If so, I must have missed that. Thank you for writing this. Yuja went above and beyond by following through with her concert. This does not place you in a lofty position. If it was simple racial profiling (hard to believe) that she would be right to be upset, of course. Audiences and critics will always be a key part of any performance. Get off your high horse. American Customs was always practically hostile, even to a white professional as I was there was always the sense that they thought you were entering their country to exploit them in some way. So stop acting like petulent children. My audiences and fans sustain and nourish me as an artist.. In over 50 years of concerts, I have never encountered this behavior. Receive small business resources and advice about entrepreneurial info, home based business, business franchises and startup opportunities for entrepreneurs. 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. (two wars. Before you carelessly dish out commentary about the behavior of a performer (unless he or she actually spat on the audience or threw rotten vegetables to it) ask yourself whether you are able to play a scale on any instrument in front of 2000 people without trembling and whether you actually have the faintest clue of what it is like to be on tour, with people expecting you to be on top form in spite of the indignities of international travel. Since she was 19 years old, she has been a sensation in the world of piano. Her antics are absolutely deserving of comment/criticism. 2. It could have been handled better. Norman, are you going to apologise and offer a retraction, having read Yujas explanation? There are a couple of perspectives here, Max: I am SO SICK of people pretending Yuja Wang is a bad musician for how she dresses. Some of the audience tittered at the thought that this was some sort of cool new dress code. Why the hell should she have apologised, never mind cancelled? I mean, really, who gives a rats a** what you think? 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). They grew increasingly resentful. Yuja is a performer who already has a justly deserved reputation for putting herself before the music, and, therefore, the audience. The Canadian Borders is bad enough for anyone who looks Asian, and especially with covid-19 going on. She is absolutely one of the finest pianists alive on the planet. Totally unacceptable. The real view is many know and appreciate the performers in our time especially Classical music artists the point had you been the fly on the wall would YOU have looked upon Ms. Wang as an threat ? Sunglasses, though yeah, thats going to attract attention, especially without further explanation from the performer. Very distasteful, and polarizing. Yuja did indeed perform. Ouch. Fury?? Nobody was upset about it there were still no twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Here, playing with guarded poise, Ms. Wang seemed to inhabit a kind of aftermath of the dazed chaos she had depicted in the early-20th-century works on the first half. BUT!! You went to a concert, YOU DESERVE TO BE ENTERTAINED. . Youre a pathetic speck of dust! In most peoples professions it is understood that they may miss work due to likeness or other personal reasons. Her hands, for instance, stretch twice as wide for their size as normal. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience, she said. Richter is a genius when he plays in blackened hall. The glory days of the Hawker Siddeleys and Il-18s and the 707s. No wonder she has never won a Grammy. 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. An annoying individual and an average pianist who plays with far too much tension in her hands, IMO. We were rewarded with two encores. 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. She strikes me as an excellent pianist. Once you know what happened and if you can imagine being humiliated for traveling while Asian, surely youd appreciate the effort it took to go on and play the recital apparently in superb form, even if her body language was not to your liking. Do you love it when people think you are an authority because you can write about something? 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). Yuja Wang is first and foremost a human being! Your description of fury seems feeble at best. Thus, there can be NO comparison between detaining a famous American artist on Canadian border and detaining any Arab on American border. My comment at the time was that she allowed herself to become so vulnerable and exposed through her playing, with all defences lowered, and I felt she was courageous to give everything away as she did. 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 appears on the cover of Issue 105 ofPianist, which you can now download for 2.99 (usually 6.99). 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. Of course, I wasnt at the concert, so I dont know how I would have felt. ), in an incident like this my support goes, unconditionally, to the performer. She was detained 1 hour. Photo: Julia Wesely, A post shared by Yuja Wang (@yujawang.official) on Feb 23, 2020 at 2:10pm PST. Regardless of whether one is a phenomenal player (like Ms Wang BLOODY OBVIOUSLY is) theres always going to be some talentless and clueless imbecile who opines that one plays so so or one is not all that good anyway. Hi Saxon, As a first step we encourage you to take membership at US$79/59 a year, or $165/125 for three years. And when one Has To, money (another favorite argument for the cynics) is not the motivation. Chapeau to Yuja for playing (with sunglasses to hide her swollen eyes from the audience!) Oh and I should tell you that I have faced discrimination myself on several occasions. Im glad you are at least setting the record straight. Are either of you adults, or are you priveleged peckish little whiners who didnt get your entertainment value, and now you cant enjoy the hors doeuvres and wine at the after-show party, cuz it just messed up your whole evening. What is humiliating about giving information to the security organs of a democratic state in troubled times? Yuja Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. Frankly I am stunned of the Canadian officials actions. Her international breakthrough came in 2007, when she replaced Martha Argerich as soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. 