19 May 2017, 15:54 | Updated: 19 May 2017, 18:20 . Just relax and listen. 2 eerily evoked the sound of woodwinds. An initiative of. Thank you Zsolt-well said! Sollen sie glauben, was sie wollen.», > Erst wird sie sagen, dass sie einst vielen Kapazitäten vorspielte und auf deren Ratschläge hörte: Radu Lupu, Murray Perahia oder Claudio Abbado. In 2008, Wang toured the U.S. with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields led by Sir Neville Marriner. There is plenty of repertoire that she hasn’t played (always will be for a pianist! 1 in B-Flat Minor. 29, the Hammerklavier, and two Brahms Ballades and Robert Schumann's Kreisleriana. and Bach too! But Yuja is the one who chooses to play and travel so much, no one else has as crazy a schedule as her. Climate & Environment. The day I met Yuja was the day I filmed a feature about her for the show Living the Classical Life. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_VYpDp4q3w. Yuja is Chinese. [9] In 2001, she won third prize and the special jury prize (awarded to an especially superior finalist of less than 20 years in age, prize money of 500,000 Japanese Yen) in the piano section at the first Sendai International Music Competition in Sendai, Japan. Pity the poor program note writer (a good one) who constructed her notes so as to explain the various comparisons and contrasts of these pieces in … Yo-Yo Ma has pulled out of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra’s Annual Gala at Dickies Arena on Feb. 20. 2 / Wang, Abbado", "Verbier 2011: Yuri Temirkanov conducts Liadov, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky", "Rachman. The performance was broadcast live through the orchestra's Digital Concert Hall. One can say that about any pianist. Some of the ad hominem attacks on this blog are often among the most vile anywhere online. In the meantime, I wish her well. Right through this Beethoven performance she wondrously brought out intricate details, inner voices and harmonic colorings. Wang performed with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado in Beijing, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in Spain and in London, and the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. ), if that’s the issue! That is why the venom and vitriol from the Karens. How she dresses is irrelevant, except to those who seem to have prudent interest. You are absolutely right to post your objection at this treatment of Yuja Wang. A bit of burnout? «Aber vor fünf Jahren merkte ich, dass es damit nun auch gut ist. She is just magnificent….but human. «Bullshit» nennt sie dieses Denken. . Yuja is a young woman and entitled to dress in the manner that pleases her. Is that a problem for you? (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times) The scherzo skipped along with mischievousness and rhythmic bite. ... Agnese Fiducia Yuja Wang illness 05.14.2019. What she wears is irrelevant. Her mother, Zhai Jieming, is a dancer and her father, Wang Jianguo, is a percussionist. Those are the aspects aspiring female musicians should pay attention to beyond Yuja’s talent. Steve Moffatt, Daily Telegraph Filling the giant shoes of Argentinian piano legend Martha Argerich is nothing new for 30-year-old US-based Chinese star Yuja Wang, but I doubt that many people in the audience were left disappointed by this last-minute substitution after she performed Beethoven’s first concerto and two barnstorming encores. I look at young pianists, to which Miss Wang inspires: These young girls, mostly Asian, appear in a sexy outfit, with a low neckline, transparent fabrics, high side slits. Yuja Wang is different. Just to think how Eileen Joyce was vilified for changing dresses during her recitals ! This overrated exhibition star, Chinese star has exhausted his possibilities: she can not take off any more, unless she sits in a bikini on the wing, her interpretation of the Hammerklavier Sonata shows how limited she is. Could she jump on a plane to southern California and perform the next day with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields? Yuja Wang is perhaps the greatest living pianist and arguably one of the greatest pianists in history. Thank you, Zsolt for all your insights. About Yuja Wang Tour Albums. Inevitably they are accused of seeking publicity if they dress a certain way, or choose to make profound creative statements – in defence of human rights, for example. See all your opportunities to see them live below! Just anticipating what she might do if she ever got so. However, ‘at the end of the day’ (an overused and hackneyed expression), we vote with our dollars. We explored her work ethic, and the demands she places on herself. SoCal classical music, July 21-28, 2019. Business. The thing is, I didn’t know