'Risk-taker' returns to thrill with young orchestra

"Freshness" and "colorfulness" are two frequently used words by Georgian pianist Khatia Buniatishvili during an interview she did recently at the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing.

She was in the capital performing Sibelius' Tapiola and Symphony No 5 in E-flat Major, and Schumann's Piano Concerto in A Minor in collaboration with the NCPA Orchestra under the baton of Lu Jia.

The 28-year-old pianist says that the young orchestra gives her a feeling of freshness.