Sicklist: Yuja lets Mirga down
mainThe pianist Yuja Wang has pulled out of a City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra tour of Germany with its music director Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.
She will be replaced in Frankfurt and Dortmund by the lesser-known Kit Armstrong.
UPDATE: She is still scheduled to join the tour in Cologne, Amsterdam, Paris, Luxembourg and Switzerland
In Birmingham last week, Denis Kozhukhin replaced her in the lesser known 5th cto of Prokofiev
And he was brilliant. A new talent to me, but clearly a major one.
Keep the disappointment coming please!
No, she hasn’t let Mirga down. She’s sick.
Even if it’s Yuja, I generally prefer hearing a touring orchestra without a soloist; paid the money because I want to hear what the orchestra has to offer. Of course I realize that presenters generally want a soloist to help sell tickets.
Why ‘lets down’? Is there any evidence of unprofessional behavior?
I’ve never seen so little of Yuja Wang in a photo before.
At the moment she is not out of the tour completely. According to her website she is still expected to perform from May 19 (Cologne) on with the CBO. I wish her a speedy recovery!
And I hope to hear them in Paris on the 22nd.
My guesses: hand/arm injury, insufficient recovery time from a viral infection, or straight burnout. You can only push a human body so far.
Brilliant diagnosis, doc!
The epitome of vacuous virtuosity.