Virtuoso Voices™ - Yuja Wang (My Choice)  0:19
March 2010 CD 


[Use this clip to enhance your introduction of almost any performance from Yuja Wang's debut CD, "Sonatas and Etudes:" Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Funeral March Sonata"; Franz Liszt:  Piano Sonata in B Minor; Ligeti:  Etudes (2); Scriabin:  Piano Sonata No. 2 "Fantasy Sonata" (DGG 001253402).]



SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

In music, and music schools worldwide, the teacher - student relationship can be a somewhat complicated matter.  The tradition and traditional view is that the student is the student, and the teacher is the master.  Pianist Yuja Wang (YOO-zha Wong) always listened to her teachers' instructions – but maybe with just one ear.


Yuja Wang Clip:

"For me, I think we're trained as artists, and artists have to have their own voice.  So we can, we can listen to them as suggestions and we'll try it out, as like experiment them, and I'm really open to all the possibilities.  But in the end, I’m the – I have to make the choice."



SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

Music teachers are often like parents and face parent-like challenges, balancing instruction with encouraging individuality and independent thinking.  Pianist Yuja Wang (YOO-zha Wong) most likely clicked with the teachers who encouraged independence.  You can judge how independence and self-assurance has served Yuja Wang in this performance of (insert music title, composer and performers).



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