| Pianist Joyce Yang pinch-hit for an indisposed Lang Lang in snowy Buffalo on January 29th with the Buffalo Philharmonic under JoAnn Falletta. The Buffalo News headline declared, "Yang is the real deal" after her performance of Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto. "She stepped into [Lang Lang's] shoes, at the last minute. And she did a fine job of it, too... The finale, written to bring the house down, did exactly that."
The 24-year-old pianist basked in warm climates and equally warm attention in recent weeks in a Florida recital with violinist Stefan Jackiw and her first collaboration with the Miró Quartet in California. "The first date is so exciting," Yang said in a La Jolla Chamber Music Society preview interview. "[Playing with a new group] is like going on a blind date with really good recommendations. See if the sparks fly."
They did. "Yang has been a formidable presence over the last three SummerFest seasons, clearly realizing the promise that garnered her the Silver Medal at the Van Cliburn International Competition in 2005. Her patrician touch and lithe phrasing in the Mozart Piano Quartet complemented the Miró strings at every turn." --SanDiego.com, 1/25/11 [Kenneth Herman]
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