You just bitched, the low road, the easy road. 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. 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.. No fool would expose oneself to the pratty and rude opinions of ignorant characters, to the unbearable pressure of operating on first division or to the inhuman discomfort of constant international travelling unless one has to. When the audience continued to clap to bring her back out on stage, she refused. The second time, the person I was speaking to was unnecessarily aggressive. Only an immigrant knows how stressful and upset it can be when being asked and detained at the border control for over an hour. eTickets has top seats available for every Yuja Wang concert in Canada and the US. 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 felt humiliated and enraged with the manner in which this was handled by personnel. 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). It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience. If you are a recent or a old timer Yuja Wang fan, we want you all to get the best seats at best prices and watch Yuja Wang perform live in the stadium. The sunglasses still seem like an overreaction and a mistake. . Yuja Wang's age is 35. The coronavirus is a very recent pandemic not yet understood by the medical community. We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. She won the Echo Klassik Award for Young Artist of the Year in 2011. People need perspective. . a great recital! They grew increasingly resentful. All I can say is, it was really a drag to see that gross tape wrapped on the wrist, and the playing was totally subpar, almost like the artist just really didnt give a darn about the audience, maybe wanted to deliberatly irritate them. How many recitals and concerts have you attended? Her being upset is understandable, as she had done nothing wrong, but she needs to cut them some slack, too. But, does anybody else have a better reason to explain her non-professionalism in describing the performance? Last Friday Yuja Wang, superstar pianist, played a concert. 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. On 23 February, Lebrecht published a blog post quoting audience member and conductor Tania Miller, who wrote on her own Facebook page: Your innocent audience, some donning masks to protect themselves from the potential Coronavirus, came to be in your presence for this sold-out concert, and to hear the music and extraordinary talent that you had to share. When I was dropped off at the venue for my recital that evening, my eyes were still visibly red and swollen from crying. The Norman Lebrechts and Tania Millers out there havent a clue, they really dont. Her international breakthrough came in 2007, when she replaced Martha Argerich as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Audiences and critics will always be a key part of any performance. traumatic? Poor N. Lebrecht. As far as smiles for the audience goes: neither Mr. Sokolov, nor Mr. Pletnev, nor Mr. Richter, or Mr. Gilels ever smiled on stage for their audiences. I have no difficulty in believing that Ms Wang was poorly treated at the border. Look it up. 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. Yuja Wang is first and foremost a human being! Given this virus originated in East Asia where by the way almost every pandemic has originated, from Black Death to CV it is perfectly reasonable for Westerners to be wary of East Asians. Yuja Wang defends herself from online criticism for wearing sunglasses on stage after being detained and "humiliated" at Vancouver airport. She was detained 1 hour. You will find her own story if you research. A whole country in ruins? She was born in Beijing. It doesnt matter what happened behind the scenes, if the artist cant give you your pretties, then badmouth them, because, like, you were just totally ripped off by Ms. Wang, werent you, just completely burned, and you have every right to be furious with this wretched performer who dared to not give you, the Pentultimate Big Dude of The Universe, the show you deserved. Yuja Wangs melodramatic, attention-seeking behavior seems even more absurd and self-absorbed considering what is happening around the world. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. Some of the above comments from Tania Miller are simply untrue. We have received so many comments from patrons who attended the recital, glowing about how wonderfully she performed and asking for her return. The petty destructive gossip put forth by Norman Lebrecht is attention seeking and thats it. Some of the audience tittered at the thought that this was some sort of cool new dress code. She wanted to be a concert pianist, but she wasnt good enough, ended up being a conductor, but always, lingering in her heart, was disdain for those who had musically bettered her. I was then. You implied it was a cheap stunt. You can guarantee that something was very wrong for Yuja to behave as she did. Select your subscription length below and head to the checkout: Please log in again. . Chinese pianist Yuja Wang was subject to 'intense questioning' for over an hour upon arrival in Canada over the weekend,causing her to almost miss her recital that evening at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. And that some are bestowed with the ability to share it and it is an honour and a blessing to do so. She did play fantastically I was thereand it is abject nonsense to say the audience was furious or disappointed. Such letter should be prepared and issued by the presenter outlining all the details of such visit by the artist and pass to the artist, so the artist status is crystal clear. Lang Lang and Yuja Wang are surely our two most popular and trend-setting classical pianists. You might apologize for your quick print. Since she was 19 years old, she has been a sensation in the world of piano. Any it was a great performance. 