I was going to have a delightful after dinner aperitif, but your shallow cheapness has put me right off. As an infant, she watched her mother, a dancer, rehearse Swan Lake. Of course, I wasnt at the concert, so I dont know how I would have felt. Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. Oops, there I go again, cheap, vulgar opinion about someone I know nothing about just the same as the way she spoke about Yuja. Ive performed 66 different works with various orchestras and have never once canceled. It is quite unremarkable to see Asian people wearing masks, usually because they have colds and dont want to give them to anyone else. Actually, many of us do not understand not cancelling on the day your mother died. The primitive may suggest Yuja Wang as being an privileged individual enraged She was treated shabbily. When will people begin to understand that sometimes its difficult enough getting yourself out of the door, on a plane,negociating everything that involves, showing up at an international venue and playing like a dream without all of the restrictions that Covid has placed on artists. 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. Indeed! She released a DVD on which she performs Sergei Prokofiev's famous piece "Piano Concerto No. My audiences and fans sustain and nourish me as an artist. No. It is unlikely we would ever learn anything about this little episode had Lebrecht not made a big deal out of her sunglasses (the horror!). She made it to the concert hall and didnt wish to disappoint her audience. 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. Fact is, almost anybody can write a little article about something. This would not ordinarily be news, because Yuja Wang is a superstar pianist and therefore plays a lot of concerts. Pianist Yuja Wang is celebrated for her charismatic artistry, emotional honesty and captivating stage presence. There are plenty of other scenarios in which she might need to quickly exit the stage between pieces. I was so upset that I filed a complaint with the airline. Syria? Whats more, Grigory Sokolov regularly treats his audiences to six+ encores. She couldnt do it, and YOU got upset? . This episode and peoples harsh reaction toward the pianist is what drove Gould to the recording studio and off the concert stage. Ever travelled to the States (where Ms. Wang lives) as an Arab? So I guess it would be OK for you to stop and frisk every white red-neck looking person trying to enter a high school in america since ALL (100%) of the school shootings have been done by white supremacists or nutjobs who happen to favor racial profiling and are perennially afraid of arabs, as YOU may understand. Seriously. World-renowned Chinese concert pianist who has performed with groups like Tonhalle Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. They gave almost back-to-back recitals at Walt Disney Concert Hall on Sunday and Wednesday nights,. eTickets has top seats available for every Yuja Wang concert in Canada and the US. The second clearly an illegal war. That means skwat. 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. until we had travelled several times together and I was pulled aside every single time, while he sailed through security like it wasnt there. Oh and I should tell you that I have faced discrimination myself on several occasions. Yujas humilation notwithstanding, it does not seem as though she was treated fairly. Yuja Wang has an estimated net worth of $20 million, as per celebritynetworth. They have safe little sedate jobs. 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. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience, she said. everything would contribute to suspicious bits Norman, are you going to apologise and offer a retraction, having read Yujas explanation? Yuja Wang is first and foremost a human being! Just in case, here is another link describing her recent concert tour of China, with the Oct. 30 Wuhan concert date identified. Following on from Marin Aslops hostile blast, two, The Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra has chosen renowned conductor, After a dazzling concert with Anne-Sophie Mutter, Bavarian, Gruesome story in the Daily Mail that convenient. If she hedged, to try to speed the process along, they might well have become quite nasty. . It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience. Yuja, you are a strong lady and you are already one of the best in this world! It sounds pretty snowflakish to me to be so traumatized by an hour or two of questioning. Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. I was then released, giving me very little time to travel to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. She was born in Beijing. Yuja Wang was born into a musical family in Beijing. 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. Coming to terms with that fact was one of the major breakthroughs of my life. You arrogant judgmental arseholes.yes you at Slipped Disc and Tania Miller. 