She is not a beginner applying for a chance to play in places she has people who deal with this sort of thing. Now with the covid scare, I dont even want to deal with airports. I am getting VERY tired of people judging pianists because how they look or what they wear. The Norman Lebrechts and Tania Millers out there havent a clue, they really dont. Attention seeking pianist?!!! After all, the 9/11 was perpetrated by Arabs/Muslims on the American soil. She wasnt angry. Looks like you either got up on the wrong side of bed, have an axe to grind, have a chip on your shoulder, are a hack yellow-press writer, or are racist. Receive small business resources and advice about entrepreneurial info, home based business, business franchises and startup opportunities for entrepreneurs. In over 50 years of concerts, I have never encountered this behavior. If she hedged, to try to speed the process along, they might well have become quite nasty. Last Friday Yuja Wang, superstar pianist, played a concert. 2. That war alone has cost roughly a hundred thousand peoples lives. The wrist was taped, and the artist was whacked out on oxycontin, but managed to play the gig. She strikes me as an excellent pianist. Yuja Wang, the young pianist who marked the Vancouver Recital Society's 30th anniversary with a recent downtown performance, is beginning to be described as "the new Lang Lang" . They teach. I admit I do not know just how upset she was. Based on your logic, US citizens should be detained anywhere first of all. . . An annoying individual and an average pianist who plays with far too much tension in her hands, IMO. Ever travelled to the States (where Ms. Wang lives) as an Arab? Heres what Yuja writes on her Facebook page: It is difficult for me to share this with all of you, but given the circumstances, and harmful speculation and criticism being shared online and elsewhere, I feel it important that the following is made public. . She might be thinking that what was formerly just a royal pain and the price to be paid for maintaining one of the busiest touring schedules, will potentially become a living nightmare of more interrogations, delays, and missed connections. If you want things perfect- buy the CD. Music degrees are easy to get. The real question is whether these airport screeners treated Yuja with dignity and respect (i.e., as they would treat anyone else with a global travel profile, esp. The audience looks at Yujas face when she plays, whereas, all they can see is the back of Ms. Millers head when she conducts. Get Yuja Wang Tickets for all Vancouver concerts at the most affordable prices and with minimum fees. Wang later responded via her Instagram page, calling the criticism harmful. Why does it matter if she wore glasses. I made eight trips to see her during the last four months. 1. Once you know what happened and if you can imagine being humiliated for traveling while Asian, surely youd appreciate the effort it took to go on and play the recital apparently in superb form, even if her body language was not to your liking. Sexuality: Straight. Yuja Wang was born on a Tuesday February 10 1987 in Beijing. I mean, really, who gives a rats a** what you think? The piano virtuoso has defended herself in an emotional response, explaining that she had been detained and subjected to intense questioning for over an hour at Vancouver International Airport, causing her to almost miss her recital at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. I do not ever again want to hear any of you Canadians looking down your noses and Americans and Britons. However, Ive run into plenty of people with your type of attitude. Her repertoire for the night included Bach'sToccatain C minor BWV 911, Brahms's Intermezzoin A minor Op 116 No 2, Galuppi's Andante from Sonata in C major, and a number of Chopin Mazurkas including Op 67 No 4, Op 30 No 4 andOp 33 No 4. and charming, and beautiful, and not too fat but not too sexy, and whatever else is expected in todays world.. LOL, she is the best we have ? Her antics are absolutely deserving of comment/criticism. the first happening under ambiguous circumstances as far as the role of the US is concerned. 3 in C Major.". I was at the concert (seated quite close to the stage) and can attest that no one in my immediate vicinity or with whom I spoke during intermission or afterwards was furious. As far as smiles for the audience goes: neither Mr. Sokolov, nor Mr. Pletnev, nor Mr. Richter, or Mr. Gilels ever smiled on stage for their audiences. My audiences and fans sustain and nourish me as an artist. . 