Should pianists continue to rehearse and perform even if they have injuries?
https://slippedisc.com/2010/07/playing_through_the_pain-2/
“A real performer plays through the pain.”
Fucking nonsense if y’ask me…
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No no and no!
So easy to damage the hand, wtf!!
Also, what kind of sheeyat will you play?
Jeez. What a fucked world we live in. Artists whored out again and again - and would rather risk permanent injury than cancelling and having the stone-cold pimp JEW managent hire one of the other 10,000 mofos available
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ahahahaha diz ardickle make it zound lyk tiz a black n white zheeyat
u eithah play thru da PAIN, or CANCEL da perf
diz not tru at all
derez a 3rd option of playin a
WIMOFO interp 
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LOL and you can back it up with “musicological” evidenze 
I didn’t read the article, since I don’t like to give Lebrecht views. However, it seems self-evident that it’s a supremely bad idea to play through pain.
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It’s more an article cheering on the toughness of musicians vs. the wimpyness of sportsmen.
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After reading another trite piece of “journalism” by NL, I am in such pain that I won’t be playing any piano today 
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