Performer
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

The irrepressibly virtuosic Khatia Buniatishvili returns to Carnegie Hall for her highly anticipated debut in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage. Buniatishvili has earned legions of fans with her “fantastic fingers, a charismatic stage presence, a warm, glowing tone and strongly expressed ideas” (Gramophone), and her performances always boast fleet-fingered fireworks. With multiple works by Liszt, two Beethoven piano sonatas, and Stravinsky’s Three Movements from Pétrouchka on the program (the latter composed for pianist Arthur Rubinstein), this concert is an excellent recommendation for anyone interested in essential piano repertoire.

Program
LISZT Prelude and Fugue in A Minor (after J. S. Bach)
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 17 in D Minor, Op. 31, No. 2, “The Tempest”
BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata No. 23 in F Minor, Op. 57, “Appassionata”
LISZT “Ständchen,” S. 560 (after Schubert)
LISZT “Gretchen am Spinnrade,” S. 558, No. 8, from Songs of Franz Schubert
LISZT “Erlkönig,” S. 558, No. 4, from Songs of Franz Schubert
LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat Major
STRAVINSKY Three Movements from Pétrouchka