Khatia Buniatishvili - Pictures at an Exhibition - The Great Gate of Kiev

Music video by Khatia Buniatishvili performing Pictures at an Exhibition - The Great Gate of Kiev. (C) 2018 Sony Music Entertainment
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[@blondevenuss]

With everything that's going on in Ukraine right now, this one piece simply can't stop playing in my mind. Might peace reach all of us soon enough.

[@clausesanta5042]

This should be performed on the very day when Ukraine won the war against Russia. With the title of "Great Gate of Kyiv"

[@НикитаУгрюмов-л3н]

@@clausesanta5042 But i should remind that this was written by Russian composer. Ukraine has no great musicans.

[@clausesanta5042]

@@НикитаУгрюмов-л3н You're insulting both cultural heritage and your own country. SHAME ON YOU & Putin!

[@НикитаУгрюмов-л3н]

@@clausesanta5042 Did i said something about Putin?😅 I just said truth... Isn't? You can chek.

[@НикитаУгрюмов-л3н]

@@clausesanta5042 it's hard to talk whith a person who wachts only CNN

[@jw870206]

The contrast between the forte and the piano...impeccable.

[@michaelpaulsmith4619]

Not many pianists are prepared to take The Great Gate so slowly. And Khatia is so unpredictable, it wouldn't surprise me to learn that she only made that decision as she reached that part of the music. Technically unsurpassable and artistically wonderful. What great pianists there are around today - Khatia among them - and how lucky we all are to have KZbin to share some of their dazzling performances.

[@jc3drums916]

Slowly? Not that I've heard that many interpretations, but this is faster than all the ones I have heard, unless maybe if you count Keith Emerson, lol.

[@Eliza-yd7fi]

@@jc3drums916 yeah this isn't slow at all

[@JeffersonLeeEng]

Tempo is Maestoso, I think...

[@PointyTailofSatan]

It's funny how the original piano version sounds like a lightweight transcription of the orchestral version, thanks to Ravel's amazing orchestration.

[@nacho4750]

On Dec 2002, at the age of 18, I got my degree as a piano teacher after 10 years. I remember as if it were today when I finished my exam with this score, so beautiful (and so difficult!) I don't think I'll ever be able to play the piano like this ever again :). Because of my professional career, I never played again. After listening to you, I really wanted to start studying again. Thanks Khatia.

[@adrianopiano5551]

📱

[@mariedagoult1]

Wow

[@TitanThomasEdwards]

"Pictures at an Exhibition - The Great Gate of Kiev" is one of my favorite piano pieces and this is a beautiful rendition of it. You go Khatia!

[@DerekMusic13]

I dislike how few views this has. This is such a beautiful interpretation.

[@anitaanderson4392]

This is the best interpretation of 'Pictures' I've ever heard! It's one of my favorite pieces! 👏👏👏 🌹 ... 🎶🎺

[@cindylynch4502]

I can't believe I just got a good box and a ticket to see you at Carnegie Hall, NYC. I am thrilled beyond words.

[@Nyck461]

Khatia is one of my favorite pianist. She plays with inspiration that makes the listener get into the music. I also love her concerts with Zubin Mehta

[@ferre2643]

Door de oorlog in Oekraïne is dit stuk weer actueel geworden... Geweldige met veel gevoel en accenten op de juiste plaats.. Chapeau voor de pianiste...

[@persephonekore]

love from Korea. When I wake up and go to school, I always listen to this. Thanks for Russia, and Mussorgsky.

[@clausesanta5042]

오는 8월에 카티아 씨가 예술의전당에서 연주회 예정인 거 아세요?

[@huubderksen8466]

and Khatia!

[@motogee3796]

This is a wakeup tune alright... Respighi - Epiphany is another

[@clausesanta5042]

@@lovemusicangelbaby 알려주셔서 감사합니다. 🙇‍♂️

[@jorrit3220]

This piece reaches further into the universe, than any other piece I've heard.

[@prototropo]

What a wonderful image, Jorrit. Thank you!

[@sheldonzeal6767]

Wenn Musik wie ein Schrei in die Welt ist... So kraftvoll, ich habe zwar keine Ahnung worum es in dem Stück geht. Aber mein Herz sagt ja.

[@brb4530]

This takes my breath away!

[@garyreid2178]

Beautiful and brilliant performance! Bravo!😎🎷❤️

[@heleneg.2393]

Exceptionnelle interprétation (comme toujours avec Khatia Buniatishvili) : d'une intensité presque insoutenable (et compréhensible par rapport au contexte de l'oeuvre), avec des dynamiques immenses, une technique immense. Et tellement, tellement d'imaginaire ! Bravo, BRAVO !

[@kylargraf6762]

I was introduced to this piece in Music Appreciation at Maranatha Baptist University with Dr. David Brown. So thankful he showed it to me, it is majestic and beautiful! God bless Ukraine 🇺🇦, praying for you from the USA 🇺🇸 .

