Piano, Soloist

Yuja Wang

Chinese · 1987

Yuja Wang, born in Beijing in 1987, is one of the most dazzling and charismatic pianists in the world. Trained at the Central Conservatory in Beijing and the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, she had her breakthrough in 2007 when, aged twenty, she stepped in for Martha Argerich with the Boston Symphony, and she has been a star of the concert platform ever since. An exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist and a Grammy winner, she is celebrated for a phenomenal, seemingly effortless technique, electrifying stage presence and fearless musicianship across a vast repertoire, with the great virtuoso Russian concertos among her specialities.

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Past guides

  1. London Symphony Orchestra/Gustavo Gimeno: Tchaikovsky and Bartók with Yuja Wang, Barbican Cited in Yuja Wang’s Bartók, with Mussorgsky and Swan Lake. Accessed 18 October 2026.
  2. Jakub Hrůša and Yuja Wang, Berliner Philharmoniker Cited in Yuja Wang’s Bartók, with Mussorgsky and Swan Lake. Accessed 18 October 2026.
  3. 5th Soirée, 13 February 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in An Argument at the Piano and a Child’s Heaven. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  4. Concert in New York, 27 February 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in An Argument at the Piano and a Child’s Heaven. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  5. Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Tchaikovsky, 17 Dec 26, London Symphony Orchestra Cited in Yuja Wang’s Bartók, with Mussorgsky and Swan Lake. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  6. Yuja Wang, Wikipedia Cited in Yuja Wang’s Bartók, with Mussorgsky and Swan Lake. Accessed 30 September 2026.