3,216 talking about this. What a shame! She surely will change the stuffy harshness that so often fills many concert halls/venues. Meet Aubrey Plaza: The "Parks & Rec" star making us laugh on TV and the big screen >. You got it! The pianists mentioned are the greatest, better than Uchida, Hess, Haskil, Hewitt, etc. By your logic, USA will be the most repressive country as there are so many people find it necessary to liberate themselves. Norman has been sexualising her for years, as have other older, sexist men in the industry. Marcello shirt with plain collar mother of peal studs, not wing collar (only worn during the 1920-30s) Do not wear a black tie otherwise you might get mixed up with Gieves. I hope there will be a radio broadcast of the concert. Very glad to have read the article, though: (a) because of the anecdote about Ruth Gipps and (b) because of the link to her obituary. Who is the woke moron that wrote crap? yuja wang piano rachmaninov, mahler chamber orchestra, conductor claudio abbado - paganini rhapsody | piano concerto no. You did waste the time writing that, though, didnt you!! Its her schtick and Im predicting shes trying it on with ever more outrageous livery; watch that space!! I think Yuja is the piano genius of her generation, and seen her perform in NYC several time. ?Were discussing musical composition for grand piano here. Shes a pianist so please stop talking about what shes wearing!!! Oh right, were going to listen to The Guardian!! (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) On paper, pianist Yuja Wang's recital Sunday. I remember one lackluster pianist who made a point of wearing red socks to distract you from the tedious shallowness of his playing. I agree, to an extent. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. A rare instance of my having essentially no view at all on the subject. Its hard to find clothes because Im so petite. Streaming; Home Come to the Cabaret Isaac Mizrahi Is Singing Darling! And those ones who write negative whatever about her ARE . However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. Many other comments demonstrate the crowd commenting on this premiere classical music news blog is not the smartest one, which may or may not shed light on contemporary audienceship of classical music. She is free to wear whatever she feels comfortable playing in. Evening tails, with white vest. When I saw the pictures of "that outfit", my first thought was "how on earth can she pedal in those shoes?". Yuja Wang is the measure of all things in the entire world of classical pianists. 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Dont confuse your objection to her appearance (which, obviously, is her business) with not knowing or hearing her artistry. Stay home prudes. Here goes Norman again looking for comrnents in safe fields. Shes a girly girl; so what!!? There is a certain decorum related to the performance of art music. I seem to remember running across her on Beijing back page. Worth mentioning again, her outfits are still fairly conservative by the standards of many popular female musicians today (Kesha, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, etc.). And as we see, many performers do their best to serve the music in this way. It was so cold that she stood up and went to backstage to take a fur coat . Among several outstanding performances I attended by her, Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3 with Abbado is equalled only by Argerich. My standpoint: Assuming her clothes are ought to be talked about, talk of neither her butt nor the designer, and be brief wether you lament or praise them. Recently, she was the soloist of The Mahler Chamber Orchestra on their European tour. And pull it off rather dashingly, me thinks. By the age of 21, she was already an internationally recognized concert pianist, giving recitals around . Its just an outfit best suited for her when she was younger. That being said, I often find Yujas outfits pretty cool! Still waiting for her her play something that isnt just all flash and trash. 2022. She brightens up the World! Are sex workers not just as human as everybody else? She has attracted attention both for her. As in any kind of showbiz, there has to be an enticing image, it must be very visual, with glitter, butts, heels and whatnot. I guess she feels she cant do it, though, fully dressed. Get used to it.. To answer the question, Why? Because she can. We dress as we do for a reason. SFCM. . Your comments appear more to be jealousy of her success rather than based on valid artistic issues. What: Pianist Yuja Wang and Gustavo Dudamel conclude its Rachmaninoff festival with the last two piano concertos and "The Bells". Keep doing that thing you do, Yuja. In fact I dont think that makes too much sense to compare both, just because they are females. I also have a blue riding coat exactly the same as Wellingtons as worn at Waterloo. Otherwise its just another Friday (or whatever night it was!?!) A true musician draws attention to the music she performs, but Ms. Wangs couture (i.e., what little there is of it) makes it