The Sun Valley Music Festival is thrilled to announce that renowned pianist Yuja Wang will be the featured guest artist of its 2025 Gala Concert. Yuja Wang’s appearance at the Festival’s only fundraising concert will provide an unforgettable evening of music. One of today’s most acclaimed pianists, she will perform Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with Music Director Alasdair Neale and the world-class Sun Valley Music Festival Orchestra.

Stephanie Childress leads Schumann’s powerful and dramatic Symphony No. 4, a great example of Romantic (and romantic) music. It’s full of emotion, ranging from darkly brooding and mysterious to tender and melancholic. Schumann’s form is intricate and innovative, with the four movements fused together and various themes reappearing throughout. Also in a romantic vein, Principal Second Violin Polina Sedukh performs Beethoven’s Romance No. 2 with the Festival Orchestra, her violin singing the lovely melody. The concert opens with Arturo Márquez’s Danzon No. 2, a rhythmic and hypnotic dance tune made famous by its appearance in Mozart in the Jungle.