[CAUT] Warning to you hosting the Van Cliburn gold medalist

[Albert Picknell]

Indeed we are "unseen" artists who are in collaboration with "seen" artists.  Mutual consideration is imperative, and where it is lacking, it will show.  If we monopolize the available time at the piano and the pianist doesn't have adequate time to practice, his performance will suffer and he will end up looking bad.  But it will have been our fault.  On the other hand, if the pianist doesn't allow us sufficient time to prepare the piano properly, the performance will also suffer and we will end up looking bad.  But it will have been the pianist's fault.

Maybe some day this child will grow up.  In the meantime, as you said, "He gets what he gets!!"


--- On Tue, 3/2/10, Paul T Williams <pwilliams4 at unlnotes.unl.edu> wrote:

> Hi
> all,
> 
> Tonight, the Van Cliburn
> gold medalist
> is playing.  He blew off the afternoon practice and
> showed up at 4:30
> instead of 3:30 to warm up.  He is supposed to go
> until 6:30 with
> a half hour to tune before the doors open at 7pm.
> 
> I'm not a happy
> camper.  He gets
> what he gets!! a two hour program with many major pieces
> each half.  I
> will have the great opportunity to tune during the
> intermission. (a joke).
> This piano has just been freshly restrung and is not stable
> at all.
> 
> Why do so many great
> pianists have no
> @#$% clue about their instrument??  for any of you
> hosting Mr. Khang,
> please tell him something resembling a clue on piano prep
> time.  I
> was caught totally off guard on this one.
> 
> Can you tell I'm
> pissed off??
> Paul


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