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5 tips for contacting presenters21 April 2010
SIf you are an independent musician, contacting presenters is a part of your daily life. Apparently, it sounds as easy as calling someone and introducing yourself. But in fact, it is much more complicated than it looks. Contacting an institution or a festival to book a concert is often an obstacle course we, musicians, are not accustomed to. I will try here to give you some tips to imrpove your approach with presenters
Confessions of a pianist27 March 2010
I realize how time flies and I have not managed to write for almost two weeks already. the past couple of days have been tough for me : a lot of decisions to make, a lot of work to do, so excuse me for not being very punctual at our weekly meeting on this blog. I must say that I spent much time in front of my piano; learning new repertoire, maintaining the old, I found back my student’s pace work! It’s time to make a quick review of the first six months of sabbatical.
On selling concerts7 November 2008
Helene Grimaud’s wolves, Kennedy’s faux hawk, Lang Lang’s facial expression, etc, the image of classical music is progressively changing. Democratization or simple marketing tool?
Music Management in Conservatories?10 October 2008
No one can deny it, today, a pianist’s career requires other capacities than the obvious one to play the piano. After our studies, we often realize that we haven’t been awakened to the reality of our profession. Indeed, once the conservatory is over, we are confronted to stewardship problems. Most of the time, not enough [...]