Otherwise its just another Friday (or whatever night it was!?!) a truly great American performer does not matter what she plays. Shes already 30 cant be too many more years of the skimpy outfits left. Somehow I think her fame and reputation will expand beyond the snark committee in this blog. Yeah. Fashionable and outspoken, Ms. Wang, who at 25 is one of the most gifted pianists of her generation, would make Mahler and Chanel equally proud. We can wait. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. I prefer that performers pay no attention to dress, hair &c, and dont glitter. And thats just a small portion of her enormous repertoire. Oh yes, and SHE WILL dress as she chooses. Imagine 20 years into the future her (new) fans want to know what shes like when shes younger and all they could find are stupid discourses on her clothesI can already see the vitriol thats going to be poured on these journalists and critics. Born in Beijing, China, on 10 February 1987, Yuja Wang comes from an artistic family. No! They remind me of a cabaret dancer, or a red light district joint bar waitress, or even a bondage practitioner. I agree, to an extent. The rest of the interview is interesting too. Yujas attire is consistent with her views she is a wunderkind who (so far) has not shown any meaningful signs of maturity. Who out there? Yuja Wang plays over 120 concerts a year around the world.Is all this possible in your opinion because of the fact that she sometimes is dressed in a way that violates traditional classical dress code? Ive heard some of the best-dressed but over-hyped and downright terrible musicians in my time. The audience was stiff, no the least bit effusive, like the orchestra. But thats not who she is. Sheesh. Yuja Wang. Shes a girly girl; so what!!? Agreed. Pianist Yuja Wang absolutely destroys her page turner in this painfully hilarious concert video. Perhaps part of the issue is that fashion lies outside the traditional classical critics toolkit. The denial of Wangs agency also feeds into racist stereotypes Can we get a break from race baiting? The normally sleepy audience of seniors gasped when she walked on stage and then exploded in applause and shouts after her performance of the Prokofiev, as did the orchestra. Worth mentioning again, her outfits are still fairly conservative by the standards of many popular female musicians today (Kesha, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, etc.). Give it a rest. Return backstage and rethink your attire. For 2023, Sergei Rachmaninov's 150th year, superstar Chinese pianist Yuja Wang had chosen a mighty marathon: all four Rachmaninov piano concertos, plus his late Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini . Her pianism is as assessible as her dress. We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. she can come out naked. I rather enjoy it. Can anyone recommend a good tailor? There are also emergency grants that students can apply for, and the center also provides temporary and/or emergency . Boris Berezovsky dressed too casual at his Moscow recital. a year ago. She is young, beautiful and fascinating ! And yet: it is talked about her!!! 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 . Why not comment on the way she puts together her program, or the bad interior design choices of the theatre, where e.g. Yuja Wang came out to play Prokofievs 5th last night with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington. Happily, many musicians and orchestras are varying their dress, jacketless, dark shirts, open or Chinese-style collars, etc. Macys is rife with size 3 and 4 womens apparel. Her dress-down routine is getting pretty tired and old, no? Its very creepy and weird! What: Pianist Yuja Wang and Gustavo Dudamel conclude its Rachmaninoff festival with the last two piano concertos and "The Bells". Mom, it was not a phase, . Oh right, were going to listen to The Guardian!! And note that Argerich is there, but I guess that is not enough to appease marxists. I must also say that Im pretty fed up with this websites continued reporting on topics like this. Yuja may not be able to wear it off the rack, but nor am I in the pants I wear everyday to work. 296K followers. Good for her, look how much publicity she gets. https://slippedisc.com/2022/04/swedish-opera-fires-serial-alleged-molester/. . Otherwise, no one of real talent will ever bother to study music seriously. Sexy to the viewer, that it may be, but your opinion is inconsequential. Its just that classical musicians tend to be out of step with the times in sartorial matters. I seem to remember running across her on Beijing back page. I believe we both think in the same way. TO BE PRESENT AT A PERFORMANCE BY THE GREATEST PIANIST IN HISTORY IS TO EXPERIENCE THE TOTALITY OF THE YUJA EFFECT IN ALL ITS GLORY !!!!! Dont count on seeing her with NOD anytime soon, she is accustomed to world class venues, orchestras, conductors, and audiencesand none of the were there last night. Women (or men) dressed like hookers to perform ? Nice legs yeah but no butt. Little wonder young people are so utterly messed up they feel forced to engage in sex because they are surrounded by overtly sexualised morons who trade their titillation for recognition. I agree with Max Grimm. Colourful. Yuja Wang is a good pianist, and the way she dresses on stage is her schtick. Since being there is part of the experience I see nothing wrong in enhancing the live experience. Would we happier if she turns up in her grannys PJs? Nobody can reach her incomprehensible technical perfection and her phenomenal expressiveness and stage presence. This is our concert. Actually, I think it looks ridiculous. Nothing else matters. And that is all what it is about here. Yuja Wang, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel Top Songs 1. However, her dress code is disgusting for a classical musician. You may have a problem, and judging from your choice of words, Id say that misogyny might be only the beginning. How about all those beautiful women in movies? The pianist Yuja Wang, whose petite frame contrasts with her forceful playing, performed lush post-Romantic works and a Lowell Liebermann piece on Thursday at Carnegie Hall. 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. Yuja is one with her music she is no longer separate and the music no longer belongs to the composure it one with Yuja they together are total complete entity the expression of total passion and love intertwined for the world to witness. By the way, the beauty of personages in movies gives a distorted view of reality of life, and is a mere means to draw as many people as possible to the cinemas. She has lived in North America since she was 11 and spent her formative years there. night. Probably a transgender who identifies female. 2 (Single) Amazon Apple Music. Shes dressed like an athlete with style fit for her occasion. After hearing [the allegation] that James Levine has sexually molested a teenage boy, Im no longer unfortunately considering our music divine. I hope there will be a radio broadcast of the concert. Perhaps now that shes found her inner exhibitionist she feels a little freer, enjoys more. Sarah Alice Otts Yuja rival in shoking outfit-play barefoot. . What you are calling for is anarchy (Yuja can do what she wants). If they want respect, they can change their tramp gear. Dude, nobody is forcing you to stare. Charlize Althea Garcia February 28, 2023 0. There are lots of rules, and the dress code, which I broke, was one of them. 3); 2 p.m . The body has no place here.. Do you really think that topmost conductors like Abbado, Rattle, Van Zweden, Pappano, Salonen, Oramo, Gergiev, Tilson Thomas, Dutoit, Noseda, Petrenko etc. I dont see any non-European names like Lang Lang, for instance, in you list, and I notice your non-capitalization of the nationality of both Asian pianists. Why the visual obsession? If she does this, Yuja will have written herself into musical history in not just one but two ways: not just as one of the twenty-first centurys greatest classical pianists, but as the first classical performer of major stature to appear nude on the concert stage (unless you count Friedrich Gulda as being of sufficient stature to hold that distinction; in any case, Yuja would be the first female). The list of artists who have collaborated with the label reads like a roll call of the greatest musicians of the past 100 years: Abbado, Argerich, Barenboim, Bernstein, Boulez, Domingo, Dudamel,. If she didnt have the musical chops, it would be just a career-promoting gimmick, as some lesser classical musicians have done. Indeed, why is it even considered acceptable to use prostitute as a pejorative term? Everything in the musical arts has become increasingly visual, catering to our jaded senses. Dont confuse your objection to her appearance (which, obviously, is her business) with not knowing or hearing her artistry. But that is an entirely wrong argument. Mark Swade found that their audiences also differed, with Lang Lang's audience more silent and more formally dressed, while Wang Yuja's audience was more casual and boisterous. Liszts recitals would have baffled you too, perhaps. But might not her wonderful name be to some degree wasted on a female? Yuja Wang, Arturo Mrquez. The boots were four figure Louboutins, so shes certainly not a CHEAP whore. She brightens up the World! The inability to talk about Wangs clothing in a sensitive and respectful way reveals damaging and longstanding assumptions around women and their dress on the classical stage.. I fully agree with your point on outfits. And as far as the