Star pianist Yuja Wang refuses to be ‘scapegoat’ over Hong Kong concert change

Internationally acclaimed pianist Yuja Wang has denied making a last-minute change to a recent performance in Hong Kong that led to full refunds to concertgoers, saying the organiser was told weeks in advance about the revision and that she refused to be a “scapegoat” over the controversy. But Premiere Performances of Hong Kong said it was first told in the last week of October that Wang would withdraw one of the two concertos, and that its team had continued negotiating for alternative...