pianist from the sea

Chapter 219 Lecture Invitation from the School of Music

Looking at those people who are like chasing stars, Fu Tiao really wants to run away.

Not only did he want to run, but the group of people behind him also had unnatural expressions, with a little thought of running away.

After all, if you look at where they are now, it happens to be across a small bridge between the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal Albert Hall.

This is a very classical and symmetrical building.

It is a large building with a little bit of Hogwarts architectural style built from the maroon wall bricks that are common in England.

Very solemn.

But in front of this solemn building, a group of people waved light sticks and support lights in that place, it felt weird no matter how you looked at it.

A person behind Fu Tiao's face was tense, and he ran up to them quickly, covering his face, reached out and pulled off their support light board, and said in a low voice with a stiff expression.

"What are you doing? Are you crazy? Get these things out? Do you know what it is that we just walked over from the Royal Albert Hall and saw you waving light sticks in this place as soon as we got on the bridge Do you feel it?"

"What can we do? You are in such a hurry as you said. We can't print out a banner for you in 10 minutes. It says welcome Mr. Fu Tiao to the Royal Academy of Music for guidance. These support lights I borrowed it from my friend, do you know how hard it is to find this support light sign? I also spent a lot of effort to change the name on it to Fu Tiao, okay?"

"I know I know, but..."

The man didn't know what to say, he turned his head and looked at Fu Tiao who was hesitating to turn around and run away, he couldn't help but gritted his teeth and said: "Anyway, put away the things in your hands first, don't wave them around here, it's really It was so embarrassing that even I wanted to run away."

"Fine……"

When everyone heard the man's speech, they could only put away the light board in their hands with some unsatisfactory intentions, and walked towards Fu Tiao.

Lin Xuan, who had been taking Fu Tiao to visit before, also wanted to cover his head a little bit at this time, and said to Fu Tiao in embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Fu Diao, I made you laugh..."

"No, it's okay, it just feels a little strange. After all, I've never seen such a battle before, and it's good to watch it occasionally."

After Fu Tiao saw those people put away the light boards, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

The same is true for Lin Xuan, who also laughed along with Fu Tiao.

Of course, both of them smiled slightly.

Seeing that the group of people had packed their things, Lin Xuan immediately stretched out his hand and said.

"Okay, Teacher Fu Tiao, please follow us here."

After that, he led the way at the autograph and took Fu Tiao to the Conservatory of Music.

Fu Tiao stood at the door and looked around for a while before following him to continue inside.

The Royal Academy of Music of England is completely opposite to the Royal Albert Hall. One is on this side of the arch bridge, and the other is on the other side of the arch bridge. The distance between the two may be less than 100 meters.

Compared with the distance between conservatories and top concert halls in other places, perhaps the Royal Conservatory of Music is the closest.

This is a great advantage, especially for students.

Listening to the top concerts in this top venue is very helpful for the growth of students.

Fu Tiao just thought about it, and followed Lin Xuan into the house.

The house is full of classicism as seen from the outside, and you can even smell a trace of history in every place.

To be more accurate, it is the smell of decay in the wood.

There is even a creaking feeling when walking on the corridors in some places.

I don't know why, the creaking sound of this place does not bring people dilapidated, or other negative emotions, but makes people feel much calmer.

There are also those staggered stairs, which obviously seem to be a bit unplanned, but they are not messy.

Just like Hogwarts in the movie.

While this place wasn't a Hogwarts filming location, this type of interior is a feature shared by countless English conservatoires.

This feeling is different from the previous conservatories in Brussels, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam and other places. I don’t know if it is the precipitation of history or the symbol of culture. Fu Tiao feels much more comfortable in it than in Brussels.

Especially when the exterior decoration of the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels is extremely old, while the interior is extremely modern.

When you compare the Royal Academy of Music, you can feel what is called cultural heritage.

The group of Chinese on the side seemed to see that Fu Tiao was interested in their school, and immediately gestured to each other with their eyes, and Lin Xuan, the leader, immediately smiled and said.

"Teacher Fu Tiao, do you know? In fact, London is not the only Royal Conservatory of Music. In the words of Huaguo, there should be two Royal Conservatory of Music here."

"two?"

Fu Diao didn't expect him to say that, so he couldn't help asking: "Why two? Different campuses?"

"No, not really."

Lin Xuan shook his head and explained to Fu Tiao.

"This is actually a matter of translation. Both schools have been translated into the Royal Conservatory of Music. If you use English, you can actually tell the difference between the two conservatories at a glance."

Lin Xuan took two steps forward, pointed to the school logo on the side, and smiled at Fu Tiao.

"Mr. Fu Diao, look at this. It says Royal College of Music, or RCM for short. The translation is called the Royal College of Music."

