Born in Beijing, pianist Yuja Wang made her international breakthrough in 2007 when she replaced Martha Argerich as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Since then, critical superlatives have continuously followed her dazzling career, her numerous awards and accolades including being Musical America’s 2017 Artist of the Year, and a 2019 Gramophone Award for The Berlin Recital on Deutsche Grammophon, with whom she has been an exclusive artist since 2009. Recent highlights include an Opus Klassik Award for her world-premiere recording of John Adams’ Must the Devil Have all the Good Tunes? with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel, performing at Carnegie Hall’s 2021/22 season Opening Night Gala with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and tours with her regular chamber partners, violinist Leonidas Kavakos and cellist Gautier Capuçon.
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