Atemlos

By Benedikt Zacher, 08 October 2015

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“Diesem expressiven Strudel konnte man sich nicht entziehen”

Reviewed at Laeiszhalle: Großer Saal, Hamburg on 6 October 2015

Ravel, Gaspard de la nuit

Liszt, Réminiscences de Don Juan

Liszt, 3 Concert Etudes: La leggierezza, S 144 no. 2

Liszt, Transcendental Études, S 139: no. 5 Feux Follets

Liszt, Grandes Études de Paganini S 141: no. 3 in G sharp minor, "La Campanella"

Liszt, Grand galop chromatique S 219

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody no. 2 in C sharp minor, S 244/2

Stravinsky, Three movements from Petrushka

Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

Orchestre de la Suisse Romande and Buniatishvili in Hamburg

Mengguang Huang, 24th March

Jonathan Nott and the OSR bring surgical precision to Debussy’s vivid sketches, while Khatia Buniatishvili’s Brahms evokes the soulful, improvisational warmth of a pre-war piano legend at the Elbphilharmonie.

****1

Protests disrupt the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra's Proms appearance

Dominic Lowe, 29th August

Despite the disruption, the musicians of the MSO under Chief Conductor Jaime Martín continue their interesting programme of Sutherland, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky.

***11

Highly individual Mozart from Buniatishvili

Nick Boston, 9th December

The Academy of St Martin in the Fields give exciting performances at the Barbican, with idiosyncratic Mozart from Buniatishvili.

***11

Khatia Buniatishvili in search of her lost fingers

Alain Lompech, 30th October

Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto turns out to be a shipwreck for the Georgian pianist, despite an admirable Orchestre de Paris and conductor (Kirill Karabits).

*1111

Power and personality: Buniatishvili, Märkl, the Taiwan Philharmonic

Alexander Hall, 9th April

Khatia Buniatishvili may divide opinion, but for sheer visceral excitement she's hard to beat. Jun Märkl on tour with the Taiwan Philharmonic at Hamburg's Elbphilharmonie impresses in milder ways.

****1

Quirky Rachmaninov from Buniatishvili and the RPO in Atlanta

William E Ford, 15th January

A most idiosyncratic version of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto from Khatia Buniatishvili along with a notable performance of Sibelius' Second Symphony from the RPO, touring the United States under Mark Wigglesworth.

***11

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Benedikt Zacher

Benedikt hat in München Musik und Jura studiert und dann an der LSE einen MSc in Global Market Economics erworben. Er spielt nach wie vor regelmäßig und begeistert Kammermusik, vorzugsweise als Geiger oder Bratscher im Streichquartett. Benedikt liebt jede Art klassischer Musik, und zwar besonders Kammermusik mit Streichern, Klavier, gerne auch mit Gesang, Orchesterkonzerte und schließlich die Oper.

Atemlos: Khatia Buniatishvili stellt sich in Hamburg einer pianistischen Herkules-Aufgabe