Chapter 208
Volume 6 / Chapter 208
TL: LightNovelCafe
The morning after arriving in New York, Tara came to the apartment.
"Jun, you’ll be pretty busy all morning. We need to start working on preparing promotions."
"Whew. I trust that you scheduled the least you could."
"Not the least, but in moderation. Excluding Brussels since it’s a competition, this can be called your debut performance, right? We need to start it in the grandest manner possible and end successfully."
Jun Hyuk fully understood the management agency’s role until now. The most important thing is to trust each other. All he needs to do is trust Tara and President Stern, and go with them in the direction they lead him.
"What do I need to do?"
"One day for shooting the poster. Clips to insert into a promotional video and the remaining interview. The last interview is with the Korean press."
Tara stuck a print out of the week’s schedule on the refrigerator so that Jun Hyuk could check it whenever he wanted to.
The photographer in charge of the poster shoot and director taking over the promotional video smiled brightly as soon as they saw Jun Hyuk. They kept saying ‘good’ even as they were in the midst of shooting.
Most conductors are past middle-aged, so they cannot get full shots. It is always hard work because they need to find the angles where they will not shoot their bulging bellies.
Jun Hyuk on the other hand, is optimal for shooting a poster with his tall height and lean body. They were able to finish up easily because they could keep shooting without considering the angles too much.
As America is the magazine heaven, there was a tremendous amount of magazines and media lined up for interviews.
There were the usual magazines with expertise in classical music like Gramophone, The Classic, Symphone, BBC Music, but also those in various genres like pop music like Guitar World, Billboard, Rolling Stones, Jazz Time. There were also the inevitable press like the New York Times.
Fortunately, all of the questions were regarding music and anything beyond that was only about his girlfriend Amelia.
The questions he received most were about his statement on Beethoven and his interpretation of the choral concerto. Rather than compare himself to Beethoven, he made the reporters speechless by delving deeply into Beethoven’s music.
He pointed out the sounds of each instrument in the melody of a certain verse of a particular opus and part, so the reporters did not have the ability to refute or add to this with questions. This depth of conversation is only possible with another conductor.
Interviews with pop music magazines were much easier and more comfortable. They did not care about his statement on Beethoven. Their greatest interest was in his plans in the realm of jazz, rock, and the blues.
There are a lot of fans waiting for Jun Hyuk who had released one jazz album and one heavy metal album before going over to the world of classical.
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Yoon Kwang Hun woke up early every morning and ran a lap around the park. He carried out his daily routine, recalling his former life in America.
Once he took a shower and had a light breakfast, he disappeared. Jun Hyuk thought he was touring the city, but knew that could not be right because he had lived in America for a long time.
"But sir, where do you go everyday?"
"Huh? I didn’t tell you? Lincoln Center."
"Lincoln Center? Why?"
"To watch the rehearsals. New York Philharmonic, New York Pops Orchestra, Opera House. I watch their rehearsals in turn everyday."
"What? Is that because Maestro Carras said you could go anytime? You have to stop after going once or twice. How could you go everyday?"
"Hey hey! I’m not that much of a wretch. I’m going as someone with a premium membership."
Yoon Kwang Hun saw that Jun Hyuk was surprised, and waved his hand to tell him not to worry.
"If it’s the premium membership, you’d have to pay quite a lot of money."