The Clothes Closet gives students access to gently used professional clothing. . Lang Lang is better at melody, and Yuja Wang is better at rhythm. She is obviously choosing clothes based on what makes her feel most like herself, and when she feels good, like herself, she plays better. And m2 k2 ( aka) r2d2 take a break also. MP3 Music. Excellent concert. Andante Gautier Capuon, Yuja Wang & Sergei Rachmaninoff 2. Just close your eyes and listen to it. 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. If she were wicked smart she would give one interview, stating her attire being a feminist statement. Perhaps shell write a piano transcription, who knows? A profile in the New Yorker referred to her "extremely short and tight dresses that ride up as she plays, or clinging. If youre that easily distracted, let me encourage you to listen to her audio recordings. She is an ingenious pianist , and , as far as I am concerned, she can wear her undies, so long she playes as she does! Nothing else matters. They are not occasion-appropriate. The most submissive traditional Asian woman wrap herself all over! So, it is quite possible that many female soloists will start wearing Yuja style outfits very soon, and when the audience gets used to it more, they will notice it less. What people are you talking about? She didnt play in her undies. She knows that concertizing is, finally, show biz and plays it to the hilt, in every way. Wang played ( and conducted! ) As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/59 a year, or $165/125 for three years. The clothes are irrelevant. And note that Argerich is there, but I guess that is not enough to appease marxists. 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. There is a 1905 piano roll of Strauss himself playing a transcription of Salomes Dance of the Seven Veils. The only way they know how to get attention is NOT through their music, but through their slut shabbiness. Having said that, Yuja Wang is a super human virtuoso and she may very well deserve to be added to that list, if not now, then as her career expands. That is how the pianist looks. Ive attended a number of her concerts in NYC her Hammerklavier was a fiasco (especially when compared to Murray Perahias Olympian rendition of the same work a week before). As a sixty-year veteran of orchestras, I have to say, grow up. There are also emergency grants that students can apply for, and the center also provides temporary and/or emergency . In fact I dont think that makes too much sense to compare both, just because they are females. Select your subscription length below and head to the checkout: Please log in again. . Surely Yuja could wear pants if appropriately tailored. A lot of people here have severe hang-ups if they cant enjoy the sight of a beautiful woman in her pre-birthday suit. Chopin: 26 Prludes; Barcarolle; Polonaise. As a female, I feel that her choice of wardrobe distracts from and cheapens the art of the music. 3. Since being there is part of the experience I see nothing wrong in enhancing the live experience. or so years ago. And yet: it is talked about her!!! The only reason the average Classical musician is dressed like a waiter is because historically they used to be servants in Court. A certain portion of her audience has the ability to appreciate her talent. Norman has been sexualising her for years, as have other older, sexist men in the industry. Or $11.49 to buy MP3 Keep it to yourself. The pianists mentioned are the greatest, better than Uchida, Hess, Haskil, Hewitt, etc. Her dress problems are, I fear, something of a slippery slope if she were even smaller, she would not wear anything at all. This suspicion may only be justified before she starts playing. Listen with Music Unlimited. To answer the question, Why? Because she can. Nothing is ever enough, just an insistence that others conform to their agenda. I am a female. Otherwise it would be extremely unprofessional for the concertmaster to refuse to play just because he/she doesnt like the soloists attire. However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. Except that in this case, there is plenty in the playing! Dismissing his list or him with labels like misogyny isnt an argument, its just identity politics. 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. Chinese pianist Yuja Wang has issued an emotional response, after being criticised for wearing sunglasses during a recital in Canada. 2 in C minor Op. No doubt about it. This is supposed to be the result of a historic split: The notion that what we see might distract from music, rather than shape our experience of it, stems from a centuries-old division of body and mind, physicality and rationality, that claims classical music as purely cerebral stuff. Thats one of the most original comments on the topic so far. Yuga would love it. And as far as the audience getting use to it? @lamer @rimowa. Why does our industry complain about Ms Wang when she flaunts the physical gifts she has along with her wonderful musicianship. Revealing so much of her body on stage in order to boost her confidence? Happily, many musicians and orchestras are varying their dress, jacketless, dark shirts, open or Chinese-style collars, etc. We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. Who does she think she is, Ariana Grande? Or can you not concentrate on the music when a pretty girl is playing? Her pianism is as assessible as her dress. 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. Tchaikovsky: Klavierkonzert Nr. Shes perfect and what she wears is her own decision as it is for every woman and every performer or should be. Mutter still wears off-the-shoulder, but people no longer find it distracting from her artistry. It is always refreshing to see that human evolution does not proceed on one track. This is obviously a hard topic. This is not the first time she is here for the very same reason. Heard Yuja do Prok 2nd live with the Philadelphia Orchestra years ago when she first started to become known. Actually she is right. Perhaps part of the issue is that fashion lies outside the traditional classical critics toolkit. 