Yuja Wang Makes Her Walt Disney Concert Hall Recital Debut, 3/24

After several very well-received concerto performances with the LA Phil, pianist Yuja Wang makes her recital debut at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Sunday, March 24, at 7:30 pm. The program of French and Russian music from the early 20th century includes Debussy's Pour le piano, Scriabin's Sonata No. 6 in G major, Op. 62, Ravel's La Valse, three works from Rachmaninoff - Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1, Moment musical Op. 16, No. 4 in E minor, and Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 - as well as Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Mendelssohn's Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61. The performance is part of the LA Phil's Colburn Celebrity Recitals series.

Twenty-six-year-old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized for playing that combines the spontaneity and fearless imagination of youth with the discipline and precision of a mature artist. Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique, she has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and graceful, charismatic stage presence. Yuja is an exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon. Her debut recording, Sonatas & Etudes, released in the spring of 2009, "suggests a combination of blazing technique and a rare instinct for poetry" wrote Gramophone magazine, which named Yuja the Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2009 Young Artist of the Year. For her second recording, Transformation, Yuja received an Echo Award 2011 as "Young Artist of the Year". Yuja next collaborated with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra to record her first concerto album featuring Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and his Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor which was nominated for a Grammy as "Best Classical Instrumental Solo." Her most recent record, Fantasia, is a collection of encore pieces by Albéniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Saint-Saëns, Scriabin and others.

The Colburn Celebrity Recitals series for the 2012/13 season presents virtuoso performances by world-renowned artists. Remaining recitals for the season are: pianist András Schiff (April 17, 2013); and violinist Hilary Hahn (May 7, 2013).

Complete Program:

DEBUSSY Pour le piano
SCRIABIN Sonata No. 6 in G major, Op. 62
RAVEL La Valse
RACHMANINOFF Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1
MENDELSSOHN (arr. RACHMANINOFF)
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61
RACHMANINOFF Moment musical, Op. 16, No. 4, in E minor
RACHMANINOFF Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36

For full artist biography, please visit: laphil.com/YujaWang