David Geffen Hall - Yuja Wang & Thomas Adès
Thu, Jan 22
|David Geffen Hall
Pianist Yuja Wang joins Thomas Adès and the NY Phil for a riveting program of bold musical visions, from Rautavaara to Ives and Adès himself.
Time & Location
Jan 22, 2026, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
David Geffen Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA
About the event
Event Overview From January 22 to 24, 2026, the New York Philharmonic hosts an evening of boundary-pushing compositions, featuring the electrifying Yuja Wang as soloist and visionary Thomas Adès as both conductor and composer. This performance is not just a concert — it’s an exploration of music’s emotional and philosophical depth across continents and centuries.
At the heart of the program is Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s Piano Concerto No. 1, a seldom-heard, fiercely expressive work that invites both introspection and awe — tailor-made for Wang’s fearless command of the keyboard. Complementing it is Kaija Saariaho’s Oltra mar, a haunting meditation on memory and mortality, filled with ethereal textures.
The program opens with Ives’s Orchestral Set No. 2, a nostalgic yet dissonant sonic snapshot of early 20th-century America. Finally, Adès conducts his own powerful America (A Prophecy) — a chilling choral-orchestral vision that speaks to a nation at a crossroads, performed by soprano Anna Dennis, the…