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A unique mentorship sparks musical fireworks

Clip: 9/25/2015 | 7m 26s

Unique mentorship between conductor and pianist sparks musical fireworks

Pianist Yuja Wang has evolved from prodigy to international superstar, with some help from one of her mentors, music director of the San Francisco Symphony Michael Tilson Thomas. In collaboration with KQED, Jeffrey Brown talks with the 28-year-old Chinese virtuoso and the classical music veteran about their collaboration.

09/25/2015 | Rating NR

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