pianist from the sea

Chapter 220 Self-Analysis
"Sir Simon?"

Fu Tiao was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't expect to see Sir Simon in this place. The sitting body couldn't help getting up, took two steps forward, and asked Sir Simon.

"Why are you here, Sir Simon?"

"Me? Hahaha, don't you know that I am a native of England? There is not much time until Christmas, so I will come back for Christmas and reunite with my family, just like the Spring Festival in your Huaguo. Not much difference."

Sir Simon laughed.

Probably because he was in a good mood after returning to his hometown, his body was obviously much tougher than when he was in the Berlin Philharmonic, and he couldn't help grinning when he looked at Fu Tiao.

“I’m negotiating some details with the London Symphony recently. I will let go of the burden of the Berlin Philharmonic in 2017. Before that, many global symphony orchestras were offering me olive branches. I thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to go back to my hometown first. To see if there was any chance, I chose the London Symphony Orchestra, and after I rested in my hometown for a while, that is to say, in a few years, maybe around 2023, I might return to the core of the World Orchestra.”

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Fu Tiao knew he was talking about the big bands in Europe.

Such as Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Amsterdam Philharmonic, Bavarian Radio Orchestra and so on.

It's not that the bands in England are not strong, it's just that because of being on the island, there is always a gap between them and the European region. Even if the transportation is much more convenient, the communication is not completely smooth.

Sir Simon spread his hands and said: "The specific repertoire has not been decided yet, but overall there shouldn't be many problems. They have already issued a notice in March. Haven't you noticed?"

"No……"

Fu Tiao shook his head.

He was completely unaware of it.

"I was probably preparing for the Chopin International Piano Competition. I didn't know the details and didn't have much time to care about them."

"That's right, that's normal."

Sir Simon nodded.

Right behind him, a group of people poked their heads out furtively, carefully exploring the classroom.

Seeing Sir Simon who was standing at the door chatting with Fu Tiao, he was taken aback for a moment, and then seeing Fu Tiao standing near the podium, his eyes lit up, and he quickly rushed to the remaining seat in the room and sat down.

They are the group of people who were reminded by Lin Xuan before.

They originally wanted to come to see Fu Tiao, but they didn't expect that not only Fu Tiao was here, but also Sir Simon.

Compared with RCM, people in RAM are more familiar with Sir Simon, because Sir Simon himself is a graduate student of RAM.

In 1971, he entered the Royal Academy of Music (RAM), University of London to study piano, percussion and orchestra conduct. He graduated in 1974 and won the first prize in the John Pryor International Conducting Competition in the same year. He was appointed as the assistant conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. .

Before being named Chief Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1980, he was a guest conductor with many orchestras around the world.

Subsequent taking over the Berlin Philharmonic from Abbado was a glorious moment in his career.

Sir Simon's status in RAM is extremely high due to his brilliant resume.

Although Sir Simon has basically never held a resident master class with them, there are still a few occasional lectures.

Now Sir Simon has come to RCM to play, judging from the current performance, he has such a good relationship with Fu Tiao, which shocked their RAM students a bit.

They tugged at the RCM people in front in a low voice, and couldn't help asking.

"What's the matter, why is Sir Simon here?"

"I don't know. We just got the keys and everyone sat down. When Fu Tiao was about to start his speech, Sir Simon knocked on the door and came in..."

"Ah? What a coincidence? Are Sir Simon and Fu Diao on good terms?"

"I don't know, maybe it's just a simple understanding?"

"You see, it's obviously not as simple as a simple understanding. It seems that Sir Simon admires Fu Diao very much. Sir Simon, one of the top conductors in the world, admires the pianist he admires. It's not as simple as a bright future. right?"

"Fu Tiao itself has a bright future. He is the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition. He doesn't need Sir Simon to raise his value. However, the relationship between Sir Simon and Fu Tiao seems to be a bit too good. Did they have a relationship before?" ever cooperated?"

"I'm so envious, I really want to chat with Sir Simon, I don't even have Sir Simon's signature..."

"It's as if you have Fu Diao's signature."

"Huh? Can I ask Fu Tiao for an autograph later? I wonder if Fu Tiao can persuade Sir Simon to sign for us."

"..."

Everyone chattered and discussed below, watching Fu Tiao and Sir Simon full of gossip.

And Fu Tiao was simply chatting with Simon.

Sir Simon came to RCM to meet his old friends today, mainly to chat about their recent situation.

When I was at the gate of the secretariat before, I seemed to have heard what Lin Xuan said, saying that a top pianist from China wanted to come to discuss with them, and wanted to rent a room for everyone to communicate with.

After thinking about it, he felt that this person might be known to him, so he came over curiously to have a look, and unexpectedly saw Fu Tiao.

