3 as inspirations for this concerto,[4] and many listeners find additional references to Ravel, [9] Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, [8] Debussy, Prokofiev, Liszt and Gershwin in the music.
[10] The piano concerto has a duration of roughly 32 minutes [11] and is written in three movements in a conventional fast-slow-fast plan,[9] "with two extroverted showpieces flanking a somewhat more reflective center".
"[2] In terms of the technical skills demanded from the soloist, this is considered the most difficult among Lindberg's three piano concertos, since he wrote it specifically to fit Wang's immense abilities.
Joshua Kosman of the San Francisco Chronicle found "his insistence on filling in every corner of the sonic canvas - more wearying than enlightening", though "there’s a vibrancy and inventive energy to his music, even at its most overwritten, that commands attention and engagement.
[10] David Mermelstein of the Wall Street Journal thought "the composer achieves that rarest of admixtures, a work that recalls the greatness of others while creating a sound world entirely his own", though "the third movement, at least on first hearing, seems to lack some of the sonic invention of what proceeds it.