But Yuja Wang, you must not forget that the music is the most important treasure. She suffered a traumatic, humiliating attack, and should be commended for not cancelling her concert! We all know of many artists, both of the past and modern, who were in the habit of cancelling at the slightest excuse. Photo: Julia Wesely, A post shared by Yuja Wang (@yujawang.official) on Feb 23, 2020 at 2:10pm PST. What silly, immature behavior . It saddens us to read all of the mean-spirited commentary online and we want to make it known that the VRS has nothing but the highest regard for Yuja as a person and an artist. Vince, it is one thing to experience racism, another thing to be subjected to screening on public health grounds. You bring joy to so many, Yuja. That was truly shameful. eTickets has top seats available for every Yuja Wang concert in Canada and the US. See how if feels? But whatever enjoy your socialist sh!thole wherever you are. An annoying individual and an average pianist who plays with far too much tension in her hands, IMO. My white husband didnt believe it happened . Chinese pianist Yuja Wang has issued an emotional response, after being criticised for wearing sunglasses during a recital in Canada. . 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. Of course I dont doubt the interrogation that ensued was an unpleasant experience nonetheless. If I were Yuja Wang . Yuja Wang was born into a musical family in Beijing. She might be thinking that what was formerly just a royal pain and the price to be paid for maintaining one of the busiest touring schedules, will potentially become a living nightmare of more interrogations, delays, and missed connections. Gulf of Tonkin incident anyway, a lot of innocent civilians died). But I dont forgive her bending the facts to fit her argument that she felt snubbed because Yuja didnt smile at her. As lousy as this experience was, nobody is suggesting that Yuja is scarred for life. The people sitting around me were all mesmerized by her performance, particular the Bach piece and the encore Chopin. Her repertoire for the night included Bach'sToccatain C minor BWV 911, Brahms's Intermezzoin A minor Op 116 No 2, Galuppi's Andante from Sonata in C major, and a number of Chopin Mazurkas including Op 67 No 4, Op 30 No 4 andOp 33 No 4. War and starvation? . The Washington Post calls her "arguably" the hottest pianist in the . Kudos to her for going on with her recital after being given a hard time in airport security just a short time before. And she had a traumatic experience at your airport. 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. Wearing sunglasses is SUPER weird. 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. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience. From that perspective, I could easily see how one incident could provoke an existential crisis: A difficult job made more difficult. 1 with the San Francisco Symphony. Thus, the fear and the vetting is 100% justified, while detaining Ms. Wang is NOT! So I cant imagine how mentally hard it must of been for Yuja, especially after this shocking experience at border and yet she still carried out her performance. So was Tania Millers. THE AMERICAN PROJECT Yuja Wang. We are doing our best to ensure that Slipped Disc is free to all readers. Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. 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. Give her a break! 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. . This review was bush league. Poor N. Lebrecht. Reputation does not count here. Now we accept it as the new normal.. Sure, its their country but I wouldnt have fancied trying to perform in the immediate aftermath. I felt humiliated and enraged with the manner in which this was handled by personnel. Pianist Yuja Wang, shown in an earlier photo, surprised listeners during a recent Orchestra Hall recital. This was a long time ago, but it is a reminder of what can happen in difficult times. . Was she questioned in connection to the coronavirus matter? Oh, so she was (slightly) delayed at the airport? 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. 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. Yes, her focus was on what she was playing and hearing in keeping with her note to the audience. Imagine the chanting of Yuja Wang's name and the super natural performance. She can hardly do more than that. 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). . That should have waved her through, so any further questioning would have to have been based on her ethnicity. However, most of her wealth is attributed to the musical performances and concerts she regularly tours on. Yuja loves her audiences, and she loves to communicate with them. 10 February 1987 (age 35) Born In Beijing, China Yuja Wang (Chinese: ; pinyin: Wng Yji; born February 10, 1987) is a Chinese classical pianist. Yuja shouldve cancelled. She typically gives well over one hundred performances per year and I think she is allowed to fuck up one or two. I went to a Kobrin recital when he was not well. It is a shame that you have been subjected to this. . People who are not victims of racial issues will never understand, it messes with the feelings and emotions in ways that cannot be described. (two wars. A whole country in ruins? Asymptomatic carriers are of great concern. I dont understand why people should feel so entitled that they get upset when they feel they should get deference and respect from a performer, instead of listening to the performance and being happy to share the music with a real musician! Why was she detained? (Fadil Berisha) Not long after the brilliant pianist . 