Edited sentence: Deutsche Grammophon Signs Pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.Deutsche Grammophon signs world-renowned pianist.The humiliated artist was soprano Cheryl Studer.Underscoring the company's caving in to pop culture and for dropping unlucrative classical artists, at a PR dinner held in Madrid, Spain in April of 2008, a crass spectacle of disrespect from the DGG executive team towards one of their former artists, was reported by the Spanish press.Vadim Repin Signs With Deutsche Grammophon