Yuja Wang plays Ligeti

Is there a more brilliant pianist on this planet than Yuja Wang? We gave her carte blanche, and she chose Ligeti’s dazzling Piano Concerto—a breathtaking work tailor-made for her. This is followed by Mahler’s Fifth Symphony. “Dancing stars, a raging sea,” is how the composer described the central movement—words that could just as easily capture the essence of Ligeti’s music