The last time he saw Fu Tiao seemed to be more than a month ago, almost two months.

It was at the end of October.

It didn't take long, but it seemed like a long, long time.

After all, in the past one or two months, Fu Tiao's growth rate is too fast, so fast that it is even a little outrageous.

Every performance can cause some commotion, and even make people in the industry discuss it.

During his time in Berlin, he has heard more than one person discussing Fu Tiao.

Even some people in the Berlin Philharmonic would occasionally bring up Fu Tiao's name when they were gossiping.

Compared to before, Fu Tiao was just an ordinary Chopin International Piano Competition champion, and now Fu Tiao's reputation has spread a little bit.

But now, when he arrived in London, when he got off the train, he found that Fu Diao's posters had been posted everywhere in London.

He fully realized that Fu Tiao's influence was gradually expanding.

The Chopin International Piano Competition was a spark, and the following tour made Fu Tiao's appearance in the center of classical music in Europe a gust of wind.

This gust of wind contributes to Mars' rising momentum.

Let it gradually grow from a little unnoticed spark to a flame, and even a bonfire, a raging flame.

ravage the world.

Seeing Fu Tiao like this, Sir Simon even had a little doubt, wondering if he had traveled five or six years later.

Even the previous champions of the Chopin International Piano Competition were not able to achieve such a level.

Is Fu Diao too strong?
still is……

he is old?

Looking at Fu Tiao, he didn't know what he should say as he talked, so he could only sigh helplessly, patted Fu Tiao on the shoulder, and praised him.

"Fu, you play very well. Recently, even people around me have started to discuss your concert."

"Is that so?" Fu Tiao smiled, not realizing the level of people around Sir Simon, and just chatting with friends: "It seems that my efforts are still effective."

"Of course it is effective! And it is not ordinary effective. You are only a short distance away from becoming a top pianist in the world."

Sir Simon suddenly smiled and glanced around the room.

At this moment the room was practically full of people.

No, or it's not as simple as being fully seated, there are already some people standing in the back seat looking at Fu Tiao.

At the same time, it's not just Chinese people, but people from many other countries are also here.

It may be England, it may be France, or Germany.

There are only a few students in the entire Royal Academy of Music, about a thousand students, or the total number of four grades.

Maybe even less.

If it's the piano's turn, there are probably only a few hundred people.

However, a hundred people have already gathered here. It is obvious that the piano students of the entire RAM and RCM schools, whether they are freshmen or seniors, or even graduate students and doctors, have all turned to Fu Diao. gathered.

Get ready to see what Fu Tiao, the legendary person who won the Chopin International Piano Competition, is like.

Seeing the people around him like this, Sir Simon nodded and smiled at Fu Tiao.

"Okay, I'm just here to chat with you, then you can take your time here, I wish your concert all the best, and then..."

He paused, then stretched out his hand.

"Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas."

Fu Diao also reached out his hand, shook hands with him, and nodded solemnly.

Sir Simon took two steps forward, embraced Fu Tiao, and patted him on the back.

After finishing all this, he smiled and let go, waved goodbye to everyone in the room, turned and left.

Seeing Sir Simon's departure, everyone in the room couldn't help but sigh.

They had originally expected Sir Simon to have a chat with them, to get an autograph or something, but they didn't expect that they would just come over to catch up with Fu Tiao, and then withdraw after chatting for a few words.

But... Forget it, although Sir Simon may not come to discuss music with them, at least there is a Fu Tiao here.

Even if Fu Tiao's achievements were not as high as Sir Simon's, they were beyond their reach.

Therefore, everyone looked at Fu Tiao again, looking at him expectantly, wanting to see what he would say.

Under their watchful eyes, Fu Tiao packed up his things, turned around and returned to the room, looking at the men and women in the room, he couldn't help but spread his hands and apologized.

"Sorry, I didn't expect Sir Simon to be at your school, and we just met. We had a little chat, didn't it waste your time?"

"No no!"

"There was absolutely no delay and we benefited a lot!"

"That's right, Mr. Fu Tiao, you can chat with Sir Simon a few more times!"

"..."

The crowd immediately shouted, seeing them so excited, Fu Diao couldn't say anything, so he could only return to his seat and speak to the crowd.

"By the way... where did we just talk?"

"The content of the tour! But before the talk started, Sir Simon came." Lin Xuan, who was sitting at the front, said.

"Oh yes, the tour..."

Fu Tiao nodded, seeing everyone sitting there solemnly, couldn't help laughing, waved his hand and said: "Don't be nervous, this is just a very simple chat, don't be too nervous, and you don't have to put all your phones away , can be taken out to take pictures and videos, there is no problem.”

"Can I take pictures and videos? Is it really possible?" A person sitting in the back asked loudly and excitedly.