16. . She had a really bad experience and clearly it affected her deeply. Yuja Wang performs a program with works by Bach, Beethoven, and Schoenberg, April 10, 2022. The queen blessed our city with her presence last night.. it was my 1st concert ever and how special that it was the amazing @yujawang.official! They can present the results to the authorities, thereby avoiding interrogation. . Hollywood Bowl - Hollywood. Riiiight. You can't even go to a video of Yuja Wang on youtube without negative comments about what she wears. Many are good, some are great, but none achieve her consistent level of artistic brilliance and innovative virtuosity. Wang certainly blew the minds of her Lincoln Center audience. The reality is that even in a fairly small concert hall, audience members sitting more than a few rows back wouldnt be able to notice red, swollen eyes.. Yuja got her first big break when she was asked, on very short notice, to fill in for another pianist in a piano concerto at the Orange Bowl. Now we accept it as the new normal.. After childhood piano studies in China, she received advanced training in Canada and at the Curtis Institute of Music under Gary Graffman. Yuja is human too. Michael Tilson Thomas and pianist Yuja Wang take a bow after performing Liszt's Piano Concerto No. Have either of you seen any of Ms. Wangs youtube videos? I decided that wearing sunglasses was the only way to prevent my distress from being seen, since I wasnt yet prepared to make a statement about what happened. Exactly! No other group of people has done more state sponsored terrorism in the world in the last decades, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. Your description of fury seems feeble at best. Instead, fucking Trump lets his people die in the thousands. It could have been handled better. She explained that the reason for the sunglasses and cold demeanour was because she had experienced a humiliating and deeply upsetting detainment at the Vancouver airport, where she was questioned for over an hour by security and customs officials. Who said what to whom in that room will never be known, but someone who has been an international artist for so long, with her papers in order, would likely have been shaken to be subject to interrogation. Please wait before you write news of this sort, and learn what made her wear sunglasses! Indeed! All I can say is, it was really a drag to see that gross tape wrapped on the wrist, and the playing was totally subpar, almost like the artist just really didnt give a darn about the audience, maybe wanted to deliberatly irritate them. Im of Asian descent and am ALWAYS pulled aside for extra screening at airports in spite of having a global entry card. . They have safe little sedate jobs. Yujas humilation notwithstanding, it does not seem as though she was treated fairly. She went on stage and she played the concert. I was in shock. Ditto if it was regarding the virus and she was rudely treated. Sunglasses? Through a small village in Sudtirol (Austria): one for the rich. Bergamo is just few hours away. Now I understand what Glenn Gould was talking about when he said, I detest audiences, not in their in their individual components. . Speaking as a fellow touring musician, I can absolutely say: if that is Ms. Millers attitude, I guarantee you, she sucks as a conductor. What silly, immature behavior . She is a gentle, kind, funny, passionate, sincere person. Kudos to her for going on with her recital after being given a hard time in airport security just a short time before. Remember that she is human like the rest of us, well, not exactly, but we praise her heart when shes playing but you would condemn that same heart here. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience. The former Pianistcover star felt she had no other option but to perform in sunglasses in order to cover her 'visibly red and swollen' eyes. Finally, she returned to give TWO encores, smiling and bowing with her hand over her heart to express her gratitude to the audience, also turning to wave to the people sitting in the choir loft (the recital was completely sold out). She is an amazing pianist. The effect was shocking. The victim role doesnt fit. ! i played along from my seat! We guarantee all our Yuja Wang tickets are 100% authentic and your seats will be together. Download 'Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor Opus 6 (4)' on iTunes, 24 February 2020, 16:05 | Updated: 27 February 2020, 13:24. One persons entirely subjective reaction. It saddens us to read all of the mean-spirited commentary online and we want to make it known that the VRS has nothing but the highest regard for Yuja as a person and an artist. I was so peeved. The Washington Post calls her "arguably" the hottest pianist in the . Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. Yuja Wang is the world's greatest classical pianist. