From yearning to entertainment master

Chapter 71 ~ The Exchange Meeting Begins

"Teachers, I listened to the performances of the teachers below. To be honest, I am not satisfied. The intonation, technique, and so on of the performances of the teachers are very professional, but there is one thing that sounds messy to me. There is no sense of hierarchy. .”

Ye Mingxuan held the microphone and spoke seriously, and the discussions in the audience became more and more loud.

"I have listened carefully below, and the teachers played this piece with passion, but I want to tell all the teachers that this piece is not only full of passion, but also pathos, hope, and finally the surge that cuts through the darkness. "

Ye Mingxuan looked at the teacher who was playing the piano, and continued: "The piano has been going hand in hand with the erhu, can it express the erhu? This piece is used to express the erhu. I hope all the teachers will remember this clearly. The erhu can't stand out. It's a failure."

"Xiaoxuan, I also tried to use the erhu for the whole section, supplemented by other instruments, but the effect is not good." Mr. Su said with a frown.

"Mr. Su, you don't need to play the whole erhu, you just need to intersperse in the middle, and then have a few solos." Ye Mingxuan explained.

"I still don't quite understand, Xiaoxuan, come on for a while." Mr. Su thought for a while and said, "It happens to be a rehearsal, and you are the master."

"Okay." Ye Mingxuan nodded, and took out his erhu from the musical instrument case.

After all, Mr. Su is a master of erhu, and he can tell at a glance that Ye Mingxuan's erhu is not easy: "Xiaoxuan, is this erhu old?"

Ye Mingxuan nodded, but didn't elaborate, and now is not the time to talk about it.

Sitting in the original position of old man Su, Ye Mingxuan said to the teacher who played the piano: "The key of the piano in the intro should not be high, and the sound should be light and clear, and the cello and violin are the same."

Pointing to a passage in the score explaining: "Here, a little higher from here, here"

The door of the rehearsal hall was pushed open, and Ye Mingxuan who was interrupted was a little unhappy.Just as he was about to continue, Ye Lao happily pulled someone over to introduce Ye Mingxuan: "Xiaoxuan, this is Xiaolang, the pianist. Xiaolang, this is Xiaoxuan."

"Xiaoxuan, we have interacted on Weibo. Your piano is very good, and you have time to communicate." Xiaolang's attitude is very low, very humble.Although he was older than Ye Mingxuan, his social status was also higher than Ye Mingxuan.

"Hi Brother Lang, I'm Ye Mingxuan, and you are an expert in piano." As the saying goes, if you reach out and don't hit someone with a smiling face, they have a higher status than you, are older than you, and have such a good attitude, which makes it difficult for Ye Mingxuan to feel disgusted. mood.

"Okay, Xiao Lang, since you're back, I'm relieved, why don't you come for the piano? It just so happens that Xiaoxuan is very dissatisfied!" Mr. Su said humorously.

"Okay, then let me do it?" Xiao Lang finished speaking and looked at the pianist before him.Seeing him nodding, he said: "Xiaoxuan, wait until I get familiar with the score."

The more Xiao Lang looked at the sheet music, the more excited he became, and his passion was evident on the surface. "Xiaoxuan, is this really our own score? This piece is amazing."

Ye Mingxuan nodded.

Xiao Lang couldn't wait to start playing. At first, there were some mistakes and rhythm problems. As time went by, Xiao Lang's playing has become almost perfect.

"Brother Lang, how about a piano and erhu competition?" Professionals are different. After listening to Xiao Lang's performance, Ye Mingxuan couldn't wait to cooperate with him.

"Okay, are they all solos?" Xiao Lang had heard the young man's erhu and suona skills, so he didn't dare to underestimate him.

Mr. Su, Mr. Ye and Shi Haishan were all excited. It was a rare competition among top masters, the piano that can represent the West and the erhu that can represent traditional folk music.

Both of them sat down with serious expressions, and when they were ready, they nodded.

The performance of the piano made the piece look passionate as a whole, but Ye Mingxuan's erhu was a little more tragic and more historical.

After the two finished playing, the teachers of the symphony orchestra at the scene had already approved Ye Mingxuan.

"This young man is really amazing. I didn't expect to be able to play this piece like this."

"Who said it wasn't? After listening to him and Xiao Lang's performance, I realized that there is really no sense of hierarchy when he said that there is no sense of hierarchy."

"The performances of the two have their own advantages and disadvantages. I have to admire them."

Everyone was discussing, but this time it was praise, before it was distrust.

Ye Lao took the lead in applauding, and everyone followed suit.

Elder Su pressed his hands and said, "Everyone heard Xiaoxuan's performance just now, and you know what Xiaoxuan wants?"

"understood."

"Then let's do it again as a group." Mr. Su said while the iron was hot.

"Brother Lang, since you play the piano part, I can only wrong you. This piece is mainly about Erhu, so the piano can only be used to accompany the consonants." Ye Mingxuan said apologetically to Xiao Lang.

