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“ Mr. Maazel led a taut performance (of Bernstein’s “Age of Anxiety”), and the orchestra played this dark-hued music vividly and with a sharp edge. But the standout was Joyce Yang, who gave a knockout performance of the alternately poetic, fiery and occasionally jazz-tinged piano line. ”

—The New York Times
Allan Kozinn

“ de Waart conducted Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 3, with Joyce Yang, Silver Medalist of the 12th Van Cliburn International Competition, as the soloist ... She played with a polished, pearly evenness that was remarkable for its ease up and down the keyboard. ”

—Los Angeles Times
Charles Pasles

“ Sunday's snazzy performance found Conlon and his soloist, the brilliant young South Korean pianist Joyce Yang, fully inside the music's manic mood-swings – brooding deliberation giving way to exuberant flights of honkytonk jazz. Yang brought a teasing, improvisatory bounce to the ‘Masque’ jam-session. ”

—Chicago Tribune
John von Rhein

“ Vivid and beautiful playing ”

—The New York Times
Vivien Schweitzer

“ Her attention to detail and clarity is as impressive as her agility, balance and velocity. ”

—Washington Post
Joan Rheinthaler

“ Astonishing virtuoso with tremendous suggestive power and imagination. ”

—Neue Zurcher Zeitung