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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.”

Very young Yuja Wang performs Chopin's Waltz No 7 in C-sharp minor for piano.

Chopin – Waltz No. 7 – Yuja Wang, Piano

The Waltz No 7 in C-sharp minor is the second work of Frédéric Chopin’s opus 64 and the companion to the famous Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1). It was composed in 1847 and have three themes with different speeds.

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Yuja Wang – The Documentary

Yuja Wang, born February 10, 1987, is widely regarded as one of the finest living pianists. She was born in Beijing, 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.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Liszt – Concerto No. 1 – Wang, Piano

Franz Liszt composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, S.124 over a 26-year period; the main themes date from 1830, while the final version is dated 1849.

Saint-Saens- The Carnival of the Animals - Wang, Fung

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Orchestra / Piano

The Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns) – Wang, Fung

The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an ad hoc ensemble of two pianos and other instruments.

Yuja Wang performs The Smuggler (Der Kontrabandiste) from Robert Schumann, arranged for piano solo by Carl Tausig.

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Transcription

Schumann-Tausig – The Smuggler (Der Kontrabandiste) – Wang, Piano

The smuggler (Der Kontrabandiste) is a piece from Robert Schumann’s Spanisches Liederspiel op. 74. The transcription for piano solo is from Carl Tausig, a Polish composer, pianist and arranger considered by some critics to be the greatest of Liszt’s pupils.

The Chinese pianist Yuja Wang performs George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / JAZZ / Piano / Rhapsody

George Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue – Wang, Piano

Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition by the American composer George Gershwin for solo piano and jazz band, which combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects. The composition was commissioned by the bandleader Paul Whiteman.

Rachmaninoff - Etude Tableau No 1 in C Minor, Op 39 - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Etude / Piano

Rachmaninoff – Etude Tableau No. 1 – Yuja Wang, Piano

The Études-Tableaux (“study pictures”), Op. 39 is the second set of piano études composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Etude Tableau No 1 in C Minor demands a tireless right hand, a syncopated left hand and considerable dexterity.

Rachmaninov - Vocalise - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano

Rachmaninoff – Vocalise – Yuja Wang, Piano

Vocalise is a song by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed and published in 1915 as the last of his 14 Songs or 14 Romances, Op. 34. Written for high voice (soprano or tenor) with piano accompaniment, it contains no words, but is sung using any one vowel of the singer’s choosing.

Yuja Wang performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 (3rd movement)

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 – Yuja Wang

Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15, was written in 1795, then revised in 1800. The first performance took place on 18 December 1795 in Vienna with Ludwig van Beethoven himself as soloist.

20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Piano Concerto No. 2 (Bartok) – Yuja Wang

Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, (1930–31) is the second of three piano concerti written by Béla Bartók, and is notorious for being one of the most difficult pieces in the repertoire. In approaching the composition, Bartók wanted the music to be more contrapuntal.