That is one persons entirely subjective reaction and nothing more. 300:51 Strauss/Cziffra - Trisch Tratsch Polka01:20 Prokofiev - Toccata02:12 Pr. I feel her pain, and completely empathise. These guys are not welcoming committees though it usually seems so, or used to, as I recall from trips from Vancouver to Seattle and back or into New York State and back from the east. Apparently, artist so-and-so broke his left wrist getting off the bus. I saw two people, both Asian, wearing face masks. And her astonishing concert at Orchestra Hall Sunday afternoon could easily serve as the ultimate proof. Oooh, sooo sad for you. All too often, people forget that musicians too, are human. Music is about the music, not the appearance. Yuja Wang was born into a musical family in Beijing on 10 February 1987. 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. So I cant imagine how mentally hard it must of been for Yuja, especially after this shocking experience at border and yet she still carried out her performance. All you can do is write hack reviews. 3 for superstar pianist Yuja Wang debuts on October 13-15 with the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen, a . I was in shock. Out of some 7.5 billion people on Earth, there are maybe 12 who can play as well as Ms. Wang. You are not only judgmental but also harsh. She typically gives well over one hundred performances per year and I think she is allowed to fuck up one or two. Miller has since apologised for her comments. No wonder she has never won a Grammy. Oh give us a break. 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. People who actually had contact with others infected are placed in quarantine for two weeks! Speaking as a fellow touring musician, I can absolutely say: if that is Ms. Millers attitude, I guarantee you, she sucks as a conductor. Look it up. Really, who is the one who should put things into perspective here? 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. My audiences and fans sustain and nourish me as an artist. If he had any dignity he would take this post down. World-renowned Chinese concert pianist who has performed with groups like Tonhalle Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. Yujas humilation notwithstanding, it does not seem as though she was treated fairly. No. This is a picture of her, taken on stage at the end of the Vancouver recital. Is she supposed to get special treatment because she is a celebrity? 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. Did the conductor feel the sunglasses meant Yuja didnt hit the right notes? All loaded phrases. She couldnt do it, and YOU got upset? #piano #yujawang #amazing #concert #pianist #pianokids #prodigy #pianoprodigy #pianoteacher #concertpianist #yuja #vancouver #performance #pianoconcert #ravel #chopin #recital #pianolessons #classicalmusic #music #queen #idol, A post shared by Hope (@pianowithhope) on Feb 22, 2020 at 9:07am PST, Company Registered in England no. . You are behaving like hack cynics: A person who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing. . Do you understand the amount of racism Asian people are suffering right now because of Covid-19? Yuja Wang is the 25-year-old Chinese pianist revamping the classical music scene with her tight, short, colorful dresses. This without knowing that anything had happened before the performance to disturb her equilibrium. . Reading that this happened, all I can feel is sorry for her and now Im sorry for her having to deal with her being slated for reacting normally and not surpressing her emotions. Food poisoning, for instance. There are nearly 1,5 billion Chinese citizens a tiny minority of which may have been affected. Fury?? 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 would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience, she said. (Less so at Montreal Mirabel or Toronto Pearson). Her traumatic experience at Canadian border control was upsetting to say the least. are cold and without any reason at all are prepared to attack .. anyone. Just putting that out there. For pianists, that means dealing with the modern nightmare of travel, jet lag, exhaustion, lugging cases around, Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. I think that a lot of people just dont get what it takes to perform night after night when things are difficult in your personal life. As a pianist who has performed hundreds of concerts, sometimes in dire situations (I performed an all Beethoven recital the day my mother died), I have always resented the show must go on mentality. So, Ms. Wang had the right to be at least upset if not more. The photo of her which you reproduced here was taken by me and should be credited, I believe. Davidat this moment there are tens of thousands dead of Covid-19 across the globe (perhaps hundreds of thousands, since we cannot trust the numbers coming from China). Yuja Wang is first and foremost a human being! If I were Yuja Wang . I regret reading you long comment to come to your genial statement that And when one Has To, money (another favorite argument for the cynics) is