Tag: Yuja Wang

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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.”

Rachmaninoff - Moment Musical No 4 - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Musical moment / Piano

Rachmaninoff – Moment Musical No. 4 – Wang, Piano

Indicated Presto, Moment Musical No 4 in E Minor is the fastest of the six moments musicaux (French for “Six Musical Moments”), Op. 16, a set of solo piano pieces composed by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff between October and December, 1896.

Horowitz – Carmen Variations - Wang, Piano

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC / Piano / ROMANTIC MUSIC / Transcription / Variation

Bizet/Horowitz – Carmen Variations – Wang, Piano

Carmen Variations are a set of variations composed and performed by the Russian-American pianist Vladimir Horowitz. They are based on the Gypsy Dance from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen.

Chopin - Waltz No 7 in C-Sharp Minor - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Waltz

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 Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1). It was composed in 1847 and have three themes with different speeds.

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

Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Prelude No. 9 – Yuja Wang, Piano

In the Prelude No 9 in E major we hear the gravity of loftiness and depth. It is often called a march-hymn prelude, and it does indeed display hymn-like elements and a gravity and sublimity of character.

Schumann - Piano Concerto in A Minor - Yuja Wang

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Schumann – Concerto in A Minor – Yuja Wang, Piano

The Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 was completed in the year 1845 and is the only piano concerto written by the German Romantic composer Robert Schumann. The work was premiered in Dresden on December 4, 1845.

Brahms - Piano Concerto No 2 - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

The Piano Concerto No 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83, by Johannes Brahms is separated by a gap of 22 years from his first piano concerto. Brahms began work on the piece in 1878 and completed it in 1881 while in Pressbaum near Vienna.

Rachmaninov - Prelude Op. 23 No 5 in G minor - Wang, pianist

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 5 – Yuja Wang, Piano

Rachmaninoff’s Prelude No. 5 in G minor, was completed in 1901. It was included in his Opus 23 set of ten preludes, despite having been written two years earlier than the other nine.

Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor - Yuja Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Concerto / Piano

Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 – Yuja Wang

The Piano Concerto No. 2 was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1829. Chopin wrote the piece before he had finished his formal education, at around 20 years of age. It was first performed on 17 March 1830, in Warsaw, Poland, with the composer as soloist.

Strauss-Cziffra - Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka - Wang, Piano

ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Polka / Transcription

Strauss-Cziffra – Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka – Yuja Wang, Piano

Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, Op. 214, is a polka in A major by Johann Strauss II, written in 1858 after a successful tour of Russia where he performed in the summer concert season at Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg.

Beethoven - Triple concerto - Wang, Maisky, Ehnes

CLASSICAL MUSIC / Cello / Concerto / Piano / Violin

Beethoven – Triple Concerto – Wang, Maisky, Ehnes

Ludwig van Beethoven’s Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56, more commonly known as the Triple Concerto, was composed in 1803 and later published in 1804 under Breitkopf & Härtel.