Yuja Wang Plays For You
Yuja Wang was born in Beijing on February 10, 1987. An only child, she grew up with a dancer mother and percussionist father. She took up the piano at six, was identified as a major …
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Yuja Wang’s Beautiful Performance of the Schumann Concerto
Robert Schumann composed the Piano Concerto for his beloved wife, the pianist and composer Clara Wieck Schumann (1819-1896). The work originated in May of 1841 as a Fantasy in A minor for piano and orchestra. …
Yuja Wang Plays the Melody from Orfeo ed Euridice by Gluck
Take a well-known melody, put it in the hands of a master musician, and what is the outcome? A set of emotions emerge one may have not really heard before. Just listen quietly and attentively …
Yuja Wang Plays Schubert’s “Gretchen am Spinnrade”
On October 19, 1814 – about 207 years ago – Franz Schubert composed his first masterwork, the song Gretchen am Spinnrade – “Gretchen at the Spinning Wheel” – for solo voice and piano, on a …
Yuja Wang Performs Chopin’s Piano Concerto #2
Frederick Chopin’s F-minor Concerto is less sprawling and richer in contrast than his E-minor Concerto. This work served Chopin well in his early career. He introduced it publicly in his first Warsaw appearance on March …