Pianist Khatia Buniatishvili named top European channel’s musician of the year
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Award-winning Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili has claimed another international prize - last week Europe's most viewed television channel TF1 named her Musician of the Year.
On December 9, the French TV channel held its annual awards ceremony honouring artists, sportspeople and media personalities of 2016.
Buniatishvili was at the awards ceremony and collected the special prize before addressing the audience in her acceptance speech.
Khatia becomes #QdOR Musician 2016 @Qofficiel avec #YannBarthes on @TF1https://t.co/flvAIF0ZLy
— Khatia Buniatishvili (@BuniatishviliKh) 11 December 2016
The Paris-based Georgian pianist was praised by the TV channel as a "piano virtuoso"; during her musical career she has played concerts alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Munich Philharmonic.
As a private national French channel, TF1 is the most popular network in the country and the most viewed TV channel in Europe.
It is also one of the oldest TV stations worldwide, with its forerunner Radio-PTT Vision founded in 1935.
See pianist Khatia Buniatishvili perform Piano Concerto by Schumann below:
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