about the “very short/tight/colorful dress” business before Yuja Wang’s May 2014 performance with the San Francisco Symphony. She loves these clothes and has fun collecting and wearing them. In the grave, great slow movement, she played with restraint and poignancy. When listening to Yuja one is overwhelmed by the beauty of her playing and her facial expressions which are as if she were caressing the music it’s self. The unique and informal atmosphere of the BBC Proms was always ruined by the self-appointed Rees-Mogg like ‘traditionalists’ who insisted on their right to secure and hold a select promenade position and engage in self-masturbatory rituals. Yuja Wang is one of the greatest pianists ever. California. I am a retired hand surgeon graduated from Johns Hopkins and I speak authoritatively when I say she operates technically at a level way beyond the imaginations of mere mortals. She made her North American debut in Ottawa in the 2005/06 season, replacing Radu Lupu performing that Beethoven concerto with Pinchas Zukerman conducting. Lam", "Mendelssohn in Verbier 2009 - Kurt Masur", "Lucerne Festival 2009 (Mahler: Symphony 1 / Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. I tuned in after they announced who was playing it and was going,” Who is this?.At the end I heard it was Yuga. Her musical appeal is not dependent upon her dress sense. Please try to keep the hating to yourself. Shuffle off back to your Lutheran church, and stick to your chorales. My varied references above might be a good place to start. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, she said: "For me, playing music is about transporting to another way of life, another way of being. His recording of the Chopin Piano Concerto from 1960 – he won the Chopin Piano Competition at that time – is still in Deutsche Grammophon’s program today. [6], Wang comes from an artistic family. Pure genius. 19 / Verbier Festival", "S.F. Something will remain of him. A woman who has not been emancipated from the ancient means of attracting the attention of men through her more or less naked body is not emancipated either and she is not modern either. Yes. Many said the same about Liszt’s over-blown attire, ostentatiously decked out with all of his medals and decorations clanking together, his theatrics, his gloves that he would toss aside, his sex appeal, and his intentions. What is clear is she is a musician and human being who cares fully about everything. You are 100% incorrect unfortunately. She kept you on edge during the elusive transition to the gnarly, dense fugue, which she then dispatched with unfathomable dexterity. She is superhuman. Judging by your playing in this video, you are indeed much inferior to Yuja. Graffman said that Wang's technique impressed him during her audition, but "it was the intelligence and good taste" of her interpretations that distinguished her. Her deep commitment to her art and to her mission to share great music with the world was astonishing. That’s way off. In a review of Wang's 2011 Carnegie Hall debut, The New York Times wrote: From the opening piece, an early Scriabin prelude, Ms. Wang played this Chopinesque music, all rippling left-hand figures and dreamy melodic lines, with a delicacy, poetic grace and attention to inner musical details that commanded respect. Ich realisierte, dass dieses Wissen und eine nötige Intuition tief in meinem Herzen und in meinem Geist stecken. Yuja Wang is the soloist in Rachmaninov’s emotionally expansive and technically demanding Third Piano Concerto. Let her have fun!! Nigel Kennedy used to regularly commit offences against good taste and propriety with clothes and jarring faux mockney. Yuja Wang (Chinese: 王羽佳; pinyin: Wáng Yǔjiā; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. Representatives for Ma have not responded to an email. That’s why I accuse Miss Wang of wrong behavior: she is an unsuitable role model, because she pretends to future artists, with sex could make a young woman’s career. This is a mdoerated site. In a word, you are projecting. 2 and Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. As a retired pathologist I am in awe of Yuja’s hand performance and the brain that brings it all together. Pianist Yuja Wang is replacing the cellist. Your hate and negativity will consume you totally! Do you rail against this? Her short dress or critic's narrow view? You would also be flabbergasted by how self-critical she is. I do happen to know she was made aware of your comment. She came across as one of the deepest, most vulnerable yet strong, and sincerely kindest human beings we have ever featured. 