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Opposites Attract

UIS Performing Arts Center

ISU Center for the Performing Arts

Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang brings her ‘vivid and beautiful playing’ (New York Times) to a program that excites on every level.

Joyce Yang Performs Grieg’s Piano Concerto

Sydney Opera House

Joyce Yang's performances have been praised as 'extraordinary' and 'kaleidoscopic' (Los Angeles Times), and for this solo recital the Grammy-nominated pianist has selected an evocative and thrilling program that demonstrates the full range of her virtuosity and ‘wondrous sense of colour’ (San Francisco Classical Voice).

Joyce Yang in Recital

City Recital Hall

“Why be a second-rate Ravel when you can be a first-rate Gershwin?”  Thus said the great French composer when the great American song writer asked him for lessons.  Gershwin’s jazzy tone poem about the City of Lights pairs wonderfully with Ravel’s Boléro, a provocation inspired by the rhythms of the  fandango and the factory.  Between these two popular pieces, we welcome back the incredible Joyce Yang to perform Samuel Barber’s titanic Piano Concerto. This cinematic and passionate work is a true American masterpiece.

Boléro Blowout

Paul Shaghoian Memorial Concert Hall

This concert unites the poignant Mendelssohn siblings’ works—Fanny’s unduly neglected remarkable work and Felix’s stirring String Quartet, a reaction to her early passing—with compositions by artists silenced or oppressed during WWII. It embodies the spirit of perseverance and the unbreakable will of the human spirit through music.

Resilience

Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center

This varied program blends the elegance of Bach’s Suite for Marimba, the passionate tangos of Piazzolla, the neoclassical charm of Stravinsky, and Tchaikovsky’s most beloved ballet—offering a rich tapestry of stories told through dance.

Suite

Joyce Yang dazzles in Prokofiev’s sparkling 3rd Piano Concerto, a piece with the one of the most brilliant finishes of any work in the genre. Anna Clyne’s Masquerade conjures images of a chaotic revelry. Conductor Valentina Peleggi makes her ISO debut and transports us into a Middle Eastern fairy tale with Rimsky-Korsakov’s exotic Scheherazade.

Joyce Yang

Pianist

Events

3 - 4 May, 2024

Opposites Attract · Illinois Symphony Orchestra

18 - 19 May, 2024

Joyce Yang Performs Grieg’s Piano Concerto · Sydney Symphony Orchestra

May 20, 2024

Joyce Yang in Recital · Sydney Symphony Orchestra

1 - 2 Jun, 2024

Boléro Blowout · Fresno Philharmonic

Aug 3, 2024

Resilience · La Jolla Music Society

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