Yuja Wang

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Yuja Wang (born 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at the age 6 and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing.

In 2003 Yuja Wang made her European debut with the Tonhalle Orchestra in Zurich, Switzerland playing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 under the baton of David Zinman. She made her North American debut in Ottawa in the 2005-06 season replacing Radu Lupu performing the Beethoven concerto with Pinchas Zukerman conducting.

She is currently studying with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also increasing the numbers of concerts she is playing.

In 2006-2007 she is performing with the New York Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Chicago Symphony, and San Francisco Symphony, the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Japan, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic in the Netherlands, the China Philharmonic in Beijing and the Guangzhou Symphony and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival.

[edit] External link

• Profile of Yuja Wang on International Creative Management site