not the motivation. In very stressing occupations, not only for concert pianists, money is the best pain-killer. It would be better to first be informed about the circumstances and then write about it. She had also been worried she would miss her recital. You obviously never went to an Elton John concert or a Roy Orbison concert. She released a DVD on which she performs Sergei Prokofiev's famous piece "Piano Concerto No. Thats nothing! To imply that she snubbed the audience shows how entitled these whiners all are. Wake up and smell the covfefe already! What a night!! I am getting VERY tired of people judging pianists because how they look or what they wear. Yuja shouldve cancelled. Puzzled and perhaps intrigued by the sunglasses, to be sure, but angry?? 6am - 9am, Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor Opus 6 (4) Well, personal attitude, being cooperative or not cooperative, being humble or arrogant. Yes, we ought to allow a certain level of eccentricity from performers but our tolerance of such things is usually proportional to the talents (and charms) of the artist in question. Thinking Big: Yuja Wang. No one was angry or upset. She needs to go away, period. It is infinitely more dangerous than coronavirus ever can dream to be. . This will be because of her being visibly Chinese, and perhaps because she was so well-travelled, as someone has suggested. The overreaction was solely on the part of the thuggish Canadians. Your understanding of the term socialist is clearly limited to your ability to spell the word. Its just how people are. I was left extremely shaken by this experience. I was in shock. However, Ive run into plenty of people with your type of attitude. 16. Now we accept it as the new normal.. Why dont you both grow up and put your big-people shoes on and realize that most artists go above and beyond, and try to transcend, when they communicate with their listeners. 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. I went to a Kobrin recital when he was not well. Frankly I am stunned of the Canadian officials actions. Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. ), in an incident like this my support goes, unconditionally, to the performer. Kudos to her for going on with her recital after being given a hard time in airport security just a short time before. It is quite unremarkable to see Asian people wearing masks, usually because they have colds and dont want to give them to anyone else. Her refusal to cancel the show despite what had just happened to her highlights her incredible professionalism. Pity. THE AMERICAN PROJECT Yuja Wang. Well, as many of you know, we are in an time where people have stooped to behaving quite primitively . Technically everything was dazzling, every detail crisp and perfectly articulated, with chords exactly weighted and precisely placed. Yuja Wangs dresses. Im glad you are at least setting the record straight. 3 in C Major.". 2. What profession do 90% of music grads do? It is recommended before booking a flight ticket; make sure you are aware of the status of the coronavirus outbreak in your destination. 2- The fact that Arabs have it bad doesnt mean that everyone else is perfectly fine and unjustified in denouncing unfair treatment. I felt humiliated and enraged with the manner in which this was handled by personnel. and charming, and beautiful, and not too fat but not too sexy, and whatever else is expected in todays world.. World-renowned Chinese concert pianist who has performed with groups like Tonhalle Orchestra and New . After logging in you can close it and return to this page. There are a couple of perspectives here, Max: 3 in C Major." As the information about Yuja Wangs experience at the border emerges, I think her focus on the music and the performance was understandable and greatly appreciated by many more than me. , Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor Opus 6 (4), We can rebuild pianos, but we cant rebuild lives Yuja Wang on Philadelphia piano, Classical music festival Riga Jurmala launches this summer with Yuja Wang and Milo on, English National Opera to receive 91 percent of original Arts Council funding but for, When late rock legend Jeff Beck turned Puccinis Nessun dorma into a roaring electric, Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress Golden Globe for her lead role in Tr as fictional, Classic FM's More Music Breakfast with Tim Lihoreau, Download 'Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor Opus 6 (4)' on iTunes, A post shared by Hope (@pianowithhope). Yes apparently she disappointed one (Tania Miller) but there is no evidence at all that she disappointed many a poster on the original thread who was THERE gave a longish appreciation of the evening and reported plenty of enthusiastic applause, two encores and a wave to the audience. American Customs was always practically hostile, even to a white professional as I was there was always the sense that they thought you were entering their country to exploit them in some way. After Fridays concert, Wang was shamed by critics for her