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. BUT!! 3 in C Major.". You didnt get your ya-yas, didnt get your stroke, and know you are fussy and peeved. The attention-seeking pianist came on stage in sunglasses at her Vancouver recital on Friday night and refused to acknowledge the audience. I was left extremely shaken by this experience. the first happening under ambiguous circumstances as far as the role of the US is concerned. Yuja appears on the cover of Issue 105 ofPianist, which you can now download for 2.99 (usually 6.99). But I have no doubt Chinese travellers have been subjected to more than most. Then you have the respected conductor condescendingly giving advice to a major artist what she must not forget about music. And the fees are not always what the public might think. Did they torture her with water or did they use the Spanish boot ? I am Canadian of Chinese descend, never in my mind I thought of the racial issue until this pandemic, and we just feel Targeted. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience. Too much focus on what musicians look like & wear focus on the music. We welcome Musical America's 2016 Musician of the Year back to the VRS after an absence of 10 years. Musicians are human just like anyone else. Do you love it when people think you are an authority because you can write about something? 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. After all, she is only a human being who went through something that affected her in a horrific way. This will be because of her being visibly Chinese, and perhaps because she was so well-travelled, as someone has suggested. Instead, they experienced the rejection of an artist withholding the permission to share in the feeling, transcendence and the shared emotion of the beauty, joy, and humanity of music. She won the Echo Klassik Award for Young Artist of the Year in 2011. She is famous for being a Pianist. You can't even go to a video of Yuja Wang on youtube without negative comments about what she wears. You dont have to play this game. 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. World-renowned Chinese concert pianist who has performed with groups like Tonhalle Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. . 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. 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. But it is part of a high-speed music business and it wants it that way. 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. 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. Yes, her focus was on what she was playing and hearing in keeping with her note to the audience. While many performers are narcissicitc, Yuja takes it to another level altogether. Mu ha ha. What a night!! 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He was supposed to hit the little white ball so my, I mean, his team could win, but he didnt hit the little white ball what a lousy baseball player, he looked stupid, his clothes were stupid, he couldnt even hit the ball, what an overrated loser, made me almost regurgitate my ball park franks, I want my money back. She is an amazing pianist. Looking for Yuja Wang online? Ditto if it. And again we felt she must not be well. The touring life for top soloists is hideous these days, mainly because service has gone to hell across almost all sectors associated with travel. I am deeply grateful to Leila Getz and her team in Vancouver, and to the audience there with me in the hall for their support throughout the day and evening. This was a long time ago, but it is a reminder of what can happen in difficult times. 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. Has anyone considered that she might have violated the Canadian law in some way? [3] I am deeply grateful to Leila Getz and her team in Vancouver, and to the audience there with me in the hall for their support throughout the day and evening. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762028, Many could relate to Ms. Wangs experience. Friends/fans of Yuja know she had been detained for over one hour at the Vancouver Airport and questioned. If youve been in Japan or China you would be used to the sight and not make anything of it. On the contrary, disasters could happen, e.g. People who actually had contact with others infected are placed in quarantine for two weeks! Richter is a genius when he plays in blackened hall. 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. Shame on you for such a disrespectful headline. Puzzled and perhaps intrigued by the sunglasses, to be sure, but angry?? A totally crappy performance. War and starvation? Having made her debut with that orchestra in 2006 and becoming a Shenson Young Artist later that year the pianist has since been celebrated for her charismatic artistry, emotional honesty, and captivating stage presence. 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. They still have no idea how it got to Italy. 3. Frankly I am stunned of the Canadian officials actions. 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. He kept on playing. Yuja Wang responds to harmful criticism for wearing sunglasses on stage after being humiliated at Vancouver airport. But Yuja Wang, you must not forget that the music is the most important treasure. This is a picture of her, taken on stage at the end of the Vancouver recital. Thanks for your empathy! . You can be sure all her papers were in perfect order. What a load of nonsense. Yuja Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. Yuja Wang is a Chinese classical pianist. Such characters generally have no clue about what it takes to be a performer, let alone one of international caliber. 