Ryan Wang

BBC Young Musician of the Year winner takes on an all-Chopin programme that showcases extraordinary mastery of the piano.

Crowned BBC Young Musician of the Year 2024, the exceptional Ryan Wang performs six works by the Romanticist Frédéric Chopin.

Chopin’s 24 Preludes, written in the 1830s and completed in Mallorca, span the full spectrum of emotion. Some flash by in thirty seconds, while others linger in heartbreak or push the pianist to fiendish extremes.

The rest of the programme is just as varied. The Heroic Polonaise is bold and triumphant, while Ballade No. 4 is tender and dreamy. The Mazurkas dance between melancholy and mischief, and the stormy Sonata carries the weight of its famous funeral march. Finally, Chopin tips his hat to opera with ‘Là ci darem la mano’, inspired by Mozart’s Don Giovanni.

Part of our Focus on Poland series featuring seven concerts celebrating Polish culture.

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He has an extremely rare ability to communicate something otherworldly – and to embody the music … In the final, it was abundantly clear to all of us that he was creating a kind of magic
The Guardian

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Programme

Chopin 24 Preludes, Op.28
Polonaise No.6 in A flat ‘Heroic’, Op.53
Ballade No.4 in F minor, Op.52
Mazurkas, Op.59
Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35
Variations on ‘La ci darem la mano’, Op.2