"It's okay, tell me how I should cooperate?" Xiao Lang said gently.

"Brother Lang, in the prelude of this piece, the piano should be played at a lower level. It's the same for the cello and violin to keep up with the rhythm of the piano." Ye Mingxuan pointed to the score and said: "Brother Lang, here starts from here. It is the first climax of the song. Be passionate. Add drums, and it must show a feeling of passion. After this section, there will be a low tide. I will add the sound of erhu and piano in this section. It must fall back down, and then climb up with the erhu, just like the expectation before the dawn, and then cut through the darkness, there must be a sense of grandeur. The middle part basically belongs to the erhu, and the tunes of other instruments must be At the bottom of the tune, the drums have a heavy feeling. Come on, let's do it again first."

As the rehearsal started, Ye Mingxuan kept changing his command.

"Brother Lang, the main part is my erhu and your piano, so your pianist is always there, not in the low part, but in the low part, there must be a crisp part, and the crisp part is the climax The beginning of. Be sure to pay attention."

"The teacher who plays the drums has the erhu and the piano. The drum beat is the command point, and the drum hammer is the baton. There is no conductor in our performance, so you must grasp the rhythm well."

With the adjustment and improvement time after time, the performance of the whole piece became better and better. When the performance form was finally determined, everyone cheered.

Only Ye Mingxuan was still deep in thought, feeling as if he had forgotten something, he frowned and said nothing.

"Xiaoxuan, what's the matter? I feel that the current version has reached its peak, and there is basically no room for improvement." Xiao Lang looked at Ye Mingxuan and said consolingly.

"Brother Lang, it's not about the instrument, but I always feel that something is missing." Ye Mingxuan said with a frown.

"It's not a problem with the instrument? It's a problem with the people? Everyone's playing is very good. I don't think there's anything wrong with it." Xiao Lang was even more puzzled.

"Yes, Brother Lang, that's right, that's right, it's people. Brother Lang, you are amazing. We lost the harmony part, which is the communication between people and music." Ye Mingxuan excitedly held Xiao Lang's hand and said.

"Yes, why didn't I think of such a simple truth?" Xiao Lang also said excitedly.The symphonic harmony part is also very important.

"Lao Ye, call quickly and ask all the people in the harmony department to come over, and put aside the other rehearsals first, this piece must be safe." Su Lao said anxiously, holding Ye Lao's hand.

"Old Su, don't worry." Ye Lao turned to Ye Mingxuan and asked, "What kind of harmony does Xiaoxuan need?"

"Soprano, but keep your voice low." Ye Mingxuan thought for a while and said.

"Okay." He started calling.

...

in the afternoon
Ye Lao led the young talents who participated in the exchange meeting into the symphony concert hall. Ye Mingxuan and Xiao Lang followed Ye Lao from left to right. Ye Lao told them the precautions, but in fact, he mainly told Ye Mingxuan Yes, Xiao Lang already has a lot of performance experience, and he has been to this place several times.

"Tomorrow, you must pay attention to your appearance during the performance. Don't leave a bad impression on your international friends. Also, no matter how upset you are with musicians from other countries, you must hold back and don't lose your sense of proportion. Even if you face them Don't lose your demeanor even if you are provocative."

Ye Lao led the people who didn't perform today into the auditorium, Ye Mingxuan and Xiao Lang sat together, the seat was quite in front, it could be seen that Ye Lao attached great importance to Ye Mingxuan.

After everyone sat down, Mr. Ye went to the backstage to cheer for the performances. At this time, some young people in the backstage were too excited to control themselves, and a considerable part of them were nervous and overwhelmed. Mr. Ye must calm these people down, and they cannot It is not very important to affect today's performance, even if today is only the opening performance.

At this time, the entire studio hall was full except for some specific seats, and there were hundreds of media seats, most of which were domestic, and of course there were also many international media, but they were all small media.

Everyone sat down and chatted in a low voice. The young people looked around the studio excitedly, while the older musicians whispered their instructions.

The Beijing Symphony Hall is the largest and best-performing symphony hall in China. It has [-] audience seats and [-] media seats. It is an important occasion for meeting international friends.

"Brother Lang, aren't symphony orchestras from other countries here?" A symphony orchestra can have dozens or hundreds of people. There are definitely not enough auditorium seats in so many countries.

"Xiaoxuan, what are you thinking? This is a music exchange, not a symphony competition. It is estimated that only your starsky is performed in the form of a symphony, and the rest are basically one-on-one instrument competitions." Xiao Lang shook his head with a smile , explained.

"Then how do we compete in folk music? These rookie international musicians don't know this!" Ye Mingxuan became more and more puzzled by Xiao Lang's explanation.

