Yuja Wang 王羽佳 | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Wang performing at Carnegie Hall in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
| Background information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | February 10, 1987 Beijing, China | ||||||||||||||
| Genres | Classical | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Pianist | ||||||||||||||
| Instrument | Piano | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1998–present | ||||||||||||||
| Labels | Deutsche Grammophon | ||||||||||||||
| Website | yujawang | ||||||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 王羽佳 | ||||||||||||||
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Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳; pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā; born February 10, 1987)[1] is a Chinese pianist. Born in Beijing, she began learning piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.[2]
By age 21, she was already an internationally recognized concert pianist and signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon.[3][4] She has since established herself as one of the leading artists of her generation.[5] Wang currently lives in New York.[6][7]
- ^ Kosman, Joshua (December 28, 2008). "Best classical music of 2008". San Francisco Chronicle.
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- ^ "Young Artist of the Year". Gramophone Magazine.
- ^ "Yuja Wang - Biography". Deutsche Grammophon.
- ^ Krista Soriano and Leah Melby Clinton, "For Yuja Wang, You're only as Good as Your Next Performance", Elle, November 20, 2017; Janet Malcolm, "Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance", The New Yorker, September 5, 2016
- ^ Woolfie, Zachary (January 31, 2023). "Review: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon - It was a momentous occasion as Wang played all five of Rachmaninoff's works for piano and orchestra at Carnegie Hall for one show only. - Comment". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 31, 2023.