The immersive pianist just dived in again. Here’s some PR guff:
Yuja is partnering with global leaders in art and immersive technology on a virtual reality project pushing the boundaries of the concert experience.
Premiering November 2025 at Musée de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris, Playing with Fire: An Immersive Odyssey with Yuja Wang draws audiences into Yuja’s personal and artistic journey through a multisensory mixed reality concert, combining 360° video and spatial audio with a precise acoustic recreation of Yuja’s playing on a Steinway Spirio piano; her inner thoughts as running commentary; and dazzling animations, all experienced via a cutting-edge HTC VIVE Focus Vision headset.
Playing with Fire introduces audiences to an intimate virtual rehearsal and concert by Yuja Wang, inviting guests to first observe her backstage preparations by wearing the headset as an “invisibility cloak”, and then to witness the physical and mental act of performance through repertoire personally selected by Yuja ranging from Bach and Chopin to Debussy, Prokofiev and Stravinsky, accompanied by the transformative images and musical worlds conjured by Yuja’s playing created by Gabríela Friðriksdóttir. At the center of the space, both real and virtual, is a Steinway Spirio concert grand piano, which acts as the bridge between the concert hall and the artist’s inner visions. The Spirio system – an advanced self-playing technology that can precisely record and reproduce the keystrokes of live performances – recreates Yuja’s virtuosity on the physical instrument in real time, synchronised with the holographic fingers of her virtual self.
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