xmachina
CLARA YANG
FOR YOUR
GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Classical Compendium
Best Instrumental Composition
Clara Yang & Suzi Analogue: Deep ConditioNN Redux
Best Engineered Album, Classical Matthew Snyder
“She smartly anticipates the future without stripping away foundations that allow us to feel grounded and secure. As a pianist, there's nothing, it seems, she can't do.”
— Textura
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xmachina is a sonic exploration of the evolving relationship between human agency and machine process. Centered on the piano, an instrument that is both mechanism and expressive voice, the album brings together works by Reena Esmail, Philip Glass, Liliya Ugay, Christopher Cerrone, Clara Yang, and other distinctive composers, alongside a genre-crossing collaboration with hip-hop artist Suzi Analogue. Through these sound worlds, xmachina offers a reflection on how technology shapes creative practice, authorship, and the future of musical expression.
ABOUT CLARA YANG:
Photo Credit: Jordan Haywood
Pianist Clara Yang has performed on major stages worldwide, including Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing, and the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid. She has performed under the baton of renowned conductors such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Long Yu, and Carl St. Clair, with orchestras including the European Union Youth Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Madrid, and the North Carolina Symphony. Her solo album Folding Time won a Global Music Gold Medal. A champion of new music, her interdisciplinary project Ex Machina (aka xmachina), presented by the renowned Baryshnikov Arts, is part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival. She premiered Chen Yi’s Four Spirits with the China Philharmonic and performed in the Complete Glass Etudes concert with distinguished artists including Philip Glass, Timo Andres, and Aaron Diehl. She currently serves as Head of Keyboard Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill.