[@larrysarbey3452]

my grandparents...born 1888 apx we're from Ukraine..this was my favorite piece of classical music growing up

[@FerdeWit]

Such a piece of music and performance from the heart❣️Wow!!!

[@eriknewland3686]

Her octaves make me depressed😭 so so good. So musical!

[@hanleyk]

And she puts all her weight into them!

[@mairzyd]

And I know I’ll never be able to play them like that! 😮🎹

[@shin-i-chikozima]

After listening to her overwhelming incomparable performance , I might have a dream It's a dream of Mussorgsky walking in the crowds of Russia , talking to his late friend . That dream is the ultimate in bliss for me that deeply love and respect and long for Mussorgsky , After listening to her unsurpassed and exquisite performance , I might have a dream of Mussorgsky , I am a person who believes in reincarnation and the immortality of the soul I was certainly seeing Mussorgsky on the street corner of Moscow . From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵

[@globalheartwarming]

Wept all the way through this -- and still -- after the orchestral version had me walking around gesticulating wildly. Love to the world.

[@canoeman621]

Brilliant!

[@cindylynch4502]

This piece brings me to tears.

[@shin-i-chikozima]

The spectacular transition from the awesomeness to this majestic, solemn and sorrowful melody‘s her playing is full of admiration and emotion

[@HoneyGlzedHam]

Absolutely wonderful!

[@steveball2307]

Simply magnificent

[@nataakhaladze7006]

This piece of music is timeless!You perfectly know what we need to hear!

[@TuribioTanusSalis]

Espetacular!!!

[@kolozsboronkay9783]

These days it sounds like a hymn dedicated to those who are suffering from this absurd war

[@hannslunninger416]

Wunderbare Interpretation auf einem fantastischen Steinway-Flügel!

[@restrepoaparicio]

me gusto mucho esta interpretacion, muy pasional que gusto, muchas gracias

[@aleksiklove2755]

Great playing!

[@emichgarden]

You are adorable! Love ya!

[@melaniamonicacraciun9900]

Back in business wonderful performers to bring the music in every city square and celebrate together the Renaissance spirit, we are lucky survivors and we need only good music to help us carry on this new redemption feeling, never let any evil dare to harm you, since the Mussorgski vision.. Kiev was this great, graceful and majestic, yeah, some big bosses rulers of the world might get very envious and lose their minds about it

[@frangarcia466]

khatia, you are special, for your virtuosity, dedication from an early age to music, your passion, my passion

[@qp1261]

Who knew that Mussorgski is so great? Richter and Khatia let us to realize that.

[@DerekMusic13]

And Kissin!

[@michaelpaulsmith4619]

I think the comparison is very apt!

[@jeffbatdorf]

I attempted this piece in high school, probably a mistake, but I loved it so much, I talked my teacher into letting me play it at a competition. I wish KZbin was available back in the early 80s, if I had known I could have taken so many liberties with the tempo, I probably would have performed it better. At 16/17 though, you pretty much stick to the metronome. Still, I love her modern interpretation of the piece. She builds up the tension so well throughout it's nothing short of awe-inspiring when those last chords are heard.

[@hanleyk]

The metronome nearly ruined me while studying classical guitar. After graduation 1990, I didn’t touch a guitar for nearly 5 years.

[@Horaciowild1]

Magnifique

[@GIROSSINI58]

Una orchestra nelle sue dita!

[@pedrocairo1474]

Encantadora 🌷🌷♥️♥️ !!!!

[@petersnell3128]

Just wow! What a magical end!

[@geraaaard1]

Khatia plus qu un immense et intense plaisir de vous voir jouer!! Vivement en août à Gstaad et en décembre avec votre soeur! "Le genevois au bon parfum"!!😘😉🤩

[@Desireyso58]

Khatia oh Khatia! Such authority to play Pictures!!! I Love Her!

[@GreyKoba]

Yall I got goosebumps when she did the comeback after playing soft >< lady!

[@tatiyana8934]

👏👏😘💐👏👏💕 Great Mussorgskyi + Great Piano + Great) Khatia - and I can hear the Golden Bells of the Great Kiyev - 😘 Bravo!!! - Bravo, Khatia!! - Magnificent!! 👏👏😘💐👏👏💕

[@shadejansen326]

Since the invasion of Kiev, I can't stop listening to this...

[@michaelwisse9284]

Mooi gespeeld Vrouw

[@guilhermebittencourtmdaroc6972]

Emocionante, Deus traga a sua paz a Kiev, três meses de guerra,três anos desta apresentação. Katia que linda 👏👏👏

[@randallwoods]

I'll be at her performance next week in Vancouver. That would make a thrilling encore!