Fu Tiao nodded: "Yes, but if you upload it later, try not to take my words out of context as much as possible. Everyone is just chatting and communicating. It's not preaching or teaching. Don't think too much."

"Good good!"

Everyone nodded immediately, and immediately took out their mobile phones from their pockets and schoolbags, and pointed them at Fu Tiao.

Fu Tiao stared at the cameras for a moment.

Originally, what he thought was that everyone took out their mobile phones occasionally, just like in the concert hall before, but he didn't expect that everyone would hold their mobile phones and tease him.

It was completely different from what he expected.

but……

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

Fu Tiao exhaled lightly, not paying attention to these screens, but looking at the crowd, leaning on the back of the seat, and said softly.

"However, since there are so many classmates coming later, and there are so many people from other countries, why don't we simply talk about Chopin with you?"

"Okay!" The eyes of the crowd lit up when they heard it, and they cheered loudly.

Compared with the tour, they hope to hear how Fu Tiao, the champion of the Chopin competition, understands Chopin.

Seeing everyone like this, Fu Tiao smiled and continued.

"In fact, playing Chopin's works is different for everyone. There is no perfect answer. All the answers can only be said to be similar, not absolutely the same, because Chopin's works are just a framework. A framework for showing you who you are, not an answer."

Everyone didn't understand this sentence, but it didn't prevent them from recording what Fu Tiao said.

What is a framework?What is an answer?
I always feel a little vague, half-understood.

But soon, Fu Tiao explained.

"Many of you should have participated in the competition, right? If you have participated in the competition, you should know that music is actually a subjective and objective thing. Objectively, you can know the mistakes in a work and how much you understand the music. On the other hand, you need to hear and know what the performer wants to express.

Just like what I have played before, there are so many people in the final of the Chopin International Piano Competition, everyone may know that Kobayashi Aimi, Hamelin, Zhao Chengzhen, and me, Chopin does not understand each of us. In the same way, Kobayashi Aishi is a typical example of subjectivity and objectivity in music.

Why I say she is typical, the reason is that... You can hear her skills in her music. Compared with the three members of our first echelon, her technical performance is the worst, even worse than that of the third round One of those guys, but why was she able to make it to the fourth round, the final round, and not someone else? "

After pausing for a while, Fu Tiao lightly tapped on the piano next to him, and spoke solemnly.

"It's because of her performance in music! She can poke the thoughts of all the judges!"

"And her performance is a perfect expression between Zhao Chengzhen and Hamelin!"

Fu Tiao spoke very seriously, everyone was sitting there listening to Fu Tiao's discussion, no one dared to interrupt at this moment.

This is a winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition's understanding of the competition, Chopin's understanding, and a little bit of the inside story of the competition.

Whoever disturbs the classroom at this time will really become a sinner through the ages.

Fu Tiao continued to speak softly.

"In fact, we all knew from the very beginning that Chopin's overall path should be only two. For example, Zhao Chengzhen's pure description makes himself a part of Chopin. When he plays Chopin, he will start from Chopin himself more. To understand Chopin, and let yourself be Chopin.

This is a very good path. I have tried to walk this path before. I am not considered a success or a failure. I was just reminded that I don’t feel like me anymore, so I choose to give up. this path.

There is another way, which is to summarize Chopin with a specific concept, which is softness and love for his hometown, which is the core of Hamelin's playing. , to analyze Chopin from the level of an era.

It is obvious that when analyzing a person, the first is to analyze the person from the perspective of himself, and the second is to analyze the person from the perspective of the times. This is the main driving force for Zhao Chengzhen and Hamelin to move forward.

only……"

Fu Tiao took a long breath and let it out slowly.

"It's just that I have no choice between these two paths, because neither of them suits me, and what suits me is the most important thing. Therefore, I chose my own path, a path that is rarely seen in the Chopin arena. .”

"I believe I can use 'I' to overcome the era and purity."

It’s obviously very pretentious to use the least common way to get the highest score. What is this if it’s not pretentious?
But for some reason, no one felt that Fu Tiao was pretending to be coercive, but felt that what he said was very reasonable.

Playing works is not to force yourself to rely on the music, but to allow yourself to fit in with the music.

Fit is what matters.

But since Fu Tiao has mentioned this point, then the latter must be the most important.

That is how Fu Diao found this path.

Is Fu Diao's path suitable for me?

Thinking of this, everyone focused their attention on Fu Tiao, waiting for his speech.

They really want to know how Fu Tiao did it.

Not only them, but many people are now studying Fu Tiao's music in the competition, analyzing how Fu Tiao defeated Zhao Chengzhen and Hamelin.

Fu Tiao looked at the crowd and said slowly.

"And the focus of 'I' lies in the common ground between me and Chopin."

"This is also the core of the self-path."

(End of this chapter)