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. http://yujawang.com/tour-through-china-with-the-wiener-philharmoniker/. The video can be found on youtube. 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. If you want things perfect- buy the CD. I dont understand why people should feel so entitled that they get upset when they feel they should get deference and respect from a performer, instead of listening to the performance and being happy to share the music with a real musician! The Canadian Borders is bad enough for anyone who looks Asian, and especially with covid-19 going on. 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. Thank you to everyone who has sent or shared words of support during this difficult time. Yuja loves her audiences, and she loves to communicate with them. Find tickets for Yuja Wang in Vancouver on SeatGeek. The Canadians were indeed usually very welcoming. Yuja Wang (n chinez: , pinyin: Wng Yji, n. 10 februarie 1987, Beijing, Republica Popular Chinez) este o pianist de muzic clasic de origine chinez.Ea s-a nscut n Beijing i a nceput s studieze la pian la vrsta de ase ani, continund apoi la Conservatorul Central de Muzic din Beijing i la Curtis Institute of Music din Philadelphia. He kept on playing. Ouch. 16. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. 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. I certainly would have canceled if it had happened prior to the concert. That means skwat. Ms. Millers comments about COVID-19 are a nasty distraction. It is infinitely more dangerous than coronavirus ever can dream to be. I cant wait for all the thumbs down for this comment. . ), in an incident like this my support goes, unconditionally, to the performer. It sounds pretty snowflakish to me to be so traumatized by an hour or two of questioning. Khatia, Valentina, Anna, Lola, Annie, Alice, and the godmather of them all, Martha what do they have that you, dear Norman, do not? 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. How about killing 200,000 people in Japan with two bombs in 1945? I should have clarified that she died after I had played. Clearly this reveals how crude people can become when they have an delusion of being empowered. Indeed! If she said the magic word, they probably doubled down on her. GB 638 3492 15, Copyright 2023 Warners Group Publications Plc, Find your favourite scores in our sheet music store, Yuja appears on the cover of Issue 105 of, Yuja Wang Powers Through Traumatic Experience To Give Rousing Recital. You, the lady who has awoken Mozart from his slumber and had him dancing to his rather less sedate rondo, just keep breaking down the barriers and opening people's eyes to the joy of Music. She was traumatized and devastated. . One persons entirely subjective reaction. They still have no idea how it got to Italy. The primitive may suggest Yuja Wang as being an privileged individual enraged She was treated shabbily. Yeah, that is actually the point of this entire discussion thread. Michael Vincent is the Editor-in-chief Ludwig Van and CEO of Museland Media. Why are we musicians held to a different standard? As it turned out, her behavior was explained by the execrable treatment shed sustained at the hands of the border police that afternoon. I was then released, giving me very little time to travel to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Select your subscription length below and head to the checkout: Please log in again. That means, USA had more than enough time to prepare. So, Ms. Wang had the right to be at least upset if not more. What is important is she didnt fawn enough over her fans. 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. It is a shame that you have been subjected to this. Perhaps a vigilant manager removed it. The US-Chinese pianist has offered an explanation on social media for performing in sunglasses on Friday night in Vancouver, an appearance that surprised an disappointed many in her audience. And by many accounts she played fantastically. The social media mobbing of Tania Miller? finding practice time, trying to eat well somewhere near the hall, getting used to an unfamiliar instrument in a matter of hours (most of the time they are not great) and, later, dealing with critics who, of course, know the mind of a dead composer better than the artist up there doing it and are determined to have the last word, often published before the artist has even boarded the plane. , I look forward to Tania Millers next performance as a conductor, with Yuja Wang as soloist. My audiences and fans sustain and nourish me as an artist. Isaac Stern is said to have played while there were bomb raids in Tel Aviv. Im guessing that you slept through the actual performance? One must admire her for not cancelling. No other group of people has done more state sponsored terrorism in the world in the last decades, killing hundreds of thousands of civilians. I would have done an r e a l s l o w Helen Hunt. If it was simple racial profiling (hard to believe) that she would be right to be upset, of course. For pianists, that means dealing with the modern nightmare of travel, jet lag, exhaustion, lugging cases around, I was there, in the fifth row. 