Perhaps it's relevant to keep in mind the public nature of this list. While we don't operate under the same narrow legal parameters as an institutional Personnel Department in terms of what information they are allowed to reveal, there are likely some legal, but more importantly, ethical (and list cultural) guidelines that should temper the nature of negative comments. If it's acceptable to wax eloquently about one's experience of a particular individual, it ought to be within bounds for someone else to contribute their own experiences, even if less complementary. What should probably determine the decision is whether the information is 1st hand, 2nd hand, or hearsay, the latter of which should be either avoided or clearly identified as such. For the most part, Cowell seems to have escaped most of the responsibility for this musical assault (a description, not a judgement). What were the composer's dynamic instructions, and was Kirchoff accurately observing them? exceeding them? or perhaps holding back? the horror! the horror! As per Kent's comment: >As it turns out, he is as abusive of people (me, that is) as he is of pianos I hope he is healing well and able to return to work soon. {-} David Skolnik Hastings on Hudson, NY At 11:54 AM 3/22/2010, you wrote: >----- Original Message ----- From: "Albert Picknell" <agghubii at yahoo.ca> >>Players like him are good for job security. > >Or to use as an example of how not to play a piano. > >I disagree with Amy just a bit. I think there is good foundation for >letting our colleagues know what a performer is like and the kind of >respect they show people and instruments. > >Jeff Tanner
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