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Shock, spectacle and endurance: Yuja Wang and Thomas Adès at full tilt

Yuja Wang and the Los Angeles Philharmonic
© Elizabeth Asher
Thomas Adès conducts the Los Angeles Philharmonic
© Elizabeth Asher
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“Wang was angular and exhilarating, hair-raising at triple forte”
Reviewed at Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles on 8 February 2026
Marsey, Man with Limp Wrist (US premiere)
Prokofiev, Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor, Op.16
Tchaikovsky, Francesca da Rimini, Op.32
Adès, Aquifer
Los Angeles Philharmonic
Thomas Adès, Conductor
Yuja Wang, Piano
Dudamel and Catalan choirs dazzle in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis
*****
John Adams leads Americana, past and present, with LA Phil
*****
Salonen and the LA Philharmonic take on the forces of nature
****1
Winter Daydreams and a Jazz Age Nutcracker at Disney Hall
****1
Ligeti shines at Disney Hall under Gimeno's baton
***11
Matthias Pintscher: a triple threat comes to Disney Hall
*****
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