No Jacket Required

I didn't want to wear tails," Jean-Yves Thibaudet said. The renowned pianist was recalling the controversies over his onstage sartorial choices-which tended toward unconventional, brightly colored outfits by Gianni Versace-at the start of his career.

"I got attacked from left and right," Mr. Thibaudet, 48, said in a phone interview with The

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