impossible for her male listeners to do anything other than deal with the fantasies that her visuals inevitably conjure up. Also, reading at this website about harassment in the profession in general. However, her dress code is disgusting for a classical musician. Just my personal opinion. Its irrelevant to what were doing. or so years ago. Pianist Yuja Wang is celebrated for her charismatic artistry, emotional honesty and captivating stage presence. It expands her bank account but diminishes her as an artist. Look with your ears and listen with your eyes. Besides Those are not undies. And when she chose to play a vulgar, circus-like transcription of the Turkish March right after Beethoven, it was yet another evidence of her immaturity and lack of taste. She says somewhere that early in her career she complained about feeling uncomfortable on stage, to some senior figure who laughed right back in her face: Feeling uncomfortable on stage is what youre paid for! 907 posts. There might, just might, be grounds for criticizing her if she could only play a melody over two chords in a bar. No thanks. Really now. She has released six CDs on with Deutsche Grammophon: Sonatas & Etudes in 2009; Transformation in 2010; Rachmaninov in 2011; and Fantasia, in March 2012. With that attitude, the concert halls are going to be empty very soon. What an amazing woman! !l Shes a living doll and she plays magnificently. At the age of 26 she has already performed in all the great concert halls, stunned the world with her blazing YouTube performances, made her debut recording with Claudio Abbado and the Mahler. How sad to be such a prig and miss out on so many joys in life. What a total, total shame. And that concertmaster can trip over his own sexist drivel on his way to the dustbin of history. I just heard Yuja: Beet, Schoenberp, Ligeti, Scriabin, Albeniz, Kapustin, mostly magnificent. However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. The only downside is how long can she keep it up? Im always grateful to the Guardian. I couldnt care less about her apparel (not strictly true as I enjoy it), but her suggestion that its not possible to wear less revealing apparel due to her size strikes my as ridiculous. That decorum has been changing constantly and is very different in this century compared to the 18th. If I were to read anything related to theconcert, it would be about the music. 4.6 out of 5 stars 250. And yet: it is talked about her!!! Why judge her on this, she is an attractive young woman and is not harming anyone. Musician/band. Another portion is fascinated by her because of her concert attire. Mrquez: Danzn No. Just close your eyes and listen to it. Clothing, Shoes & Accessories; Computers/Tablets & Networking; Seller Feedback (350,806) n***l (2196) - Feedback left by buyer n***l (2196). At least up to now. 2 (Single) Amazon Apple Music. Yuja was just a soloist for the Berliner Philharmoniker on their Asian tour and next March she is soloist for the New York Philharmonics in Beijing and Tokyo. Yuja Wang. Artist-in-Residence at both the Czech Philharmonic and the Rotterdam Philharmonic in 2021/222, she has performed with the world's most venerated conductors, musicians and ensembles, and is renowned not only for her virtuosity, but her spontaneous and lively performances, famously . Another extremity, we need dress code enforcement. We in the nudist community are on your side! Sunset Boulevard? as long as Mirga doesnt appear in her undies..well,nothing to see hereLOL. In 2001 she enrolled as a student at Calgary's Mount Royal College, and the following year she won the audition at the famous Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. 1994: Yuja entered the Beijing Central Conservatory at age seven.. In some eastern countries the dress code is prescribed for musical safety reasons: http://subterraneanreview.blogspot.nl/2015/08/beethoven-in-iran.html. Clothing is a lot about styling, you know, put juxtaposing things next to each other that are extremely interesting that have not been done before. Its not sexism since I did the same with Jean-Yves Thibaudet eons ago the second I spotted the rainbow socks and Liberace-glitter jackets. Yes, Yuja Wang did an encore. She has the right to wear whatever she wants on stage and thats what people will first notice. That specific kind of showbiz implies fast moving fingers, thats it. Richter covered his in baggy trousers; Wang's are often bare and exposed. