Perhaps this is why she succeeds so effortlessly in filling even the largest concert halls with a solo piano recital. Khatia Buniatishvili emphasises the fact that she is definitely interested in playing with roles and expectations when she shares a self-ironic video on TikTok in which she shows how she imagines the world, how she practices and how it “really” is. In feel-good clothes, sitting cross-legged – and with something to snack on on the sofa. In addition to the glamour that she spreads as an artist who is a friend of Maison Cartier, the polyglot Georgian also stands up for her political convictions: She has not performed in Russia since 2008. Then as now, her attention and compassion are focussed on the victims of aggression. And even if her appearances cannot change the world: They do make it a better place for the duration of a concert.