Yuja Wang

About Yuja Wang

Concert pianist from China who has performed with orchestras including the Tonhalle Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. She earned the Echo Klassik Award for Young Artist of the Year in 2011.

Yuja Wang is a classical Chinese pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at the age of 6, and went on to study at the Beijing Central Conservatory and Curtis Academy of Music in Philadelphia. At the age of 21, she was an internationally renowned concert pianist, having performed solo around the world. She has a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, she said, "For me to play music is to be transported to a different way of life, a different way of life. An actress does it." Yuja Wang lives in New York.

Occupation(s)	Classical pianist
Labels	Deutsche Grammophon
Native name	王羽佳
Born	February 10, 1987, Beijing

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Trivia

Her performance of the famous piece "Flight of the Bumblebee" at the Verbier Festival went viral, earning more than three and a half million views on YouTube.

Yuja Wang before fame

She started taking piano lessons at the age of six in Beijing and then transferred to the Central Conservatory of Music.

Achievement of Yuja Wang

Her performance of the famed composition"Flight of the Bumblebee" at the Verbier Festival went viral, with over three and a half million views on YouTube.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$20 Million

Yuja Wang family life

Her mother, Zhai Jieming, is a drummer, while her father, Wang Jianguo, is a dancer.

Associations of Yuja Wang

She just released a DVD including her performance of Sergei Prokofiev's"Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major".

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