audience getting use to it? Nothing is ever enough, just an insistence that others conform to their agenda. I was not at all interested in some obscure pianist who had difficulty finding clothes to fit, such are article should not appear at all but then the blog seems full of irrelevant trivia, instead of debating more relevant topics such as the general decline of composed classical music since the death of Johann Strauss (Sohn) in 1899, the rise of ghastly wrong note music, why classical music today in the 21st century has a declining audience ,the death of music performed in the home, the lack of music broadcasts on BBC TV, why 21st century classical music is unlistenable, these are just some themes for discussion. Streaming; Home Come to the Cabaret Isaac Mizrahi Is Singing Darling! I saw her (not wearing high heels) standing next to Yannick Nzet-Sguin and he was taller. Lang Lang is better at melody, and Yuja Wang is better at rhythm. In again other words: there is enough body in the music to make it a very real emotional experience. Yuja Wang. Yuja Wang and Her New York Marathon. Yuja Wang, Gramophone's "Young Artist of the Year" 2009, hearkens to the no-holds-barred pianistic sensations of the 19th century "Whereas many pianists try to dominate this set of variations, she worked with it. Secondly, if her clothes are distracting you, then you might need to teach yourself how to not lure at womens bodies. Yuja Wang ( chins: , pinyin: Wng Yji; [ 1] ( Pequim, 10 de fevereiro de 1987 [ 2]) uma pianista clssica chinesa. Count me in. Lee Broad(perfect name, btw)should close her/his/its eyes and listen. Stay home prudes. It seems to me that there are a couple of quite sexist comments here. Just in: Tchaikovsky Competition is expelled from world body, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMQ4JicUs1A, Spanish violinist wins Berlin Philharmonic seat. Chopin: Sonates 2,3. That specific kind of showbiz implies fast moving fingers, thats it. This narrative needs to change, not least because either sexualising or ignoring women's clothing diminishes their agency as artists. Dismissing his list or him with labels like misogyny isnt an argument, its just identity politics. Does she first attract or seduce the audience by her attire, and is that what she wishes people to focus on while she walks on stage and poses at the piano ? Past month; The login page will open in a new tab. 2 in C minor Op. Perhaps shell write a piano transcription, who knows? As a sixty-year veteran of orchestras, I have to say, grow up. Sheer hypocrisy. I just love it how a bunch of old geezers here refer to this scrawny flat-nosed Asian miget as a beautiful woman. Her dress problems are, I fear, something of a slippery slope if she were even smaller, she would not wear anything at all. San Francisco Symphony: Yuja Wang Plays Rachmaninoff concert tickets range from $301.00 - $688.00 a ticket. Meet Aubrey Plaza: The "Parks & Rec" star making us laugh on TV and the big screen >. I considered whether Ms. Wang's flamboyant clothes in the first half, a floor-length purple gown with only a slash of sparkle covering her breasts; in the second, a tiny iridescent turquoise. There is a certain decorum related to the performance of art music. She probably ran to the Acela. Thats the point! However, if your eye has somehow complemented what has entered your ear and brain to process, how could that accompaniment be so horrible?!? Thats right, Ive turned into a fashion critic, wrote Norman Lebrecht, who described Wangs outfit as a micro-dress cut an inch below the butt. But this sexualised account couldnt be further from fashion criticism. I dislike vulgar advertising, have always cringed at the incessant press releases whenever certain artists have a bowel movent (see: Domingo; diDonato, or make your own list)but dont find this with Wang. Simply stated, its too much! 3,216 talking about this. She stated that to her, it was a matter of mood. No doubt about it. And isnt it interesting to watch her gradually disrobe in that age of sexual finger-wagging. Still waiting for her her play something that isnt just all flash and trash. The clothes are irrelevant. And those ones who write negative whatever about her ARE . Who would not want to make a splash with an outfit. She played with urgency, brilliance, color, energy, and emotion. I just love it how a bunch of old geezers here refer to this scrawny flat-nosed Asian miget as a beautiful woman. Dear Peter Nero, Having heard you when I lived in NYC I appreciate your comments on Yuja. Keep the classic arts the way it is, never ever to be cheapened. Reading through several of the comments I cant help thinking of the supposed Islamic dresscode, of which it is said that men dictate about how women should dress in order not to be tempted by them and to be be taken serious. Indeed.! Her skills and reputation took center stage in April when she came to . Seek help. Concertgoers think, Classical musicits really serious. Pianist Yuja Wang on Thursday and Saturday broke into Bartok and helped the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra reach new heights. Membership benefits will include a daily digest of stories delivered to your email, and occasional exclusive offers from our partners. 