It was like watching a tiger devour — blow by blow, with utmost clarity — an elephant, the elephant being Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor. Cut it off at the knees! Off with its head!

In earlier years, technically spectacular Russian repertoire such as Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev was Wang’s bread and butter; with one such piece, Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, she made ...

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Wang’s rendition of Shostakovich’s “Piano Concerto No. 1” was a dazzling and dynamic display. Wang treated the first theme of the opening movement (Allegro moderato) with delicacy and ...

Pianist Yuja Wang performs Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting, at Hollywood Bowl.

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Thursday night at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Wang played Prokofiev’s big-fisted Second Piano Concerto with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, under Charles Dutoit, who is one of the celebrity ...