{"id":8354,"date":"2011-04-15T02:04:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-15T02:04:39","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-14T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-14T23:04:47","slug":"Hong-Kong-Bankers-Young-Yuto-Rock-for-Japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8354","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong Bankers, Young Yuto, Rock for Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>If you thought the hottest music event of the week in Hong Kong was Bob Dylan, think again.  A motley crew of Hong Kong financiers and kimono-clad members of Hong Kong\u2019s Japanese community rocked to an 11-year-old Japanese guitar prodigy to raise US$300,000 for Japan\u2019s earthquake relief efforts Thursday night at the Four Seasons hotel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Bernstein, chief executive of Oppenheimer Investments Asia Ltd., and Jim Olsson, director of prime services at Barclays Capital in Hong Kong, organized the rock concert<\/strong>, which featured local bands and visiting ones from the U.S. The 520 seats went for 1,000 Hong Kong dollars (about US$129) a pop, with corporate sponsors from Piper Jaffray to Morgan Stanley taking tables, said Mr. Bernstein. <strong>The event was sold out within two weeks of the announcement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>More money was raised through an auction of goodies ranging from hotel getaways to a 100 trillion Zimbabwe dollar note \u2014 and when it was over an anonymous hedge-fund donor matched the sum taken in from ticket sales and the auction to bring the total donation to the Japan Society\u2019s Earthquake Relief Fund to $300,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nine-year-old Guitar Player &#8220;Yuto Miyazawa&#8221; on ellen 2009-may-11 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YMD_L8IDZnc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Ozzy ** Crazy Train ** Featuring 9 year old guitarist Yuto Miyazawa <\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s3yEGX1EoY0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/exchange\/2011\/04\/15\/hong-kong-bankers-young-yuto-rock-for-japan\/\" title=\"SOURCE\">SOURCE<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you thought the hottest music event of the week in Hong Kong was Bob Dylan, think again. 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