18 [HD] Peter Chen 2.0 14.7K subscribers Subscribe 479K views 1 year ago BARBICAN CENTRE London Symphony Orchestra conducted by. Published Jan. 28, 2023. (I am sure others might make a similar argument about good looking men.). Music is human experience translated into sound, into a musical space where experience is stylized, its essence filtered out of its original reality, and thus made accessible to people living in another time, at another place, another culture. Miss Wang is a musical firecracker, a fantastic musician for a wide range of repertoire. During the performance, I thought, wow, who the hell is this girl? While her beauty influences me to a certain extent, her pianistic ability does so even more. Sergey Prokoviev: Piano Concerto No. Are her clothes more worth talking about than the gowns of AS Mutter ? ?Were discussing musical composition for grand piano here. Perhaps 2 inches from her butt, Norman. There she was, aged 15, living alone in the USA - and found herself being stuck into the next pigeonhole. Who around here is Richter? I suppose next in line for silly criticism is Khatia Buniatishvili with her low cut top which would not suit Yuja, with her characteristic deep bow to the audience, lest something fall out. Yuga would love it. I am a female. I attended that Prok 3, if you mean the one in Luzern, and it was certainly good. Its just a piece of cloth, but once its on my body, it boosts my confidence, and that translates to the music.. The triple-play, one could say??? One of our readers in the audience gives this description of her outfit: 'all black,. If you call Yuja Wang an obscure pianist and are unaware of how much great classical music was composed after 1899, then you should start educating yourself before commenting on any matter related to classical music. Repeating the same statement without supporting it with any credible evidence does not make it true. Personally? And I wish that the dresses she likes would have aligned with the dresses no one points out, but now it is not so. There is a 1905 piano roll of Strauss himself playing a transcription of Salomes Dance of the Seven Veils. The whole orchestra is the star, you prick. It is as it should be. Volleyball players wear them all the time. Yuja Wang is simply working with designers, the way that other attractive stars her age do and the way that plenty of opera divas always have, from Renee Fleming's specially designed gowns by. Ive been a classical violinist for over sixty years. The only way they know how to get attention is NOT through their music, but through their slut shabbiness. Her couture is distracting from what is most important i.e., how good a pianist and musician she is. Some people consider prostitution as a venerable job like architecture or poetry, both like prostitution with a long history of thousands of years and stretching back to the dawn of civilization. She celebrates the works of Beethoven and Brahms, and she also makes no apology for the clothing she wears while performing those works. Shes an international phenomenon. Interesting, how expensive couture can be so cheap. Wangs clothing is a marketing tool that indeed distracts from her performance. One sees two kinds in the so-called classical music lovers: old geezers, and riffraff. Face reality: if listeners were really attending to hear a pianist they could stay home and binge on videos. I came from a place that every week you can see people dressing very small clothes in the beach, during the whole year. Is every single little thing Politics, in your world? However, lets not overlook that there are other female soloists whose cut of their cloth and flowing hair are just as appealing. I sound awfully snooty but thats not my intention. Leftist? Sex sells. Watch on. 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. Who is the woke moron that wrote crap? 12 . Greatness is not determined by politics. Prior to that, she will play chamber music with top violinist Leonidas Kavakos at the European tour and the European Chamber Orchestras European Tour, too. Madam, go to Dunmore & Locke, you wont find them online, they are the last great bespoke tailors in St.James, all the others do outsourcing to HK, China, Italy & India. I came from nyc to see the Saturday performance. And maybe, because this piece of news generates dozens of comments, while others generate just a few. Best shoulders around . Surely that comment should have been directed towards Steinway Fanatic, not Harold Lewis. