Yuja Wang
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Yuja Wang (born 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist educated in the U.S. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at the age 6 and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.
In 2003 Yuja Wang made her European debut with the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, Switzerland playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 under the baton of David Zinman. She made her North American debut in Ottawa in the 2005-06 season replacing Radu Lupu performing the Beethoven concerto with Pinchas Zukerman conducting.
She is currently studying with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also increasing the numbers of concerts she is playing.
In 2006-2007 she is performing with the New York Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Japan, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in the Netherlands, the China Philharmonic in Beijing and the Guangzhou Symphony and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.
In March 2007, Yuja Wang replaced the legendary pianist Martha Argerich in concerts held in Boston. Argerich has cancelled her appearances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on four subscription concerts from March 8 to March 13. Yuja Wang performed Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1, with Charles Dutoit conducting, receiving highly favorable reviews.
On January 21, 2008, Yuja Wang played at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, MI and, to standing ovations, returned to the stage repeatedly for a triple encore that included Melody by Gluck (Yuja’s transcription), Turkish March by Mozart (Volodos), and Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee in double time and a number of additions played in parallel to into the main body of the original song.
On April 2, 2008, Yuja Wang is scheduled to play with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields in Boston Symphony Hall, on a concert originally scheduled to be conducted from the keyboard by Murray Perahia.
[edit] External links
- www.yujawang.com Official website of Yuja Wang
- Profile of Yuja Wang on Opus3 Artists site
- Yuja Wang Replaces Martha Argerich with Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit conducting on Playbill Arts site, by Matthew Westphal
