In Reply to: RE: Do you think your opinion of musicianship at all is influenced by posted by Amphissa on April 16, 2014 at 17:19:36:
"Chris, why single out Olga Kern? I mean, I'm not overly wowed by her musicianship, but .... Do you think the other female stars do NOT have personal groomers on tour with them, hovering about to fix their hair, fix their dress, fix their makeup? Do you think Yuja would be wearing those skimpy dresses if her label/agency handlers did not heartily approve as part of their marketing promo ploy? Do you think she doesn't have a groomer on tour with her? In my experience on the board of several orchestras over the years, you would be hard pressed to find any female star who just buys her dress off the rack, puts on her shoes, combs her hair and walks out on stage. The stars all have personal groomers or "advisers" or "companions" traveling with them. And male stars are not immune."
Where to start? Let me start by saying that Yuja is a personal friend of mine and I do here makeup for the fun of it whenever I get the chance. She does not have any full time makeup artist or hair stylist on staff. As for her dresses. She picks them herself and her agenda is quite simple. She wants to look good as one would expect any 27 year old girl to want to look good. There is no team of strategists picking her dresses. No special marketing strategy in play. As for advisers...every now and then I get a text with pictures asking which dress I think she should wear. I know jack about fashion. Yuja mostly travels on her own, does her own hair and doesn't wear much makeup.
"you would be hard pressed to find any female star who just buys her dress off the rack, puts on her shoes, combs her hair and walks out on stage." This is quite often exactly what Yuja does. And she represents the norm not the exception
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- RE: Do you think your opinion of musicianship at all is influenced by - Analog Scott 19:48:39 04/16/14 (2)
- Guess I've just been "lucky" then to encounter so many who are not the norm [nt] - Amphissa 23:25:05 04/16/14 (1)
- Who are these "many?" - Analog Scott 00:13:25 04/17/14 (0)