Pianist Yuja Wang's Second Solo Concert in Korea... Performance Program Not Disclosed

On the 25th at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall

Pianist Yuja Wang, who is gaining attention for her outstanding performance skills and daring concert attire such as short skirts, will hold a solo recital at the Seoul Arts Center Concert Hall on the 25th.

This marks her second consecutive year visiting Korea following her first solo recital last year. Yuja Wang also visited Korea in 2013 and 2019, but those occasions were collaborative performances with orchestras.

As with last year, the program for this solo recital will not be disclosed in advance. The reason Yuja Wang does not reveal the repertoire beforehand is that she hopes the audience will experience spontaneous emotions during the live performance. Rather than listening to the music within a predetermined framework with prior knowledge of the pieces, she wants the audience to feel and enjoy the music as it is.

Yuja Wang says that all musical works are like living beings and are reborn anew at every moment through spontaneous emotions. She hopes the audience will share the spontaneous feelings she experiences. In a past interview with The New York Times, she said, "I firmly believe that every program must have its own unique life, and I think I must express how I feel at the moment."

Pianist Yuja Wang [Photo by Mast Media, (c) Norbert Kniat]

Along with the non-disclosure of the program, the number of encore pieces exceeding ten also attracted attention at last year’s solo recital in Korea. Yuja Wang performed 12 encore pieces during her concert in Korea last year.

Born in Beijing, China, Yuja Wang began learning piano at the age of six, influenced by her mother, a dancer, and her father, a percussionist. She studied at the Beijing Music Academy and won the Aspen Competition in 2002 at the age of 15. At the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, USA, she studied under Gary Graffman. In 2007, she gained worldwide attention when she replaced the "Empress of the Piano," Martha Argerich (winner of the 1965 Chopin Competition), to perform with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. In 2009, she signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, the world’s leading classical music label.

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