(Source: 21c Media Group Inc) November 17, 2015 At a press conference in Beijing today, Yuja Wang was named the 2016-17 Artist-in-Residence of China's National Center for the Performing Arts(NCPA). The appointment represents a welcome and timely homecoming for the Beijing-born pianist, who is the first female pianist from China to achieve international stardom and only the Center's second Artist-in-Residence. Comprising six curated concerts of Romantic and 20th-century repertoire, as well as masterclasses, lectures, and other outreach activities, the residency includes a chamber musicextravaganza with award-winning Austrian percussionist Martin Grubinger; a complete Bartók concerto cycle...
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