Khatia Buniatishvili: Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (Klaus Makela & OP) 

00:30 __ I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito 20:56 __ II. Andantino semplice - Prestissimo 28:18 __ III. Allegro con fuoco ***** maravilha

Khatia Buniatishvili is an incredibly elegant pianist. Her performances are filled with grace and beauty as she effortlessly glides her fingers across the piano keys. With every note she plays, she captivates her audience with a sense of elegance that is truly unmatched. Whether performing classical masterpieces or contemporary compositions, Khatia's playing style exudes a unique charm that is both mesmerizing and enchanting. Her ability to convey emotions through her music is a testament to her exceptional talent and dedication to her craft. It is no wonder that Khatia Buniatishvili is widely regarded as one of the most elegant pianists of our time.

Ms. Buniatishvili is the definition of Class. At the end of her performance, she hurries to thank all of the soloists and leads in the orchestra before coming back and bowing to the audience herself. She then quickly askes the everyone to stand and takes another bow with Maestro Makela, acknowledging the group effort of all present. This, plus the beauty of the music itself, helps restore some of my faith in humanity.

She seems to be the most happy playing with an orchestra. She breathes their energy.

Some things in life you won’t get tired of Ms Khatia playing the 🎹 is one of those things her passionate expression her closeness to the Orchestra a joy to watch!

Watching Khatia play is an ultimate lesson in what talent and passion can achieve together. The beauty she exudes when she performs is phenomenal. She is not of this earth.

03:00 the timpanist and the conductor look at each other and laugh, showing how well they go together. Is beautiful.

I deploy the word "awesome" on very few occasions but Kahtia Buniatishvili's performance can be described by no other. I am truly in awe, not to mention in love-- of the most wonderful platonic kind.

Thank you god for all these great musicians we are able to enjoy. There are no words to describe such magnificent performance.

I never know whether I watch her for her musical virtuosity or just because I love watching her hair fly around.

I've heard this piece a hundred times. This was like hearing it for the first time. Blown away.

Bravo to her , the orchestra and Tchaikovsky.

Brava! Her hands are utterly beyond belief...so connected to her soul.

❤️Few things delight me as much as Ms. Buniatishvili’s performances.

Khatia's Performance Truly Makes My Cry, It's Sooo Emotional 😅

One of the greatest openings of any pieces of work, ever!

Heaven sent❤ She has it ALL. So talented, so gorgeous ❤❤

The most visually lovely recorded performance i've seen. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

Khatia showed up in my RU-vid recommendations today (I've never been introduced to her before today) and I am now several hours into a rabbit hole and loving every minute. She's amazing. 💕💕💕💕

Masterful ensemble - pianist, orchestra, conductor - Bravo!! Beautiful dialogue between all musicians taking the audience with on a musical fantasy adventure!! 🎉🎉🎉

Khatia Buniatishvili!!! Love of My Life!!! She's as Beautiful as Talented!!!

The seemingly endless hours put into being able to perform this piece this well is impossible to appreciate for most people. I appreciate it very much.

❤❤❤❤❤ I love the energy that exudes from the musician…..so much love and enthusiasm!!!

With such passion and joyful performance. A rare artist! Stunning!

In addition to undeniable talent, she adds a personal touch to the work and a touch of sensuality which she plays very well. Class, even if it displeases die-hard purists.

Most mesmerizing and enchanting music by exquisite sounds and performers. This made my day.

Interrupting Khatia Buniatishvili playing Tchaikovsky with a simply piano ad is even beyond sacreligious.

Light of my eyes and my ears, my soul and my heart...

Magnificent interpretation!!! Kathia dazzles us with her always surprising mastery! It’s a real pleasure to listen to and watch these exceptional moments again.

Kathia she is so amazing on so many levels! The moment when her beautiful hair covers her face and she feels the music her eyes closed giving to people so much debt to this absolutely beautiful concert. What a great fantastic talent she is!

An extraordinary tribute to Tchaikovsky particularly by Khatia Buniatishvili the pianist, the conductor, and the orchestra recall the author of the work

Inspiring to see so many young people actively involved in keeping the classics alive

You know it's going to be a great video when it begins with the camera capture of mid range view, of her settling down into the piano stool, readying her posture, brushing back her curls , and looking up to the conductor as the audience applause is quieting,. She fires off a squint and smile to the conductor. And like the down beat of the baton the producer/director cuts to the back camera view . We see, the maestro returns on cue, as if she's pulling the lanyard to begin firing all guns,. He nods towards her and slams the orchestra into gear. Game on. Plug in Socket. Action.

