InvestorsHub Logo
Post# of 9865
Next 10
Followers 210
Posts 23995
Boards Moderated 5
Alias Born 10/25/2003

Re: None

Tuesday, 12/03/2013 12:54:45 AM

Tuesday, December 03, 2013 12:54:45 AM

Post# of 9865
Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEdiAcu6sHQ

Yuja Wang

Receiving 2011 Echo Klassik award, October 2, 2011, Berlin

Wang comes from a musical family. Her mother, Zhai Jieming, is a dancer and her father, Wang Jianguo, is a percussionist. Both live in Beijing.[5]

Wang began her piano studies at age six.[3] She entered Beijing's Central Conservatory of Music at age seven and studied there for three years. At age 11, Wang was accepted as the youngest student in the Morningside Music Bridge International Music Festival at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada.[6]

Starting at age 15, she studied for five years with Gary Graffman at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and graduated in May 2008. Graffman said that Wang's technique impressed during her audition but "it was the intelligence and good taste" of her interpretations that distinguished her

"Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use"

Join the InvestorsHub Community

Register for free to join our community of investors and share your ideas. You will also get access to streaming quotes, interactive charts, trades, portfolio, live options flow and more tools.