Category Archives: Press
Yuja and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra with Maestro Charles Dutoit
9 years ago |
Peter McCallum, The Sydney Morning Herald Stravinsky thought his 1908 work Funeral Song, Opus 5, written in memory of his teacher Rimsky-Korsakov, was lost during the Russian Revolution. Russian musicologist Natalia Braginskaya followed the composer's suggestion and, with librarian Irina Sidorenko,…
“Yuja Wang brings house down as she stands in for piano legend Martha Argerich”
9 years ago |
Steve Moffatt, Daily Telegraph Filling the giant shoes of Argentinian piano legend Martha Argerich is nothing new for 30-year-old US-based Chinese star Yuja Wang, but I doubt that many people in the audience were left disappointed by this last-minute substitution after…
Yuja Wang Conquers the Piano World and Beyond in a Monumental Bartók Program
9 years ago |
Douglas L. Dutton, Seen and Heard International Say what you will about the media phenomenon of Yuja Wang and her virtuosic show-womanship in performing the three Bartók Concertos over seven evenings, but even the most peevish music lover is compelled…
Yuja Wang, Gustavo Dudamel & the LAPhil
9 years ago |
Mark Swed, LATimes Yuja Wang brilliantly completed her first cycle of the three Bartók piano concertos — the Second on Thursday and Friday; the Third on Saturday and Sunday — the latest step for the 30-year-old virtuoso on the path…
Yuja Wang and Gustavo Dudamel realise the ‘impossible’ with the LA Philharmonic
9 years ago |
Euronews “It’s one of the most difficult pieces to conduct,” Gustavo Dudamel Conductor and L.A. Philharmonic Musical Director told euronews. “To play, of course (pointing to Yuja Wang) but also for the orchestra to play, to put together all that…
Superstar Pianist Yuja Wang Is Embracing the Darker Side of Classical Music, and It’s Thrilling
9 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…
Piano virtuoso Yuja Wang could have gone anywhere for this interview. She chose … Universal Studios?
9 years ago |
Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times Yuja Wang has a new crush: the fast-talking, buck-toothed Donkey from “Shrek” addressing tourists at Universal Studios Hollywood from the window of a waffle cart. “Step on up. Nice hair. Bring it with you,” Donkey…
Piano virtuoso Yuja Wang does more than tickle the ivories — she slays them
9 years ago |
Michelle Lanz, The Frame This week, The Frame received an invitation that we simply couldn’t pass up: Come down to Disney Hall for a couple of hours, watch Gustavo Dudamel rehearse with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and one of the…
Piano Phenomenon Yuja Wang Is Breaking Classical Music Taboos
9 years ago |
Brianna Kovan, ELLE At 30, pianist Yuja Wang has performed at Carnegie Hall 13 times, has played in more than 35 countries, and is Musical America's 2017 Artist of the Year award winner, joining previous recipients Yo-Yo Ma, Audra McDonald,…
Tchaikovsky in London
9 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…
