Yuja Wang

Chinese pianist

Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳, pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā), born 10 February 1987,[1] is a Chinese pianist.

Yuja Wang

Wang started to play the piano at the age of six; her earliest public concerts were at China, Germany and Australia. At the age of seven, Wang began to study at Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music before moving to the US to study at the Curtis Institute of Music at the age of fifteen.[2][3]

In 1998, Wang was awarded third prize at the Ettlingen International Competition for Young Pianists in Ettlingen, Germany. In 2001, she won the third prize and the "Special Jury Prize" at the First Sendai International Music Competition in Sendai, Japan in the piano section.[4]

In January 2009, Wang signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon.[5] She has already released four CD's: Sonatas & Etudes in 2009; Transformation in 2010; Rachmaninov in 2011; and Fantasia in March 2012.[6]

There has been a possibility that Wang released a debut CD in 1995.[7][8][9]

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  1. Kosman, Joshua (December 28, 2008). "Best classical music of 2008". The San Francisco Chronicle.
  2. Andrew Clements (12 May 2009). "Music review: Yuja Wang, Queen Elizabeth Hall, London | Music". The Guardian. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  3. "Yuja Wang". Opus 3 Artists. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  4. "SIMC Sendai International Music Competition – Results of the 1st SIMC – Piano Section". Archived from the original on 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  5. "Yuja Wang - Biography". Deutsche Grammophon. Archived from the original on 2012-02-29. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  6. "Yuja Wang - What's new". Deutsche Grammophon. Archived from the original on 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  7. "Rising star Yuja Wang steps in for pianist Radu Lupu who has been obliged to cancel his Feb. 8–9 NAC Orchestra concerts with Pinchas Zukerman for medical reasons". Canada's National Arts Centre. January 19, 2005. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved July 30, 2010. She released her debut CD in 1995...
  8. "China Philharmonic with Yuja Wang". Strathmore. Retrieved July 30, 2010. Yuja Wang's debut CD was released in 1995.
  9. "The young Chinese pianist talks with Patrick P.L. Lam". Musicweb International. Retrieved November 3, 2009. Wang released her very début CD in 1995.