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. 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.. Does their radiance get in the way of appreciating a play or a movie? 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. Iniciou os estudos de piano com a idade de seis anos e logo ingressou no Conservatrio Central de Msica em Pequim. Rachmaninov*, Haydn*, Bach* - Lynn Harrell, Yuja Wang, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra*, Andrs Schiff, Martha Argerich, Yevgeny Kissin, James Levine (2), Mikhal Pletnev*, Birthday Festival Orchestra - Sonata Per Violoncello E Pianoforte Op. The boots were four figure Louboutins, so shes certainly not a CHEAP whore. Yuja Wangs clothing is unsensitive and disrespectful, thus it poses some dificulties if you are supposed to talk about it in a sensitive and respectful way. At least up to now. Recently, Chinese piano Yuja Wang created a bit of a furore amongst critics and concert-goers for appearing in a dress more at home on the fashion catwalk than the concert platform: a thigh-skimming, body-hugging frock and gold stilettos. Whats leftist about calling out misogyny whenever its evident? She can wear whatever visual cues she wishes and most of us in the profession are sick to death of the phony respectability that comes from being overdressed. A great artist is a great artist is a great artist, I dont believe that Ms. Wang made any record that can be included into the Legend category. I remember one lackluster pianist who made a point of wearing red socks to distract you from the tedious shallowness of his playing. Dont like her clothes? Otherwise its just another Friday (or whatever night it was!?!) Wang certainly blew the minds of her Lincoln Center audience. Wang PLAYS like a master. She was talking to Elle US. She has said before (last years New Yorker interview comes to mind) that she doesnt feel as comfortable or as inspired playing in certain clothes, and maybe doesnt perform as well in certain clothes. 12 . Love her playing. She is a great artist indeed. Schumann Fantasy In C, Op. Get a life, children. Yuja Wang (I don't know if she will ever read this note) is an extremely complete pianist, a prodigal memory, impeccable technique, musicality, expression and total control. I sound awfully snooty but thats not my intention. The New York Times: Yuja Wang Sweeps Through a Rachmaninoff Marathon. My own theory is that Yuja Wang uses fashion as a means of liberating herself from the repression of her country of birth and its authoritarian culture, China. She is free to wear whatever she feels comfortable playing in. Luckily for you, there will be a video stream of her playing the same concerto next year with WDR SO and Hra. Watch on. 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). I saw her (not wearing high heels) standing next to Yannick Nzet-Sguin and he was taller. I totally agree with you: the stage is NOT a beach. However, if your eye has somehow complemented what has entered your ear and brain to process, how could that accompaniment be so horrible?!? IDIOTS ! Its her schtick and Im predicting shes trying it on with ever more outrageous livery; watch that space!! Another extremity, we need dress code enforcement. Its precisely the same with the crap music being pumped out by artists should as Gaga, Lopez and Beyonce : utter crap, dressed and behaving like depraved prostitutes. Wang Yuja attended Beijing s Central Conservatory of Music and Calgary s Mount Royal College, Alberta, Canada, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA. Yuja Wang is turning 37 in . I would never attend her concert even if its FREE. Log into your account. Gbor Takcs-Nagy conducts Beethoven, Scarlatti, and Mozart . There is no shortage of beautiful female actresses, some of whom are or were supreme artists. Yuja Wang ( chins: , pinyin: Wng Yji; [ 1] ( Pequim, 10 de fevereiro de 1987 [ 2]) uma pianista clssica chinesa. Super-looking female figures come in many shapes & sizes. Desperate for female company much ? She plays brilliantly, and frankly I think she is just what the classical music world desperately needs today. If shes sufficiently immature to want to be deliberately provocative, its best to ignore the display and focus on the music. To appreciate a musical performance, obviously the looks are irrelevant. But maybe she is just honest and herself, not that calculating. She has lived in North America since she was 11 and spent her formative years there. 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. You can close your eyes, or bring your binoculars- your choice. Why cant you get that through your dense cranial feature??? In some eastern countries the dress code is prescribed for musical safety reasons: http://subterraneanreview.blogspot.nl/2015/08/beethoven-in-iran.html. and arbitrariness. If at a concert your eyes dominant your ears, than maybe yes. She has performed with the world's most venerated conductors, musicians and ensembles, and is renowned not only . While being gay, i find her very good looking and I admire her daring couture. The 1980s was the decade of big hair, big phones, pastel suits, Cabbage Patch Kids, Rubik's cubes, Yuppies, Air Jordans, shoulder . And shes found a way to guarantee sold out shows. But it is as much a driver of her celebrity as is her playing. Yuja Wang costumes are just randomly chosen beach clothes. How Oakland University Uses YuJa's Robust Suite of Ed-Tech Tools to Enhance Instruction Across Live, Hybrid and Hyflex Courses "YuJa has been an ideal partner in helping make sure the platform is a success at our campus for our faculty, students, and those who support it." We do recommend YuJa, and our instructional design team does as well. But thats not who she is. 