Yuja Wang Archive

The Beethoven Sonata in B-flat, Op. 106 is truly gargantuan. In its emotional range, its technical difficulty, its sheer length, it exceeded any predecessor. No strangers to marketing, Beethoven’s Viennese publishers announced the new sonata …

Yuja Wang was born in Beijing in February 1987 and was encouraged at a young age to make music by her dancer mother and percussionist father. She is now an internationally recognized concert pianist. Yuja …

Johannes Brahms composed his Sonata #2 in A-Major for violin and piano in 1886. Actually all three of Brahms’ sonatas were written for Brahms’ good friend, the violinist, Joseph Joachim, the most influential violinist of …

The Third Concerto by Sergei Rachmaninov was given its first performance by the New York Symphony Orchestra on November 28, 1909, with Walter Damrosch conducting. Rachmaninoff scored such a success – as soloist and composer …

Yuja Wang’s singular  blend  of  technical  prowess,  keen  musical  insight,  and  emotional  depth have established  her as  one  of  the  world’s  finest  performers. The  power  of  her interpretations emerges from a distinct combination of her …