In my twenties, I'd. Women (or men) dressed like hookers to perform ? She offers an hh special, and I understand her hjs are without compare. As they do not outsource their prices are much higher, but the quality is far better than anything made up in a sweat shop in Hong Kong. 3); 2 p.m . And these idiots complain about the male gaze, the objectification of women, and being treated as sexual puppets ? I want to attend such a concert All these prudes, they dont know about GREAT culture Sad. Photograph: Hiroyuki Ito/Getty Images We need to find ways of talking about women's clothes that respect them as artistic choices, and. Whats the problem if she decided to do so? 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. There is no shortage of beautiful female actresses, some of whom are or were supreme artists. Once, it was winter, and at a cold theater in my city, she changed her clothes for the second part of the program, to use something like a black bathsuit. 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. And as we see, many performers do their best to serve the music in this way. Happily, many musicians and orchestras are varying their dress, jacketless, dark shirts, open or Chinese-style collars, etc. 1994: Yuja entered the Beijing Central Conservatory at age seven.. Just close your eyes and listen to it. Clothing: Ring Smart Home Security Systems eero WiFi Stream 4K Video in Every Room: Blink Smart Security for Every Home Neighbors App Real-Time Crime Reminded me of: If she were wicked smart she would give one interview, stating her attire being a feminist statement. Her couture is distracting from what is most important i.e., how good a pianist and musician she is. It would be interesting to listen to her and Vanessa Mae (not sure about the spelling) playing the Kreutzer Sonate. Am I the little boy pointing at the (almost) nude piano player here or a kind of reversal of thatpointing out she has a good body for radio. The point here is about code dress. I always thought she was Lang Langs counterpart with her dress the least of concerns. Yuja Wang had different clothing for each of Rachmaninoff's four piano concertos, and his "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," which she performed in a marathon at Carnegie Hall on Saturday.. Chinese pianist Yuja Wang has issued an emotional response, after being criticised for wearing sunglasses during a recital in Canada. 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. If at a concert your eyes dominant your ears, than maybe yes. surprising clothes . You should see Theresa May play the auld Orange flute, here she is in Downing Street parading to welcome Arlene Foster! But musically right, anyway. It is always refreshing to see that human evolution does not proceed on one track. Because she can. And as far as the audience getting use to it? Four great artists IMHO. SFCM. A great artist is a great artist is a great artist, Yuja Wang plays Mendelssohn (LIVE) Dismissing his list or him with labels like misogyny isnt an argument, its just identity politics. Her concert attire does not tell us anything about the quality of her playing; it does not prove that she lacks talent. It helps if the chosen costume somehow echoes what they play. Its okay to age with grace, and let your dress evolve appropriately with it. It helped his playing meant nothing. If they want respect, they can change their tramp gear. 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. By the age of 21, she was already an internationally recognized concert pianist, giving recitals around . And by the way, I attended a recital by Ms. Wang and she totally drew my attention to the music she was playing. This is obviously a hard topic. Fortunately, its not up to you to decide who belongs and who doesnt. ", They were paying attention to this rather than the music, Wang told the New York Times last week. taking off her clothes Freudian slip, John? I am a female. It s not easy , but it may work. Pianist Yuja Wang is celebrated for her charismatic artistry, emotional honesty and captivating stage presence. Style? I rather enjoy it. Indeed.! 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. (Not that she will be interested in you guys even she is straight!) She didnt play in her undies. Since being there is part of the experience I see nothing wrong in enhancing the live experience. Another portion is fascinated by her because of her concert attire. MP3 Music Listen with Music Unlimited This item will be released on March 10, 2023. FREE delivery This title will be released on March 17, 2023. Ive been there. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. 