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Wrong? It doesn't look that way.

Scott, I just looked at Yuja Wang's beautiful, Rolex-sponsored website, and I see that other than the Messiaen Turangalila Symphony, which she is not performing in the United States, her upcoming concerto performances this season are limited to routinely performed standards: the Mozart Jeunehomme, the Tchaikovsky no. 2, the Brahms no. 2, the Bartok no. 1 and the Ravel. Even the Messiaen is not an obscure piece for the (alas!) apparently more sophisticated European audiences.

The truth is, even the biggest stars nearly always play the standard classical hit concertos, even in New York and Los Angeles. If Yuja Wang specialized in contemporary music, as some excellent musicians do, she would most likely not call the shots.

Hillary Hahn has recently undertaken the performance of many contemporary works, as has Matt Haimovitz. But they both established their reputations with the standard warhorses for many years earlier in their careers.


Edits: 11/16/15
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