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Valery Gergiev conducts Brahms and Mussorgsky — With Yuja Wang
7 years ago |
Every summer, Munich's monumental Odeonsplatz transforms into an open-air concert hall with performances by some of the most celebrated musicians of the classical scene. This year, join Chinese piano superstar Yuja Wang and the Münchner Philharmoniker under its music director…
Concert with the National Youth Orchestra of China at Carnegie Hall
7 years ago |
Yuja Wang is the featured soloist for the inaugural performance of the National Youth Orchestra of China, in their first-ever concert hosted at New York's Carnegie Hall on July 22. Ms. Wang performs Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 on a concert featuring…
Yuja II with the Santa Cruz Symphony
7 years ago |
Yuja Wang returns to California this month, to perform two concerts with the Santa Cruz Symphony. Affectionately titled "Yuja II" this series features performances of Brahms' and Beethoven's First Piano Concerti, hosted on June 24 at the Santa Cruz Civic…
Superstar Pianist Yuja Wang Is Embracing the Darker Side of Classical Music, and It’s Thrilling
7 years ago |
Falling James, L.A. Weekly Yuja Wang brought the requisite star power and overt glamour that nearly filled Disney Hall on Friday night, as the astonishing Chinese pianist reunited with simpatico conductor Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Philharmonic and continued her…
European tour with Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra
7 years ago |
This summer, Yuja Wang joins conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the London Symphony Orchestra for an extended concert tour throughout Europe. The performances highlight Ms. Wang as soloist on Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2, and also feature rotating programmes including Nielsen's Symphony…
Bartók cycle with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel
8 years ago |
Yuja Wang returns to Los Angeles this season, performing a complete cycle of Bartók's Piano Concerti with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Walt Disney Concert Hall. She plays Concerto No. 1 on May 26, 27 & 28; Concerto…
Tchaikovsky in London
8 years ago |
Fiona Maddocks, The Guardian "A high-spirited audience, some drawn by the scintillating flame of Chinese-American pianist Yuja Wang playing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, delighted in Thursday’s concert by Rome’s Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. With reasonThe Tchaikovsky…
Performance Today – Pianist Yuja Wang
8 years ago |
Performance Today Pianist Yuja Wang has had a major-label recording contract for 8 years. She is known for playing virtuosic pieces by the likes of Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, Liszt... and yet, she feels intimidated about playing music by Mozart. On Thursday's…
European tour with the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Sir Antonio Pappano
8 years ago |
Following her recital tour dates throughout Europe, Yuja Wang reunites with the acclaimed Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Music Director Antonio Pappano for an extensive tour, with concerts at some of the continent’s most important venues. The programme…
Yuja Wang at the Royal Festival Hall
8 years ago |
Harriet Smith, Financial Times We started with Chopin’s 24 Preludes, which began at a whisper, each one very much occupying its own world, an effect intensified by her stillness at the keyboard. Often she went against received wisdom (and the…