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Yuja Wang is a female pianist and musician born in Beijing in 1987. She holds citizenship in the United States and resides in New York City. Her musical career began in 1998, and she performs classical music, often associated with the piano virtuoso style. She is signed to the record label Deutsche Grammophon.
Wang was educated at the Central Conservatory of Music, the Curtis Institute of Music, and Mount Royal University. She studied under Leon Fleisher. She speaks Chinese and English. In her personal life, she is the unmarried partner of Klaus Mäkelä. She has participated in events such as the Athens Epidaurus Festival.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1987
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 45,954
- Total plays
- 361,252
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Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳; pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. She was born in Beijing. Yuja began playing piano at age six, and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing under Ling Yuan and Zhou Guangren. Following three years, from 1999 to 2001, at the Morningside Music summer program at Calgary’s Mount Royal College, an artistic and cultural exchange program between Canada and China <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Yuja+Wang">Read more on
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1987-02-10 ) February 10, 1987 (age 39) , Beijing, China
- Citizenship
- United States
- Alma mater
- Curtis Institute of Music
- Occupation
- Classical pianist
- Years active
- 1998–present
- Agent
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Partner
- Klaus Mäkelä (former)
- Awards
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo, 66th Annual Grammy Awards
- Traditional chinese
- 王羽佳
- Hanyu pinyin
- Wáng Yǔjiā
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Wang
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Beijing
- Occupation
- musician
- Educated at
- Mount Royal University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- Athens Epidaurus Festival
- Student of
- Leon Fleisher
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- piano
- Record label
- Deutsche Grammophon
- Official website
- yujawang.com
- Image
- Yuja-Wang-2014.jpg
- Residence
- New York City
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- date of birth
- 1987-02-10
- Commons category
- Yuja Wang
- name in native language
- 王羽佳
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Art+Feminism
- social media followers
- 47581
- start of work period
- 1998-00-00
- unmarried partner
- Klaus Mäkelä
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Encyclopedic overview
Websiteyujawang.com
Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳; pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese and American pianist. She began learning piano at the age of six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.
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