She lives, breathes and explodes with sensitivity. beautiful performance, love the conductor and the orchestra.

What never ceases to amaze me is that I used to have enough problems memorizing one stave of music performing the Mozart Clarinet concerto, yet pianists have to memorize FOUR staves of music! Technical genius combined with absolute pure musical and artistic virtuosity! I've seen and heard many performances of this work, and her emotional interpretation is amongst the best of them all. Watch closely and throughout the entire work she is frequently looking over at the other musicians in the orchestra, enjoying and admiring THEIR performance. WOW!

How Khatia plays with her eyes closed whilst playing the most difficult of piano concertos is breathtaking! True mastery! She is so IN it, her ‘flow’, it can only be the most intense feeling to play. Totally in awe!!! ❤

Amazing music; and her smiling during some of the difficult passages is great.

I love the way she is dressed here. Very classy dress and a gorgeous necklace.

The embodiment of Goodness, Truth, Beauty, and SUPERB talent. Watching over and over.

My wife and I were at this concert! One of the best performances I've ever attended in my life. And to think this just led into the intermission... the orchestra performed Debussy's Iberia and Ravel's Bolero after the break.

I love Tchaikovsky music. She plays as if she felt every note.Masterful performance. How can you play such a piece on the piano without sheet piano? I love her so much, such an inspiring and beautiful young woman. Oh, and one my favorite pianists of all time after Martha Argerich..Respect...

Khatia is absolutely Magnificent. She lives and breathes her Music. When she plays you see her pure joy and love of her craft.

Khatia and her playing are just---mesmerizing.

I like the atmosphere, they are smiling, supporting each other and truly enjoying the performance. Beautiful...

The passion in this interpretation is unforgetable. I adore it.Bravo.😍😍😍

Infectious energy and an obvious joy with what she's doing. No one engages her fellow musicians like Khatia. Her touch has steadily grown smoother, so now she performs with even more power and grace.

Magic spirit and hands Make her piano playing Into majestic poems Unmatchable, superior And uncontestably, Grand!

She is a genuine talent, in the full sense of the word. However, with her talent combines her musical education of immence quality and deep knowledge.

Talented, beautiful, and graceful. She is simply amazing to listen to.

My use of words cannot begin to describe the beauty and power of this performance. Khatia, you are a natural and a genius.

Oh my days ... I'd just listened to her utterly sublime Rhapsody in Blue and this was up next ... I couldn't leave it until those final glorious notes. One of my favourite Piano Concertos in any case but this was ... something else. I'm typing this to try and recover!

Finally an opportunity for chads of the world to be interested in classical music. I myself just discovered 40 seconds ago i am in love with classical music. Classical music is so beautiful.

I never get tired of watching this. So much talent and is so absolutely beautiful. Can't wait to see you! October ‘23 NYC. ❤️

In a word: mesmerizing.

Talent, Beauty and Brains, what a combination.

This literally brought tears of joy to my eyes. Magnificent 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

i am captivated by this performance! thank you, Ms Khatia, thank you, Conductor and orchestra!

Magnificent, she is sent from heaven. I love her interaction with the orchestra. I love everything about this video. Khatia's hands are golden. I am breathless, listening to her. Completely beautiful.

Katia is saying through her smile and look over is"I can do this no problem"! Such ambition from this pretty lady!!

The shear power Khatia Buniatishvili can pull from the piano is jaw dropping. if you don't get goosebumps, I don't know what will.

I did not know Khatia: my dear me, how great you are; so divine young Lady!!!

Katia is a kind of blessed person who is among us to make better our life. Her beauty and competence are part of her existence . Music became more beautiful and magnificent after her blessed perform. Wonderful woman.

Quelle artiste !!!

Amazing Khatia! She is a great example of talent and femininity. What a pleasure to listen to her music and watch her good taste. Lovely, enchanting lady! Thank you! Gabriella

She's A Lady .... She's Brilliant .... She's Thoughtful ... She's Beautiful.

Making music, together with other people, is something that has given me (at my own amateur level) pleasure beyond imagination. Just look at all the people involved in this performance. I can very well imagine what went on and how it felt! This version is exquisite...small details (both piano and orchestra) that are not quite like other versions, and that make it very to my liking.

Interprétation absolument magnifique et exceptionnelle du merveilleux Concerto pour piano mon Tchaikovsky .....

I love this music and it has a soothing effect. And the way she is so very passionate in her creation of it. One can see that any vanity takes second place to her playing. Love it! ❤

THANK YOU for posting this in 4K quality.

