Hi there,

Here is a Dutch journalist writing about babeness in the classical music for the Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland. Babeness is not a brand new phenomenon, but still interesting enough and fairly new for the Netherlands. Questions are: is it possible for a female musician to be succesful - and ugly? And: is being classified as a babe an advantage or a disadvantage?

On your site Sequenza, it struck me what was written about Wu Man: "In addition to being a rightous goodlooking babe, Wu Man is probably the best pipa player alive"

- Did you write this and could you answer why a male critic like yourself writes about a female appearance, since it seems of no importance at all, especially for a recording.

- Or was this meant as a joke?

I would really appreciate this if you could answer the question or perhaps deliberate some more about the topic, is it for example possible to call you and what would be a right time and date?