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. . You can be sure all her papers were in perfect order. The login page will open in a new tab. Yuja Wangs melodramatic, attention-seeking behavior seems even more absurd and self-absorbed considering what is happening around the world. There you can experience intense questioning. If youve been in Japan or China you would be used to the sight and not make anything of it. No point in ranking injustices as the worst and as acceptable. Nonsense. . By Mark Swed Classical Music Critic. She's a complete virtuoso, with physical capabilities that are astonishing, given her slender frame. She was called too impulsive. agree completely. Now I have to go sit in the hottub without my drink, dash it all. Hopefully Ms.Miller has now learnt that next time she should just keep her mouth closed, she has already done herself enough damage. . She wore sunglasses because her eyes were so red from crying after being humiliated at customs. I suspect that, f she had rinsed her face well a few times with cold water and applied her usual makeup, very few in the audience would have noticed anything. You are not only judgmental but also harsh. She was obviously angry. Too much focus on what musicians look like & wear focus on the music. Miller went on to offer some advice to Wang: I heard later that she had trouble with the Canadian border getting into Canada. Well, as many of you know, we are in an time where people have stooped to behaving quite primitively . And heres an Instagram clip from the recital: The queen blessed our city with her presence last night.. it was my 1st concert ever and how special that it was the amazing @yujawang.official! Yuja Wang! A whole country in ruins? Were human beings with feelings and most people with any kind of empathy realise that with a live performance, the human element and frailty is part of what you are there for. Right? How about this: Artist so-and-so gave a lously performance last night. And she had a traumatic experience at your airport. Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. Cambodia? Other artists would have cancelled their performance after such a humilating experience. If so, did they go on to give a virtuosic performance within hours? Was she questioned in connection to the coronavirus matter? Works every time. finding practice time, trying to eat well somewhere near the hall, getting used to an unfamiliar instrument in a matter of hours (most of the time they are not great) and, later, dealing with critics who, of course, know the mind of a dead composer better than the artist up there doing it and are determined to have the last word, often published before the artist has even boarded the plane. You didnt get your ya-yas, didnt get your stroke, and know you are fussy and peeved. If she said the magic word, they probably doubled down on her. Header image: Lksemburg Filarmoni Orkestras & Yuja Wang at a previous recital. But the attention and $$ are hard to resist, for some. That was truly shameful. Yuja Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. The petty destructive gossip put forth by Norman Lebrecht is attention seeking and thats it. My recital tour will continue, and I look forward to bringing my program to the audience in San Francisco tonight, and on to New York. It doesnt matter what happened behind the scenes, if the artist cant give you your pretties, then badmouth them, because, like, you were just totally ripped off by Ms. Wang, werent you, just completely burned, and you have every right to be furious with this wretched performer who dared to not give you, the Pentultimate Big Dude of The Universe, the show you deserved. That is one persons entirely subjective reaction and nothing more. This thing is in danger of becoming pandemic, and it is far beyond nationality (or ethnicity) now. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience, she said. She left the stage once for a long time between pieces, and it was odd again. The coronavirus is a very recent pandemic not yet understood by the medical community. And the fees are not always what the public might think. I had no contact information for the presenter and was simply told I would be met at the airport. 48. Such letter should be prepared and issued by the presenter outlining all the details of such visit by the artist and pass to the artist, so the artist status is crystal clear. So stop acting like petulent children. Regardless of how well her performance may have rated from a technical perspective, she was standoffish and rude to the Vancouver audience, the sunglasses an absurd, look at me! touch that unfortunately fit right in with the Yuja Inc. brand of exhibitionism. I went to a Kobrin recital when he was not well. . Thinking Big: Yuja Wang. Posts like these give a sense of whos really an old fart on the Slippedisc comment pages (oh hai, Sue! It means you can produce conversational English, just like most high school students. Thank goodness he did, because he left an amazing legacy of written work as well as recordings of his playing as well as numerous radio projects. I was in shock. Get over yourself! Just putting that out there. Im somewhat late to the party on this but am really shocked to see how horribly judgemental people are. Thanks for your empathy! Poor little wretched man. Apart from the fact that we dont know the reason for this questioning (as if St. Yuja is incapable of fault. She did play fantastically I was thereand it is abject nonsense to say the audience was furious or disappointed. Your innocent audience, some donning masks to