Yuja Wang

Apr 10, 2022

Overview

Yuja Wang has captivated audiences around the world with her dazzling performances. Witness her charismatic artistry as she returns to Symphony Center in recital. “Wang’s combination of technical ease and sheer power has always been remarkable … but there is an ever-greater depth to her musicianship, drawing you into the world of each composer with compelling immediacy” (The Financial Times).

At the artist’s request, the order of the works performed during this recital are at her discretion and subject to change.

Program
Beethoven

Sonata No. 18 in E-flat Major, Op. 31, No. 3

Schoenberg

Suite for Piano, Op. 25

Ligeti

Etude No. 6 (Autumn in Warsaw)

Ligeti

Etude No. 13 (The Devil's Staircase)

Scriabin

Sonata No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 23

Albéniz

Lavapiés from Iberia, Book III, No. 3

Kapustin

Prelude, Op. 53, No. 11

Kapustin

Prelude, Op. 53, No. 10

Glass

Etude No. 6 [Encore]

Bach

Badinerie from Orchestral Suite No. 2 [Encore]

Márquez

Danzon No. 2 [Encore]

Moszkowski

La jongleuse [Encore]

Prokofiev

Precipitato from Sonata No. 7, Op. 83 [Encore]

Mendelssohn

Songs Without Words, Op. 67, No. 2 [Encore]

Tchaikovsky

Dance of the Four Swans [Encore]

Bizet/Horowitz

Carmen Variations [Encore]

Performers
Piano
Sponsors

This performance is made possible in part by a generous endowment gift from the estate of Halina J. Presley.