[QUOTE = "Victoria, post: 36883, member: 53"] This user has specifically expressed accusations of racism, because it indicated the origin Lee. That is, according to Tanya, generally can not be used in the deliberations of an indication of its origin. It is also totally rejects any views on his manner of playing, virtuosity or mechanistic, etc.
I have there own opinion, which is based on my understanding of Eastern culture, as I know very well the history and culture of China is. These are two different civilizations.
No one denies the talent of George Lee. He's just someone touches, and some do not. After all, we are in the elite of European culture, which has its own context and its own traditions. [/ QUOTE]
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For your information, George Li was born in Boston, in the USA. He has been raised, schooled and educated in the Western culture and Western sensibilities all his life.
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He is an American pianist. You are fixating on his skin colour, unfortunately. Skin colour does not make an artist. It is his musical education, influence, sensibilities etc.
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In interviews after interviews, he has always said that he was influenced by the great Russian masters. He has specifically mentioned Horowitz, Rachmaninoff, Gilels etc. . He has also mentioned admiring Martha Argerich. One of his teachers is Russell Sherman, at the New England Conservatory in Boston, USA. Russell Sherman's teacher was
Edward Steuermann. Steuermann studied piano with
Vilém Kurz at the
Lemberg Conservatory and
Ferruccio Busoni in Berlin, and studied composition with
Arnold Schoenberg. There is also today's article citing one of Mr. Li's important Russian teachers. He has been nurtured by many many "elites of European culture". These are the musical roots of Mr. George Li.
I do not understand why you are fixated on this "Eastern" bias, and making false, incorrect and insincere claims about Mr. Li. He has been much praised by music critics and reviewers in the New York Times etc. for many years now. Please listen to his music with your ears and mind, and not with your eyes on someone's skin colour. Thank you.