Critic's Notebook: Yuja Wang, dressed to kill  The stylish
pianist made her outfit serve the music at the Hollywood Bowl.
August 20, 2011|By Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times Music Critic   •
Yuja Wang plays Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto. Yuja Wang
plays Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los
Angeles…)  In 1967, video artist, composer and conceptualist Nam
June Paik caused a minor sensation with his "Opera Sextronique."
It called for cellist Charlotte Moorman to undress during the
performance, which seemed fine for Europe and Philadelphia. But
the New York premiere was stopped by the police, and Paik and
Moorman were hauled off in handcuffs.  At her trial, the judge
asked Moorman, who became known as "the topless cellist," if she
had attempted to give a cello concert. Yes, she said. Was she
Pablo Casals? No, your honor. In that case, the court found her
guilty of indecent exposure.  "The theory that the artist must
dress in the costume of his trade is one of the heaviest burdens
the arts