For a pianist, difficulty comes in many flavors, from the most obvious — tossing off fistfuls of notes with fiendish precision and dexterity — to more delicate tasks like making a persuasive case for ...

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There’s nothing supernatural in pianist Yuja Wang’s explanation of how her childhood fascination with music evolved. Yes, she was able to hear Chopin speaking to her from beyond the grave, but only in ...

A highlight of the London-based Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (RPO)'s upcoming Seoul tour is Chinese piano sensation Yuja Wang, who will make her first appearance on a local stage. The Deutsche ...

Every week, I write these blog posts for the Artist of the Week, which means every week, I am doing a fair amount of research into that particular artist. It has indeed been an exercise in getting to ...

Music lovers attuned to the extraordinary rise of the young Chinese-born pianist Yuja Wang - which includes many of us in the Bay Area, where she's made a number of stunning concert appearances - have ...