Yang plays Gershwin

Joyce Yang brought down the House in Utah and California (McCallum Theater, Palm Springs Friends of Philharmonic) playing Gershwin’s jazzy Concerto in F with the Utah Symphony Orchestra and Thierry Fischer. Utah Arts Review praised Yang’s technical and emotional prowess after her performance at the Abravanel Hall: “The Korean-born pianist is a very musical player with the technical chops to match, both of which she displayed to the fullest Friday. Yang played up the lyricism of each of the concerto’s three movements but without sacrificing or downplaying the virtuosity in the outer movements. Fischer and Yang took the bluesy slow movement at a leisurely tempo that worked surprisingly well and allowed both the soloist and orchestra to bring delicate lyricism and finely crafted expression to the playing.”

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