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Clubhouse JAPAN EXPERT INSIGHTS
Room Topic: ART X TECH = Business Opportunity
8/18/2021 Wed 7PM (US-EDT) =
8/19/2021 Thur 8am (Japan time) = 7am (Taiwan time)
Go to the Room HERE.
LIVESTREAMING for Sports
FujiTV (Nikkei Article), Softbank (LiVR Video), Videon (company HP)
BroadcastAsia (Ren Egawa, two speeches; FujiTV Ito-san appears in "Transforming Live Sports Production")
Now, for the dream of livestreaming from an opera house
FALLA DOUBLE BILL (ASIA Premiere in Taiwan)
Composer: Manuel de Falla
Produced by Taipei Opera Company
Music Director: Dau-Hsiong Tseng (father of Taiwan's Western Opera, 曾道雄)
-> Conductor for March Performance, Pianist Lu Kuan-Ting (呂冠葶)
Conductor for September performance: Manuel Busto (Spanish Nat'l Ballet)
Choreographer: Lien-Hua Ho (Lian, 賀連華)
Principal Dancer: Yu Hsien (薛喻鮮): FB posting on 3/21
Place: National Taichung Theater (臺中國家歌劇院, a.k.a. Taiwan's National Opera House)
Website: September Performance (Opera House Season Open)
All Taiwanese Production: Dancers, Singers, Staging, Dress, Costumes, etc.
El Amor Brujo (Ballet) highlight
2020.03.20 HD video (Piano Rehearsal)
2020.09.26 4K video (Full-Orchestra Opera House Season Open)
2020.09.26 4HD in 4K video (Experiment to show all 4 dancers' expressions)
La Vida Breve (Opera) highlight
2020.03.20 HD video (Piano Rehearsal)
2020.09.26 4K video (Full-Orchestra Opera House Season Open)
HOW DID WE GET HERE?
・An artist's dream after 50 years since returning from Spain (Video)
3/17 landing TWN （台湾到着）
3/18 Press Conf (記者会見）=> Cancel the 3/21 performance
3/19 country shutdown（鎖国）Ren was lucky to land on 3/17
3/20 Rehearsal piano livestreaming, no audience (HD)
➡ Helped let the world know what had happened.
➡ Many artists (especially in Spain) stepped in to help.
9/26 Selected to open the Opera House's 2020-2021 season (4K livestreaming)
HELP Started from PHILADELPHIA
・Article: That "famous wintry night" in 1994, Philadelphia.
・Help from Opera Philadelphia's Music Director Corrado Rovaris
・Albert Einstein's 3 Rules of Work.
Out of clutter, simplicity.
From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty, lies opportunity. (Video: Press Conference)
HELP FROM SPAIN
・Falla's museum in Granada, Spain
Elena Garcia de Paredes, Director General
Video: talks about the Taiwan performance
- Beautiful museum in the video
- Dau's photo visiting Spain in 1969
・BALLET NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA
For willing to release maestro Busto from his duty and let him fly to Taiwan.
・REAL ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE SEVILLA
・TEATRO DE LA MAESTRANZA
And... Turkish Airlines！(Photo at the airport)
And... the Composer himself (?) with his Stone to Taiwan.
Photo below: Maestro Dau, Busto and Lian
Media Coverage
EU (SCHERZO, MELÓMANO1, MELÓMANO2, BRÍO CLÁSICA, RITMO, RNE, Granada Hoy, ÓPERA ACTUAL)
JAPAN (Nikkei)
TAIWAN (文化部 minister of culture, 自由時報 Liberty Time, etc.)
VIDEO: the two maestros Dau and Busto
VIDEO: Maestro Busto returns to Spain to thank Elena for us!
Spain's National Public Radio (One of the two Top News with Suga-san)
Letter from Elena Garcia de Paredes
Letter from BALLET NACIONAL DE ESPAÑA
Letter from REAL ORQUESTA SINFÓNICA DE SEVILLA
Letter from TEATRO DE LA MAESTRANZA
What's Next
Democratizing Livestreaming Around the World (English Whitepaper)
世界に向けたライブ映像配信の民主化（日本語白書）
with Guest Contributor: Sammi Cannold, Director at New York City Center
Director in Forbes Magazine's 30 Under 30 in Hollywood & Entertainment
Cirque du Soleil's (シルク・ドゥ・ソレイユ)
- Creative Cognoscenti (クリエイティブディレクター)
Mission:
・Enable performers to livestream shows at low cost and high quality.
・Offer innovative technologies and tools to generate new revenue streams, and maintaining a profitable and sustainable livestream operation under the performers’ own control… all through democratizing livestreams by connecting performers directly to the audiences.
Today's Guest Speaker:
Ren Egawa・CEO, Rexcel Group Llc. (USA), Rexcel Nippon Co., Ltd. (Japan)
・Council Member, International Association of Broadcast & Media
・Board Member, Japan America Society of Greater Philadelphia
Was caught by surprise when the artists invited me up to the stage to greet the audience... at the end of the 9/26 season open performance.