protect themselves from the potential Coronavirus, came to be in your presence for this sold-out concert, and to hear the music and extraordinary talent that you had to share. Let's Go! She did not oblige an encore, leaving some in the audience to wonder what had happened to make the pianist uncharacteristically angry. People need perspective. But never, not for one second, did she hold back in her performances, and I felt very lucky to be there for such an intimate and courageous sharing of music. I decided that wearing sunglasses was the only way to prevent my distress from being seen, since I wasnt yet prepared to make a statement about what happened. Yuja is Normans click bait. . After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Yuja Wang and the Art of Performance The piano prodigy is known for the brilliance of her playing and for her dramatic outfits. Like the usual Carnegie Hall cognoscenti I heard Horowitz last year, he was SO MUCH BETTER then (an actual quotation). I was then released, giving me very little time to travel to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. She made it to the concert hall and didnt wish to disappoint her audience. This would not ordinarily be news, because Yuja Wang is a superstar pianist and therefore plays a lot of concerts. Wearing sunglasses is SUPER weird. Actually, many of us do not understand not cancelling on the day your mother died. True, there is a fear of a coronavirus epidemic. She adds, in an Instagram post, that although she found the experience humiliating and deeply upsetting, she was determined not to let her audience down so decided to wear sunglasses to cover her visibly red and swollen eyes. But I dont forgive her bending the facts to fit her argument that she felt snubbed because Yuja didnt smile at her. Yuja Wang is a spectacular technician but she could do with some masterclasses IMO in order to understand that virtuosity isnt an end in itself. . The second time, the person I was speaking to was unnecessarily aggressive. Look it up. Ah, Montral Mirabel. . There are plenty of other scenarios in which she might need to quickly exit the stage between pieces. Membership benefits will include a daily digest of stories delivered to your email, and occasional exclusive offers from our partners. Her hands, for instance, stretch twice as wide for their size as normal. You arrogant judgmental arseholes.yes you at Slipped Disc and Tania Miller. This news is as disappointing to us as it is to you. Oh, for Petes sake on her FB page, she says she was subjected to intense questioning by the Canadian Customs and her eyes were swollen from crying. . War and starvation? Things are going to be tough with the corona virus spreading around the world. Nevertheless, Yuja still gave a stunning recital in Vancouver. What do you love, dear Norman? You dont because she doesnt mention that. No wonder she has never won a Grammy. No. . How often do reviews also include many comments about her dresses? Yuja Wang was born into a musical family in Beijing on 10 February 1987. Youre a pathetic speck of dust! Why the hell should she have apologised, never mind cancelled? Read more: Vote for your favourite music to win 1,000 >. As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/59 a year, or $165/125 for three years. But please, put it into perspective. She was so shaken and crying from the incident, she had to wear her sunglasses to hide her red and swollen eyes. She would have perferred to do her job, its what she lives for. The Canadian Borders is bad enough for anyone who looks Asian, and especially with covid-19 going on. That was a cheap shot. . She released a DVD on which she performs Sergei Prokofiev's famous piece "Piano Concerto No. My main concern in that moment was to give the best performance I possibly could, and not to allow the audience to be distracted by my swollen eyes or visibly shaken demeanor. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. Her Flight Of The Bumblebee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZPrrboTkY) is one of the single hardest, most technically brilliant 1:40 minutes of piano playing available on earth. We were rewarded with two encores. On the other hand, travellers are being subjected to close scrutiny on entering countries these day due to a health emergency of which she must be aware. The photo of her which you reproduced here was taken by me and should be credited, I believe. But whatever enjoy your socialist sh!thole wherever you are. It would explain their questions I am not familiar with travel inside China but assume her passport would only be marked with entry and exit to the country, so they probably grilled her on where exactly she went. its totally irrelevant! Yuja loves her audiences, and she loves to communicate with them. From that perspective, I could easily see how one incident could provoke an existential crisis: A difficult job made more difficult. Yuja Wang's Net Worth In 2022. 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