started First Chair Promotion in 2007. She currently represents Hilary Hahn, Gabriel Kahane, David Lang, Eric Owens, Michael Gordon, Hélène Grimaud, Sondra Radvanovsky, Julia Wolfe, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Paul Jacobs, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Lawrence Brownlee, Spring For Music, Jonathan Biss, and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Read More…
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Why don't we apply the successful marketing and publicity campaigns we see in our everyday lives to the performing arts? Great ideas are right there, ripe for the emulating. And who's responsible for the wide-reaching problems in ticket sales and … [Read More...]
Loved this post Amanda. Brilliant and on the spot read
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Loved this post Amanda. Brilliant and on the spot read