Это просто фантастика! БРАВО!

This lady can play. Great rendition of my favourite piece. 😍

The fingers of a musical angel like thirsty hummingbirds drinking the musical elixir. Her serene demeanor and passion are exquisite delicate. I see her face, expression, and her lustrous eyes living the music. The unity between her and the orchestra make the whole experience beyond beautiful, intangible, ethereal! At your feet Kathia l leave my admiration for being just you!

Just a great performance of one of the world,s finest piano concertos of all time !!!!!

Can’t stop crying after the whole song !! She is the best entertainer and has warm heart ❤️

She plays it so beautifully. This concerto was the last piece I had started learning to play fifty years ago before I gave up playing the piano. I couldn't find two hours a day to practice any longer but it was fun. I got through the first 17 pages of the piece when I quit playing. Thanks Khatia, for mastering it..

My ear can pick up every note much easier than I recall when hearing other artists; seems like strong phrasing. I think she knows the piece really well. :) And has manifest fun playing it.😃

Sublime Khatia !!! Comme toujours !

Khatia, this is one of my favorite performances! ❤️ you and still hoping to see you at Carnegie Hall.

...es imposible escucharla y no enamorarse... Gracias por compartir tan hermosos conciertos que en mi medio son imposibles para el pueblo...

Love Tchaikovsky. She is amazing!

Magistral Khatia Buniatishvili!!! Bravo!!!

She is amazing. An absolute joy to see and listen to her music.

These great musicians deserve playing Tchaikovsky's first piano concerto. Buniatishvili has excelled in emotional interpretation. It is transcending to listen to and see her play the piano. Thank you God, for this gift. The conductor and the orchestra have established such an admirable rapport. Cameras and directing are superb. Sound recording is, however, surprisingly very very poor. Despite all the notes that have gone unheard and the sounds inaudible, the music here is a masterpiece. I am greatly delighted to see Ms. Buniatishvili playing on stage again. Thank you C P 🙏

Best interpretation I´ve ever heard of this concerto...

So I can not see a mezzo tv in my country that I thank to this youtuber to upload a this good live.

Quelle merveilleuse interprétation. Juste divin. Bravo!

Khatia is a magnificent performer who translates the classics into modern day feelings and emotions by her gestures by her looks by her emotions & performance which ooze out of her persona and Translate the composers work into a living expression of her and him that come together with the piano. Magnificent memorable and makes you feel alive as you are listening to a legend playing a legend. Thank you Khatia. Ray Lambton Meyerson-Renaissance Man, Linkin author

Thank you very much for sharing this video. Khatia is really listening to the orchestra players individually and enjoying the collaboration. So, Audience couldn’t help Not to clap after the first mvt. I felt the same way 👏 👏

Khatia is without any doubt one of the most romantic pianists of her generation...

Heart stopping.😍

Это можно слушать и смотреть бесконечно...

Bravo, Khatia. A most thrilling and delightful performance.

Absolutely stunning performance. Could not take my eyes off her hands and fingers. The movements were just hypnotizing. I fell in deep. Love this performance💜💜💜🌈

I've been listening to this masterpiece since around 1962 when I was 12yo. No, it's not possible that I've heard every performance but I do have to say this is, if not the best I've every heard! Move over Lang Land, Martha, Yuja, and Sara Ott! GOD bless Katia and all performers in the name of Jesus!🤩🥰🤩😍😍

Absolutely brilliant and first class, beautiful🎶🎹👍♥️♥️♥️

Exquisite, marvelous performance by Katia, with wonderful interplay between her, orchestra and conductor. The most joyous performance of this piece I have seen. Katia’s best performance yet - emotionally powerful, lyrically sensitive, and crisp and effervescent as a virtuoso. She played with such freedom, joy and love as never before. Bravo! ❤

Khatia Buniatishvili is not only a talented pianist but also known for her captivating beauty. Her effortless charm and graceful presence on stage add to her overall appeal. However, it is important to not solely focus on her external appearance but also appreciate her musical prowess and dedication to her craft. Khatia Buniatishvili's talent and artistry are what truly make her an exceptional artist.

This is superb; apart from the obvious talent on display, you can see the control, and influence, of this fabulous conductor

Soy operador de grabaciones, y encuentro más allá de la sublime interpretación, que la toma de sonido es superlativa. Da gusto escuchar la enorme calidad del audio. Los instrumentos están todos en su lugar, y al piano lo tomaron muy de cerca con apenas el eco de la sala. Un trabajo estupendo

A beautiful and wonderful feeling