Yuja Wang News & Updates

What Globe-Trotting Piano Prodigy Yuja Wang Can’t Travel Without

When your interviewee lists “Louboutins” as one of their top three travel essentials, you know y...

Jul 24, 2019 • Yahoo

Pianist Yuja Wang aims to round out her image with Tchaikovsky at Blossom Music Center

Categorize Yuja Wang if you must, but don't accuse the pianist of resting on her laurels. If she wer...

Aug 08, 2012 • Cleveland.com

Third Time’s the Charm for Yuja Wang

Great pianists come in many varieties. Some performers have a special affinity with a specific compo...

Oct 09, 2013 • Santa Barbara Independent

Yuja Wang Plays Hahn Hall, April 8

Yuja Wang may be just 22 years old, but her playing at this concert awakened nearly a century’s wo...

Apr 15, 2009 • Santa Barbara Independent

Review: Stunning show by pianist Yuja Wang

The world of classical music can be every bit as stodgy as its detractors like to claim. But all it ...

Apr 01, 2008 • SFGate

Yuja Wang Plays Carnegie Hall

When critics talk about Yuja Wang, they continue to reach for superlatives. Earlier this month Mark ...

May 16, 2016 • NPR

Yuja Wang: Transforming the Piano

Pianist Yuja Wang made a sensational San Francisco Symphony debut in 2007 playing Beethoven’s Pian...

Apr 13, 2010 • KQED

Yuja Wang: Rooted In Diligence, Inspired By Improvisation

Sergei Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 — "Rach 3," as fans fondly call it — is one of the mos...

Dec 01, 2013 • WLRN

Yuja Wang thrillingly brings Rachmaninoff to life at Steinmetz Hall | Review

Eric Jacobsen called it a “wild week” for the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra. I’m thinking mor...

Jan 16, 2023 • Orlando Sentinel

Review: Yuja Wang plays with poetry, precision

Pianist Yuja Wang wound up her San Francisco visit Sunday night with a solo recital in Herbst Theatr...

Jun 21, 2010 • SFGate

Stunning And Satisfying, Yuja Wang Plays At Carnegie Hall

For a musician whose dress and shoes are almost as discussed as her playing, Chinese pianist Yuja Wa...

May 28, 2013 • Forbes

Yuja Wang, Mahler Chamber Orchestra push limits in bold San Francisco concert

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pianist Yuja Wang with the Mah...

Apr 27, 2026 • Yahoo

Pianist Yuja Wang to Join Sun Valley Music Festival 2025 Gala Concert

The Sun Valley Music Festival has revealed that renowned pianist Yuja Wang will be the featured gues...

Feb 18, 2025 • BroadwayWorld

CELEBRATING MTT WITH YUJA WANG to be Presented At Walt Disney Concert Hall

Michael Tilson Thomas has been part of the LA Phil family for more than five decades and in honor of...

Dec 18, 2024 • BroadwayWorld

Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson: A Piano Duet of Ice and Fire

On Feb. 21, Symphony Hall broke into applause as world-renowned pianists Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ól...

Mar 03, 2025 • The Harvard Crimson

Yuja Wang and Víkingur Ólafsson dazzle Severance crowd with piano virtuosity

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Rock stars are known to make certain demands on tour, stipulating everything the...

Feb 24, 2025 • Cleveland.com

‘Exceptionally rare’ musical feat: 1 weekend, 4 concertos by Yuja Wang

Central Florida music lovers are in for a special treat, thanks to a late-breaking program change fr...

Dec 26, 2022 • Orlando Sentinel

Review: Yuja Wang Makes a Case for the Piano as Percussion

NEW YORK — Look up “Is the piano a percussion or string instrument?” online, and you’ll find...

Oct 28, 2018 • WRAL

Gustavo Dudamel and Yuja Wang lead an exceptional, propulsive Rachmaninoff festival

Two days after the announcement that in a full 43 months, or approximately 1,300 days, Gustavo Dudam...

Feb 15, 2023 • Los Angeles Times

Once more, with feeling: Yuja does Carnegie

It was late: 8:15. Yuja Wang’s recital at Carnegie Hall was supposed to start at 8—which in New ...

Dec 11, 2014 • The New Criterion

Yuja Wang and Leonidas Kavakos to share stage in La Jolla Music Society concert

She is known for her dazzling style in her artistry, performances and fashion. He has been called in...

Nov 05, 2021 • San Diego Union-Tribune

Pianist Yuja Wang shares virtuoso and expressive gifts in Akron recital

In four other Scriabin pieces Wang proved she also has poetry in her soul. The composer's mysticism ...

Oct 19, 2011 • Cleveland.com

BCNARTS: Best Bets: Pianist Yuja Wang Plays Prokofiev In Davies Symphony Hall

Gifted pianist Yuja Wang, a renowned fashion plate who often switches one glamorous gown for a short...

Apr 24, 2026 • SFGATE

Yuja Wang swings for the fences

Yuja Wang is a hot item in classical music these days and her recital Sunday afternoon for the Philh...

Oct 15, 2013 • Orange County Register

Artist Of The Week: Yuja Wang

Every week, I write these blog posts for the Artist of the Week, which means every week, I am doing ...

Nov 01, 2017 • Capital Public Radio

Yuja Wang’s Carnegie Hall Opening Night Gala Performance Begins Streaming On Carnegie Hall+

Carnegie Hall+ is a subscription video-on-demand platform offering full-length concerts, operas, dan...

Nov 12, 2025 • BroadwayWorld

Review | Yuja Wang Is Electrifying, as Promised

Such was the case with Yuja Wang, a dazzling piano virtuoso who not only plays with her entire body,...

Apr 30, 2026 • The Santa Barbara Independent