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. Here's a vivid post. And the fees are not always what the public might think. But never, not for one second, did she hold back in her performances, and I felt very lucky to be there for such an intimate and courageous sharing of music. She is a gentle, kind, funny, passionate, sincere person. The sunglasses still seem like an overreaction and a mistake. The ones who place sword in hand and venture forth into the middle world, they are the heroes/heroines of the world. By the age of 21 she was already an internationally . Very disrespectful of her to wear the glasses. to write a post criticizing Wang for what she said was effectively shutting the audience out. Miss Wang is quite robust, otherwise she would not get through her professional life at all. Thank you to everyone who has sent or shared words of support during this difficult time. She couldnt do it, and YOU got upset? ), the crying part is ridiculously childish. Despite this awful treatment at the hands of Canadian customs authorities Yuja still did a wonderful concert., and the audience was enthusisatic and overwhelming in their applause and praise.I applaud Yuja for her professionalism, and her determination to still play. Wang won over Europeans, Asians, North Americans, and probably also Martians and Venetians with her ability to play with both drama and dexterity. (the insurgence directly stirred up by the US and Saudi foundations (old established CIA channel) for instigating regime change, costing innocent lives in the tens of thousands? the first happening under ambiguous circumstances as far as the role of the US is concerned. Posts like these give a sense of whos really an old fart on the Slippedisc comment pages (oh hai, Sue! Yuja Wang got some major emotional distress at customs, it bummed her out, she couldnt do her job. We are sharing her words describing her experience, and ask that everyone take a step back and try to imagine how they might have handled a similar experience. 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. Norman Lebrecht was first to break the story on Slipped Disc, prompting vigorous debate in the comment section about the appropriateness of Wangs demeanour onstage, and Millers subsequent criticism. (why did the US get involved again? Yuja Wang's age is 35. Getentrepreneurial.com: Resources for Small Business Entrepreneurs in 2022. 4:15, 17th March 2017. That means, USA had more than enough time to prepare. If she said the magic word, they probably doubled down on her. . I think you should review your definition of terrorism. Especially with Yuja Wang. . She left the stage once for a long time between pieces, and it was odd again. Lang Lang and Yuja Wang are surely our two most popular and trend-setting classical pianists. . My recital tour will continue, and I look forward to bringing my program to the audience in San Francisco tonight, and on to New York. I feel her pain, and completely empathise. Sunglasses? Why was she detained? I saw two people, both Asian, wearing face masks. She is an amazing pianist. After Fridays concert, Wang was shamed by critics for her appearance, with one classical music blogger Norman Lebrecht, who runs Slipped Disc labelling her attention-seeking. , I look forward to Tania Millers next performance as a conductor, with Yuja Wang as soloist. . ! i played along from my seat! The Washington Post calls her "arguably" the hottest pianist in the . One of the world's most compelling performers, Yuja Wang made her VRS debut in 2008 in the very early stages of her career and has returned twice in the intervening years. I know that I am unfortunately not the only person to have had this kind of traumatic experience, which has shaken me to my core. Composer Magnus Lindberg's new Piano Concerto No. . Its incredibly short-sighted to say that she should have been professional. ! i played along from my seat! Ive performed 66 different works with various orchestras and have never once canceled. Exactly! HOWEVER: the first case in the Western world (outside China) was found in the US! She did the concert as best as she could Im sure and you should applaud her courage and determination. 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. You might apologize for your quick print. The piano virtuoso has defended herself in an emotional response, explaining that she had been detained and subjected to intense questioning for over an hour at Vancouver International Airport, causing her to almost miss her recital at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts.Nowadays, Covid-19 or coronavirus has completely changed air travel. He played great though and we gave him a huge ovation afterward. 