Philip Glass’ Étude No. 6: Yuja Wang
With his twenty Études for solo piano, written between 1992 and 2012, Philip Glass follows in the footsteps of composers such as Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Rachmaninov, and Ligeti. Glass wrote the first book of Études as an exploration of “tempi, textures, and piano techniques,” adding “At the same time, it was meant to serve as a pedagogical tool by which I would improve my piano playing.” Étude No. 6 was commissioned in 1994 by WNYC …