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. Chinese pianist Yuja Wang was subject to 'intense questioning' for over an hour upon arrival in Canada over the weekend,causing her to almost miss her recital that evening at the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. I am deeply grateful to Leila Getz and her team in Vancouver, and to the audience there with me in the hall for their support throughout the day and evening. If it was simple racial profiling (hard to believe) that she would be right to be upset, of course. It would never be my intention to snub or disengage with an audience, she said. Chapeau to Yuja for playing (with sunglasses to hide her swollen eyes from the audience!) Do you love it when people think you are an authority because you can write about something? Not sure what got up Ms. Millers nose. Remember that she is human like the rest of us, well, not exactly, but we praise her heart when shes playing but you would condemn that same heart here. I was then. She didnt want to distract the audience with her red and swollen eyes, so instead wore sunglasses and appeared shaken up, distant and refused an encore? I regret reading you long comment to come to your genial statement that And when one Has To, money (another favorite argument for the cynics) is not the motivation. In very stressing occupations, not only for concert pianists, money is the best pain-killer. Instead of seeing bigotry in every face I see when I leave my home in the city to less diverse locales, I see my fellow human beings, weak and imperfect, but almost always good at heart. Pity. By the age of 21, she already was an internationally recognized concert pianist, giving recitals around the world. And seriously, with the corona situation, having a Chinese citizen with that many travelling stamps in her passport, they would be crazy not to question her. Michael holds a Doctorate in Music from the University of Toronto. Yuja Wang is first and foremost a human being! Attention seeking pianist?!!! 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. Miller went on to offer some advice to Wang: I heard later that she had trouble with the Canadian border getting into Canada. She strikes me as an excellent pianist. Its incredibly short-sighted to say that she should have been professional. Your understanding of the term socialist is clearly limited to your ability to spell the word. Ms. Wang was not only upset with the incident, but possibly also because this could be a preview of things to come more delays, more interrogations. These are all great artists and nobody ever mentioned that they do not smile!! You dont because she doesnt mention that. Have either of you seen any of Ms. Wangs youtube videos? Everything I do on stage is about connecting with people. Want more updates on classical music and opera news and reviews? She could have done a Van Halen (https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/) but instead she honored The Show Must Go On. Whats more, Grigory Sokolov regularly treats his audiences to six+ encores. Yuja went above and beyond by following through with her concert. What is it, because what you just said was poor journalism, even, hack journalism. Most of the time it works, but because art is a human thing, sometimes it doesnt. I do not ever again want to hear any of you Canadians looking down your noses and Americans and Britons. Having made her debut with that orchestra in 2006 and becoming a Shenson Young Artist later that year the pianist has since been celebrated for her charismatic artistry, emotional honesty, and captivating stage presence. Her Flight Of The Bumblebee (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yZPrrboTkY) is one of the single hardest, most technically brilliant 1:40 minutes of piano playing available on earth. Norman you are an idiot. This would be a red flag at any border, for anyone of any ethnic appearance. I am Canadian of Chinese descend, never in my mind I thought of the racial issue until this pandemic, and we just feel Targeted. Indeed they do as seen in the hundreds of messages of support she has since received on Twitter and Instagram, including the below image of Wang smiling with hand on heart, smiling at the audience (I believe this image should call into doubt the veracity of the claim that she did not appreciate her audience, Mark Ainley writes). You are not only judgmental but also harsh. Or just got offended because someone decided to wear sunglasses, frankly, Im completely baffled by your attitude here. It is quite unremarkable to see Asian people wearing masks, usually because they have colds and dont want to give them to anyone else. Shame on you for such a disrespectful headline. Feeble sensationalism was what I intended. 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. perhaps they she thought she is contagious? So, please, show a bit of respect for artists, most of whom never even hint at what they have to put up with before walking out there at 7.30 and being world class. 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. In many cases, it is as difficult, if not more so, to enter Canada than it is to enter the US. She adds, in an Instagram post, that although she found the experience humiliating and deeply upsetting, she was determined not to let her audience down so decided to wear sunglasses to cover her visibly red and swollen eyes. Last Friday Yuja Wang, superstar pianist, played a concert. Lang Lang and Yuja Wang are surely our two most popular and trend-setting classical pianists. I am deeply grateful to Leila Getz and her team in Vancouver, and to the audience there with me in the hall for their support throughout the day and evening. Audiences and critics will always be a key part of any performance. Just in: Fourth Italian opera is shut by