appearance, with one classical music blogger Norman Lebrecht, who runs Slipped Disc labelling her attention-seeking. Miss Wang is quite robust, otherwise she would not get through her professional life at all. Syria? on: December 02, 2017, 08:12:41 PM. We were rewarded with two encores. You just bitched, the low road, the easy road. I have no sympathy for her. For sharing you Talent, Passion and Art with the world! Chapeau to Yuja for playing (with sunglasses to hide her swollen eyes from the audience!) Whats more, Grigory Sokolov regularly treats his audiences to six+ encores. The primitive may suggest Yuja Wang as being an privileged individual enraged She was treated shabbily. Last Friday Yuja Wang, superstar pianist, played a concert. Miles Davis did entire concerts with his back to the audience. Do you produce anything of value, other than peckish criticisms? Regardless of whether one can, indeed, be held longer than one hour at customs (I was also held for one hour at Canadian customs once, in 1997 cheers! 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" . The Washington Post calls her "arguably" the hottest pianist in the . Nevertheless, Yuja still gave a stunning recital in Vancouver. But, does anybody else have a better reason to explain her non-professionalism in describing the performance? I was left extremely shaken by this experience. She is absolutely one of the finest pianists alive on the planet. On arrival at Vancouver International Airport on Friday, I was detained for over an hour and subjected to intense questioning which I found humiliating and deeply upsetting. Clearly accomplished individuals would have been subjected to queries BUT it would have been done sensitive an with respect to the persons stature and expedited His or Her travels. Nobody was upset about it there were still no twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Of course I dont doubt the interrogation that ensued was an unpleasant experience nonetheless. And what is Ms. Millers excuse? It is Beautiful! That was a cheap shot. She had been on her death bed for months. Yuja Wang is NOT a Chinese citizen, thus detaining an US citizen at Canadian border can and should be looked at as racial profiling, which, I am sure, it was on the part of Canadian Security people. ! i played along from my seat! But the attention and $$ are hard to resist, for some. If she hedged, to try to speed the process along, they might well have become quite nasty. Michael Vincent is the Editor-in-chief Ludwig Van and CEO of Museland Media. Coming to terms with that fact was one of the major breakthroughs of my life. If she said the magic word, they probably doubled down on her. I was going to have a delightful after dinner aperitif, but your shallow cheapness has put me right off. I dont mind the fact he doesnt smile. Yuja Wang Illuminates Ravel and Gershwin. Your description of fury seems feeble at best. Oh, so she was (slightly) delayed at the airport? Norman you are an idiot. Her playing was possibly affected by her emotions, in that it was strongly emotional, and her Bach didnt sound like Bach if you like, but her mastery of the piano is such that her astounding range of colours, tone and articulations enabled her to present a deeply moving and personal interpretation to all the pieces. Yuja Wang's Net Worth In 2022. Yuja Wang is known for being a Pianist. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience. It wasnt about Ms. Wangs performance, it was about your emotions, wasnt it? After all, she is only a human being who went through something that affected her in a horrific way. It sounds pretty snowflakish to me to be so traumatized by an hour or two of questioning. I think people would have understood if you had cancelled on the day your mother died. She wore sunglasses because her eyes were so red from crying after being humiliated at customs. How about killing 200,000 people in Japan with two bombs in 1945? This episode and peoples harsh reaction toward the pianist is what drove Gould to the recording studio and off the concert stage. . 2. If Miss Wangs plans were similar, she could recover from real and supposed humiliations. I cant wait for all the thumbs down for this comment. Yuja Wang Dear Yuja fans: Unfortunately, the above statement from Yuja Wang confirms what we have been trying to avoid: her Vancouver concert is cancelled. Although I was traumatized by what happened, I was determined not to cancel the recital, but to go ahead with the performance and not to let the audience down, which included my dear teacher Gary Graffman. Yuja isnt a robot! (Although I did appreciate her changing dresses, that was fun). I have no idea who Tania Miller is, sorry, and if she couldnt hear the emotion and rawness that powered this outstanding performance she cant be blamed. These are all great artists and nobody ever mentioned that they do not smile!! Given her status she could also call the press, which she did not do. Clearly this reveals how crude people can become when they have an delusion of being empowered. She should know better, but again, I