{"id":390,"date":"2010-01-07T21:07:35","date_gmt":"2010-01-07T21:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/wp\/?p=390"},"modified":"2010-01-07T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T21:07:35","slug":"2010_pitchy_nominees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/lifesapitch\/2010\/01\/2010_pitchy_nominees\/","title":{"rendered":"2009 Pitchy Nominees, even though it’s 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry, team: I’ve been a bad, bad blogger. This<\/a>, this<\/a> and this<\/a> are to blame, but if I didn’t have a day (”  “) job, I wouldn’t have anything to blog about. Life’s a Pitch<\/i> would be exclusively devoted to the last season of Lost <\/i>and my ill-fated attempts at hot yoga, and no one needs that. <\/p>\n

I still want you to vote for the Best of PR and Marketing\/Classical Music edition in 2009<\/b>! It’s not too late; you loved 2009!<\/p>\n

Alright, so the nominees are…
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Best Publicity Move<\/font><\/b>
Joyce DiDonato literally breaks a leg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Gustavo Dudamel<\/a>…I don’t know, gets up in the morning? <\/p>\n

Bands-the-cool-kids-like play with American orchestras<\/a>. <\/p>\n


Best Review<\/font><\/b>
Alex Ross pulls no punches<\/a> with The Met’s new Tosca<\/i> in The New Yorker<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Jeremy Eichler defines what’s bad about Lorin Maazel<\/a> in The Boston Globe.<\/i><\/p>\n

Murray Perahia makes the LA Times’<\/i> Mark Swed want to wash his hands<\/a> (in a good way). <\/p>\n


Best Feature Story<\/font>
<\/b>Jeremy Eichler packs up his CDs and wonders what’s become of The Record Collection<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Justin Davidson explains the Ring Cycle<\/a> that does not involve Gollum in New York Magazine.<\/i><\/p>\n

Reigning ‘Best Publicity Move’ champ, blogger and…what’s the other thing?…oh, pianist<\/i> Jeremy Denk nerds out with Brahms and Graphs<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Best Album Art<\/font><\/b>
Cecilia Bartoli’s Sacrificium<\/a><\/i> makes men across the globe cross their legs. (Conflict of Interest Alert:  I worked on this album, but it was nominated several times by other people.)
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Mitsuko Uchida and The Cleveland Orchestra’s <\/font>Mozart: Piano Concertos 23 & 24<\/a> <\/i>uses a real rather than posed performance photo.
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Stile Antico’s Song of Songs<\/i><\/a>, is just beautiful and elegant.
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Best Advertisement
<\/font><\/b>The Gustavo Dudamel iPhone app<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The New York Philharmonic iTunes pass<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The movie theater previews for The Metropolitan Opera HD broadcasts<\/a>.  <\/p>\n


<\/font><\/b><\/span>Best New (in 2009) Music Blog<\/font><\/b>
John Adams, Hell Mouth<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Anne Midgette, The Classical Beat<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n

Anonymous, Proper Discord<\/i><\/a>
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Overall Best Moment in Publicity and Marketing in 2009<\/font><\/b>
<\/i>Everyone hates the Met’s new production of Tosca<\/i><\/a> so much that they can’t stop talking about it.  <\/p>\n

The LA Philharmonic actually spends money<\/a> on marketing.<\/p>\n

Everyone is told journalism and classical music are dying and yet fantastic new music blogs pop up each week. 
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VOTE<\/a> early and often. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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