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Andras Schiff will no longer perform in the U.S.

Posted by Mugwump on March 19, 2025, 3:19 pm

András Schiff, an eminent concert pianist who has boycotted strongman rule in Russia and his native Hungary, said on Wednesday that he would no longer perform in the United States because of concerns about President Trump’s “unbelievable bullying” on the world stage.

Mr. Schiff, 71, a towering figure in classical music, said he was alarmed by Mr. Trump’s admonishments of Ukraine; his expansionist threats about Canada, Greenland and Gaza; and his support for far-right politicians in Germany. Mr. Schiff, who was born to a Jewish family in Budapest that witnessed the horrors of the Holocaust, said that Mr. Trump’s calls for mass deportation reminded him painfully of efforts to expel Jews during World War II.

“He has brought an ugliness into this world which hadn’t been there,” Mr. Schiff said in a telephone interview this week from Hong Kong, where he is performing. “I just find it impossible to go along with what is happening.”

So Mr. Schiff decided to stop performing in the United States. He said that he was canceling appearances next spring with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra, and a recital tour this fall with a stop at Carnegie Hall.

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Posted by xx on March 20, 2025, 10:51 am, in reply to "Andras Schiff will no longer perform in the U.S."
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Yuja's a great pianist and a sheer delight personally.

Posted by Mugwump on March 20, 2025, 12:05 pm, in reply to "Sore loser"

But your stupid ass post is what I'd expect from a dilettante.

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Posted by x on March 20, 2025, 3:05 pm, in reply to "Yuja's a great pianist and a sheer delight personally."
Edited by board administrator March 21, 2025, 12:49 am

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Posted by x on March 20, 2025, 2:54 pm, in reply to "Yuja's a great pianist and a sheer delight personally."
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xxx

Beautiful !!! Beyond Measure!

Posted by Deanna on March 20, 2025, 11:07 am, in reply to "Sore loser"

Such talent!!! Thank You!!

Yes. But the post itself is bashing Trump.

Posted by GOG on March 25, 2025, 7:57 am, in reply to "Beautiful !!! Beyond Measure!"

Wonder what would be the hysteria were one to substitute Biden for Trump. The R&E Blue Board is where the post belong, not on Yellow.

I hope the door didn't hit him in the butt on his arrogant way out.

Posted by Mondo Fuego™ on March 26, 2025, 10:40 am, in reply to "Yes. But the post itself is bashing Trump."

Compared to others, he wasn't all that well known.

We seem to have an abundance of assholes who "threaten" to leave/boycott the USA, then unfortunately don't follow through.

We have ample top talent performing in the US, and right here in Nashville at our new $123.5 million Greco-Roman Schermerhorn Symphony Center and other choice venues.

Here's a sampling of concerts we have attended here:

LA - Dudamel
SF - Tilson Thomas
CLE - Welser-Möst
Academy of St Martins in the Fields - Marriner
Leonard Slatkin
Daniil Olegovich Trifonov (CIM)
Yves Thibaudet
Emanuel Ax
Hilary Hahn
Valentina Lisitsa
Lang Lang
Joshua Bell
Yuga Wang
Herbie Hancock
Ahmad Jamal
McCoy Tyner
Wynton Marsalis
Branford Marsalis

It would still be just another news story regarding one person's actions.

Posted by Mugwump on March 25, 2025, 8:39 am, in reply to "Yes. But the post itself is bashing Trump."

Got it?

DNR violation. Got it?

Posted by GOG on March 26, 2025, 9:38 am, in reply to "It would still be just another news story regarding one person's actions."

DNRs seem so childish, but intolerant lefties love them.

Posted by Mondo Fuego™ on March 26, 2025, 10:48 am, in reply to "DNR violation. Got it?"

Evidently they can't hold their own, but they can always dish it out in one-way outbursts.

Waaaahhhhhh

Yuja is "notorious" for the clothing she wears in concert. Some years go

Posted by Mugwump on March 24, 2025, 2:01 pm, in reply to "Beautiful !!! Beyond Measure!"

when asked about it she said that she could start wearing longer skirts when she turned 40. Dawned on me that she turned 38 a few days ago.
From a review:
But it was Yuja Wang's orange dress for which Tuesday night is likely to be remembered… Her dress Tuesday was so short and tight that had there been any less of it, the Bowl might have been forced to restrict admission to any music lover under 18 not accompanied by an adult. Had her heels been any higher, walking, to say nothing of her sensitive pedaling, would have been unfeasible.[39]

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