Pianist Chastises Smart Phone Recordist
Pianist Krystian Zimerman declared from the stage that YouTube was "destroying music," according to reports from his June 3rd concert at the Ruhr Piano Festival in Essen, Germany.
His
comment was prompted by a smart phone user Zimerman had spotted during
his performance. The offender was recording. "Would you please stop
that?," the pianist asked while still at the keyboard.
The Guardian
reports that the 56-year-old pianist continued to play but soon left
the stage, "evidently agitated." When he returned he told the audience
he had lost out on recording contracts because, the business folk told
him, his performances were already on YouTube.
He
finished the concert but refused to play an encore, despite the
enthusiastic reception. He also canceled a post-concert reception.
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