virus, https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/concerts/concert-detail/event-id/%2010042, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-coronavirus-flight-montreal-vancouver-1.5473283, http://yujawang.com/tour-through-china-with-the-wiener-philharmoniker/, https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2762028, Two women conductors come out for Cate Blanchetts Tar, 7/11 stores play opera to drive away the homeless. At the ball game last night, the great baseball player Mr. She did the concert as best as she could Im sure and you should applaud her courage and determination. Especially with Yuja Wang. Thinking Big: Yuja Wang. I believe I have seen Sir Andreas Schiff did it last time one or two seasons ago. Yuja Wang's Net Worth In 2022. conflict of status ( working on a tourists visa, the Q and A process was not consistence enough . I agree with V. Lind well done indeed, Mr. Wells. Here's a vivid post. Ditto if it was regarding the virus and she was rudely treated. This thing is in danger of becoming pandemic, and it is far beyond nationality (or ethnicity) now. Wang won over Europeans, Asians, North Americans, and probably also Martians and Venetians with her ability to play with both drama and dexterity. By Mark Swed Classical Music Critic. That means, USA had more than enough time to prepare. He publishes regularly and writes occasionally. Other artists would have cancelled their performance after such a humilating experience. She should know better, but again, I guess she is fussy because she is a primadonna, and didnt get the audio treatment that a member of the royalty, like herself, deserved. In most peoples professions it is understood that they may miss work due to likeness or other personal reasons. Please wait before you write news of this sort, and learn what made her wear sunglasses! She consistently dazzles audiences with her electrifying stage presence, jaw-dropping virtuosity and keen musical insight. Feb 26, 2020. 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. Yuja is Normans click bait. Based on your logic, US citizens should be detained anywhere first of all. There is no question Yuja Wang is the most famous most loved celebrity of all the time. She was so shaken and crying from the incident, she had to wear her sunglasses to hide her red and swollen eyes. I was then released, giving me very little time to travel to the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts. Thanks for your empathy! April 8, 2022 6 PM PT. 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. The victim role doesnt fit. 2. I dont mind the fact he doesnt smile. He was supposed to hit the little white ball so my, I mean, his team could win, but he didnt hit the little white ball what a lousy baseball player, he looked stupid, his clothes were stupid, he couldnt even hit the ball, what an overrated loser, made me almost regurgitate my ball park franks, I want my money back. 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 ? I was then released, giving me very little time to travel to the Chan Centre for the PerformingArts. I was so peeved. I was in shock. How about killing 200,000 people in Japan with two bombs in 1945? And I also feel sorry for you, that you dont know what music is really about, and that you are so close-minded that you are missing out what is important, not just in music, but in life. Well, as many of you know, we are in an time where people have stooped to behaving quite primitively . Players who operate at that level do so Because They Have To (I write this well mindful that it will be misunderstood). Yuja Wang is NOT a Chinese citizen, thus detaining an US citizen at Canadian border can and should be looked at as racial profiling, which, I am sure, it was on the part of Canadian Security people. She released a DVD on which she performs Sergei Prokofiev's famous piece "Piano Concerto No. But I have no doubt Chinese travellers have been subjected to more than most. Her repertoire for the night included Bach's Toccata in C minor BWV 911, Brahms's Intermezzo in A minor Op 116 No 2, Galuppi's Andante from Sonata in C major, and a number . Youre a pathetic speck of dust! Right? Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. 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. Not for 5 months! See, Im being petty and trivial, and my tone is mocking, juvenile, immature, and unprofessional. You implied it was a cheap stunt. Now I understand what Glenn Gould was talking about when he said, I detest audiences, not in their in their individual components. I was left extremely shaken by this experience. traumatic? 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. Last night I attended a Vancouver Recital Society concert with Yuja Wang performing. By the age of 21 she was already an internationally . Ditto if it. This will be because of her being visibly Chinese, and perhaps because she was so well-travelled, as someone has suggested. Yuja Wang was born in Beijing, China on February 10, 1987. My audiences and fans sustain and nourish me as an artist. When the audience continued to clap to bring her back out on stage, she refused. Khatia, Valentina, Anna, Lola, Annie, Alice, and the godmather of them all, Martha what do they have that you, dear Norman, do not? 48. , I look forward to Tania Millers next performance as a conductor, with Yuja Wang as soloist. Reporting that Yuja Wang performed a concert would be like reporting that an accountant did a tax return, or that a composer procrastinated on Twitter. There you can experience intense questioning. Oops, there I go again, cheap, vulgar opinion about someone I know nothing about just the same as the way she spoke about Yuja. Apart from the fact that we dont know the reason for this questioning (as if St. Yuja is incapable of fault. 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