<p>Wang Yinuo<br />Mozart: Sonata in C major, KV330 (Allegro)<br />I love the youthful, energetic way you perform this happy movement. It seems to have resonated well with your personality. Only two comments need to be made to make it better. The tempo of your performance is more like Allegro con  spirito much like the Sonata in D major, KV311. But that is in 4/4 and in this Sonata it is in 2/4, there is a difference. In the C major Sonata you need to hold the tempo back a little in order to allow your articulation to “speak” and at the same time to allow for more personal artistic expression. Secondly try to make a greater difference between the themes, in Mozart the dynamics are used for contrasts but you need to find different characteristics of the thematic materials although I realize that they are all within the “p” dynamic range.<br />Debussy: Prélude: “Feux d’atifice” Book II (4:13)<br />An excellent performance throughout the work.  You manage to display the fireworks in all it magnificence and excitement. Watching fireworks can be also a waiting game as next rocket goes up, so especially I liked the moments when you held still and then burst forward. You have lots of colors and different articulation and I congratulate you for keeping very close to the indication of the composer. Perhaps my only hesitation in endorsing your performance totally is use of pedal when you have lots of activity in the lower bass range of the piano. These thirty-second repeated notes (a few measures before the Coda) must sound like rumblings anticipating a flare taking off towards the sky. And I must commend you on your excellent counting and honest performance of all the rhythmic variations that in fact sounds as if you are improvising and have all the freedom in the world to follow your musical intuition.   <br />Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B-flat major, Op.83 (8:42)<br />This is a remarkable performance for such a young pianist. It has all the markings that will make tremendous impression on all who will hear you. I liked very much how you controlled the phrases and made the melodic line so well balanced with the accompaniment. You seem to understand the music and not only obey the indications extremely faithfully but also have your own ideas. For me the most successful moment is the beginning of the Development Section as you merge out of the Andantino and move towards the Allegro. The only comment I have regarding improving your interpretation is to make the atmosphere much more restless, uneasy, and agitated. In fact one could say, you control the tempo too much. While I agree that the tension in Prokofiev depends on the tight control of tempo, at the same time if simply doing this like a metronome is out of the question. Much depends on the inner pulse in this case two beats in a measure and how you can move the down and upbeats. But I strongly believe that with time you will experience this and have the ability to show it with great success.<br />General Observation:<br />You presented three excellent performances and I enjoyed them very much. Your playing shows signs that you already developed a distinction between the three styles and have started to make them your own. This is very much part of maturation that all musicians must go through. For you to start this process so young is an excellent sign music will be your profession – and I wholeheartedly wish you all the very best.</p>