guess she is fussy because she is a primadonna, and didnt get the audio treatment that a member of the royalty, like herself, deserved. My heart goes out to anyone else who has, and my hope is that by sharing what happened to me, there can be a much needed conversation and change in protocol to ensure this doesnt happen to anyone else. Now I understand what Glenn Gould was talking about when he said, I detest audiences, not in their in their individual components. Such characters generally have no clue about what it takes to be a performer, let alone one of international caliber. You are Amazing and dont stop doing what you are doing! I know that I am unfortunately not the only person to have had this kind of traumatic experience, which has shaken me to my core. This does not place you in a lofty position. Ill venture a guess that you cant play anything other than charades. Ms. Millers comments about COVID-19 are a nasty distraction. V. Lind, Montral Mirabel? It was on my website linked to my account but is now added to my Twitter page. Photo: Stefan Cohen Through it all, Wang's extraordinary keyboard technique fluid, masterful, terrifyingly precise served as a reminder of why a concerto can be so much fun, for performers and . I play a small, very small, sad violin for you and the laughable Ms. Miller. Exactly! Indeed! Norman Lebrecht attention seeking pianist, one gimmick too far, refused to acknowledge the audience in any way. Here's a vivid post. Friends/fans of Yuja know she had been detained for over one hour at the Vancouver Airport and questioned. He kept on playing. Yuja Wang, piano Presented by the Vancouver Recital Society Prodigiously talented pianist Yuja Wang's life is a whirlwind of appearances at all the major concert halls of the world with the most prestigious orchestras and conductors. Only an immigrant knows how stressful and upset it can be when being asked and detained at the border control for over an hour. The conditions of the Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, who is wanted in the U.S. on fraud charges, are even more luxurious than previously known. When the audience continued to clap to bring her back out on stage, she refused. ), Vietnam? Its in perspective she was upset, but she played the concert. Yuja began playing piano at age six, and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing under Ling Yuan and Zhou Guangren. everything would contribute to suspicious bits By Janet Malcolm August 29, 2016 Yuja is keenly awareas many. the should be little more patient and understanding better, not every day is sunshine , people request too much from others, i wish i can see the inside of this people to see how good they are , come on give the puanist a break!!! (the insurgence directly stirred up by the US and Saudi foundations (old established CIA channel) for instigating regime change, costing innocent lives in the tens of thousands? Yes, even those who (in my mind at least) may be less than tolerant of the other., Was the piano playing good? On arrival at Vancouver International Airport on Friday, I was detained for over an hour and subjected to intense questioning which I found humiliating and deeply upsetting. Yuja Wang ( Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; [1] born February 10, 1987) [2] is a Chinese classical pianist. How do you know the interrogation was related to Coronavirus? Nonsense. NL is always obsessed with Ms. Wang, having penned at least half a dozen posts on the inappropriateness of what the artist chooses to wear. perhaps they she thought she is contagious? elle avec lagenda charg quelle a .. elle est surtout beaucoup plus demande que Claudio Arrau ne la t de toute a carrire pour moi cest la meilleur pianiste on comprend que a drange un peu les piliers de la musique classique. Yuja Wang responds to "harmful" criticism for wearing sunglasses on stage after being "humiliated" at Vancouver airport. 3. But I dont forgive her bending the facts to fit her argument that she felt snubbed because Yuja didnt smile at her. Of course, I wasnt at the concert, so I dont know how I would have felt. After all, the 9/11 was perpetrated by Arabs/Muslims on the American soil. I once played in Argentina and my flight was canceled enroute to the venue on the day of the concert. I should have clarified that she died after I had played. "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. Ms. Miller is well aware of this given her conducting history. If Yuja had a history of being a prima donna, this rush to judgement may be understood, but she is NOT in the least a star (except in her performance). Instead, fucking Trump lets his people die in the thousands. HOWEVER: the first case in the Western world (outside China) was found in the US! I am Canadian of Chinese descend, never in my mind I thought of the racial issue until this pandemic, and we just feel Targeted. by Stephi Wild - Sep 16, 2022. What do you love, dear Norman? Ever travelled to the States (where Ms. Wang lives) as an Arab? Browse tickets across all upcoming show dates and make sure you're getting the best deal for seeing Yuja Wang in Vancouver. (Fadil Berisha) Not long after the brilliant pianist . Things are going to be tough with the corona virus spreading around the world. He played great though and we gave him a huge ovation afterward. Some of the above comments from Tania Miller are simply untrue. 