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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.
quote:That was true even before the incident in the US with his piano and his declaration that he wouldn’t come here anymore.
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If you think looting is bad wait until I tell you about civil forfeiture.
quote:Originally posted by jon-nyc:
His Steinway was destroyed by US customs officials at JFK. Right after 9/11, I think. He took it personally.
quote:I think a few years later he said he wouldn't play in the US until Bush left office and early in the Obama years said he wouldn't come at all.
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quote:Originally posted by ShiroKuro:
Wow, I've never even heard of him! Will have to go searching around.quote:That was true even before the incident in the US with his piano and his declaration that he wouldn’t come here anymore.
Sounds (melo)dramatic! What happened to the piano?
Remember that video of the pianist who started a concert but the pedal wasn't working (IIRC), they took the piano below the stage, while she playing as it was lowered down, and then she played as it was brought back up again.
I'm guessing Zimerman is not someone who would do something like that??
quote:Not really in the same league, but a few years ago we watched Natasha Paremski playing Schoenfield's Four Parables, which is a pretty raucous piece for the most part. At any rate, the first parable starts slowly and then the piano joins after a looong time (perhaps a few minutes) with a big bang. So she starts in, starts playing, and then stands up during a pianistic lull and starts poking around in the piano. She casually hauls out a tuning hammer from inside, holds it up, and places it on the floor next to the lyre. The audience is laughing hysterically. Needless to say, they started over.
The tuner must've been mortified.
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