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2017/parade-of-images-sees-internet-have-fun-with-theresa-may-35810222.html, http://www.irishnews.com/news/2016/10/29/news/arlene-foster-has-no-regrets-over-being-pictured-with-a-uda-commander-760193/. The pianists mentioned are the greatest, better than Uchida, Hess, Haskil, Hewitt, etc. individual, unable to control himself. a micro-dress cut an inch below the butt. The text is filled to the brim with ignorance and misunderstanding. One day a concertmaster who, like his colleagues, has carefully put on his white tie and tails to honor tradition will say: Just a moment, Ms. Wang. With the passage of time this sort of attire will not be possible anymore and then you can assess whether it is her pianism that is the source of her success. Yuja Wang is one of the best contemporary pianists in the World and of one does not like the way she dresses then one can listen to her recordings or close their eyes. Crass, ugly, vulgar, and, ultimately, dumb. Probably left the clothes off so she could do the leaps freely. Performed by the same people capable of good and horrific evil as the next people, even those on Sunset Boulevard. With his flowing capes and sequined red shoes. obscures a multitude of sins. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Just to mention some ones during her 30 and something years old. LOKIs comment of scrawny flat-nosed Asian miget brings the conversation to a whole new level. You know the saying, 'a picture says a thousand words'? God may inhabit the music, but not the people. I remember one lackluster pianist who made a point of wearing red socks to distract you from the tedious shallowness of his playing. 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. It is not only the choice of clothes. Yuja Wang: Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. No thanks. I really expect better of those in decision-making positions. To cite just one example of more recent changes, attire of male conductors is far more varied now than it was just a few decades ago when virtually every one of them was wearing tales. Fortunately, its not up to you to decide who belongs and who doesnt. In the meantime, she is laughing at the comments, all the way to the bank, and secretly (or not) worshipping Norman for all the free publicity shes gotten. Its just clothes. Nothing. They can play Rachmaninoff better than they can talk or as easily. A pianist who radiates palpable magnetism and a distinctly contemporary sensibility, Yuja Wang is an astounding artist whose awe-inspiring technique is. Search instead in Creative? To answer the question, Why? Because she can. Nobody, thats who. 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. A fifth Deutsche Grammophon album, released . Immediately no criticism anymore. Besides Those are not undies. Maybe just maybe Yuja Wang is being herself on stage theses days. She doesnt make crappy videos like Lang Lang or kitschy CDs. The late Friedrich Gulda beat Yuja to that race, though with dim lighting. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Sunset Boulevard? Yuja got praiseworthy reviews and dress was ignored in passing. 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. And m2 k2 ( aka) r2d2 take a break also. And pull it off rather dashingly, me thinks. Watch her expertly play Chopin as a young girl in pigtails. NL knows hes going to get at least 23 comments when Yujas clothes are up for discussion. Vida familiar [ editar | editar cdigo-fonte] Wang nasceu numa famlia de msicos. Super-looking female figures come in many shapes & sizes. https://slippedisc.com/2017/12/anna-netrebkos-timely-advice/. If I were to read anything related to theconcert, it would be about the music. Come on! I wear my fathers made in the 1950s with my 1810 fob watch from Dublin. Believe it or not, some of us are already able to assess it right now and conclude that her pianism is outstanding. After that there is nothing to suspect just listen and, if you are so inclined, form your opinion about what you are hearing. We in the nudist community are on your side! Grubby old pervs and stuffy reactionaries should stop concentrating on how she looks and focus on how she plays. People fear her openness because they are jealous and so purged by so called tradition it impales rational thought and congruity. Welcome to the 21st C. One of theseach days she will appear without a top on and play topless and then of course I would think that she is doing this maintain her ratings and the music goes on despite her scant appearance which we know is her choice in how she wants to appear, but in time as she ages this might not be to her benefit.