pianist from the sea

Chapter 168 Mastering the System
It surpassed almost everyone's cognition, and no one would have thought that those professors from the Berlin University of the Arts would come directly to the stage and start playing.

Normally, Fu Tiao would perform on stage, and then the instructors would negotiate with each other to see who is more suitable to lead Fu Tiao, and how to improve Fu Tiao's level again.

But now... Fu Tiao doesn't need to be on stage, but instead these professors come on stage to play for Fu Tiao?
What is this concept?
This is exactly the Berlin University of the Arts coming to beg Fu Tiao to come to school!
The identities of the professors here are not particularly simple. Basically, everyone’s level and strength are among the top in the world. There may be some ordinary people who are transferred from other schools with good teaching skills to play. There are no family-level tutors, but the number is definitely not many, and these tutors and professors transferred from other places, it's just that they haven't won a lot of awards, but their teaching level is not bad.

For example, the South Korean professor named Li Meizhu who is on the stage now, she has been teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts since 1990, and has her own independent master classes in Austria, France and South Korea. She started her artistic career in 1985.

It has won awards in the world's top competitions, the Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition, the Oviti International Piano Competition and the Tokyo International Piano Competition. It has held concerts in various countries and cooperated with the world's top orchestras, such as Sir Simon At the same time, she is also a guest at music festivals in various places around the world.

The honors she has now, although the gold content of many things are not as high as Fu's, but there are so many people, and the honors that can write a whole page are piled up in front of everyone.

There are more than a dozen people like her at the Berlin University of the Arts, and almost everyone has the experience of touring around the world, and some are even signed pianists of some top orchestras.

However, even if they have so many honors, they still go to the stage to show Fu Tiao their own personal style, and briefly describe the teaching logic they are used to, to see if Fu Tiao is used to them teaching methods.

The dense group of people on the second floor of the concert hall in the distance was completely numb. Looking at the instructors who were playing in front of them and trying to sell themselves, they even felt that their artistic values ​​were about to collapse.

You know, when many of them are admitted to this school, what they value most is the tutors who come to teach them. Take Chen Ying as an example. Her tutor is Li Meizhu who is currently playing on the stage.

Chen Ying can be regarded as a super admirer of her. She often discusses with her boyfriend what concert her teacher held recently and what album she released, and then she uses her mobile phone to record what the teacher said every time in class Come down, and then listen to it repeatedly, thinking about the meaning of what the teacher said.

The result is obvious, it is precisely because of her hard thinking and analysis that her level has improved super fast, and soon she has the strength to hold a personal concert in school, and has been invited by other cities to go to their places Have a personal concert.

It sounds awesome, but actually... it's even more awesome than you can imagine.

In the conservatory, the school will help to register their students as an artist and put it under their own school. The school acts as a small brokerage company to help find jobs for the students.

Normally speaking, if you can find a job in a school, it is basically because there is a shortage of teaching institutions in a certain place. I hope to find some students from the conservatory to teach, and this thing is posted everywhere in the information board in the school.

And basically not many students will pay special attention to this thing. Basically, they just take a look at it. After knowing this matter, they put it directly behind their heads. Only a few students who are about to graduate and have no job will pay their attention Focus on this, after all, this one hour can give nearly seventeen or eight euros, about twenty euros.

If you are a music teacher in a serious school, if you go to practice in the past, they will give you a higher salary, 25 euros an hour, but this is rare, and it is almost rare, because if you If you behave well, you can stay in school as a teacher in the future.

Almost equivalent to compiling.

Compared with piano shops, the number of teachers looking for is a little less, because the group is short of people and needs to find a professional person to help out temporarily, but this number is also a lot, and you often encounter the kind of group partners who don't come because they have something to do.

Of course, for a group, this number may not be particularly large, maybe once or twice a year, but the problem is... there are still thousands of bands in Berlin, so this also leads to You can have one or two such invitations posted on the bulletin board.

Because it is temporary, the price will be higher, and occasionally [-] Euros and [-] Euros will be given, but this is one and only once, and it is not completely a member of the group.

And a little less, there are some invitations from other cities, inviting people from their side to hold concerts as a hot spot.

Some cities are relatively small, such as some second- and third-tier cities. Although they can still be called cities, they are actually as big as a village in Huaguo.

Some music festivals will also be held in such cities, and if they can't invite particularly good pianists, they will also invite some students to their music festivals to play the main part.

This thing can get hundreds of euros or even nearly a thousand euros for a game.

