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Yuja Wang

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Also known as Wang Yujia

Chinese pianist

Person · Open Library

Works
1

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  • The Asia Tour

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United Kingdom
Active from
1987
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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

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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
Languages spoken
English language
Student of
Leon Fleisher
Instrument
piano
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
Sources (8)

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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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