Khatia sells out London’s Barbican
NewsThese are good times for the more extravert type of pianist.
Last night, Yuja Wang packed London’s Royal Festival Hall.
On May 14, Khatia Buniatishvili will play the Barbican. Not a seat to be had.
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Sorry: breast enlargements are ridiculous .
Conductors love them!
As long as they don’t obstruct your playing…check out pianist Allegra Cole: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbEm86djzcG/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
Any legitimate proof she’s had ’em enlarged? Look at sister Gvantsa and her Gvazongas, equal in size with Khatia’s Khantelopes. Along with having prominent noses, both sisters are….Khurvaceous!
Bless her.
Can you please provide details of her clothing so that we can judge whether or not to be envious of those with tickets?
The file name of this woman pianist’s picture on this site is “khatia-feet.jpg”… creepy.
Could you please stop fetish-shaming, thank you very much.
The extroverts have long figured out the multitudes don’t know one composer from another, never mind one work from another, or one interpretation from another. The multitudes know, and care, only about the lowest common denominator, which is always visual. Accordingly they are fed with butts and boob jobs, always a hit with pseudo-intellectuals, who want it both ways, to see what appeals to them, and to brag “I patronize high art”. Hard times for men, but bare-chested plus ballet tights with stuffed dancer belts ought to do the trick for them.
These are good times for “Look at me” pianists, so all you “Listen to me” pianists can go get yourselves a day job. Khatia I can understand – she needs to distract listeners from her awful playing. But Yuja seems to resent that her fabulous pianism obscures HER. I would listen to her if she wore burlap overalls.
Whatever you think about her musical skills, this is good news! Whenever I atteneded a concert in recent time more seats were free than before the COVID crisis. Even I attend less concerts than I have done before (mainly because the programm tends to be less interesting). Older people tend still to stay away, younger may have found other ways to spend their time and money. By the way, also pop concerts sell much less seats than before. A full house makes me happy that we are going back to normal and that musical arts will survive.
Many criticize Yuha Wang for her outfits….what about this one?
I don’t even like her playing.
They had Kempff, Arrau, Backhaus. We have Lang Lang, Khatia Yuja and Valentina. Lucky us.
Looking forward to the Ligeti.
If only her playing would be that interesting as her other two arguments…
beautiful eyes….
Great picture. No need for a piano. The talent is obvious.
You really shouldn’t be mentioning those two names in the same article, as if they were both musicians.
Anyone with ears to hear will know which is which.
If it sounds good, it is good. The objective is being met- sales. Sold out halls and online sales. There is a point of satisfaction from ecstatic performances that has broad appeal. Carbon copy performances have stymied appeal to current generations.
I can’t help but feel that, regardless of any technical skill may possess, her ‘presentation’ cheapens the performance of the music.
The fault and the loss may be mine but there it is.
Her piano playing is quite cheap all by itself, even without her vulgarish visual “presentation”.
Gautier Capuçon sold out his solo recital in Geneva next April 25th, in Musika’s season
Extrovert.
No comment on the provocative nature of Ms. Buniatishvili’s clothing?
There is no comparison between jaw-dropping pianistic brilliance and greatly improved interpretative mastery of YW with extremely self-indulgent and grossly mannered playing of KB.
Tacky, greasy and ridiculous.
Nowadays, Clara Haskil wouldn’t have a ghost of a chance.
If you are referring to Clara Haskil’s looks, she was really beautiful when she was the same age as the young lady pictured above. Sadly, most people remember her only from her post-WWII-era pictures when her body was ravaged by scoliosis.
Why do you say that? Mitsuko Uchida is doing just fine, thankyouverymuch!
What is an “extravert”? Someone who has more verts than the average person? I always thought it was “extrovert”.
She will share the stage with her long time alter ego Katia Ismaibrajoli
Ecstatic performances are breathing new life into classics plus being smoking hot doesn’t hurt.