But, money is not important, the point is that I like to hold concerts.

It's a pity that there may only be two or three such missions throughout the year. Even if you are lucky enough to invite top pianists to give concerts in various places, then there may not be any place that invites the pianists from the school throughout the year. students come to give a concert.

And these invitation tasks are not given out so casually for the school, they are basically given to the most powerful group of students in the school, who are almost equivalent to the group of artists.

Wu Hong's object, Chen Ying, is one of them. When she was a sophomore, she was valued by Li Meizhu, who is currently on the field, because of her perfect performance in a certain teaching concert. She negotiated with the school and gave her such an opportunity.

However, even though she is making rapid progress and can even independently undertake the repertoire and professional requirements of a concert, she still cannot see clearly about her current teacher, Li Meizhu.

I can't see where Li Meizhu's lower limit is, and I don't even know what Li Meizhu is not good at.

It's like all the works, as long as you take them out and put them in her hands, she can play them to you directly, no need to practice at all.

In fact, many pianists have this sight-reading skill, but most of the pianists' sight-reading works can only be said to be a mess, and they cannot be listened to at all.

But Li Meizhu couldn't hear the feeling of sight reading at all.

Maybe it's because Chen Ying's level is poor?But she really couldn't figure out what Li Meizhu's strength was.

however……

For Chen Ying, such a strong pianist, the teacher she admired so much, and Li Meizhu, who is full of mystery and powerful strength, actually went to the stage to play for Fu Tiao in order to recruit Fu Tiao as a student, explaining her The logic of playing, and then show her strongest level strength.

For a moment, Chen Ying always felt that her world view had collapsed, and it didn't exist at all.

Not only Chen Ying, but also the other students around.

Because the teachers selected by Berlin University of the Arts are basically the top teachers and professors in Germany, so many students admire their teachers extremely.

But when they saw that their teacher showed their strength like a salesman and let Fu Tiao choose freely, they were really not in a good mood.

Originally, some people thought, everyone is a performer diploma from Berlin University of the Arts, so why are you more noble than me?I would like to see how your real level of strength is.

Even if your own strength is not good, their teacher's strength is still here, and you, the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, must not be allowed to dominate here in Berlin!
As a result, before Fu Tiao made a move, his teacher surrendered first. What kind of talk is this?
Your Majesty, etc.... want to fight to the death, why did His Majesty surrender first?

Everyone's mood became extremely low for a while, but there was nothing they could do.

Their emotions have no way of affecting the professors and Fu Tiao who are playing on the stage.

Compared with the dignity and style that these students care about, these professors actually care more about who Fu Diao will choose.

For a pianist, especially for a pianist who is gradually turning to teaching, what they care about is not only how many concerts they can give around the world and how many honors they can get, but also their own How about the students.

After all, they feel that their artistic career may be coming to an end, and there is little room for further improvement.

Even so, they are still one level behind the top pianists, such as Argerich and Zimmerman.

It can only be regarded as first-class, there is no top-notch at all.

That being the case, it is better to teach a particularly strong student, and when people introduce Fu Tiao later, they will bring him.

For example, Fu Diao, born in 1997, followed Professor Wang Jian of the Huaguo Central Academy to lay the foundation when he was young. He won the No.1 score in the piano group of the Huaguo Golden Piano Award. After winning the Chopin International Piano Competition, Fu Tiao did not stand still after winning the championship. Instead, he went to Berlin, Germany, and studied at the Berlin University of the Arts. He studied with piano masters and national treasure pianists in that country. During the stage, he successfully broke through his own limits, broadened his artistic path, and laid the most perfect foundation for his artistic career, most of which are due to the piano master so-and-so.

Of course, the last sentence may not be added, but as long as they think about it this way, many professors can't help feeling a little fluctuating in their hearts.

After all, Fu Tiao is real, powerful enough to be seen by the naked eye, and they can guess Fu Tiao's future with just a glance.

The status of a first-class pianist is stable. Whether he can rush to the position of the world's top pianist on an equal footing with Lang Liangyue, Argerich, Zimmerman, and Ji Xing depends on Fu Tiao's luck.

Maybe the level and strength have been reached, but because of bad luck, the reputation has been unable to improve, so I can only squat in the first-class position aggrieved and unable to move.

This is not uncommon. For example, Zhu Xiaomei, who has been very popular recently, already has the feeling that her Bach is top-notch in the world. Even if it is a little worse than Gould, it is not too far behind.

