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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Yuja Wang’s verve and panache, combined with the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra’s fearless, youthful energy, forge an incandescent, explosive performance.

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 ...

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

Unlimited Digital Access - $1 a week for a whole year - Sale Ends 1/31/25 Pianist Yuja Wang aims to round out her image with Tchaikovsky at Blossom Music Center Updated: Aug. 08, 2012, 11:00 a.m.

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.