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubik's cubes, Yuppies, Air Jordans, shoulder . If she had dressed conventionally all along, she might have been able to make a decent living as a concert pianist on the basis of her considerable talent, but she would not have become the celebrity that she is now. and arbitrariness. But superior expressive musician. The whole orchestra is the star, you prick. Critics and pundits who moan the death of classical music should be thrilled that Wang can sell out the National Symphonys monthly Friday noon-time concert like she did this week. Credit: Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times. Closer to the present, you might have mentioned Lilli Krauss, Martha Argerich (who is still wowing audiences at age 80), Helene Grimaud and Guiomar Novaes, among others. Lebrecht is right. If short skirts, inviting cleavages and sensational hairdos have to add some sort of bodily presence, the justified suspicion is that there is not enough of it in the playing. When: 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday (Piano Concerto No. God may inhabit the music, but not the people. Dressing appropriately is a part of decorum (as you yourself correctly noted in your earlier comment above here) and therefore the boundaries of acceptability keep changing for that as well. From the Lebrecht Album of the Week: This, The mayor of Strasbourg has announced that the, The Observers foodie Jay Rayner does not go, The Spanish violinist Roxana Wisniewska was officially posted. Ive heard some of the best-dressed but over-hyped and downright terrible musicians in my time. And note that Argerich is there, but I guess that is not enough to appease marxists. Count me in. I listened to YW live once, it confirmed what I implied and that was my last one. In this world of noise she carries through. We could use a few more of them, IMO. When Wang played the Hollywood Bowl in August in a skimpy coral-colored dress, the performer's appearance stirred debate on blogs and in newspaperswith some going so far as to say "My poor eyes did not need to see the things they saw. And maybe, because this piece of news generates dozens of comments, while others generate just a few. SHE organize everything! Her playing still leaves me cold although shes come a long way over the years. That is how the pianist looks. This is obviously a hard topic. If the President of the U.S. read the Washington Post, perhaps he would skip the golf course and make a beeline for the Kennedy Center to catch Wangs final performance there this weekend. Her concert attire does not tell us anything about the quality of her playing; it does not prove that she lacks talent. You can rest assured you are not the target audience of this interview. Interesting that your list is rather heavily weighted towards white men no Uchida, Hess, Haskil, Hewitt, nor Landowska. She celebrates the works of Beethoven and Brahms, and she also makes no apology for the clothing she wears while performing those works. So by your logic presumably any particularly attractive performers should have bad hair cuts and wear unfashionable spectacles so as not to uglify themselves so were not distracted? I think you mean some of her male listeners. john whose comment is just above seems much more reasonable on this issue. She (or her management) is smart enough to know that her playing isnt particularly interesting or special, so she does what she can to stay in the spotlight. Ive seen many phenomenal pianists over the years, including Alfred Brendel, Evgeny Kissin, and Emanuel Ax to name just a few, and Ms. Wang is as good as anyone Ive ever been privileged to see. They look like Catholic Priests! SHE is the STAR.Gettit?!? A lot of people here have severe hang-ups if they cant enjoy the sight of a beautiful woman in her pre-birthday suit. I would enjoy the music while she plays, and the looks before and after. Like, eating a wonderful meal while listening to brilliant music while being tantalized by the artistry on your play?!? White men? 3 years ago. Looking forward to the Ligeti. Completely true, Steinway Fanatic. After hearing [the allegation] that James Levine has sexually molested a teenage boy, Im no longer unfortunately considering our music divine. Nobody can reach her incomprehensible technical perfection and her phenomenal expressiveness and stage presence. Dont we ask our audience to silence there ringtones as a sign of respect? Or Karajan. Chinese pianist Yuja Wang has issued an emotional response, after being criticised for wearing sunglasses during a recital in Canada. And I wish that the dresses she likes would have aligned with the dresses no one points out, but now it is not so. Yuja Wang and Her New York Marathon. It depends. Astonishing, really, and such artists seem truly superhuman to me. Everyone should be paying more attention to her artistry and less to her arse!. But the concert hall is not a beach. Misogyny?? One theory that I have is that there are a lot of musicians whose careers never quite took off and they cant bear to see somebody else succeed, even less a woman, and least of all a woman who is young and beautiful. Why people cant just close their eyes if they find the musicians clothes to be distracting, I have no idea. But what I hear is right on the spot too. Good for her! Kindly stop distracting from riveting discussions about her shoulders and 90 degree bow. And as far as the audience getting use to it? Shes a beautiful woman and an extremely gifted pianist. Who around here is Richter? (not very good grammar, but the truth.). As commenters are so fond of saying, the attire doesnt make a difference one way or the other; so why pay attention to it (even if NL puts up things like this to get clicks)?