Yuja Wang Parents: Meet Zhai Jieming And Wang Jianguo

Yuja Wang was born on February 10, 1987, in Beijing, to her parents, Zhai Jieming and Wang Jianguo.

Her mother, Zhai Jieming, is a dancer and her father, Wang Jianguo, is a percussionist.

Not much information is available about them.

Yuja Wang Early Life And Career

Wáng was raised in a family that loved arts and music, and began to familiarise herself with the piano at the age of six.

At the age of 7, she was enrolled at Beijing’s Central Conservatory of Music, and got the opportunity to play at the Morningside Music Bridge International Music Festival.

At age 15, Wang was a student of the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

At age 21, she had gained international recognition as a pianist. She secured a recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon.

So far, Wang has performed with many orchestras in America including Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, and Washington.

Across the oceans, she has made performances with the Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, China Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic.

Other international performances made by Wang include Orchestre de Paris, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, the NHK Symphony in Tokyo, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart, and Santa Cecilia.