Yuja Wang Plays Bartók
Fri Mar 29 — Sat Mar 30, 2024
Orchestra Hall
Pianist Yuja Wang has graced stages all over the world, earning rave reviews that describe her performances as daredevil, dazzling and captivating. Now, she makes her Minnesota Orchestra debut in an exhilarating piano concerto by Bela Bartók alongside returning guest conductor Hannu Lintu. The Orchestra also performs Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony in this concert that travels through starry nights, showcases extreme technical prowess, and fills the soul with feelings of deep romance and passion.
A Few Things to Know
- An incredibly difficult piece to perform, Bartók’s Second Piano Concerto—which was composed in 1930—has not been heard at Orchestra Hall since 1992 and was programmed only one additional time prior to that performance.
- Yuja Wang has had many works written for her by prominent composers around the world, including Jennifer Higdon, John Adams, Rodion Shchedrin, Michael Tilson Thomas and Tan Dun.
- Beloved Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho passed away on June 2, 2023, in Paris. Her Ciel d’hiver was orginally scheduled for a Minnesota Orchestra program in June 2020, but was postponed due to the pandemic.
Program
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SAARIAHO
Ciel d’hiver
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BARTÓK
Piano Concerto No. 2
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RACHMANINOFF
Symphony No. 2
Artists
Minnesota Orchestra
Hannu Lintu
conductor
Yuja Wang
piano
The Grammy Award-winning Minnesota Orchestra, led by Danish conductor Thomas Søndergård—who is serving as music director designate during the 2022-23 season—is recognized for distinguished performances around the world, award-winning recordings and broadcasts, educational engagement programs, and commitment to building the orchestral repertoire of the future. Founded in 1903, the Orchestra has an extensive history of touring throughout Minnesota, nationally and abroad, including high-profile visits in recent years to Cuba, Europe and South Africa. Recording projects undertaken in the past two decades include complete cycles of symphonies by Beethoven, Sibelius and Mahler, all recorded under Osmo Vänskä, who is now the Orchestra’s conductor laureate.
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Additional services are available upon request.
SPONSORED BY
The 2023-2024 Classical Season is presented by Ameriprise Financial.
