Pianist Yuja Wang • Living the Classical Life Ep. 14

Yuja Wang – Pianist and Deutsche Grammophon Recording Artist “Life... music and what I do... has to be intermixed, has to be together... or else I feel like I’m not alive.” In an unusually intimate portrait, young piano superstar Yuja Wang speaks of her life and work, demonstrating by musical examples throughout—including a staggering and delightful rendition of an Art Tatum arrangement of “Tea for Two.” She describes her musical aspirations in contrast with audience perceptions, the value of practicing and not practicing, learning and relearning a piece, and the importance of struggle for musical results. She ends the interview with a touching tribute to the late Claudio Abbado. episode 14 • Filmed 2014 in the old Steinway Hall 0:00 Opening Quote, Intro, and Titles 0:48 Rachmaninoff Inspirations 1:45 What makes the magic? 2:48 What people don’t know 3:16 Memory and Practice • Art Tatum Tea for Two 7:50 What’s missing in life 9:26 Working with Claudio Ab