Her playing impresses with its brilliance, vigor, projection, lightness, and exactitude today she is celebrated from Beethoven solo sonatas to chamber music (she has performed and recorded in excellent partnership with the clarinetist Andreas Ottensamer). Her breakthrough moment arrived when, aged 20, she replaced Martha Argerich at short notice in Boston. 25: Yuja Wang (b.1987)īorn in Beijing, the Chinese pianist Yuja Wang studied at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia and has built a stratospheric international career on an often astounding and extremely versatile approach to pianistic virtuosity. Listen to Piano Masters on Apple Music and Spotify. Who are the best classical pianists of all time? We’ve discussed and debated and compiled our list of the greatest pianists featuring legendary virtuosos, including Sergei Rachmaninov, Vladimir Horowitz and Arthur Rubenstein, and today’s dazzling young stars, including Lang Lang, Yuja Wang and Benjamin Grosvenor.
