Pianist Yuja Wang to Join Sydney Symphony Orchestra for Performance

Superstar pianist Yuja Wang to perform with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

She's the 28-year-old piano superstar known as much for her daring fashion sense as her powerful, controlled and prodigious technique. Now, Chinese sensation Yuja Wang is set to make her Australian concerto debut with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the Sydney Opera House this July in Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2.

In her first visit to Sydney, Yuja will also give a solo recital at the City Recital Hall in a program filled with three of her favourites - Chopin, Scriabin and Balakirev.

Yuja is widely recognised as one of the most important artists of her generation, praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of repertoire, her depth of musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and charismatic stage presence. The pianist, who once famously told London paper The Telegraph "I can wear long skirts when I'm forty", delights in challenging the norms around classical music. As well as her boldly short concert attire and cutting edge sartorial style, Yuja loves the voice of R&B star Rihanna and listens to her music to "calm [herself] down" before and after she goes on stage.

YUJA WANG IN RECITAL

Monday 13 July 7pm

City Recital Hall Angel Place

YUJA WANG PLAYS BRAHMS

Wed 15 July, 8pm

Friday 17 July, 8pm

Saturday 18 July, 8pm

Concert Hall, Sydney Opera House

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