"Yes, I know." Fu Tiao nodded.

Lin Xuan followed up.

"In fact, it can be called the Royal University of Music more accurately, but because this place only teaches music, it is normal to be called the Royal Academy of Music, and the name of the other Royal Academy of Music is slightly different from ours. His name is..."

Lin Xuan paused, and said very standardly: "Royal Academy of Music, abbreviated as RAM, translates to the Royal Academy of Music, which belongs to the University of London."

Lin Xuan took Fu Tiao to visit the school, followed by a group of people, causing many people around to look at them curiously.

Or because they saw many familiar faces among them, they, a small group of about twenty people, were not driven out.

Fu Diao didn't expect that there would be such a saying.

Indeed, if the translation of these two conservatories is indeed called the Royal Conservatory of Music.

It can be distinguished more clearly in English.

but……

Fu Tiao couldn't help asking curiously: "Is there any difference in strength between these two?"

Lin Xuan shook his head: "In fact, there is not much difference in strength, it's just that the teachers of some majors have deviations. These two are very good music schools, and the communication between our two music schools is also extremely smooth, so there is no difference. I didn't say anything about the kind of intrigue I imagined, our side is a music university, and we want to overwhelm the music school next door."

Speaking of this, he couldn't help laughing, and added.

"And in China, everyone actually recognizes it as the Royal Conservatory of Music. If you say you are the Royal Conservatory of Music, you may be regarded as the Pheasant University instead."

"That's it."

Fu Tiao nodded thoughtfully, groping for the decorations on the side.

According to Lin Xuan, it is really unbelievable that two extremely top music schools are close together, and their majors are so closely related.

Even the Berlin Hanns Eisler Academy of Music and the Berlin University of the Arts, which are owned by Berlin, are not as closely related as they are here.

Hans Eisler is actually more like a pure music academy, just teaching music.

The Berlin University of the Arts is not just about music, they also have many other majors, such as fine arts, drama, dance.

It is the only two art universities in Germany.

Even in Huaguo's Huaguo Academy and the Central Academy, the directions they teach are completely different.

One is biased towards Chinese traditional musical instruments, and the other is biased towards classical music.

However, the two conservatories of RAM and RCM can be so similar that they can only be divided in terms of their professional strength, which surprised Fu Tiao.

This conservatory looks very big from the outside, but it is not particularly big when you walk inside. After just walking for a while, you can basically read the contents of the entire conservatory.

That is to say, there are only those piano rooms below that are not seen one by one.

After Fu Tiao took a long breath of relief, he nodded thoughtfully.

"The Emperor's Conservatory of Music is really good. It feels more traditional and classical to me. If we only talk about classical music, England may be more classical than Germany."

"Hahaha, although our school looks more classical, the real classical ones are actually in Germany."

Lin Xuan smiled next to Fu Tiao, and after seeing that there were no foreigners paying attention to them, he immediately explained.

"Because the classical music talents in England basically went to France and Germany after graduation, the brain drain was extremely serious, so these two conservatories were established. RAM was established first, and our RCM It's a matter of later."

Speaking of this, Lin Xuan also seemed to feel that Fu Tiao had the idea of ​​leaving, so he couldn't help asking.

"Mr. Fu Tiao, um, I want to ask, that is, many of us here come to England to learn piano and vocal music, and there are relatively few other musical instruments. Can you please tell us a few words? ? Just chatting, this is the first time I see you after Xiao Sai is over."

"chat?"

Fu Tiao couldn't help but froze, looking at the people around him.

There were basically all Chinese people around, about twenty people, all of them looked at him expectantly, hesitated for a moment, and asked.

"Is there no place for us to talk?"

"As long as you agree, Mr. Fu Tiao, there will be a position."

Hearing Fu Tiao's tone seemed a little relaxed, Lin Xuan became extremely excited, and immediately said: "I can ask the teacher to borrow a room."

When the people around heard Lin Xuan's words, they immediately became excited.

They didn't expect Lin Xuan to invite Fu Tiao to give a small lecture besides inviting Fu Tiao over for a walk?
Sure enough, they are the most cheerful group of people in Huaguo, and they would never dare to change them.

But since someone spoke, they just took advantage of this opportunity to arrive immediately.

"Yes, yes, Mr. Fu Diao, come and talk."

"It is very convenient for us to have a separate small room here. We often have music discussions. Before we had chamber music discussions, we discussed chamber music in a small room."

"That's right, I've done it before. It's very easy for us to have a small room here. It doesn't take much effort, and we can still have tea."

"..."

Everyone chattered over there, and Fu Tiao raised his hand to look at the time.

It is more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky is almost half dark.

It seems that I have nothing to do except practice the piano at night.

But then again, what time does Steinway's piano room close?

