1 Feb

The latest young pianist from China to excite classical music audiences and earn raves from critics is 25-year-old Yuja Wang, a distinctive artist with a comprehensive technique.

That Wang is already a musician of consequence was made clear when Deutsche Grammophon released her first recording with an orchestra: performances of Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Second Piano Concerto with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra. The conductor is Claudio Abbado, a towering maestro who is extremely discriminating in his choice of collaborators.

For the Rome audience she plays Fauré, Brahms and Rachmaninov.

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