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. Lang Lang and Yuja Wang are surely our two most popular and trend-setting classical pianists. In most peoples professions it is understood that they may miss work due to likeness or other personal reasons. No wonder she has never won a Grammy. My white husband didnt believe it happened . They teach. Youre a pathetic speck of dust! . Yes, Yuja Wangs demeanour was strange, but we all thought perhaps she was ill. Out of some 7.5 billion people on Earth, there are maybe 12 who can play as well as Ms. Wang. Khatia, Valentina, Anna, Lola, Annie, Alice, and the godmather of them all, Martha what do they have that you, dear Norman, do not? 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? This would be a red flag at any border, for anyone of any ethnic appearance. ), in an incident like this my support goes, unconditionally, to the performer. Thank you to everyone who has sent or shared words of support during this difficult time. She may be tiny in stature and on stage her slinky dresses are clearly meant to thrill. Wearing sunglasses is SUPER weird. This thing is in danger of becoming pandemic, and it is far beyond nationality (or ethnicity) now. . The experience resonated long after her first encounter with Tchaikovsky. Yuja Wang is different. She was gracious in writing about this incident, as she always is. You and Ms. Miller didnt get the service that you thought you deserved. THE SCOOP | Pianist Yuja Wang Sets Record Straight Over Bizarre Incident At Vancouver Recital, IN MEMORIAM | St. Lawrence String Quartet Violinist Geoff Nuttall Has Died, PREVIEW | The Elora Singers Open Season With Concert Honouring Matthew Shepard, PREVIEW | The Womens Musical Club Of Toronto Outlasts Them All, Canadian Chinese Society for the Arts (CCSA). Steve Winn says Yuja's large sounds conveyed depth, clarity, and purpose. She has performed with the world's most venerated conductors, musicians and ensembles, and is renowned not only for her virtuosity, but her spontaneous and lively performances, famously telling the New York Times "I firmly believe every program should have its own life, and be a . Shame on you. 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. 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). Only an immigrant knows how stressful and upset it can be when being asked and detained at the border control for over an hour. 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. Awwww, I feel so bad for you. 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. The wrist was taped, and the artist was whacked out on oxycontin, but managed to play the gig. . What is it, because what you just said was poor journalism, even, hack journalism. Pianist Yuja Wang, shown in an earlier photo, surprised listeners during a recent Orchestra Hall recital. The glory days of the Hawker Siddeleys and Il-18s and the 707s. And she had a traumatic experience at your airport. . Your comments display nothing more than your lack of empathy. Membership benefits will include a daily digest of stories delivered to your email, and occasional exclusive offers from our partners. From that perspective, I could easily see how one incident could provoke an existential crisis: A difficult job made more difficult. Yuja Wang, Piano. She was obviously angry. 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. If so, I must have missed that. I was left extremely shaken by this experience. If it was simple racial profiling (hard to believe) that she would be right to be upset, of course. Thus, the fear and the vetting is 100% justified, while detaining Ms. Wang is NOT! And she definitely should apologize to the paying audience. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-coronavirus-flight-montreal-vancouver-1.5473283. One must admire her for not cancelling. Other artists would have cancelled their performance after such a humilating experience. Miles Davis did entire concerts with his back to the audience. Find out the facts before you make a jerk out of yourself. 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. "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. Why are we musicians held to a different standard? Instead they experienced the rejection of an artist withholding the permission to share in the feeling, transcendence and the shared emotion of the beauty, joy, and humanity of music.. You obviously never went to an Elton John concert or a Roy Orbison concert. There you can experience intense questioning. Classical audiences are a pampered lot. She is a gentle, kind, funny, passionate, sincere person. I play a small, very small, sad violin for you and the laughable Ms. Miller. Yuja Wang ( Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; [1] born February 10, 1987) [2] is a Chinese classical pianist. . Anyone who has been to Wuhan and other areas where the virus is known to exist should have lab tests, especially if they will travel internationally. (why did the US get involved again? She perfectly well knows that it is tough being an artist, and even tougher being a traveling artist, and considerably tougher being an international touring artist. 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