10 February 1987 (age 35) Born In Beijing, China Yuja Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. How about killing 200,000 people in Japan with two bombs in 1945? The reality is that even in a fairly small concert hall, audience members sitting more than a few rows back wouldnt be able to notice red, swollen eyes.. I wonder if they would talk about a non Asian artist of such stature in this manner. Classical audiences are a pampered lot. She did play fantastically I was thereand it is abject nonsense to say the audience was furious or disappointed. 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. However, like every other news site, we have costs to bear and are urging readers to help share them. But with each subsequent work that she performed, she stood up, bowed quickly without a smile, and when she left the stage she walked with clear body language that shut the audience out. This lady was damned if she did and damned if she didnt. Only an immigrant knows how stressful and upset it can be when being asked and detained at the border control for over an hour. (Fadil Berisha) Not long after the brilliant pianist . Yuja Wang was born in Beijing, China on February 10, 1987. 2. This will be because of her being visibly Chinese, and perhaps because she was so well-travelled, as someone has suggested. Some of the above comments from Tania Miller are simply untrue. It is all too easy for some people to be cynical about performers. Do you understand the amount of racism Asian people are suffering right now because of Covid-19? Too much focus on what musicians look like & wear focus on the music. See how if feels? Yuja Wang responds to harmful criticism for wearing sunglasses on stage after being humiliated at Vancouver airport. Let's Go! 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. #piano #yujawang #amazing #concert #pianist #pianokids #prodigy #pianoprodigy #pianoteacher #concertpianist #yuja #vancouver #performance #pianoconcert #ravel #chopin #recital #pianolessons #classicalmusic #music #queen #idol, A post shared by Hope (@pianowithhope) on Feb 22, 2020 at 9:07am PST, Company Registered in England no. You are not only judgmental but also harsh. 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. My carry-on luggage was opened and contents spilled out on the floor. Have a nice day! Were human beings with feelings and most people with any kind of empathy realise that with a live performance, the human element and frailty is part of what you are there for. Chinese pianist Yuja Wang has issued an emotional response, after being criticised for wearing sunglasses during a recital in Canada. They still have no idea how it got to Italy. If youve been in Japan or China you would be used to the sight and not make anything of it. If you want things perfect- buy the CD. It still shows how much dedication she has to her audience and fans. Heifetz was attacked with an iron rod by an audience member who managed to reach him and hit his hand (which he used to protect his violin). Yes, between pieces she was odd and distant, but she always did try to smile, if only briefly. 100. She wasnt angry. My white husband didnt believe it happened . Sexuality: Straight. 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. She is not a beginner applying for a chance to play in places she has people who deal with this sort of thing. Show this thread. She was born in Beijing, began studying piano there at age six, and went on to study at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing and the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia. [3] I note Ms. Miller has a bachelors degree in Music from U of Saskatchewan. If he had any dignity he would take this post down. Should we consider the smile comment being in the direction of slightly sexist?!? By the way, would you expect an Italian citizen to be detained in the same way? She was born in Beijing. She was called too impulsive. Yuja got her first big break when she was asked, on very short notice, to fill in for another pianist in a piano concerto at the Orange Bowl. 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. As it turned out, her behavior was explained by the execrable treatment shed sustained at the hands of the border police that afternoon. Like the usual Carnegie Hall cognoscenti I heard Horowitz last year, he was SO MUCH BETTER then (an actual quotation). 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. Did you get upset because you didnt get properly entertained? Once at the keyboard, however, the 30-year-old Chinese pianist Yuja Wang cuts a seriously commanding figure who tackles the most challenging repertoire with fearless self-confidence and profound artistry. She began picking out melodies on the piano at home, her parents' wedding gift, and received her first piano lessons at the age of six. From that perspective, I could easily see how one incident could provoke an existential crisis: A difficult job made more difficult. Steve Winn says Yuja's large sounds conveyed depth, clarity, and purpose. She played with urgency, brilliance, color, energy, and emotion. Yuja Wang Dear Yuja fans: Unfortunately, the above statement from Yuja Wang confirms what we have been trying to avoid: her Vancouver concert is cancelled. 