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. 2- The fact that Arabs have it bad doesnt mean that everyone else is perfectly fine and unjustified in denouncing unfair treatment. Chapeau to Yuja for playing (with sunglasses to hide her swollen eyes from the audience!) . I wonder if they would talk about a non Asian artist of such stature in this manner. Food poisoning, for instance. Lesson #5: Jump at every opportunity. I took a look at her recent schedule and she does not appear to have been in Asia in recent memory. It saddens us to read all of the mean-spirited commentary online and we want to make it known that the VRS has nothing but the highest regard for Yuja as a person and an artist. In the English version of his autobiography Jackie Chan, the action movie star, spent two chapters mainly describing the prejudice, racial profiling, and typecasting he experienced when he was in the US. Such is not the case with those of us who regularly perform with local orchestras or in recital. I did not have your name until now. World-renowned Chinese concert pianist who has performed with groups like Tonhalle Orchestra and New York Philharmonic. Heres what Yuja writes on her Facebook page: 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. Yuja Wang ( Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; [1] born February 10, 1987) [2] is a Chinese classical pianist. 3. Her antics are absolutely deserving of comment/criticism. . My audiences and fans sustain and nourish me as an artist.. 3 for superstar pianist Yuja Wang debuts on October 13-15 with the San Francisco Symphony and Esa-Pekka Salonen, a . How do you know the interrogation was related to Coronavirus? I am SO SICK of people pretending Yuja Wang is a bad musician for how she dresses. All safety measures are taken by airlines and airport authorities to keep safe travelers and themselves from this deadly virus. Madonna has gone on stage two hours late. Give her a break! This was a long time ago, but it is a reminder of what can happen in difficult times. Asymptomatic carriers are of great concern. 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. We welcome Musical America's 2016 Musician of the Year back to the VRS after an absence of 10 years. are cold and without any reason at all are prepared to attack .. anyone. Membership benefits will include a daily digest of stories delivered to your email, and occasional exclusive offers from our partners. Yuja Wang is the world's greatest classical pianist. Has anyone considered that she might have violated the Canadian law in some way? 4:15, 17th March 2017. No point in ranking injustices as the worst and as acceptable. And seriously, with the corona situation, having a Chinese citizen with that many travelling stamps in her passport, they would be crazy not to question her. And what is Ms. Millers excuse? A specialist in digital media for over 15 years, he has worked as a senior editor and is a former freelance classical music critic for the Toronto Star. 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. Awwww, I feel so bad for you. People who actually had contact with others infected are placed in quarantine for two weeks! Miss Wang has put together a program of many short piano pieces and she has chosen to leave the stage between the pieces and then appear again. She suffered a traumatic, humiliating attack, and should be commended for not cancelling her concert! pleazzz.traumatic is whats happening to that Chinese tennis player right now.cant believe someone at her level would be that delicate, surely she had music teachers that were far worse? 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). Have a nice day! That should have waved her through, so any further questioning would have to have been based on her ethnicity. Yuja Wang is simply amazing from a technical perspective, but her playing is very self-regarding, at times even un-musical. Im somewhat late to the party on this but am really shocked to see how horribly judgemental people are. 7.4mm l0.6 25 60100 8 DLC Wearing sunglasses is SUPER weird. What is humiliating about giving information to the security organs of a democratic state in troubled times? Her repertoire for the night included Bach'sToccatain C minor BWV 911, Brahms's Intermezzoin A minor Op 116 No 2, Galuppi's Andante from Sonata in C major, and a number of Chopin Mazurkas including Op 67 No 4, Op 30 No 4 andOp 33 No 4. 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