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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By 15, she'd moved to the U.S. to hone her skill at Philadelphia's prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, and by 20, she was playing Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Boston Symphony ...

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 ...

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In her own mind too, Prokofiev’s Concerto No.2, plays more than several tricks. “What I actually see in my head is a witch with smokes and there’s so much colour, so much; like fire-crackers.