posted by M. L. Liu, the Unofficial Website for International Fans of Nobuyuki Tsujii
This page will be updated from time to time throughout November 2014.
Latest update: Nov 1, 2014
The business of concert pianists is fiercely competitive, given the small market and the abundant supply of virtuoso pianists. Very little is known about the business of concert pianists. This is one in an ongoing series of monthly articles that I keep to record my findings of how Nobu is doing compared with some other concert pianists, in terms of concert promotion and ticket sales.
Related article: The Business of Concert Pianists October 2014
♪ Nov 1
Nobu's October 31 Rachmaninov No. 3 debut was a rousing success. The audience was overwhelmed by Nobu, as Principal cellist Peter Dixon predicted
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An interesting news item: Croatian pianist (there are so many of them!) Dejan Lazi has filed a request to the Washington Post (U.S.) to remove a less than glowing 2010 review of his performance under E.U.'s "Right to forget" law. The paper is denying the request, and the whole episode only serves to highlight that review as this news item gets around. I sympathize with Mr. Lazi. These critic's reviews are given undue priority by Google's search engine and really should not be listed so high up in search results. But then who's to decide what should be listed and how they should be listed in search results? It is a complex issue.
I had completely forgotten about Yundi Li's Japan tour, which has started and is ongoing. Only the Aichi stop has been declared sold-out on PIA, but I think all stops have sold quite well. Yundi is popular in Japan (and why not ?- he won at the Chopin piano competition after all - and Japan is Chopin-mad.) There are some enthusiastic tweets posted about his recitals. As you can see in this photo - he, probably more so than Nobu -- has a strong women following!
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image via Internet link
TO BE CONTINUED
This page will be updated from time to time throughout November 2014.
Latest update: Nov 1, 2014
The business of concert pianists is fiercely competitive, given the small market and the abundant supply of virtuoso pianists. Very little is known about the business of concert pianists. This is one in an ongoing series of monthly articles that I keep to record my findings of how Nobu is doing compared with some other concert pianists, in terms of concert promotion and ticket sales.
Related article: The Business of Concert Pianists October 2014
♪ Nov 1
Nobu's October 31 Rachmaninov No. 3 debut was a rousing success. The audience was overwhelmed by Nobu, as Principal cellist Peter Dixon predicted
image posted on Instagram via Internet link
But -- just as I thought -- the performance did not get any attention from the media, not even from the local Manchester Evening Post, which days before gave Daniil Trifonov's recital a glowing review. In fact, Nobu's concert was not even included by that newspaper on its list of upcoming concerts. And the venue, Bridgewater Hall, paid absolutely no attention to the performance even though many tweets about the concert tags it.
One day later, the concert in Bridgewater Hall is old news even on the BBC Philharmonic Facebook page. In my ignorant youthful days, it never occurred to me that there is any connection (collusion) between public figures and news media, but of course there is. It is no accident that all of a sudden so-and-so gets mentioned on every newspaper and magazine -- trust me. Newspapers need advertisement money, and they don't become cheerleaders for some causes or some soon-to-be-stars for no reason. Nobu is extraordinary, but his popularity in Japan is probably due in no small measures to efforts expended on his behalf by his business managers -- the TV shows, the public appearances, etc., are all part of the promotional efforts. That's the way our world works. It's business!
Along that vein, apparently promotional efforts for Nobu's upcoming recitals in Berlin and Munich; judging from their online pages these performances have sold well. The Berlin recital has sold notably better than Nobu's debut recital in the same venue Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall (1,180 seats) one year ago. Promotional effort includes 20% discount on tickets for Berlin German-Japanese Society members
Lang Lang's "Mozart Album"is listed at second place on U.K.'s classical music chart, but is nowhere on the Billboard Japan classical chart. Sadly, Nobu's latest Liszt album has dropped off the Japan chart after 4 weeks, although I heard from Miyuki that the CD has received good reviews in Japan's Record Geijutsu magazine [a highly respected magazine in Japan]
Along that vein, apparently promotional efforts for Nobu's upcoming recitals in Berlin and Munich; judging from their online pages these performances have sold well. The Berlin recital has sold notably better than Nobu's debut recital in the same venue Berlin Philharmonic Chamber Hall (1,180 seats) one year ago. Promotional effort includes 20% discount on tickets for Berlin German-Japanese Society members
Lang Lang's "Mozart Album"is listed at second place on U.K.'s classical music chart, but is nowhere on the Billboard Japan classical chart. Sadly, Nobu's latest Liszt album has dropped off the Japan chart after 4 weeks, although I heard from Miyuki that the CD has received good reviews in Japan's Record Geijutsu magazine [a highly respected magazine in Japan]
An interesting news item: Croatian pianist (there are so many of them!) Dejan Lazi has filed a request to the Washington Post (U.S.) to remove a less than glowing 2010 review of his performance under E.U.'s "Right to forget" law. The paper is denying the request, and the whole episode only serves to highlight that review as this news item gets around. I sympathize with Mr. Lazi. These critic's reviews are given undue priority by Google's search engine and really should not be listed so high up in search results. But then who's to decide what should be listed and how they should be listed in search results? It is a complex issue.
I had completely forgotten about Yundi Li's Japan tour, which has started and is ongoing. Only the Aichi stop has been declared sold-out on PIA, but I think all stops have sold quite well. Yundi is popular in Japan (and why not ?- he won at the Chopin piano competition after all - and Japan is Chopin-mad.) There are some enthusiastic tweets posted about his recitals. As you can see in this photo - he, probably more so than Nobu -- has a strong women following!
image via Internet link
TO BE CONTINUED