The charge was clearly trumped-up, but Yundi was immediately taken off all Chinese stages and media and prevented from going abroad. Without promotion, some events were sparsely attended.
However, we understand that he sold out the Sydney Opera House. Not one Australian newspaper bothered to review his recitals. The lack of audiences was probably a result of his appalling Chopin First Concerto performance with the Sydney Symphony on tour in Seoul around He was so bad he was repeating phrases, jumping ahead and then he and the orchestra had to stop. I am putting on a separate comment to correct it.
The orchestra principal and manager stood out clarified the facts because there were lots of misled information and falsified accusations in the original Korean news report , who tried to hard to grab attention using the headline terms you quoted. As far as I know, he did tour worldwide with good atttendance till the pandemic. Oh my god, every musician, no matter how great they are, have mishaps.
And yet… people are still attending concerts given by Pollini and many others. All the great soloists have bad days, all of them. We all love Yundi Li because he is one of the most greatest pianists throughout the world. It is immoral of you to frame Mr. Gentlemen have to be doing what we have, rather than not good for small, small and not evil it! The injustice he suffered may never be vindicated, but whoever tell the truth to the world is always respected.
Even the choir seats in Sydney were packed. The above photo taken hours before the performance could be misleading though. It is clear that his countryman has trust in his level of performance as well as his innocence. I do agree the part that he needs better promotion! Here is a photo taken before the concert started. More late comers poured at the end of the first piece.
