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Yuja Wang was born in Beijing, on February 10, 1987. She began studying 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.

By the age of 21 she was already an internationally recognized concert pianist, giving recitals around the world. She has a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. In an interview with the LA Times, she said “For me, playing music is about transporting to another way of life, another way of being. An actress does that.”

Chopin – Cello Sonata – Capuçon, Cello; Wang, Piano

The Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65, was written by Frédéric Chopin in 1846. It is one of only nine works of Chopin published during his lifetime that were written for instruments other than piano (although the piano still appears in every work he wrote).

ROMANTIC MUSIC / CLASSICAL MUSIC / Lied / Piano

Schubert-Liszt – Auf dem Wasser zu Singen – Wang, Piano

Auf dem Wasser zu singen (To sing on the water), D. 774, is a Lied composed by Franz Schubert in 1823, based on the poem of the same name by Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg-Stolberg. The text describes a scene on the water from the perspective of the narrator who is in a boat.

Chopin, Waltz No. 5 Op. 42 in A-Flat Major - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

Chopin – Waltz No. 5 for Piano – Yuja Wang

Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major Op. 42, is a lively waltz composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1840. It is often considered to be one of the finest and most perfect of Chopin’s many waltzes.

Mozart - Piano Concerto No 10 - Wang & Shani, Piano

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Mozart – Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos – Wang & Shani

It is not known when Mozart completed his Piano Concerto No 10 but research shows that cadenzas for the first and third movements are written in his and his father’s handwriting on a type of paper used between August 1775 and January 1777.

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Piano

Ravel – Scarbo – Yuja Wang, Piano

Scarbo is the third and last movement from Gaspard de la Nuit, Trois poèmes pour piano d’après Aloysius Bertrand, a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908. The work was premiered in Paris, on January 9, 1909, by Ricardo Viñes.

Chopin - 24 Preludes for Piano Op 28 - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 16 – Wang, Piano

Chopin’s Prelude No 16 in B-Flat Minor, Presto con fuoco, is certainly the most difficult of the set. Chopin’s 24 Preludes Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839.

Bach - Toccata in C Minor BWV 911 - Yuja Wang, Piano

BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Piano / Toccata

Bach – Toccata in C Minor – Yuja Wang

The Toccata in C Minor is part of the Toccatas for Keyboard, BWV 910–916, seven pieces for clavier written by Johann Sebastian Bach. Although the pieces were not originally organized into a collection by Bach himself, the pieces share many similarities.