I’ve witnessed the cavorting of scantily clad pop stars, the testifying of sweaty soul men and the suggestive voguing of hyper-masculine country crooners in recent months. None of these performers possessed even half of the charisma exuded by Khatia Buniatishvili at the Folly Theater on Wednesday. While she and Sony’s marketing department don’t hesitate to capitalize on her looks, the celebrated pianist from Batumi, Georgia, boasts the sort of magnetism that transcends her pleasing visage. The impeccable playing of Buniatishvili emphasized extreme dynamics in an enchanting program of Shubert. She ecstatically tossed her hair, waved her arms and contorted her body during her Kansas City debut. Just how captivating was Buniatishvili? The majority of the audience of about 750 stuck around for the invariably dull artist interview that follows concerts in the Harriman-Jewell Series. I’m not the only one who can’t get enough of Buniatishvili.
(Original image by There Stands the Glass.)
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