tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post4866319433552329610..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Meet Yuja Wang. Meet Tchaikovsky.Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-64762043453837988372016-10-21T19:25:05.661-04:002016-10-21T19:25:05.661-04:00Very impressive so far. Very impressive so far. Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-33816097450846824872016-10-19T23:22:03.842-04:002016-10-19T23:22:03.842-04:00She's excellent, but she probably shouldn'...She's excellent, but she probably shouldn't take suggestions for stage names from 14 year old boys. <br /><br />Monty JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-84178762326599993932016-10-19T21:51:20.427-04:002016-10-19T21:51:20.427-04:00I've bought three albums (so far) by Yuja Wang...I've bought three albums (so far) by Yuja Wang, and have occasionally featured her on the blog for possibly nonmusical reasons. <br /><br />If you have half an hour to spare, she delivers what I think is the second-best reading of Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto, only slightly behind the legendary recording by Vladimir Ashkenazy. CGHillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03789097361138861462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81077563870172095762016-10-19T12:11:24.191-04:002016-10-19T12:11:24.191-04:00It brings to mind the old line about how good a da...It brings to mind the old line about how good a dancer Ginger Rogers was, "Backwards and in High Heels". She's an amazing pianist.JayNolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08968502576630432928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-42924908797040400952016-10-19T11:30:32.657-04:002016-10-19T11:30:32.657-04:00Well. There goes getting anything done today.
Wa...Well. There goes getting anything done today. <br /><br />Watch her rip Prokofiev a new one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wxsA2_EQk<br /><br />People tend to forget that the piano is a percussion instrument, and a very large and physical one at that. Not only is she fantastically dextrous, she is <i>strong</i>!Joe Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09610203017162443764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-2774832588735600672016-10-19T09:55:18.166-04:002016-10-19T09:55:18.166-04:00The virtuosity displayed in the "warmup"...The virtuosity displayed in the "warmup" Utube was exquisite. Preferred it to the short skirt, but that's just me.The Old Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09854776544931267722noreply@blogger.com