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In Reply to: RE: Quite a coincidence posted by rbolaw on July 25, 2014 at 13:27:33
Yuja isn't "selling" sex appeal on stage. She simply is very sexy. what she and JYT have in common is an interest in fashion that extends to their stage appearances. They both dress the way they dress in person and on stage as an expression of themselves as people. It's not about "selling" anything. Hers is a picture posted by Gautier Capuçon on Facebook. This was a small gathering at JYT's house. This is how they dress in real life.
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Sorry, we'll just have to agree to disagree on that one. FWIW, if you do a google image search for "hot classical pianist", and look at photos of individuals, you get: (1) Yuja Wang; (2) Alexandre Tharaud; (3) Lang Lang; (4) Valentina Lisitsa; (5) Yuja Wang; (6) Helen Sung; (7) Helene Grimaud; (8) Maria Aru; (9) Yuja Wang; (10) Kris Davis.
Not very scientific, but it isn't easy to dominate google like that. She has to pose for a lot of publicity pictures in tight skimpy dresses that get posted on frequently visited public websites. I'm sure many nude models consider their nudity self expression as well, but ...
We'll we can agree to disagree on this but just know that you are wrong. :-) I'm not sure what a google search has to do with anything. She's a young hot girl who likes to dress up. There is no grand scheme or publicity campaign. And let's be clear here. I'm not speculating. I've taken her shopping.
I'm sure she's a nice young lady. And at any rate, if clothes can help her achieve classical music stardom in any way, I can't criticize her for taking advantage.
However, YOU, Scott my friend, know her personally and are biased. That's OK too, but in that case it's rather poor form for you to jump all over people here or some poor schmuck critic who is unlucky enough to be quoted by me for their opinions.
That critic, btw, turns out to be my kind of guy -- a silicon valley businessman who in his spare time managed to reach the finals of the Van Cliburn amateur competition and writes pretty well about classical music. Sorry, but the opinions of people like that mean a lot more to me than those of Dudamel or Tilson Thomas that you quote. Unlike them, or you, he has no skin in the classical music business and is writing his opinions for the sheer love of it. OTOH, once I've heard for myself, I'm really not that interested in what ANY critic says. I will not be quoting critics here again.
I am biased but I think I am quite fair. I never give anyone any grief for merely not liking her music. I have no problem with that. it's a matter of taste. I did not jump all over the poor schmuck for his opinion. I merely pointed out that one can support their own biases by cherry picking from critics and I gave you a very good example by cherry picking reviews that concurred with my own opinions. But there is a big difference between not liking her work questioning her understanding of music.
As for her self promotion I am just correcting misinformation. I have seen posts claiming that there is a team of "experts" picking out her dresses for maximum publicity and promotion. That her whole career is on this master plan devised by marketing experts.
I have been in her dressing room before concerts where she holds up a couple dresses that she just bought and says "which one?" I pointed and she wore it. That is simply the reality of the situation. Even this time around at the Bowl. I was egging her on to wear the sexiest dress she has in her "concert" wardrobe. Her responce? "Really?! OK LOL" I even suggested a white one that I think is extremely sexy. She was going to wear that one based on my suggestion but then opted for the black one because the orchestra wears white. She wore the blue dress because she forgot the dress she wanted to wear at home. Literally left in on her piano. does that sound like a marketing strategy to you?
There is no team planning her career. And there would be nothing wrong with it if that were the case. I am always encouraging her to to get a team of experts to help her break out into the main stream.
Also this whole thing about the effect of her being Chinese is just way off base. yes, she is Chinese. But how she plays has next to nothing to do with that. Her hero is Horowitz. Her primary teacher is Graffman. Her biggest influences have been Michael Tilson Thomas, Charles Dutiot and Claudio Abbado. She started training in Vancouver at the age of 11 and went to Curtis at 16. She loves Russian music! I just don't think one can draw any meaningful connections between her being Chinese and how she plays piano.
It is interesting that her hero is Horowitz. Horowitz built his career on his technically abilities at the keyboard and played music that showed off is fabulous technical skills. I believe Richter in describing Horowitz said 'Great technique, mediocre mind" Again I find her one of the more interesting young pianists and look forward on how she will develop in coming years.
Alan
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