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RE: Can Young Musicians Suddenly Lose Their Passion? (Babe Alert) [yt]

Posted by Analog Scott (A) on October 9, 2014 at 16:37:39

In Reply to: RE: Can Young Musicians Suddenly Lose Their Passion? (Babe Alert) [yt] posted by learsfool on October 7, 2014 at 22:16:20:

Interesting stuff. Yuja pretty much plays what she wants to play. I guess, fortunately for her, her taste in music is fairly commercial. She most often plays the Rach III and the Prok II and III. Those are her three favorite concertos. She has also played the Bartok II. She has declined at least one date with a major orchestra over program material. I have no doubt that her reps have the daunting task of making her choices fit the dates they book for her. But she does get her way. I can give you one example off the top of my head. After playing with Dudamel for the first time at the Hollywood Bowl the Dude pretty much lost his shit over Yuja. He just went bonkers and gushed. Right on the spot he invited her to tour with him and the L.A. Phil for the up coming anniversary tour and all but asked to record with her. Dudamel wanted to do the Schoenberg concerto because of it's ties with the L.A. Phil. Yuja said yes to the tour and said yes to recording but no to the Schoenberg. So Dudamel suggested they do Rach I because of some sort of connection to L.A. (I forget the details) Yuja said yes. Then months later she said she wanted to do Rach III. This was after the season had been set for the L.A. Phil and programs had been printed. This was for both her artist in residence stay in L.A. and for the tour. Guess what they played? I have also been with her at recitals where she changed part of the program on the day. I have no doubt that this level of freedom to choose belongs to a very small group of musicians. But, Yuja decides what Yuja plays. And now she is getting more specific about which conductors she will play with.

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