Yuja Wang is NY Phil’s artist in residence

The orchestra has just rolled out its 24-25 season with a dozen premieres, a focus on Schoenberg, Boulez and Ravel and a modest fistful of new conductors. At the box-office, meanwhile:

Yuja Wang has been named The Mary and James G. Wallach Artist-in-Residence for the 2024–25 season. The acclaimed pianist performs varied repertoire in orchestral programs. Yuja Wang leads the Orchestra from the piano in a program that includes Janáček’s Capriccio for Piano Left Hand and Winds, Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, and the original jazz-band version of Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue; January 23–25, 2025. Yuja Wang also appears as soloist in Ravel’s two piano concertos on the same concert: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Piano Concerto in G major, March 13–16, 2025, conducted by
Gustavo Dudamel.

Yuja Wang has a longstanding association with the New York Philharmonic, having appeared with the Orchestra as soloist in more than 30 concerts, beginning with her NY Phil debut at the Bravo! Vail Music Festival in July 2006.