Yuja’s dress auction
3 months ago | Exciting News for Yuja Wang Fans! We are thrilled to announce an upcoming exclusive auction featuring a selection of gowns and dresses famously worn by the renowned pianist Yuja Wang. This unique collection showcases pieces that highlight significant movements in…
Waldbühne 2024: The Berliner Philharmoniker with Kirill Petrenko and Yuja Wang
5 months ago | The season finale concert of the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne on 22 June 2024 is now streaming on these platforms: medici.tv: https://www.medici.tv/en/concerts/waldbuhne-2024-berliner-philharmoniker-kirill-petrenko-yuja-wang-mussorgsky-prokofiev-ravel digitalconcerthall: https://www.digitalconcerthall.com/en/concert/55155
Yuja Wang, Royal Festival Hall, review: Simply extraordinary
5 months ago | The i A recital by the Chinese pianist Yuja Wang has been advertised by the Southbank Centre with the aid of a quote from the Chicago Classical Review trumpeting that she is ‘the undisputed reigning rock star of classical music’.…
Yuja Wang review – from delicate finesse to fierce intensity
5 months ago | The Guardian Yuja Wang’s latest recital at the Festival Hall was a dazzling, at times beguiling affair, carefully structured and executed with her customary flamboyance, glamour and elegance. Chopin’s four Ballades formed the second half of the programme, but before…
The Fashionista Modernism of Yuja Wang
6 months ago | The New Yorker It has never been just about the music. The notion that performers should be faceless butlers of genius, impersonally conveying sublime messages in sound, has no basis in tradition. The bonkers antics of virtuoso pianists in the…
South American Recital Tour
9 months ago | This month, Yuja will travel to South America for a trio of recitals featuring Franz Schubert's Piano Sonata No. 20 in A major and Frédéric Chopin's Four Ballades. See below for the dates and locations: March 9 - Teatro Municipal…
Yuja Wang wins her first GRAMMY® Award
10 months ago | Winners of the 66th GRAMMY® Awards were announced earlier today, and Deutsche Grammophon artist, pianist Yuja Wang was awarded in Best Classical Instrumental Solo – one of the leading classical categories – for The American Project, alongside conductor Teddy Abrams.…
Rachmaninoff with the Czech Philharmonic
10 months ago | On February 8, 9, and 10, Yuja Wanhs joins the Czech Philharmonic for Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30, under the baton of esteemed conductor, Sir Simon Rattle. Composed in 1909, this three-movement concerto is considered…
Performances with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra
11 months ago | In January, Yuja Wang will grace stages across Europe, taking on the roles of both pianist and conductor with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The tour, which includes cities such as Munich, Paris, and Vienna, promises a rich and varied repertoire…
New York Classical Review Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Yuja Wang with the Philadelphia Orchestra and Yannick Nézet-Séguin . How long can the Chinese pianist go on topping herself with one-of-a-kind musical events? This year it was performing all of Rachmaninoff’s music for piano and orchestra—four concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini—in one January afternoon (and evening) at Carnegie Hall. The marvel was not just Wang’s getting through it, but the vitality and insight she brought to every bar of the music. Any of these five …
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Recital Tour in South Korea and China
1 year ago | This November and December, Yuja Wang will embark on a recital tour throughout South Korea and China. The carefully curated program unfolds a captivating musical journey, featuring compositions by Olivier Messiaen, Aleksandr Scriabin, Claude Debussy, Frédéric Chopin, and Ludwig van Beethoven.…
Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto with Tarmo Peltokoski
1 year ago | This November, don't miss the captivating performances by Yuja Wang and Finnish conductor Tarmo Peltokoski as they bring Bartók's Second Piano Concerto to audiences in Belgium, the Netherlands and the United States. Yuja Wang's rendition of this challenging piece has…
Turangalîla-Symphonie at Teatro alla Scala
1 year ago | On October 11, 12, and 14, Yuja Wang returns to Teatro alla Scala alongside conductor Simone Young, Ondes Martenot player Cécile Lartigau, and the Filarmonica della Scala for Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie. Ms. Wang's previous renditions of this composition have received widespread critical acclaim. Reflecting…
Ravel with Orchestre de Paris
1 year ago | Yuja Wang, alongside conductor Klaus Mäkelä and the Orchestre de Paris, is set to perform at the Philharmonie de Paris on October 4 and 5. The program will see Yuja perform two celebrated Maurice Ravel compositions. His Piano Concerto for the…
Yuja x Hockney at London’s Lightroom
1 year ago | On September 28, 29 & 30, Yuja Wang will take to the stage at London's Lightroom for six intimate concerts, performing a repertoire of pieces inspired by her response to David Hockney's artworks, part of the venue's David Hockney: Bigger…
Yuja Wang: ‘Vakantie? Ik heb het weleens geprobeerd.’
1 year ago | Preludium Alsof het sneakers zijn, zo makkelijk loopt ze op stiletto’s over het podium, en met die onwaarschijnlijk hoge pumps bedient ze de pedalen. Yuja Wang speelt met het Concertgebouworkest de twee pianoconcerten van Ravel – fysiek een opgave, maar…
Die Klavier-Rihanna
1 year ago | NZZ Magazin Yuja Wang ist ein Phänomen. Sie spielt alle Klavierkonzerte von Rachmaninoff am Stück, kennt Tolstoi und Kant. Nur über ihre furchterregend hohen Schuhe mag die Pianistin im Interview nicht reden. In Zahlen ausgedrückt heisst das: hundert Konzerte pro…
Performances with the Concertgebouw Orchestra
1 year ago | This September, Yuja Wang joins Klaus Mäkelä and the Concertgebouw Orchestra for performances in Amsterdam, Bucharest, and Dortmund. The concerts will feature works by Debussy as well as both piano concertos by Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand…
Concerts with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
1 year ago | On September 2 and 3, Yuja Wang will appear in concert with Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France under the direction of conductor, Tarmo Peltokoski. The repertoire for these concerts seamlessly weaves together Maurice Ravel's evocative Piano Concerto in D major…
