Yuja Wang
Virginia G. Piper Piano Series

Thursday, January 13, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.

With piano playing that both thunders and sparkles, Yuja Wang is often described as superhuman: at the young age of 23, she already has mastered 20 piano concertos. Physically, this winsome wunderkind looks just strong enough to hold a cup of tea, yet her intense athleticism at the keyboard makes you “fear that she might hit her head on the piano bench.” (Philadelphia Inquirer)

“The arrival of Chinese-born pianist Yuja Wang on the musical scene is an exhilarating and unnerving development. To listen to her in action is to re-examine whatever assumptions you may have had about how well the piano can actually be played,” wrote The San Francisco Chronicle. And the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that “a machine gun of feathers could not keep pace … For any listener who remembers Horowitz as the supreme being in repertoire of this kind, here was his heir.”

Program:
Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme by Corelli, Op. 42
Schubert: Sonata No. 19 in C minor, D. 958
Scriabin: Selected Preludes and Etudes
Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain
Mendelssohn: Scherzo from Midsummer Night's Dream
Saint-Saëns: Dance Macabre, Op. 40

For the best value, subscribe to all four recitals on the Virginia G. Piper Piano Series and receive priority seating. Call the Patron Services Box Office at 480.994.ARTS (2787), ext. 2. Additional performances will take place on the following evenings:

André Watts | Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 8 p.m.
Christopher O’Riley | Thursday, March 17, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.
Nobuyuki Tsujii | Thursday, April 21, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m

Presented by the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust

Yuja Wang

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