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Yuja Wang

June 2024

  • Yuja Wang at the Festival Hall, London.

    Yuja Wang review – from delicate finesse to fierce intensity

    The virtuoso pianist balanced edgy 20th-century works with the pastoral calm of Chopin, bringing out the subtleties of each piece with superb control

February 2024

  • Concert pianist Joanna MacGregor, in a silk suit and high heels and with curly shoulder-length hair, closes her eyes as she plays a grand piano on a wooden floor

    ‘We’re going to blame the women, not our sexism’: bias holding back top female pianists

    Discrimination and bias in classical music are denying women opportunities at festivals, venues and in recordings, research finds

August 2023

  • Great drama … Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang at Walt Disney Hall in Los Angeles.

    Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos; Paganini Rhapsody review – glittering interpretation holds its own

    Yuja Wang’s interpretation of the concertos is more mature than her previous work, carrying off flashy exuberance and changes of mood with dramatic flair
  • Klaus Mäkelä conducting the Oslo Philharmonic in Usher Hall

    The week in classical: Oslo Philharmonic/Mäkelä; Leif Ove Andsnes and Bertrand Chamayou – review

    Usher Hall; The Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh
    Klaus Mäkelä leads skilled versions of Sibelius and Mahler, while Yuja Wang brings warmth and Ravel and Andsnes and Chamayou tackle Schubert and Kurtág
  • Purity of tone … Yuja Wang, with conductor Klaus Mäkelä, takes the applause at the Proms.

    Prom 27: Yuja Wang / BBCSO/Mäkelä review – whoops, thrills and a virtuoso masterclass

    The star pianist’s control of Rachmaninov left the audience exclaiming ‘How cool is she?’ – while partner Klaus Mäkelä and BBCSO kept up the excitement with a rattling Belshazzar’s Feast

May 2023

  • The London Symphony Orchestra conducted by François-Xavier Roth are joined by Yuja Wang to perform Lindberg’s Third Piano Concerto at the Brabican.

    LSO/Roth/Wang review – Yuja Wang dazzles with Lindberg’s imposing Third Piano Concerto

    Lindbery wrote his big bravura concerto for Wang – and as a star vehicle it is extremely effective

December 2022

  • Almost as if the piano were breathing … Yuja Wang.

    Leonidas Kavakos/Yuja Wang review – shared detail and purpose

    The two virtuosic soloists have a longstanding musical partnership that here produced a wonderful and generous evening of music by Brahms, Janáček and Schumann

August 2022

  • Devil may care … Yuja Wang with the Oslo Philharmonic and Klaus Mäkelä during Prom 35 at the Royal Albert Hall.

    Prom 35: Oslo Philharmonic/Mäkelä review – breathtaking Yuja Wang reveals new depths to Liszt

    The pianist gave a virtuosic but exquisitely controlled account of Liszt’s flamboyant First Piano Concerto, on a stunning night at the Proms that also featured exceptional playing of Sibelius and Strauss

April 2022

  • Every detail crisp … pianist Yuja Wang in New York, 2020.

    Yuja Wang review – dazzling and brilliant playing

    Wang’s flamboyance and virtuosity doesn’t always convey a real sense of what the music is about, but in works such as Ligeti’s Etudes she is irresistible.

March 2022

  • Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov and Yuja Wang, 15 March 2022. Last night’s concert at the Barbican with Czech Philharmonic, Semyon Bychkov and Yuja Wang

    Czech Phil/Bychkov/Wang review – an electrifying evening of unity and defiance

    With programmes that include three of their greatest native composers, the Czech Philharmonic’s visit felt momentous and deeply moving

May 2021

  • Yuja Wang

    LSO/Tilson Thomas/Wang review – a rip-roaring return

    A thrilling resumption of full orchestral performance, with Shostakovich, Copeland and Tchaikovsky all delivered with wit and dazzling energy

January 2020

  • Absolutely secure … Gautier Capuçon and Yuja Wang at Barbican Hall.

    Wang and Capuçon review – a dazzling display electrifies Chopin and Franck

    Wang’s crisp and agile piano highlights Capuçon’s warm and intense cello as the star pair perform the concert of their CD

November 2019

  • Yuja Wang plays John Adams’s Must the Devil Have All The Good Tunes?

    LA Philharmonic/Dudamel/Wang review – crisp and vivid detail

    Yuja Wang brought her virtuosity to Adams’s diabolical piano concerto, and a thunderous Rite of Spring showed the west coast orchestra at its best

December 2017

  • Yuja Wang performing the music of Schubert, Liszt, Scriabin and Balakirev at Carnegie Hall on Thursday night, December 11, 2014.(Photo by Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images)

    Leonidas Kavakos/Yuja Wang review – high-level collaboration brings formidable interplay

    The two soloists are very different musical personalities but their programme - of Janáçek, Debussy, Bartók and Schubert - allowed them to share musical space to fluent and irresistible effect

May 2017

  • Turandot Opera North

    Turandot; Russia in the Round; Yuja Wang, Santa Cecilia Orchestra/ Pappano – review

    Explosive Puccini crowns quite a week for Opera North. And sparks fly with Yuja Wang and Rome’s Santa Cecilia Orchestra

April 2017

  • Only occasionally flared into life … Yuja Wang.

    Yuja Wang review – expressive performance with a devilish finish

  • Pianist Yuja Wang.

    Yuja Wang: 'If the music is beautiful and sensual, why not dress to fit?'

September 2015

  • Yuia Wang plays Prom 61, Bartók's Second Piano Concerto with the San Francisco Symphony.

    San Francisco Symphony/Tilson Thomas review – strength and panache from Yuja Wang

    Chinese pianist Yuja Wang gave a masterful and menacing account of Bartók’s intensely challenging Second Piano Concerto

June 2015

  • DC Yuja Wang

    The Guide Australia: classical listings
    Yuja Wang Plays Prokofiev

    Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne
    23 – 25 July 2015

February 2014

  • Yuja Wang

    Yuja Wang – review

    The whole picture may not yet be drawn, but Wang's breathtaking control and tender touch confirm her as a pianist of enormous promise, writes Martin Kettle

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