January 29, 2008
Classical critic Georgia Rowe wrote:
Pianist Joyce Yang, who made her first California Symphony appearance as a 13-year-old child prodigy nearly a decade ago, made a thrilling return to the orchestra Sunday afternoon at the Lesher Center for the Arts.
Joining music director Barry Jekowsky and the orchestra in Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Yang demonstrated just how far she has progressed in the intervening years.
What a phenomenal artist she has become. Now 21, the Korean-American pianist, still a student at the Juilliard School, seems poised for a major career. That is not always the outcome with prodigies, of course, but Yang has moved beyond youthful promise to a startling blend of technical assurance and interpretive flair.
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