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. Interesting that your list is rather heavily weighted towards white men no Uchida, Hess, Haskil, Hewitt, nor Landowska. White men? But thats not who she is. Watch on. Clothing: Ring Smart Home Security Systems eero WiFi Stream 4K Video in Every Room: Blink Smart Security for Every Home Neighbors App Real-Time Crime i wonder why. Who would not want to make a splash with an outfit. It is as it should be. 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? Yuja Wang Julia Wesely/The Times Combining phenomenal technical brilliance and dramatic outfits, Yuja Wang is one of the hottest tickets on the classical music stage. Good for her, look how much publicity she gets. Its just clothes. As a sixty-year veteran of orchestras, I have to say, grow up. Interesting attempt to bring music down from its own sphere to relate it to the reality of the performers body. As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/59 a year, or $165/125 for three years. Leftist? ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR SOUNDBOX IS PROVIDED BY BERNADINO J. PISTILLO, JR. AND PAUL UPHAM & MICHAEL VOSIKA. It was so cold that she stood up and went to backstage to take a fur coat . do you even know the meaning of CONCERTO? Yuja Wang /Her Best Performance Moxigeren50 Gabe 1.64K subscribers 176K views 2 years ago I saw Yuja Wang for the first time at Disney Hall in Los Angeles California in 2015, and that was my. Yuja Wang. Unfartunately bodily presence cuts both ways; my favorit pinist was a gruesomely ghastly hideous old horror to regard, (children fled), but if you listened past the visual. Yuja Wang. You have also left out such women luminaries of the piano as Clara Wieck Schumann, who was admired by both Liszt and Chopin for her playing. Probably ordered those shorts online from Nike. your username. Just one thing is worthwhile to pick-out: the idea that the music is gendered masculine and the body, in case it is related to sensuality, as gendered feminine. And eventually, we could possibly see her with blonde or cotton-candy streaks in her hair. 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. Again, the way mostly men here are telling women how to dress during music performances in order not to be distracted from their music playing does not differ fundamentally from how in some cultures men think they should decide how women should cover themselves up in order not to seduce them. Yes, Yuja Wang did an encore. In some eastern countries the dress code is prescribed for musical safety reasons: http://subterraneanreview.blogspot.nl/2015/08/beethoven-in-iran.html. What is interesting about Yuya Wang and certainly unsettling to her critics is that she is uncompromising in her artistry. Why cant you boys grow up? I cannot understand the big deal with her dresses at all. Anyway, I dont think Wang is equal to Argerich at the same age. Yuja Wang actually is a very good musician, both live and on recordings, as solo artist, concerto performer, or in chamber music. Such behaviour may reveal a damaged individual. Otherwise, no one of real talent will ever bother to study music seriously. No, sir.she is your *honoured* guest! With that attitude, the concert halls are going to be empty very soon. Can anyone recommend a good tailor? Here goes Norman again looking for comrnents in safe fields. I couldnt care less what any given performer wears, as long as the music (and hopefully, but not always, the performane as well) is good. 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. The music director of the Louisville Orchestra, which he conducts here, describes his virtuosic piece as "an opportunity for the piano to guide us through what I think is one of the strengths of American . Beauty can also be stimulating. I agree with Max Grimm. The only way they know how to get attention is NOT through their music, but through their slut shabbiness. The most submissive traditional Asian woman wrap herself all over! What a shame that the Dance of the Seven Veils isnt a piano piece. That was the best Vatican fashion show ever. Yes, speak for yourself. No, wishful thinking. Its just another form of sensual music, albeit far more complex than others. God knows. Yes, just as opera stars must now be slender, and voices are not nearly as great as they used to be because the heavier singers are shunted aside.Smaller pool of eligible singersFewer truly great voices. Jealous women, insecure men: you all have your axe to grind. Shes given many performances dressed in beautiful full-length gowns, but no mention of this in this testosterone-filled comments section. That being said, I often find Yujas outfits pretty cool! Maestro cull: Berlin chief is told to cut back, Ex-BBC boss is named in plan to cut Irish orchestras, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGa5qi-kBSE, Spanish violinist wins Berlin Philharmonic seat. Artists have freedom to choose costume when they perform. Review: Yuja Wang tackles a massive new piano concerto without breaking a sweat Joshua Kosman October 14, 2022 Updated: October 16, 2022, 10:31 am Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen (left), composer. First Thielemann, now Wang. With his flowing capes and sequined red shoes. 