Talk:Krystian Zimerman

Main Picture
It would be nice is someone could find an archive of Krystian Zimerman at a younger age (his climax) and which is in the public domain or copyleft.

Infobox
I am removing the infobox per this guideline.THD3 (talk) 19:56, 25 March 2010 (UTC)
 * That was wrong to do. The infobox was not a "biographical infobox" but a "musical artist" infobox. Fanoftheworld (talk) 10:10, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * Very well. I am leaving this infobox as is.  Per this discussion I am also leaving the listing of his instrument, since Zimerman travels with his own piano.THD3 (talk) 12:30, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
 * The Musical Artists infobox is for non classical musicians, so I am removing it. -- Klein zach  04:30, 2 April 2010 (UTC)

Customs / drugs, TSA / explosives, or urban myth?
According to the Los Angeles Times entertainment section:

"Zimerman has had problems in the United States in recent years. He travels with his own Steinway piano, which he has altered himself.  But shortly after 9/11, the instrument was confiscated at JFK Airport when he landed in New York to give a recital at Carnegie Hall.  Thinking the glue smelled funny, the TSA decided to take no chances and destroyed the instrument.  Since then he has shipped his pianos in parts, which he reassembles by hand after he lands."

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/04/krystian-zimermans-shocking-walt-disney-concert-hall-debut.html

Comment: TSA does not inspect anything when the plane lands. They inspect luggage and passengers before they board.

Also from the Los Angeles Times entertainment section:

"An earlier piano was destroyed by Homeland Security at JFK airport because officials were suspicious that its glue could be an explosive in disguise."

Source: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/04/krystian-zimermans-last-us-appearance-at-disney-hall.html?cid=6a00d8341c630a53ef01156f63409d970c

Comment: Homeland Security oversees both Customs and TSA, (and 185 other agencies) but does not directly check airline luggage.

According to the guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/apr/28/krystian-zimerman-missile-defence-poland

"At least some of his opprobrium appears to be personal. Shortly after 9/11, his piano was confiscated by customs officials at New York's JFK airport, who thought the glue smelled funny. They subsequently destroyed the instrument."

It appears to me that these sources are telling a story in 2009 without referring to any original reliable source from 2001, thus the different details. Does anyone have any source from 2001 or 2002 that establishes that the piano destruction happened? If so, who did it, why did they do it, and was any legal action taken in response? Guy Macon (talk) 09:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed - this smells very fishy. For Customs to act like that, without doing some serious inquiries beforehand, seems very doubtful.  An urban myth picked up by a gullible press?  I keep up with the news fairly regularly, and it seems to me that the cable news networks here in the States would have been all over this when/if it happened.   As you state, these news stories are all many years after the supposed event ... HammerFilmFan (talk) 08:40, 18 February 2012 (UTC)

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Retraction of recordings
Zimerman did retract some of his early recordings because he was not satisfied with their quality. Surely this is relevant? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.254.92.57 (talk) 15:13, 23 June 2020 (UTC)