Khatia Buniatishvili
Recital
Sunday, 23. August 2026
6 p.m., Gstaad Festival Tent
From the very start of her career, she has been a cherished presence at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad. Now, as a resident of the Montreux mountains, she’s practically a neighbour, making her journey to the Festival even more seamless. In 2026, Khatia Buniatishvili will once again take command of the entire Gstaad Festival Tent. The anticipation for her thrilling return couldn’t be higher! As always, she fuses overwhelming expressive power with emotions of breathtaking intensity – whether in the monumental Fantaisie by Robert Schumann or in a poetic Consolation of Franz Liszt. She then invites the audience to dance, as the waltzes of Frédéric Chopin and Liszt unfold in graceful triple time, shimmering with elegance and effortless lightness. A singing, deeply poetic sound world emerges in refined arrangements of lieder by Franz Schubert, before the programme surges toward breathtaking virtuosity – crowned by Liszt’s electrifying Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in a dazzling finale.
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano
| Robert Schumann (1810–1856) | |
| Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17 | 30' |
| Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849) | |
| Waltz in C-sharp Minor, Op. 64 No. 2 | 5' |
| Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31 | 10' |
| Franz Liszt (1811–1886) | |
| Mephisto Waltz No. 1, S. 514, “The Dance in the Village Inn” | 12' |
| Franz Schubert (1797-1828) / Franz Liszt (1811-1886) | |
| “Gretchen am Spinnrade” (D 118 Op. 2 / S. 558 No. 8) | 4' |
| Serenade in D Minor, S. 560 No. 7 (after “Ständchen”, D 957) | 6' |
| Franz Liszt (1811–1886) | |
| Consolation No. 3, S. 172 | 5' |
| Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6 in D-flat Major, S. 359 | 7' |
| 90' (without interval) | |