24 May 2023
Yuzhang Wu is a Year 12 student at Auckland's Pinehurst School and first prize winner of the 2023 New Zealand National Concerto Competition. Widely recognised as one of the most outstanding young pianists of her generation, she will be performing at St. Andrew's on the Terrace on Saturday 27 May and I asked her if she could tell us all about her musical life.
The first music to capture my ear was…
Bach Minuet in G Major
The three albums that make up the soundtrack to my childhood were…
- Czerny etudes 🙃
- Bach
- Mozart
My favourite album of 2023 (so far) is…
Voices at the End by John Psathas
The album I wish I’d written is…
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G, Gaspard de la Nuit, Sonatine (1987) Album played by Martha Argerich
The musician I can listen to for hours is…
Yuja Wang
The album I am most likely to press on a friend is…
Blackpink's 'The Album' 🤣
The piece of music I’ve studied most closely is...
Ravel Sonatine
The last show I attended was...
Romeo and Juliet - Royal New Zealand Ballet
A line or two of music that always gets stuck in my head is…
The iconic line right before the chorus in Solo - Single by Jennie
The album I keep meaning to get around to listening to but somehow never do is...
The American Project by Michael Tilson Thomas, Teddy Abrams, and Yuja Wang
The song I have listened to the most is…
Red Velvet's Psycho
The last song I listened to is…
Love You Twice by Yunjin Huh
Stage or recording booth?
Stage
Album or playlist?
Playlist
My composition process is...
Currently, I don’t have much time to just sit down and compose… but I always have some ideas floating in my head. In the future, I will find time to get them down.
