Yuja Wang wore a heart rate monitor in Rachmaninov marathon, with astonishing results
4 April 2024, 17:03 | Updated: 5 April 2024, 15:58 Yuja Wang’s heart rate results revealed, after marathon Rachmaninov performance. Picture: Carnegie Hall / Getty By Siena Linton Star pianist Yuja Wang wore a heart monitor during a 2.5-hour Rachmaninov marathon at Carnegie Hall, and the results are astounding. In January 2023, Yuja Wang undertook one of the greatest feats of classical music performance, in a two-and-a-half-hour concert at New York’s Carnegie Hall. Together with conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the Philadelphia Orchestra, Wang performed a devilish programme consisting of all four Rachmaninov piano concertos and the composer’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Throughout the marathon performance, Wang, Nézet-Séguin, and a selection of orchestra and audience members each wore a monitor on their wrist, which measured their heart rates over the duration of the concert. Carnegie Hall has now released the results of the experime...