"How is it possible? According to you, don't participate in niche musical instruments? To put it bluntly, as long as you feel that you have been embarrassed, you can use the guqin to beat the piano." This little guy is quite interesting, Every country has its own national characteristic musical instruments. According to him, other countries can't play if they don't know it?
Ye Mingxuan nodded to express his understanding.

"Xiaoxuan, looking at the media area, don't you think it's very grand?" Xiao Lang smiled meaningfully.

"Yes, there are too many media." Ye Mingxuan nodded, more than 100 media, crowded with people, machine next to machine, cameras set up densely in front.

"Most of today's media are not eligible to enter tomorrow. If you look at the next one, there are only seven or eight media, all of which are top media at home and abroad. Most of the top media will enter tomorrow."

"Really, Huaguo TV, Penguin News, Xinlang News, why don't you see the provincial TV media?"

"Provincial Satellite TV has to broadcast Huaguo TV. Regardless of whether they come or not, Huaguo TV has the final say on what to broadcast, and they can't write their own articles. What's the use of coming? Online media is much better, basically As long as it's not too exaggerated, no one will say anything." Xiao Lang patiently explained.

"Xiaoxuan, there are a few hard bones that you need to chew on tomorrow. There are many masters in the piano area. Xiaodi can't come. Both of us may play, not only solo, but there may be a big melee, that is, everyone plays at the same time." For a piece of music, everyone has several radio microphones. It is obvious who leaks the sound and adjusts it back. Of course, this may not be the case. It will depend on the situation. Your Bumblebee should be fine if you simply compete with skills Yes, but if the depth of the work is not enough." Xiao Lang paused and said with a sigh.

"There are too few piano pieces and epic symphonies that belong to us, and it can even be said that there are none. This is why Mr. Ye is so fancy to you. Strictly speaking, Starsky Starry Sky is the only one. The reason why I am willing to hand over such an important burden to you is that we have been playing other people's songs for these years."

"Where's Liang Zhu?"

"Liang Zhu! Xiaoxuan, you are also a master who understands music. Don't deceive yourself. Liang Zhu is a concerto. It can only be said to be unsatisfactory in a symphony." Xiao Lang said helplessly.

The song Liang Zhu is a top-notch piece no matter if it is played by violin alone or other erhu solos, but the concerto adapted is not as good as a professional symphony.

Ye Mingxuan nodded, hesitated for a while, and said, "Actually, I still have a song."

"Anything else?" Xiao Lang asked in surprise, and then nodded again: "Yes, it's normal for your musical talent to have your own tunes. But it's unlikely for someone like Sstarsky. Some piano masters spend their whole lives I can’t make a song like this.”

Xiao Lang shook his head and laughed at himself. Why is he not like this? Being crowned by the media as one of the top ten contemporary pianists made him feel guilty. He didn't even have a piano piece of his own.

Ye Mingxuan didn't care either, who said another song is not as good as the starry sky?
"Let's not talk about that, Xiaoxuan, have you seen that young man over there?" Xiao Lang gestured with his eyes, pointing to a handsome blond-haired foreign boy. "Daniel, about the same age as you, only 28 years old, a talented pianist from the North Bear, ranked higher than me in the world. I have no confidence in him."

Xiao Lang rubbed his brows and thought for a while and said, "Xiaoxuan, if you have confidence, if he provokes tomorrow, I hope you can go up and resist. I don't want to lose, and neither can we."

It seems that tomorrow's international simultaneous live broadcast will indeed put a lot of pressure on Xiao Lang. The world ranking is only one place away, and the difference in skills is not too big. If it is normal, Xiao Lang will definitely not back down, even if he loses, he will not back down, but tomorrow It's different, I can't afford to lose.

"It is said that he will play a new piece tomorrow, which is composed by his teacher. Some foreign pianist friends said that it is definitely a classic piece." Xiao Lang rubbed his brows and said with a headache. , he has the confidence to use this piece of music to compete with the opponent.

Telling Ye Mingxuan this was just because he was under a lot of pressure and wanted to confide in him, but he didn't really withdraw Ye Mingxuan to take the blame.

"Brother Lang, didn't I say that? I still have a piece of music." Ye Mingxuan emphasized helplessly. With the support of a world cultural treasure, he was fearless.The nervousness is only aimed at the people who will come tomorrow, their identities are too exaggerated.

"How does it compare to the starry sky?" Xiao Lang looked at Ye Mingxuan expectantly.I hope that Ye Mingxuan will give the answer he thinks in his heart.

"It shouldn't be bad." Ye Mingxuan nodded and said.

"Great, you're going to tease him tomorrow. I'm not afraid of the others. Except for him, other people who rank higher than me won't be able to participate." Xiao Lang said excitedly.

"If I really need it tomorrow, I will definitely come." Ye Mingxuan thought about it, and it should be no problem.

"Okay, that's the deal, haha." Xiao Lang lost the pressure, his whole body seemed relaxed, and his condition improved a lot. "It's started, let's also look at the level of these international rookies."

(End of this chapter)