Yuja Wang
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Biography
Hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle in 2012 as âquite simply the most dazzlingly, uncannily gifted pianist in the concert world todayâ, Yuja Wang has captivated critics and audiences around the world since she was named Gilmore Young Artist Award winner at the age of 22 in 2005. Born into a musical family on February 10, 1987, in Beijing, China, she started to play the piano as a child and studied at the Chinese capital's Central Conservatory of Music and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Following success in competitions, she debuted in Europe playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and in North America with the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Ottawa, Canada. She toured America with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner and also toured with the Royal Philharmonic and the Israel Philharmonic. She made her recording debut with Sonatas & Etudes By Chopin, Scriabin, Liszt & Ligeti in 2009, which rose to number 21 on Billboardâs Classical Albums chart. Her album Transformation: Stravinksy, Scarlatti, Brahms, Ravel (2010), was another success and hit number 17. Her 2011 album Rachmaninov peaked at number 21 while her albums Fantasia (2012), Rachmaninov #3/Prokofiev #2 (2013) and Ravel (2015) all reached number 9 on the Classical Albums chart. Further successful albums by Yuja Wang include Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works (2016), The Berlin Recital (2018), Rachmaninoff & Brahms (2022), and several albums in 2023 including The American Project, Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody, and the live archive release The Verbier Festival Debut Recital 2008.
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- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 - III. Allegro scherzando featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchestra]
- Rachmaninoff: Polka de V. R. - Polka de V.R.
- Shéhérazade, ouverture de féerie, M. 17 featuring Ray Chen
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1 (1917 Final Version) - I. Vivace - Moderato featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchestra]
- Tzigane, rapsodie de concert, M. 76 featuring Ray Chen
- Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68a: 1. Prélude featuring Ray Chen
- Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68a: 2. Forlane featuring Ray Chen
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 (1941 3rd Version) - I. Allegro vivace featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchestra]
- Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82 - III. Tempo I featuring Lionel Bringuier
- Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82 - II. Allegro featuring Lionel Bringuier
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40 (1941 3rd Version): II. Largo featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchestra]
- Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 - II. Adagio assai featuring Lionel Bringuier
- Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83 - I. Allegramente featuring Lionel Bringuier
- Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82 - I. Lento featuring Lionel Bringuier
- Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: III. Presto featuring Lionel Bringuier
- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1 (1917 Final Version): III. Allegro vivace featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchestra]
- Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 - Introduction. Allegro vivace - Var. 1. Precedente featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchestra]
- Kapustin: 24 Jazz Preludes, Op. 53 - No. 10
- 1. Poème In F Sharp
- No. 9 In C Sharp Minor
- No. 11 In B
- Tempo giusto
- No. 12 In G Sharp Minor
- Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 - Tema. L'istesso tempo featuring Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [Orchestra]
