Beautiful weather for our arrival on Tuesday, and welcome quiet day on Wednesday, giving us time to catch up on email. We are so fortunate to enjoy the support of the Peninsula Hotel in Tokyo. What a wonderful Japanese breakfast is served here in the hotel. From a quiet Wednesday to a busy and important Thursday, visiting the Sunshine City Prince Hotel in Ikebukuro, close to the beautiful concert hall where AYO will perform this summer. Next across town in heavy rain to our see our PR representatives in Japan at Burson-Marsteller and chat with Kono-san, a producer from Asahi Television, who is looking to produce a feature segment on the Asian Youth Orchestra and Mr. Pontzious. 6:00 oclock, still heavy rain and strong wind, and we are in Roppongi Hills, and the Hyatt Hotels magnificent Shonbu Japanese restaurant, for dinner with AYO patrons Shoichi and to Takako Asaji. A cold Friday and still strong winds. The focus today is an interview with the Yomiuri Shimbuns music writer. This is the second time that Mr. Pontzious has been interviewed by Mr. Matsumoto, and its great to hear the in-depth questions that Mr. Matsumoto asks. Tokyo auditions tomorrow; Osaka on Sunday - at last more candidates from Japan than in recent years.
Posted on: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:58:55 +0000