Published on Jun 22, 2016

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Genre: NCPA

Dates: Thursday, August 18, 2016

Venue: Concert Hall of NCPA

Prices: 100, 180, 320, 400, 480, 580

Features: Chinese well-known youth pianist Yuja Wang and Austrian famous drummer and multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger will be performed at Concert Hall of NCPA in Beijing on Thursday August 18th.

BRIEF INTRODUCTION

Yuja Wang Piano
Chinese pianist Yuja Wang is widely recognized for playing that combines the spontaneity and fearless imagination of youth with the discipline and precision of a mature artist. Regularly lauded for her controlled, prodigious technique, Yuja has been praised for her authority over the most complex technical demands of the repertoire, the depth of her musical insight, as well as her fresh interpretations and graceful, charismatic stage presence.

Yuja is an exclusive recording artist for Deutsche Grammophon. Her debut recording, Sonatas & Etudes, released in the spring of 2009, 'suggests a combination of blazing technique and a rare instinct for poetry' wrote Gramophone magazine, which named Yuja the Classic FM Gramophone Awards 2009 Young Artist of the Year. For her second recording, Transformation, Yuja received an Echo Award 2011 as 'Young Artist of the Year'. Yuja next collaborated with Maestro Claudio Abbado and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra to record her first concerto album featuring Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and his Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor which was nominated for a Grammy as 'Best Classical Instrumental Solo.' Her most recent record, Fantasia, is a collection of encore pieces by Albéniz, Bach, Chopin, Rachmaninov, Saint-Saens, Scriabin and others.

In the few short years since her 2005 debut with the National Arts Center Orchestra led by Pinchas Zukerman, Yuja has already performed with many of the world's prestigious orchestras including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Dallas Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, National Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh Orchestra and the San Francisco Symphony, in the U.S., and abroad with the Berlin Staatskapelle, China Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orquesta Nacional Espaa, the NHK Symphony in Tokyo, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart and Santa Cecilia, among others.

Martin Grubinger
Dubbed by critics as “A wizard of percussion”, Austrian multi-percussionist Martin Grubinger has achieved the extraordinary feat of turning solo percussion into the highlight of the classical concert world. A regular guest at many of the top orchestras and the world’s most prestigious venues, Grubinger’s repertoire is unusually broad and ranges from solo works and chamber music, with partners including his own Percussive Planet Ensemble and pianists Ferhan and Ferzan Onder, to percussion concertos.

Highlights of the 2014/15 are amongst many others Grubinger’s debuts with China Philharmonic Orchestra, Orquestra Filarmonica de Minas Gerais and Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France alongside engagements with Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Gurzenich Orchester and WDR Sinfonieorchester. Grubinger will be Artist in Residence with Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra and the Tongyeong Music Festival in Korea. With star baritone Thomas Hampson he will present a new recital programme, initially at the Gasteig in Munich, Wiener Konzerthaus and the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. His breathtaking percussion show involving freerunners and breakdancers, “Free My Way”, will go in its second year.

Tickets for Yuja Wang and Martin Grubinger Beijing Concert are Available now!