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! She lacks it. Two questions immediately spring to my mind: And note that Argerich is there, but I guess that is not enough to appease marxists. alexanderwangAlexander WangAlexander wang 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? They can play Rachmaninoff better than they can talk or as easily. SHE is the INVITED guest STAR!! Boris Berezovsky dressed too casual at his Moscow recital. She played very well, and dressed like a whore. She is young. We could use a few more of them, IMO. However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. Dont like her clothes? My point is, whats so goddamned wrong with having multiple senses being triggered, if not, enhanced all at the same bloody time????? Musician living life with curiosity & passion. 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 ? Yuja Wang, Los Angeles Philharmonic & Gustavo Dudamel Top Songs 1. I was there and the people loved her. If I were to read anything related to theconcert, it would be about the music. Well, I love Yuga Wang and I love the clothes she wears. Once again, imagery is confused by the establisment with substance. After well with that orchestra and that conductor who can blame her. Post-intermission Ms. Wang likes to wear something more revealing. Now, I will give Yuja her due she does have an extraordinary technique, that allows her to excel in certain segments of the repertoire. But it is as much a driver of her celebrity as is her playing. THIS REVIEWER AND ANYONE WHO AGREES WITH HER IS A TOTAL DUMB ASS. She should not be enjoying such a major career, and it comes at the expense of serious musicians who do not distract the audience with their clothing. Yuja Wang. Well John ( or should I say Jesus) for your noble sacrifice. RG nails it. San Francisco Symphony: Yuja Wang Plays Rachmaninoff concert tickets range from $301.00 - $688.00 a ticket. But what does she do when she reaches the age when no one wants to see that much of her? You want ride on a merry-go-round of semsntics, have fun. 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. Interesting, how expensive couture can be so cheap. or so years ago. And even if they were, why care? Are her clothes more worth talking about than the gowns of AS Mutter ? Surely that comment should have been directed towards Steinway Fanatic, not Harold Lewis. IDIOTS ! 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. https://slippedisc.com/2017/12/anna-netrebkos-timely-advice/. Shuman Associates. A lot of people here have severe hang-ups if they cant enjoy the sight of a beautiful woman in her pre-birthday suit. Repeating the same statement without supporting it with any credible evidence does not make it true. In my twenties, Id put on my tight Herve Leger dress and heels, and it looked like I was going to the bar. I really expect better of those in decision-making positions. Who out there? Concertgoers think, Classical musicits really serious. 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. Shouldnt we dress appropriately as well ,based on accepted norms of the occasion, to return the favor to our audience? Recently, she was the soloist of The Mahler Chamber Orchestra on their European tour. And she DOES look gordious! They are not occasion-appropriate. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G. Ravel: Gaspard de la Nuit. Visit her on www.yujawang.com, on www.twitter.com/yujawang. Dont confuse your objection to her appearance (which, obviously, is her business) with not knowing or hearing her artistry. Clicks, clicks, clicks. Log into your account. The Russian [romantic] stuff, especially in my twenties. If youre that easily distracted, let me encourage you to listen to her audio recordings. Your leftist fantasy politics stab in the dark is actually a very tired, uneducated attempt. Macys is rife with size 3 and 4 womens apparel. Return backstage and rethink your attire. No thanks. No, he has a point, those are some of the greatest, and he is right that Wang is attention seeking. individual, unable to control himself. Ive also always loathed concert dress suits, tails, ties ghastly ridiculous, uncomfartable garb, but for the music im willing to accept this abomination! by Yuja Wang & Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela & Gustavo Dudamel. 296K followers. Nope. Yuja Wang is the world's greatest classical pianist. Its more passionate and cathartic. The people criticize this gifted musician are just jealous. Welcome! Yuja Wang is an excellent pianist who understands the mechanisms of celebrity. Mrquez: Danzn No. 