6 in A. Sometimes we just need to close our eyes and listen to the artist regardless of their attire. I love her Ravel and Prokofiev, so I do own those recordings. Internationally, she has performed with the Berlin Philharmonic, Staatskapelle Berlin, Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, China Philharmonic, Filarmonica della Scala, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, Orchestre de Paris, Orquesta Nacional de España, Orquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar, the NHK Symphony in Tokyo, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestra Mozart and Santa Cecilia. Cut down on concerts perhaps, but do not quit. ", "Rachmaninov Cello Sonata, Op. They say that jealousy is often a tacit acknowledgement of inferiority. [3] By the age of 21, she was already an internationally recognized concert pianist, giving recitals around the world. Maybe she should consider a career as a recording artist rather a than public performances. In May 2016, The New York Times reviewed her performance of Beethoven's Hammerklavier Sonata: Ms. Wang's virtuosity goes well beyond uncanny facility. ", "For Yuja Wang, You're only as Good as Your Next Performance", "1st SIMC Piano Section May 26 – June 9, 2001", "Young Artist of the Year Award – Yuja Wang", "News: Martha Argerich Cancels This Week's Appearances with Boston Symphony", "Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony Perform Six-City, 10-Concert Asian Tour in November", "Yuja Wang grabo con Deutsche Grammophon en Caracas", "Yuja Wang debuts with the Berliner Philharmoniker", "National Youth Orchestras Bring Friendly Competition to New York", "Kennedy Center Honors 2019 – Performers, Songs, & Honorees Revealed! "[5] Yuja Wang lives in New York City. However, I am inclined to be brutally forthright, and your jaded bigoted cynicism tinged with professional jealousy could essentially be from Victorian ‘Empire’ England or turn of the nineteenth century Vienna. Otherwise, one perceives only the effect, not the cause. I find Yuja Wang and the media hype around her embarrassing, as a woman I am ashamed of her stupidity: Does she really believe the “Sex sells” strategy works well? From a May 2013 Carnegie Hall concert, The New York Times reported that Wang's "fortissimos were fearsome, but so, in a quieter way, were the longing melodic lines of the first movement of Rachmaninoff's Sonata No. Her Brahms 1 in Tokyo was introspective and tragic in the very least. If you think it is, go elsewhere and please don’t come back. Oh, and she is good looking. [18] Her performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" is featured on the Verbier Festival highlights DVD from 2008. Once at the keyboard, however, the 30-year-old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang cuts a seriously commanding figure who tackles the most challenging repertoire with fearless self-confidence and profound artistry. Well said! You dismiss her as a loud virtuoso. Yuja Wang is on Facebook. Most of the guests I feature on Living the Classical Life do not keep in touch as friends, and that’s fine. You deeply resent her on many accounts. You accuse her of taking advantage of cameras and YouTube because you believe everyone is as limited as you are and cannot see (or hear) beyond the surface image. You clearly do. Yuja Wang is one of the most compelling musical personalities of our time. Monday, 5th August 2019, 12:55 pm. I went out immediately and bought the cd. Being a musician—even a mediocre one—requires great discipline and dedication. The first movement had élan and daring. The song 'Etude No.10 "Der Zauberlehring"' quickly became a fan favorite and made Yuja Wang one of the newest emerging acts at that time. The Bartók was prismatic in its musical grasp and range. [[ A hugely overrated soulless automaton. Stephen Lumsden Chief Executive +44 20 7608 9911 Olivia Williams Associate Artist Manager +44 20 7608 9928 owilliams@intermusica.co.uk If you have any queries, please fill in the form below, and we will be in touch soon I’ve enjoyed and seen all or most of your LTCL programs. If she wants people to notice how well she plays, if indeed she does, perhaps she shouldn’t distract from it so. [20], Wang toured Asia in November 2012 with the San Francisco Symphony and its conductor Michael Tilson Thomas. Does Yuja play well? Praised by The New York Times for her “estimable grasp of pianistic color and her ability to maintain and illuminate a strand of melody within the thickest of textures,” Ms. Wang has released numerous celebrated recordings and performed throughout the world, from New York’s Carnegie Hall … Programme to include & performers. She has made an international career very fast. ET. I notice that the most savage criticism directed at Yuja comes from a very specific demographic and age group, absolutely without fail.
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