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. I dont find this a crazy comment, but of coure I may be mistaken. This drew wild cheers from the Carnegie audience. 18 [HD] Peter Chen 2.0 14.7K subscribers Subscribe 479K views 1 year ago BARBICAN CENTRE London Symphony Orchestra conducted by. You want ride on a merry-go-round of semsntics, have fun. Repeating the same statement without supporting it with any credible evidence does not make it true. Somehow I think her fame and reputation will expand beyond the snark committee in this blog. Yuja Wang does not dress like a whore, as some in this string have alleged. As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/59 a year, or $165/125 for three years. 1. Your comments appear more to be jealousy of her success rather than based on valid artistic issues. Sexy to the viewer, that it may be, but your opinion is inconsequential. Ive try to close my eyes to avoid all the clowning/japery/drollery of Dudamel on Stage, but in his case the music is the biggest problem ever. Long regarded as one of the world's premiere schools of music, the Eastman School of Music offers a uniquely inspiring array of artistic, scholarly, and creative opportunities. Yuja Wang's next performance will take place on March 1st, 2023 at 7:30pm at the Davies Symphony Hall, which is located at 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA. What traumatic event(s) could have happened to her childhood in Beijing that she now needs to show her skin in order to boost her confidence on a performing stage?! 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. Again if we close our yes, we wont get the pianist gender for sure. limited (as is the repertoire for which Yuja Wang is known). 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. Only time will tell and of course she plays with such verve that all of this ostentatious display seems superfluous and part of the act. FWIW. Yuja Wang unbelievable dress Yuja Admirer 635 subscribers 115K views 3 years ago This special dress was carefully designed to produce frequent upskirts & malfunctions :) Show more Show more. Ive heard some of the best-dressed but over-hyped and downright terrible musicians in my time. Yuja is free to be the person she wants to be. I was there and the people loved her. Speak for yourself. etc. And I wish that the dresses she likes would have aligned with the dresses no one points out, but now it is not so. During one of her concerts a wife said to her husband:You dont have to listen to the music!!! I came from a place that every week you can see people dressing very small clothes in the beach, during the whole year. Dress appropriately means what it is. 1 in E Minor, Op. God may inhabit the music, but not the people. She surely will change the stuffy harshness that so often fills many concert halls/venues. Beethovens piano conceri 1 and 2 three weeks ago in Eindhoven with the MCO. That decorum has been changing constantly and is very different in this century compared to the 18th. I cannot understand the big deal with her dresses at all. However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. Many are good, some are great, but none achieve her consistent level of artistic brilliance and innovative virtuosity. There are several versions of that on youtube, two with Dutoit, one with a blue dress, one with a red dress. 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. Typical of The Guardian!! Voil, a comment disrespectful to women, revealing a damaged (deranged..?) Boris Berezovsky dressed too casual at his Moscow recital. Concertgoers think, Classical musicits really serious. 3 years ago. 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. (I am sure others might make a similar argument about good looking men.). Liszts recitals would have baffled you too, perhaps. as well as other partner offers and accept our. 4.6 out of 5 stars 250. Their hand-wringing articles trying to undo millennia of evolution and common sense always provide me with a refreshing nap. If I were to read anything related to theconcert, it would be about the music. I agree, to an extent. 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. If it were me, having audiences pay to see me is more than enough boost! Steinway Fanatic: her attractiveness drew me to listen, her artistry made me come back. 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. She is a great pianist and have a huge repertory ! However, she does have the pianistic creds in spades, and is now one of the most in demand pianists in the world. Shes a pianist so please stop talking about what shes wearing!!! There is a certain dress code expected from the audiences. 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. as long as there is noboby else who dresses comparaby (including Thibaudet).. Recalling Virgil Fox Shes given many performances dressed in beautiful full-length gowns, but no mention of this in this testosterone-filled comments section. I fully agree with your point on outfits. LOKIs comment of scrawny flat-nosed Asian miget brings the conversation to a whole new level. Nope. And Yuja gets my thumbs up. https://slippedisc.com/2022/04/swedish-opera-fires-serial-alleged-molester/. This miss Wang is GREAT. Pretty please? . 907 posts. Oh yes, and SHE WILL dress as she chooses. Its what the kids in the know are wearing. Astonishing, really, and such artists seem truly superhuman to me. She probably ran to the Acela. Yuja may not be able to wear it off the rack, but nor am I in the pants I wear everyday to work. There are lots of rules, and the dress code, which I broke, was one of them. I must also say that Im pretty fed up with this websites continued reporting on topics like this. 