It was late: 8:15. Yuja Wang’s recital at Carnegie Hall was supposed to start at 8—which in New York concert terms means 8:05. Was the young Chinese pianist fashionably late or more like strangely ...

Yuja Wang is the 25-year-old Chinese pianist revamping the classical music scene with her tight, short, colorful dresses. When Wang played the Hollywood Bowl in August in a skimpy coral-colored dress, ...

When your interviewee lists “Louboutins” as one of their top three travel essentials, you know you’re in for a cracking conversation. We should expect no less from piano prodigy Yuja Wang, the latest ...

Star pianist Yuja Wang wore a heart monitor during a 2.5-hour Rachmaninov marathon at Carnegie Hall, and the results are astounding. In January 2023, Yuja Wang undertook one of the greatest feats of ...

Last night, Yuja Wang played a recital in Carnegie Hall. The recital was more like an event. As the pianist took her bows after encores, everyone in the hall seemed to have his cellphone up, either ...

Every week, I write these blog posts for the Artist of the Week, which means every week, I am doing a fair amount of research into that particular artist. It has indeed been an exercise in getting to ...