Virtuoso Voices™ - Yuja Wang (Being Present)  0:23
October 2010 CD 


[Use this clip to introduce Yuja Wang playing Scarlatti, Brahms, Ravel and Stravinsky (DGG 477 879); Chopin-Piano Sonata No. 2 “Funeral March”; Liszt-Piano Sonata; Scriabin-Piano Sonata No. 2; Ligeti-Etudes (DGG 477 818).  Her complete discography is available at arkivmusic.com.]



SUGGESTED HOST INTRO

After a performer learns the notes and digs deep to find out what’s at the heart of the music, he or she is ready to go on stage.  But there’s one more step.  Pianist Yuja Wang (YOU-Zhah Wong) says you have to stay in the present.



Yuja Wang Clip:

“It’s almost like a, a necessity that I just have to do that.  When you’re on stage, you - if you’re not there, nobody else is there.  It’s our job to be there at that moment and to create something to share with the others.  Otherwise it’s just, it’s just a waste of space and waste of sound and energy.”



SUGGESTED HOST OUTRO

Here is pianist Yuja Wang (YOU-Zhah Wong) in her highly elevated state of focus, playing (insert music title and composer).


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