The next superstar pianist. Yuja Wang.

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    http://www.livinginrome.net/2014/01/spellbinding-yuja-wang-plays-prokofiev.html

    "On Saturday afternoon she appeared to achieve the impossible, and to trump even herself, in a performance of mesmerising artistry that held the Rome concert-goers utterly captivated."

    "I particularly loved the complicity of orchestra and soloist during the Intermezzo, which managed to be sinister, threatening and playful all at once.

    It was an exhilarating performance of virtuoso technical brilliance, played fearlessly by one of the most talented young concert pianists in the world today. The applause was thunderous and Yuja was called back out for four curtain calls. There was an audible sigh of fleeting disappointment when it became clear that there would be no encore, but after such a formidable performance, it was clear that Yuja had given us her all. Stunning."
     
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    "With her hugely charismatic personality and flamboyant sartorial choices Yuja Wang excites interest from the very second she appears on stage – her skintight dresses and stiletto heels inevitably provoke gasps…."

    She's got that over Argerich, anyway.
     
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    Argerich lacks a charismatic personality? I had not heard that.
     
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    Charisma without the heels and skintight dresses, perhaps...
     
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    Looks like she's wearing heels to me
     
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    and then back in the day...
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    Let's not sell Martha short. She had sex appeal in spades in her day
     
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    Yuja takes on Beethoven

    http://www.classicalsource.com/db_control/db_concert_review.php?id=11750

    "So it proved with Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto, for the orchestral exposition was outstanding: the first chordal entry of the woodwind was, for once, immaculate in both tuning and ensemble; and, as the music progressed, van Zweden drew us more and more into the work until Yuja Wang’s first commanding entry confirmed that this was to be a fully integrated performance in which the soloist naturally and correctly assumed the leading role, doing so in a way that was deeply impressive. Every detail of Beethoven’s masterpiece was fully observed by both soloist and orchestra, producing an account of the opening movement that was literally revelatory in its rare combination of dignified nobility and architectural expressiveness. Using Beethoven’s cadenza, the soloist’s playing was of such penetration and insight as to cause one to catch one’s breath. She was exceptionally well partnered throughout, nowhere more so than in her beautiful and lofty account of the slow movement, at all times deeply controlled yet deeply expressive. The (almost attacca) finale proved to be equally impressive, revealing the genuinely prophetic quality of the work at the same time as proclaiming those qualities which are the C minor Concerto’s own."
     
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    Saw her a few weeks ago in Boston. What a hottie.
     
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    I'm seeing her tonight with the SFS, looking forward to it. It was very hard to get tickets, especially keyboard-side, so it seems she is pulling in crowds well.
     
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    I will be there too.
     
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    I was impressed with her performance tonight. The orchestra drowned her out a few times but I really liked her phrasing and touch. What did you think Scott? Am I right in remembering you are her MUA?
     
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    What do I think? Wrong guy to ask. Waaaaaaaaay too biased. Yeah I do her makeup when I see her in concert but not this week. She actually had eye surgery yesterday. No makeup at all until she is fully healed. Her eye actually started to bleed at the end of her performance!!!
     
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    For anyone interested in hearing the Yuja Wang's last Hollywood Bowl concert

    August 17

    Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor
    Yuja Wang, piano

    PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
    SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1
    PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 1
    SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 1

    http://www.kusc.org/socalsundaynight/index.aspx
     
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    Nice little documentary on Yuja
     
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    I would like about ten more CDs from her. :)
     
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