Yuja Wang

王羽佳 (Yuja Wang) is a Beijing-born, New York-based pianist who moves between the big Romantic and modern concertos and more colouristic repertoire, with a technique that handles Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev and Ravel with equal ease. She came to wide attention in 2007 when she stepped in for Martha Argerich at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and she has since become a regular soloist with major orchestras and a Deutsche Grammophon recording artist. Her recitals are known for demanding programmes and for encores that often run long, so a night with her tends to offer more music than the printed bill.