[@平居眞司]

カティア様 心から ありがとうございます。 　このようなお便りをいただけるのは、どのように気持ちを表現して良いのか戸惑っていて、 嬉しいと言うより、恐れ多い気持ちで一杯です。 　ですが、正直言って、あなた様には解らないコトが少なからずありました。 そのとっかかりが、「カレイドスコープ」のジャケット写真のお姿です。 　これはまさしく、希望を見つけられない暗闇の中で、深刻な苦悩に満ちた心の状態、を現していると。 まるでムンクの「叫び」に匹敵する精神状態レベルではないか、と。 　何をこの楽曲演奏で主張されようと考えられているのか、大いなる興味と疑問でした。 　でも、そのことは逆に、私の心に真理の光を照らして頂いたような気分でした。 それはどう言うことかと申しますと、 　私達一般人には、人類は明るい未来を夢見てその実現のために努力するもの、と暗黙の内に意識付けられ常識となっています。 　でも実際には、人間の造り出すモノには、それとは逆のモノがあまりにも多すぎるのではないかと、かりそめに思うことがあって、 その意識で生活しているのですが、それ以上の深みへは進みません。 　と言うより、そうならないように、その現実を誤魔化そうとしているもう一人の自分の存在にも眼を閉じようと、 真心に覆いをかけるようにしているところがあります。 　でも、あなた様は、そこで立ち止まらず、そこから素直に進んで行かれたのだと考えます。 あなたの感性ゆえのごく普通の事でしょう。 　そして、そこで気づき発見された現実に対する心の反応が、まさしく、それである、と。 　世に「希望から最も遠い所に居る人間が、最初に希望の光を見る」という歌がありますが、 貴方は、喜びとしての真実を求めて、遠くではないところから探し始められ、 残念なことに、まだ希望の光を見つけられずに居られるのであろうと思います。 　それは、本来、歴史の先人達が、そうならないような社会基板を構築しておくべきなのに、 実際はそれが適わない状態に陥っているため、落胆せずにはおられなくなってしまっていると・・・ 　この気づきは、全人類レベルで、一人一人が等しく感じて、それぞれの立場と能力に応じて、改善努力していくべきことであるはずです。 それを 私達は怠っているのです。 　その結果が、この戦争を温存させていることに繋がり、悲惨な真実となっているところです。 　その意味で、あなたの存在は私にとっては、希望の光を探し求める旅人となっているのかもしれません。 同時に、天命を受けた存在でもあると。 　そして、それは必ず世界平和の実現に繋がると。 　僭越ながら、私もそれに同行させて頂ければと、願っております。 　どうか、人類を愛されている真実の神様、音楽の神様、 この方に、耐えられない試練は与えられませんように。 　できるだけ早く、希望の光を見つけられますように、お願いいたします。

[@the.moon.light.sonata]

BRAVO❣👏

[@平居眞司]

現在のウクライナ戦争の勃発で キエフの歴史について調べているうちに、 この方のピアノ演奏に辿り着き、聞かせていただくことになりました。 　この方のお名前はまったく存じ上げていませんでしたが、演奏を聴いていると、 今までの私の持っていた この曲の印象とは、かなり異質なものを感じてしまいました。 かといって、私の感じ方が正しくて、それ以外のモノは受け入れるつもりはないと言うモノではありません。 　この曲以外の演奏も聞かせていただき、むしろ、私の感じ方が型に はまっていたようで、 逆に 自分の思考や感性が まだまだ未熟であるコトに気づかされたような気分になりました。 　私は、「芸術」とは感動させられる媒体で在り、その感動を求めるなら、むしろ感動させられたいという願いを０の気持ちで保たせて、 それに触れるコトが、その感動を純粋に理解吸収することになると考えています。 それが芸術に触れ、感動させられたいと願う人の基本姿勢だと感じてきたからです。 私とは別の感性や感じ方をもって生きている方が、まさしく、そのように人生を歩んでおられていて、 それをピアノで表現され、その感覚を認め合うことが生きている実感であると、改めて確認させていただきました。 　この方の演奏から感じ取れる感性を、私の生きている実感を活性化させてくれる存在として、 これからも接していけることを嬉しく想っております。 　今、兵器を持って反対勢力に立ち向かうしか、自分の家族や国家を守るしか出来ないと考えて居る人たちの気持ちが、 自分以外の考え方で 平和を築けるのではないかという気持ちに、 そして、攻撃する側の国の元首の心にも、そのような考えが浮かび上がって来てくれればな、と願うところです。 　いつか、この世から、戦争がなくなる日が来ますようにと 信じたいところです。 　音楽を創られた神様 及び 全知全能の神様からの祝福が、 この方に いつまでもありますように・・・

[@KhatiaBuniatishvili01]

Hello fan. Recently,I made up my mind to reach out to some of my fan here on KZbin. I made out time to go through the comment section in my official KZbin channel and also some of the channels created by my fans and I’ve seen a whole lot of fans who have been showering me with lots of love and support. I decided to create a more private account just to reach out to my dear fans due to the fact that my official accounts are being handled by my management. I couldn’t just scroll pass your beautiful comment without appreciating your support over the years. I must say it gladdens my heart to know I have fans like you. I would really love to know more about you. Thanks for being such a devoted fan. Much love ❤️❤️from me to you dear fan.

