“No one is a prophet in his own country,” Clayderman told AFP ahead of his Christmas Day performance at Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, the ruling Communist Party’s state building on the edge of Tiananmen Square. In 1985, former US First Lady Nancy Reagan crowned him the “Prince of Romance.”He had more modest success in his motherland. “The melodies of Richard Clayderman seemed easily understandable, beautiful and emotionally rich from the first listen,” said Du Jian, Clayderman’s Chinese promoter. Today, Clayderman’s music can still be widely heard in China: online, in shopping malls and hotel lobbies, elevators and in ringtones. “In 25 years of concerts here, I have seen China grow at an incredible speed,” Clayderman said.

Source: New Strait Times December 23, 2017 09:22 UTC