5. Im of Asian descent and am ALWAYS pulled aside for extra screening at airports in spite of having a global entry card. was it a justified reason? Chinese virtuoso pianist Yuja Wang had been in Vancouver on Friday for a concert at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts with the Vancouver Recital Society. I do not ever again want to hear any of you Canadians looking down your noses and Americans and Britons. Yuja Wang was born in Beijing, China on February 10, 1987. Ditto if it was regarding the virus and she was rudely treated. its totally irrelevant! My heart goes out to anyone else who has, and my hope is that by sharing what happened to me, there can be a much needed conversation and change in protocol to ensure this doesnt happen to anyone else. Naaaaahhh, shes just jealous. Someone even disliked my comment we perceive our perceptions the orher day. I was in shock. 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. So, please, show a bit of respect for artists, most of whom never even hint at what they have to put up with before walking out there at 7.30 and being world class. If it was simple racial profiling (hard to believe) that she would be right to be upset, of course. It could have been handled better. A totally crappy performance. And I also feel sorry for you, that you dont know what music is really about, and that you are so close-minded that you are missing out what is important, not just in music, but in life. Ouch. Her refusal to cancel the show despite what had just happened to her highlights her incredible professionalism. But please, put it into perspective. Yuja Wang performs a program with works by Bach, Beethoven, and Schoenberg, April 10, 2022. 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. 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. BTW, travelers from East Asia *should* expect extra scrutiny given the spate of zoonotic diseases that tend to originate in that part of the world (Covid-19 being only the most recent). Regardless of whether one is a phenomenal player (like Ms Wang BLOODY OBVIOUSLY is) theres always going to be some talentless and clueless imbecile who opines that one plays so so or one is not all that good anyway. This would be a red flag at any border, for anyone of any ethnic appearance. The contours were sharper . I was so peeved. Some pianists would have called the entire concert off under similar circumstances. 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. Yuja Wang is different. Yuja Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. I have no difficulty in believing that Ms Wang was poorly treated at the border. Get Yuja Wang Tickets for all Vancouver concerts at the most affordable prices and with minimum fees. By the way, is it a common occurrence that Arabs subjected to intense questioning at the border are scheduled to perform a recital in front of thousands of people a couple of hours later on the same day? Her international breakthrough came in 2007, when she replaced Martha Argerich as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Yuja went above and beyond by following through with her concert. 7.4mm l0.6 25 60100 8 DLC But whatever enjoy your socialist sh!thole wherever you are. Did they torture her with water or did they use the Spanish boot ? That should have waved her through, so any further questioning would have to have been based on her ethnicity. Yuja did indeed perform. You might apologize for your quick print. The power of her interpretations emerges from a distinct combination of her exceptional presence on stage and a natural affinity and inquisitive approach to the repertoire, which ranges from Mozart to Gershwin and beyond. Not sure what got up Ms. Millers nose. Her having been harassed to the point of tears matters not. Sunglasses? Lang Lang and Yuja Wang are surely our two most popular and trend-setting classical pianists. Shes the best we have. #piano #yujawang #amazing #concert #pianist #pianokids #prodigy #pianoprodigy #pianoteacher #concertpianist #yuja #vancouver #performance #pianoconcert #ravel #chopin #recital #pianolessons #classicalmusic #music #queen #idol, A post shared by Hope (@pianowithhope) on Feb 22, 2020 at 9:07am PST, Wow, intense questioning for over an hour. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762028, Many could relate to Ms. Wangs experience. True, there is a fear of a coronavirus epidemic. Richter is a genius when he plays in blackened hall. Hack cynics: a person who knows the price of everything, and laughable... You Talent, Passion and Art with the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen, a entire concerts with back... Not ever again want to hear any of you know, we are in time! 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