[@Desireyso58]

Nunca tuve duda, Khatia es una pianista Extraordinaria y mi favorita! LA AMO!

[@BenoîtB-g7m]

It works, the intentions, the feeling.

[@loganpierce9244]

FOREVER SUBSCRIBED

[@tatiyana8934]

B R A V O!!!!!👏👏👏👏👏👏😘💐👏👏💕

[@loganpierce9244]

Keith is rejoicing…!!!!!!

[@savichick3359]

Prayers for Ukraine and Kyiv

[@taithmacerca2953]

Wonderful!!

[@1968huit]

Grandiosa, perfecta eres, eres única.

[@victorolavarria7078]

Benditas tus manos sublimes KHATYA ,te bendigo en CRISTO JESÚS ***

[@shin-i-chikozima]

This Ís her soulful performance By far the best From A corner of cherry blossoms scented Tokyo

[@francoisconverset6315]

Comme je joue du piano je connais bien ce magnifique morceau. Il s'agit de la transcription pour piano de l'œuvre originale pour orchestre. L'interprétation est magnifique. Bravissimo. 🎹

[@wrstrfgh]

2:35 One of the finest crescendo's I've ever heard

[@soulonsoul8035]

My first time hearing this song. Beautiful 😍 🤍🎹

[@kennethbraun1568]

Over the top spectacular

[@ЛюдмилаПышева]

Bravo!!!!

[@a.c.2623]

BRAVO!

[@joelweisberg]

Khatia just moved Barry Douglas aside as the best on the piece. Love both but wow can this beautiful lady play. I'd just like to kiss her alluring red lips. Bravissima!!!!

[@DeepCrossing1]

yeah, hard!

[@nicolasozzi4441]

Bravissima,

[@Desireyso58]

I can't imagine my life without KHATIA!!!

[@zarya2022]

Невероятно!

[@jw870206]

On a Concert Grand Steinway...😍

[@paulhodgkiss8788]

Absolutely beautiful and moving. Sadly this was followed immediately by a banal advert. I've never wanted to smash my computer more..

[@shenjohn9364]

讚啦👍

[@loganpierce9244]

Why do you slay me so

[@carlasecchi1093]

SOLLENNITA' DELL' ESECUZIONE... IN CARATTERE CON. L' ANIMA RUSSA...SACRALITA' E SOLENNITA'.!!!

[@StephenGray-p6l]

I'm partial to Richter, but this is magnificent

[@FordCrownVicKingOfTheHillChess]

Wow so dramatic!

[@DianaKazimiera-]

👏👏👏👏

[@hkcontrabass]

Pray for Ukraine!

[@DavidSharpMSc]

Great performance, awful camera work. Why all the fast switch cuts when the music is slow? Why are the hands out of shot half time? What a waste.

[@georgebrummel1280]

Every time a different great artist. But the name is always the same:Khatia B.

[@chiarodiluna3163]

Why there is no whole? Only two. This and Baba Yaga. It's impressive!

[@larrysarbey3452]

many years later Maurice Ravel made a world famous orchestral piece

[@animoadversion]

Fuerza Ucrania !!!!

[@elmucho09]

ich wahr no name xdddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd

[@jaiskreno]

Her head plays better than the hands

[@danieleferrari8948]

It's too fast. This isn't a "virtuoso" piece but a "grandioso" piece!!!

[@clausesanta5042]

This masterpiece shall be renamed as "Triumphant Gate of Kyiv"~! 🇺🇦✌

[@lindasohier3199]

I want my letters back !

[@Edo896]

BIN HIR NUR WEGEN SCHULE

[@Queensverdant]

Scheint dir ja nicht viel zu bringen, die Schule 😂 „hir“? Ist das dein Ernst? 😂

[@josesolismusic]

No, when the scales start that's WAY too fast.

[@michaelking2770]

🇺🇦

[@openclassics]

Why do you play so many slopes and rubatos? Do you want to make the piece more interesting? Stay rough and icecold! Understand Mussorgsky!

[@loganpierce9244]

Porque me matas Padre? Muerto y solo soy

[@OleksandrTretiak]

Kyiv not Kiev

[@СергейЛагутин-с4ж]

Kyev

[@davidrivera9743]

Depends on language. English is Kiev. Ukrainian and Russian Kyiv or however the cyrillic works.

[@prototropo]

Thank you, Oleksandr-I love Ukrainian culture, and its history inspires me-especially right now.