Kyung Wha Chung plays Beethoven violin concerto (3rd Mov)

I love the way her strong will is evidenced on her face as she plays, that "iron" that helped her to become the violinist that she is and to play with such fire.

why is it options for HQ are appearing for many videos where there was none before?

excellent recording!~

My favorite part of the song is at 3:20, its my favorite part.

Interesting point. But I think it's only natural that we feel for more beautiful look. Only, nowadays, whole concept of marketing is making commercial use of it. And you're wrong that guys are free from this burden; there'a whole line of young stars whoes cute faces are part of the source of their popularity. Even decades ago, young Glen Gould won his publicity with his first record of Goldberg partially because of the jacket photo showing this young man's faces.

Why didnt she perform the full cadenza?

I do not know why, but she's been performing with this shortened cadenza up untill late 80's, including her first record of this concerto in 79. But in her later performance (with Tennstedt in other video, for example), she uses full cadenza, and does it superbly.

She comes from the older generation who didn't play full candenzas -- you only had to get through the progression...

I think she is one of the least concerned about her appearance--note YEARS later she is wearing this SAME dress though it doesn't fit quite as well and somewhat less in synch with style--she doesn't seem at all concerned--it just seems to be something to cover her body. She wears little make up in comparison with others--lipstick and at times some eye liner, which most of us do for just going to the grocery store. I think she is pretty conservative. Have you noticed some of the comments(con)

that women must endure--like "she's fat"..for normal sized female violinist...yet do you ever see such comments for Oistrakh? If a really large sized female VIRTUOSO played I only wonder at what comments would be made regarding her size and appearance--there still remans a huge gender bias.