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. And I was born and raised in Beijing, too. Born in Beijing, China, on 10 February 1987, Yuja Wang comes from an artistic family. Ambassador @rolex @steinwayandsons. And that is all what it is about here. Any prudes out there, please read that closing paragraphs of this, from Barbara Bonney in happier days: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2001/jan/24/artsfeatures1. They now wear what resembles bar staff attire, quite appalling. Another extremity, we need dress code enforcement. Judging by the picture Norman posted here, it looks to me she would need pedal extenders without her super high heels Or she has to sit lower and change her posture while playing. I suspect you are correct. Shes a girly girl; so what!!? SHE will arrange the playlist. This seems to be a slow & long ongoing process of unveiling, and considering the only estimation where the trajectory will end, at that point she will no longer have anything to leave behind in the soloist room. Who around here is Richter? Ridiculous. How refreshing. are you implying that Prokovievs 5th Piano Concerto is flash and trash? But that is an entirely wrong argument. You are our guest. Please respect our format and your fellow musicians. This concert curated by Nico Muhly is supported by the Paul L. and Phyllis Wattis Endowment for New Music. a glossy black piano never fits the wooden stage? As an encore, she gave us a splendid Grande Polonaise Brillante ( without the Andante Spianato, hlas! Males wearing swimsuits on stage would, no doubt, be a women`s rights issue. The triple-play, one could say??? 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. She surely will change the stuffy harshness that so often fills many concert halls/venues. She comes as a gorgeous brilliant musician both in performance and looks. YujaWang.com 1993: Yuja started playing piano at six-years-old. Everyone should be paying more attention to her artistry and less to her arse!. Who was the designer? The text is filled to the brim with ignorance and misunderstanding. Believe it or not, some of us are already able to assess it right now and conclude that her pianism is outstanding. Maybe educate yourself on how to not sexualise women because of their choice of clothing then, Phillip. Perhaps 2 inches from her butt, Norman. Common sense, once again, from Mr Borstlap. Schumann: Sonate G-Moll (In G Minor). (Twas worth it; just heard her in Aix-en-Provence! PianoToronto Symphony Orchestra's Spotlight Artist 22/23San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Artist in Residence 22/23. Sort yourself out mate, learn some basic control. But then it is the Guardian! She is over-done and inappropriate. a micro-dress cut an inch below the butt. Its what the kids in the know are wearing. And this idea is gendered. Its the pianism that counts. Ignoring the sensibilities (or sensitivity) of your audience, in exchange for boosting your confidence? They remind me of a cabaret dancer, or a red light district joint bar waitress, or even a bondage practitioner. Luis Olguin February 28, 2023 0. . Yuja Wang, Arturo Mrquez. The agony of the agony article is from reading it. 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. The only reason the average Classical musician is dressed like a waiter is because historically they used to be servants in Court. 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.. Evening tails, with white vest. 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. 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. I think, Kyle, that these days she would more likely be called a seam technician. I just love it how a bunch of old geezers here refer to this scrawny flat-nosed Asian miget as a beautiful woman. I must also say that Im pretty fed up with this websites continued reporting on topics like this. I feel as though my sense of this music being exalted is completely torn down. For information on becoming a SoundBox Sponsor, contact May Van Norman at mvannorman@sfsymphony.org or 415.503.5475. You are remembered very fondly! Yuja may not be able to wear it off the rack, but nor am I in the pants I wear everyday to work. Clothing, Shoes & Accessories; Computers/Tablets & Networking; Seller Feedback (350,806) n***l (2196) - Feedback left by buyer n***l (2196). LOKIs comment of scrawny flat-nosed Asian miget brings the conversation to a whole new level. Hope is eternal. Regardless of the performance, the dress (uniform) should equally complement the music and not overwhelm it. nobody !!! I bet the next one will be Mirga. 907 posts. That specific kind of showbiz implies fast moving fingers, thats it.
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