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In Reply to: RE: Its hardly new in the music biz. posted by Analog Scott on August 08, 2014 at 18:28:12
"Yuja's latest fashion statement...What I love is the looks on the faces of the guys in the orchestra!"
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It's funny, Madeline (my wife) is generally contemptuous of babe musicians of any type (especially babe violinists for some reason), but she makes an exception for Yuja!Addendum: So I posted about Munch conducting the Sibelius Seventh Symphony. No babe connection at all, but. . . no response either! ;-)
Another addendum: Quite a few of the responses are IMHO very thoughtfully considered as we all try to come to terms with this brave new world of classical music wherein sex appeal is marketed even more aggressively than musical talent itself. I guess the question we all have at the back of our minds is, as was asked in the Dutch documentary about Janine Jansen, would she have succeeded as much in her musical career if she had been less attractive? My personal view (and I've stated this before) is that there are so many outstanding and accomplished young talents (all of whom deserve successful careers IMHO) that non-musical criteria, such as physical attractiveness, are used to decide who gets the marketing muscle behind them.
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It would be nice if it were as honest and pure as sex appeal. really, there isn't much marketing muscle in the classical music business today. What you really don't hear that much about is the real prejudice in classical music. What school you came from and who was your teacher. the real stumbling block is the opportunity to get on the big stage and show your stuff. That opportunity is very political. But once these musicians are out there it is the audience that decides who succeeds and who does not. There really isn't much marketing out there. It is quite clear that Yuja has exploded on the classical scene because she is a rare and exceptional talent not because she wears short skirts. But who knows if she would have been given the opportunity to play major concerts as a teenager had she not been the star pupil of Gary Graffman out of Curtis. Of course one can argue that she was the star pupil of Gary Graffman and went to Curtis because she was such an exceptional talent.
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