта, получил эстетическое наслаждение. Спасибо 🙏

The most beautiful amazing performer of Schubert ! My Goodness !

I am grateful I was introduced to this otherworldly pianist by the RU-vid algorithm. Thank you for your stunning performances!

Where has she been all my life?! I JUST discovered her music this weekend and I'm 6 hours into listening. I'm hooked for life! Khatia is simply amazing, and mesmerizing. Brava!!!

Like the wind across a moor...and ocean-deep longing in the music. This feels rather special.

QUESTA È LA KATIA CHE PREFERISCO !!!Lei Si ESPRIME attraverso il cuore, niente acrobazie o tecnicismo visto che questo improvviso di Schubert è una preghiera , e la grande Katia riesce a renderla sommessa seppure forte nell'intensita' del suo Misticismo. È una grande, grandissima interprete che mi auguro continui ad essere sempre ricca di immaginazione e di profonda interpretazione....dote che ormai......sta scomparendo ....... per lasciare spazio a musica fatta di tanta ,troppa " cerebralita'". Grazie Katia per tutte le emozioni che mi hai regalato🌠

This recording makes me think to my grandmother, who leaved the word 4 years ago.

Очень нравится исполнительская манера Кати. Дай Бог длинного творческого и жизненного пути, девочка!!!

Quelle magnifique interprétation, merci Madame.

Khatia, bonjour. Quel profond et bouleversant est votre Schubert!!!! Depuis longtemps, j'adore cette pièce. Mais votre son est plus pur et larmoyant. Vous avez bien saisi le tourment de la vie de ce compositeur. J'ai déjà écouté ce RU-vid vingt fois. Vous décrit brillament cette chanson noble. Votre Tchaikovsky est splendid. Toutefois, dans un autre sens, votre Schubert est magnifique. Un grand remerciement.

Wonderful music! I listen it over and over again. Wonderful composed and wonderful played.

The incredible precision of the human body and mind, soft and beautiful yet energetic and dynamic , amazing ❤️

Oh wow. That was sublime. She has such finesse and grace in every note she plays

She makes every note a work of art - and she pays with a depth of feeling that is truly wonderful. Thank you Khatia for such magical music.

She's so deep when is playing! It's like the notes are coming from her heart😢😢. And this Schubert's impromptu is a real masterpiece! It can take us to the holy heaven! Thanks for sharing this lovely moment ❤

Really great Schubert interpreters are rare, but she certainly is one!

Эта Женщина и есть воплощение музыки. Я просто очарован! Браво Катя, простите, если не точно транскрипирую!

This lady is pure genius. She feels the music and and plays with her soul.

Effortless, lyrical, singing tone with emotionally exposed beautifully wrought phrasing...I don't know anyone alive who is doing it better than Khatia. Wow🥰

En vous écoutant, J’ai rarement autant pleuré de bonheur ... merci.

Beautiful tasteful and emotional musical performance with nothing "overdone". As an aside, I love the way she maintains her posture and focusses on putting the emotion into the music itself , refraining from the excessive gyrating and gesticulations which many pianists resort to now.

one of the best interpretations i've ever seen!!! so fantastic and beautiful... and katia buniatshivili is one of the important pianists of the globe.

Shubert and serenity. Wonderful sound by this passionate pianist.

This is how heaven feels like. Wow, amazing and breathtaking. Thank you Khatia for bringing peace to my soul. Just amazing. Bravo.

Exquisite heavenly piece by Schubert masterfully played by Khatia and definitely one of favourite renditions of it. I’ve listened to many pianists play this sublime piece yet Khatia takes it to another level. She’s really making herself one with the music and putting her soul into it, I’ve found a bit of heaven. Thank you ❤️

One of the greatest piano pieces ever written. It is a kind of elegy. Sublime!

When the music arrives into the soul, only can express the true piano sound. Thank you very much. Bravísimo.

Audience is surprisingly quiet this time. Really appreciate that. Beautiful

As beautiful and moving a performance of this piece as I have heard. Her signature fluid, and perfectly tapered, diminuendos are on full display here. I hope she turns now to all the great Schubert sonatas.

L'écouter et la regarder, à la fois stoïque et imprégnée d'une telle musicalité.. elle est extraordinaire. Une artiste exceptionnelle et rare. Elle sera cet été au violon sur le sable à Royan et j'y serai !

Favolosa artista E SENZA LEGGERE LO SPARTITO, TUTTO A MEMORIA E' STRAORDINARIO! Davvero un raro talento, come lei ce ne sono pochi!!!! La adoro!! 🍬🍬☕☕