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Learn MoreArtists:
Peter Oundjian, conductor
Yuja Wang, piano and conductor
Program:
Sergei Prokofiev: American Overture
Samuel Barber: Piano Concerto
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Camille Saint-Saëns: Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah
Yuja Wang, conductor
Leonard Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
This concert is sponsored by:
KATHY KROL AND
Post-Concert Talk Back:
Immediately following this concert, ticket holders are invited to a brief, interactive Q&A with the program’s conductor and soloist in Chautauqua Auditorium.
YUJA: A Documentary Film Screening
Don’t miss Chautauqua’s screening of a documentary film about Yuja Wang.
Thursday, August 13 at 7 PM | Chautauqua Auditorium
$15 | buy tickets
Pianist Yuja Wang is celebrated for her charismatic artistry, emotional honesty, and captivating stage presence. She has performed with the world’s most venerated conductors, musicians, and ensembles, and is renowned not only for her virtuosity but also for her spontaneous and lively performances, famously telling The New York Times, “I firmly believe every program should have its own life, and be a representation of how I feel at the moment.” Yuja began piano at six, training in Canada and at the Curtis Institute under Gary Graffman. Now one of the world’s leading artists, her recordings have earned five GRAMMY nominations, a 2023 GRAMMY win, and an Opus Klassik Award. Recent projects include collaboration with David Hockney, play-direct tours with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, a duo recital tour with Víkingur Ólafsson, and a residency with the New York Philharmonic. In 2025-26, Wang opens the San Francisco Symphony and Philadelphia Orchestra seasons, appears at Carnegie Hall performing and directing Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, tours Europe with the Swedish Radio Orchestra, performs with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and Rotterdam Philharmonic, continues Mahler Chamber Orchestra tours, and presents an Asian recital tour. In November 2025, Playing with Fire: An Immersive Odyssey with Yuja Wang opens at Paris Philharmonie.
