The unlikely junction of Yuja Wang and Vikingur Olafssón ... No.6 arranged by Thomas Adès – moved the pianists back to home territory: the sheer joy of sound and its potential, which built ...
CLEVELAND, Ohio — Pianist Yuja Wang is a dazzler. She has a way of dressing, of taking the stage, and of bowing that bespeaks confidence and star quality. Add to those a suspenseful entrance (a ...
On Feb. 21, Symphony Hall broke into applause as world-renowned pianists Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson entered the stage. The duo presented a two-piano and piano four hands recital ...
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 an internationally recognized concert pianist and ...
Yuja Wang is one of the most exciting pianists of the 21st century. She credits falling in love with the piano to an early infatuation with the great Polish composer, Frédéric Chopin. David ...
For Yuja Wang’s legion of fans, the pianist’s prodigious, seemingly inexhaustible gifts are a settled matter. The sound and fury, range and finesse, drama and delicacy she summons from a ...
The Vikingur Ólafsson and Yuja Wang tour reached Walt Disney Concert Hall this week. Demand for the superstar pianists’ recital was such that Wednesday’s sold-out performance led the Los ...
It wasn’t easy to find a photograph of Icelandic pianist Víkingur Ólafsson and Chinese pianist Yuja Wang together when I flagged their two-piano Symphony Hall recital in this season’s upcomi ...