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. She offers an hh special, and I understand her hjs are without compare. your username. Very glad to have read the article, though: (a) because of the anecdote about Ruth Gipps and (b) because of the link to her obituary. Women (or men) dressed like hookers to perform ? Its very creepy and weird! No, sir.she is your *honoured* guest! I just love it how a bunch of old geezers here refer to this scrawny flat-nosed Asian miget as a beautiful woman. Interesting attempt to bring music down from its own sphere to relate it to the reality of the performers body. Meanwhile yes that third Prokofiev with Abbado hits the nail, but as love Prokofievs second even more, it is such a tortured, and pianist torturing piece, that I love watching her do that. I think the dress should not detract from the performance, whether male or female. Jealous women, insecure men: you all have your axe to grind. Its not sexism since I did the same with Jean-Yves Thibaudet eons ago the second I spotted the rainbow socks and Liberace-glitter jackets. Using conductors dress code as an example is not exactly a reference that is worthy of note. To be fair (to the discussion, not to the musicians in question), Mutter got plenty of column inches devoted to her off-the-shoulder gowns, with much the same grumpy-obsessed reactions, just a Wang gets today. Thank you for sharing. Yuja Wang, Arturo Mrquez. I personally find it utterly disrespectful for the genre. What were the fabrics? 19 - III. individual, unable to control himself. This whole controversy is so ridiculous. Yuja Wang. Perhaps, this type of dressing up makes concert life more enjoyable, or even fun for her. She should get confidence from her playing, not from taking off her clothes. Decency is a big deal.. However, she is in the way to do it. We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. Im so sick and tired of my tuxedo I could spit. This is not the first story that has brought these kinds of ugly comments to the fore. 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. Beauty can also be stimulating. Sort yourself out mate, learn some basic control. The agony of the agony article is from reading it. john whose comment is just above seems much more reasonable on this issue. You dont play like Yuja Wang, I assume. THIS REVIEWER AND ANYONE WHO AGREES WITH HER IS A TOTAL DUMB ASS. NL knows hes going to get at least 23 comments when Yujas clothes are up for discussion. (Not that she will be interested in you guys even she is straight!) SFCM. She brightens up the World! Well John ( or should I say Jesus) for your noble sacrifice. Reminded me of: Dude, nobody is forcing you to stare. Just my personal opinion. Count me in. Ive seen many phenomenal pianists over the years, including Alfred Brendel, Evgeny Kissin, and Emanuel Ax to name just a few, and Ms. Wang is as good as anyone Ive ever been privileged to see. Two camps are bitterly opposed and will never agree. Wangs clothing is a marketing tool that indeed distracts from her performance. Simply stated, its too much! Dressing appropriately is a part of decorum (as you yourself correctly noted in your earlier comment above here) and therefore the boundaries of acceptability keep changing for that as well. So, the music is filled to the brim with emotional experience without literal hang-ups, and the range of types of experience goes from eerily cerebral to disturbingly carnal, and everything in between. She lacks it. How did the dress choice interact with the musical programme? It helps if the chosen costume somehow echoes what they play. As commenters are so fond of saying, the attire doesnt make a difference one way or the other; so why pay attention to it (even if NL puts up things like this to get clicks)? How sad! In my twenties, I'd. It would be interesting to listen to her and Vanessa Mae (not sure about the spelling) playing the Kreutzer Sonate. Believe it or not, some of us are already able to assess it right now and conclude that her pianism is outstanding. You know the saying, 'a picture says a thousand words'? Yuja Wang is doing the virtually unheard-of by playing all four of Rachmaninoff's piano concertos, as well as his "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," in a single concert with the Philadelphia. The way she goes about playing it, yes. The Argentinian made some of the most important records during the 70s, that remains up to now among the best ever interpretations. 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. Yeah, read it, what she says is revealing interesting and unusual, at least to me. You have to get noticed some how. I feel as though my sense of this music being exalted is completely torn down. Actually, burkas for both sexes would do recitals a lot of good. 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. But what does she do when she reaches the age when no one wants to see that much of her? Indeed.! Why the visual obsession? Her outrageous duds have nothing to do with that. From a new Guardian agony article titled Fashion, fabrics and fishtails why we need to talk about what female classical performers wear. And that concertmaster can trip over his own sexist drivel on his way to the dustbin of history. You dont know what nonsense you are writing. Daily reminder that a woman wearing what she wants doesnt mean shes sexualising herself! You did waste the time writing that, though, didnt you!! Surely her performance of that on the piano would be truly amazing. Id love to have been there! Best shoulders around . Four great artists IMHO. 530 following. Sheer hypocrisy. Yuja Wang best outfits - rear view - YouTube 0:00 / 1:29 Yuja Wang best outfits - rear view Yuja Admirer 631 subscribers 16K views 3 years ago Clips & pics Show more Show more Comments are. Who gives a flying.what fabric is used? Yuja Wang, Dudamel and the LA . And she DOES look gordious!