The J. Lo of the piano

[David Andersen]

on 9/3/03 12:35 PM, Phillip Ford at fordpiano@earthlink.net wrote:

> Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic of The New York Times, finds his
> exuberance in both performance and body posture exaggerated and tasteless. "He
> is a sensation, and it has gone to his head," Mr. Tommasini said. Earl Wild,
> the American pianist, in a New Yorker interview, was dismissive of all the
> publicity and called Lang Lang "the J.Lo of the piano." '
> 
> Phil Ford


They're just jealous, as critics are wont to be.  Just listen to the
recordings.....the kid is a tremendous talent.  He LISTENS, which relatively
few classical or jazz players actually do.  IMO.

David Andersen