However, Zhu Xiaomei seldom performed other works, so she pushed it with her capital, and she didn't push it for a long time. Therefore, she can only be regarded as a first-class pianist, and she is still a little short of the top-notch repertoire and luck.

It's hard to say something like luck, but it's already very good to have a first-class pianist under his command.

Therefore, all the professors tried their best to show their own personal characteristics for Fu Diao to choose from.

however……

Until the last professor finished playing, Fu Diao's expression didn't change much.

These professors play well, but I always feel that something is missing?It's not particularly compatible with myself.

For example, the first Li Meizhu, she really showed the most perfect part of herself. Unfortunately, it is obvious that, just as she said to Fu Tiao, she and Fu Tiao's styles don't match very well. She It is more about the pursuit of ethnicity in it, hoping to play out the feeling of ethnicity deep in one's own heart.

This kind of feeling is actually very marketable in the current classical music world, especially for music that is developing more and more slowly. A little fresh feeling.

It's a pity that what Fu Tiao prefers is to show his own personal characteristics, rather than ethnicity.

The same is true for Christian Petersen behind, always feeling that there is a big gap in style.

Although other professors have similarities and like to show their own personal characteristics, but for Fu Tiao, he always feels that it is difficult for him to learn anything from these people.

Therefore, until the end of the last professor's performance, Fu Tiao was in a position of hesitation, without saying anything, just thinking about something.

"Dior, among these professors, who do you like the most?" A man with a beard like a lion king, but a Mediterranean bald man asked Fu Tiao: "All our professors are in this place now , how do you feel about our performance?"

"I..." Fu Tiao was silent. After thinking for a long time, he hesitated and said, "I always feel that something is missing, and it doesn't quite fit what I want."

"So what do you want? If it's just a display of personal style, we have many, many professors here, such as Professor Christian Peterson, Professor Lucas, and Professor Renner you heard just now, they are all A model of personal style." The man spread his hands: "According to our feeling, these three are actually the most suitable for you."

"Sorry, I still need to think about it." Fu Tiao shook his head slightly, lost in thought.

However, at this moment, a professor with a slightly old voice, gray hair, set eyes, and a very gentle face suddenly spoke.

"How about...you just follow me?"

"Professor Klaus Hellerweg?" Everyone heard the voice and immediately looked into the corner.

There is also a professor in the corner. This professor has not come to the stage. He just sat in the corner and stared at Fu Tiao. When he saw Fu Tiao's gaze turned, the corners of his mouth could not help but slightly raised, and he pulled out a smile: "Dior , or, you can study with me? I'll take you?"

After all, he slowly got up and walked towards the stage.

The pace is not fast, but every step is very solid.

He spoke slowly.

"I have listened to your performance, which is different from the free tickets they got. I paid for the tickets to listen to them myself. My friend, Sir Simon, gave me a position near the middle with the best acoustics, so I actually heard it better than they did."

Professor Taylor, who was also sitting in the corner, stood up in embarrassment, nodded slightly to Professor Klaus, with an embarrassed expression: "Professor Klaus, you are not..."

"Taylor, I'm not saying you're bad, don't take it to heart." Professor Krause interrupted Taylor, patted him on the shoulder, and then continued to walk on the stage.

He walked onto the stage and didn't start playing directly, but just sat on the piano bench slowly, turned around and looked at Fu Tiao, and said in a slightly relaxed tone.

"Actually, what they feel is completely wrong. When I was listening to your music, I kept thinking. I thought about what you are missing in your music, and how you should develop and move forward. I kept hearing the end of your music. I just heard a feeling...

That is, there is no systematic sorting out of your music, all of your music is done through your own thoughts on music, understanding and thinking about music, and you don’t have a clue as to why you do this Concept, you don't even know, why do you want to do this, your hands are on the keys before your own brain.

This is scary. It doesn’t mean that you are bad at this point, but that... your talent can reach such a high level. The music you play is beautiful, and they will even be puzzled and try to analyze your performance, but they will never be able to analyze the reason why you do it, because all this is your own unconscious performance. "

Klaus got up and looked at Fu Tiao with a serious expression: "The continuous development of this talent will give you a higher ceiling, but it will also limit your development, so..."

"If I were to teach you, I might not teach you much. I would only teach you one ability, and that is thinking."

"To think about music, to think about why you play like this, to deconstruct, analyze your own existence, to understand and control your own talent!
then……

Master it thoroughly! "

(End of this chapter)