Yuja Wang, Brahms, Variations Paganini

These Variations, as played here by Yuja Wang, have a story, which you can read at the beginning of this recording. Yuja Wang's version is unique, but her choices are faithful to Brahms' intentions!

Ces Variations, telles qu’elles sont jouées ici par Yuja Wang, ont une histoire, que vous pourrez lire au début de cet enregistrement. La version de Yuja Wang est unique, mais ses choix sont fidèles aux intentions de Brahms!

[WalyB]

She owns it, good god, she owns its. What an awesome pianist

[pianolessonsboulder]

She is a great virtuoso, and at the same time combines her technique with her musicianship and sensitivity to give a great performance of these fabulous and impossibly difficult Brahms- Paganini studies.

[frederickchopin]

7:57 That guy didn't just sneeze, he recited the whole Swedish alphabet in one exhale

[ronl]

Precision, voicing, energy! Artistry

[fazergazer]

Yuja brings a fresh interpretation to this masterwork of Brahms. Note how we hear the negative harmony clearly in the various lines. ❤

[shyyond]

Очень люблю Юджи Ванг! Она как рысь на клавиатуру набрасывается! Не только слушать её, но и смотреть-залюбуешься! Браво!❤

[GiacomoFiori]

This rendition of Brahms Paganini shows us how poetic and colourfull might be this magnificient piece if played in the right way (despite most of people thinks it is just viruosistic). Brahms' inventivness has no limit.

[amaurylopez]

Fantastic, her talent is just incredible

[GDT]

Qu’il nous soit donné de vivre de tels moments, entendre cette musique jouée de cette façon, et voir en plus cette merveilleuse pianiste, c’est proprement incroyable ! Merci, merci et encore merci !

[carloseduardobarrosrodrigu]

She made the music appear from her heart

[Sahasrarasmi-Sancodite]

This looks like a recital for her graduation from Curtis Institue studying under Gary Graffman, when she was more or less 19 years old. I recognized the hairstyle from some other videos of her Senio recital.

[mariadoloresvidalpianista]

You can listen in this rendition that she loves Arturo Michelangeli, indeed he was also my first inspiration to play these pieces. He is also playing in the same order. I enjoyes her version too.

[hugowilliams]

Yuja Wang plays especially well whenever she has a bad hair day.

[jsved]

Ordinary mortals can only look on in wonder

[MarshallArtz]

If you’d like to hear Yuja Wang’s 2009 Verbier performance of the Brahms in the correct key (A Minor instead of G-Sharp Minor, as it is here), use this link:


The alternate upload is audio only—no Yuja, no score—but it includes some nice pictures of Brahms. I also added time stamps for each variation.
😎🎹

[Desireyso]

Sweet, Charming, Funny, BEAUTIFUL, and of course, So TALENTED LADY!!! I LOVE YUJA WANG!!!

[ray_]

3:05 somehow I'm hearing Radiohead's Knives Out

[claudioparrella]

Anche in questo video yuja è sorprendente: in passato ha eseguito autori diversi da Brahms...

[Briggsby]

Anybody got a .flac or .aac version so I don't have to deal with YouTube's shitty audio compression?

[rodluc]

My preferred version after Benedetti Michelangeli