Fu Tiao thought for a while, took out his mobile phone and started searching for the address of the nearest Steinway flagship store, and found that the business hours were actually closed at [-] pm?

Now it seems that even in the past, it is too late to practice the piano.

Fu Tiao thought for a while, and could only nod his head.

"Okay, then follow your arrangement. If possible, it's best to give me a piano."

"Okay, okay, no problem!"

Lin Xuan's eyes lit up, and he immediately waved to everyone, telling one of them to continue to accompany Fu Tiao to wander around the house, and take Fu Tiao to their library.

And he immediately ran to the secretariat to see if he could get a key.

Maybe it's because he has deep communication in various places and has a lot of connections. After only ten minutes, he ran over with a key, waved at Fu Tiao and others, and said with a smile.

"Teacher Fu Tiao, and everyone else, I got the key. After the school teacher asked me what I wanted to do, I was given a classroom in a big room, the one where we went to music history before."

"Music history? That's a bit big indeed."

Everyone's eyes lit up.

They didn't expect Lin Xuan to be able to get the key to music history.

You must know that although many of them belong to the performance side, courses such as music history are also required.

That classroom can be described as huge, with room for about a hundred people.

On their side, there are only twenty people.

Thinking of this, they became even more excited, surrounded Fu Tiao and walked upstairs to the classroom where they studied music history.

Lin Xuan opened the door first, and then opened the door for Fu Tiao to let Fu Tiao in.

As the previous group of people said, this is a large lecture hall with a piano in the middle, and a projector and computer desk for ppt on the side.

Fu Tiao walked up to the piano, touched the edge of the piano a little, and dropped a few keys casually.

Perhaps it is because this conservatory itself belongs to the top batch. The Steinway A188 piano feels very good and looks well maintained.

And there is no such mixed sound in this classroom, the walls can effectively eliminate the echo.

It sounds and feels great.

Everything is perfect except there is no piano bench.

But that's not a big deal.

Fu Tiao nodded with great satisfaction, walked to the side and pulled a stool from the side to the piano, smiled at the crowd, and asked.

"Okay, what do you want to hear from me?"

"Speak about Xiao Sai!"

"Speaking of Chopin!"

"I want to hear about Zhao Chengzhen from Fu Diao. I heard that you have a good relationship!"

"Fuck off, I finally got Mr. Fu Diao here just to let you listen to the gossip? Are you kidding me? I want to hear what Mr. Fu Diao thinks about music."

"Boss, can you talk about pedals! I want to hear this..."

Everyone chattered in amazement.

Fu Tiao has come to London. They should be the first batch of people who invited Fu Tiao to give a speech during Fu Tiao's tour, right?
Anyway, I have never heard of Fu Tiao giving lectures at other conservatories before. Even if Fu Tiao gave a concert at the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels, he never gave a speech there.

Now Fu Tiao has come to London, to the Royal Academy of Music, and agreed to chat with them and discuss some musical things.

Even if it is said that Fu Tiao's current coffee position is not comparable to the most powerful people in their school, the cornerstones of the school, and those who hold concert tours around the world.

But that group of people never give them lectures?
At present, the most famous coffee they have met, who is willing to talk to them, seems to be Fu Tiao.

Don't you pluck the wool well now?
Lin Xuan suppressed a smile while quickly sending messages on his mobile phone.

The messages on his mobile phone are not just the previous RCM WeChat group, but a large group.

RCM&RAM friendly communication group.

He threw the news of Fu Tiao's speech and exchange at their RCM to everyone in the group, and after circled all the members, he switched his phone to another software.

Whatsapp!Foreign version of WeChat.

Although I don't really hope that Fu Diao can chat with foreigners, but there are too few people now, only about [-] people, no matter how you count, there is no way to be worthy of Fu Diao's coffee position.

At least it must be packed with people, right?

I hope the people from the RAM next door can be more helpful.

Lin Xuan put away his mobile phone, looked at Fu Tiao and prayed in his heart.

Between Fu Tiao's coffee position and their selfishness, Lin Xuan chose the coffee position.

Fu Tiao didn't notice Lin Xuan's strangeness, looking at the group of students who were looking at him expectantly, he couldn't help smiling gently, and said casually.

"Okay, since you all want to hear it, let me talk about the recent tour. It just so happens that I am preparing for the tour recently. You also know that I have a concert on Saturday night, which is not far away in Card Dorgan Hall..."

dong dong...

Before Fu Tiao could finish speaking, there was a knock on the door. Following Fu Tiao's invitation to enter, the knock fell and the door opened.

A figure familiar to everyone appeared at the door.

Simon Rattle.

Sir Simon!

　The confusion between RAM and RCM made me check the information again, I forgot about it, and I have a headache

　　
　
(End of this chapter)