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. A few things: I mean, who would wear sunglasses at a concert unless their eyes were puffy and red and embarrassing. Turning 35 next month, Yuja has seemingly racked up more accolades than she has Instagram followers, some 210,000. Yuja Wang responds to "harmful" criticism for wearing sunglasses on stage after being "humiliated" at Vancouver airport. . , Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor Opus 6 (4), We can rebuild pianos, but we cant rebuild lives Yuja Wang on Philadelphia piano, Classical music festival Riga Jurmala launches this summer with Yuja Wang and Milo on, English National Opera to receive 91 percent of original Arts Council funding but for, When late rock legend Jeff Beck turned Puccinis Nessun dorma into a roaring electric, Cate Blanchett wins Best Actress Golden Globe for her lead role in Tr as fictional, Classic FM's More Music Breakfast with Tim Lihoreau, Download 'Concerto Grosso No.8 in G minor Opus 6 (4)' on iTunes, A post shared by Hope (@pianowithhope). Just like you. Have either of you seen any of Ms. Wangs youtube videos? I was left extremely shaken by this experience. Works every time. Tania Miller has since responded with an apology to both Wang and her fans: The Vancouver Recital Society issued this statement: We are so grateful to Yuja Wang for being the consummate professional during her all too brief time in Vancouver on Friday evening. This news is as disappointing to us as it is to you. One persons entirely subjective reaction. Yes, her focus was on what she was playing and hearing in keeping with her note to the audience. Yuja began playing piano at age six, and studied at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing under Ling Yuan and Zhou Guangren. The wrist was taped, and the artist was whacked out on oxycontin, but managed to play the gig. . The touring life for top soloists is hideous these days, mainly because service has gone to hell across almost all sectors associated with travel. We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. I was in shock. In spite of being deeply wounded at the border and upset, Ms. Wang proved again to be a SUPREME PROFESSIONAL! She could have done a Van Halen (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/) but instead she honored The Show Must Go On. These guys are not welcoming committees though it usually seems so, or used to, as I recall from trips from Vancouver to Seattle and back or into New York State and back from the east. 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. With crap empathy for your talent, you cant possibly do good work. This thing is in danger of becoming pandemic, and it is far beyond nationality (or ethnicity) now. The photo of her which you reproduced here was taken by me and should be credited, I believe. Thinking Big: Yuja Wang. I suspect that, f she had rinsed her face well a few times with cold water and applied her usual makeup, very few in the audience would have noticed anything. . That should have waved her through, so any further questioning would have to have been based on her ethnicity. Photo: Stefan Cohen Through it all, Wang's extraordinary keyboard technique fluid, masterful, terrifyingly precise served as a reminder of why a concerto can be so much fun, for performers and . 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. Photo: How do you know the interrogation was related to Coronavirus? It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience. You obviously never went to an Elton John concert or a Roy Orbison concert. As the information about Yuja Wangs experience at the border emerges, I think her focus on the music and the performance was understandable and greatly appreciated by many more than me. This without knowing that anything had happened before the performance to disturb her equilibrium. No one was angry or upset. Yes, even those who (in my mind at least) may be less than tolerant of the other., Was the piano playing good? The petty destructive gossip put forth by Norman Lebrecht is attention seeking and thats it. But Yuja Wang, you must not forget that the music is the most important treasure. By Janet Malcolm August 29, 2016 Yuja is keenly awareas many. You might like to read her statement (below, from Instagram & Facebook) about this rather than leaping to conclusions based on your assumptions about her supposed attention seeking: I bet she had no problem collecting that fat Canadian paycheck despite whatever problems she might have encountered at Customs. ), Afghanistan? Yuja Wang has an estimated net worth of $20 million, as per celebritynetworth. Wake up and smell the covfefe already! LOL, she is the best we have ? . Now we accept it as the new normal.. Who are you? You didnt get your ya-yas, didnt get your stroke, and know you are fussy and peeved. As, I suspect, most of us would. However I noticed there is no mention of her name in this link. Usually if these two documents are handy, , there should be no problem at all !! I agree with V. Lind well done indeed, Mr. Wells. You should all be ashamed of yourselves for how you treated Ms. Yang. Care to elaborate on these hundreds of thousands of civilians with unbiased evidence based on empirical researchor is this your usual weekly anti American rant. THE SCOOP | Pianist Yuja Wang Sets Record Straight Over Bizarre Incident At Vancouver Recital, IN MEMORIAM | St. Lawrence String Quartet Violinist Geoff Nuttall Has Died, PREVIEW | The Elora Singers Open Season With Concert Honouring Matthew Shepard, PREVIEW | The Womens Musical Club Of Toronto Outlasts Them All, Canadian Chinese Society for the Arts (CCSA). Norman Lebrecht attention seeking pianist, one gimmick too far, refused to acknowledge the audience in any way. Membership benefits will include a daily digest of stories delivered to your email, and occasional exclusive offers from our partners. Not sure what got up Ms. Millers nose. . The queen blessed our city with her presence last night.. it was my 1st concert ever and how special that it was the amazing @yujawang.official! She is really good. 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. 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