pianist from the sea

Chapter 226 Merry Christmas, Mr. Fu Tiao

The applause roared, and after Fu Diao bowed three or four times in a row to express his gratitude to the crowd, he walked off the stage for the first time.

If the applause does not stop, he probably needs to continue to go on stage and bow again to thank him, or to see if he is in a good mood, if not, it is a common encore.

But before the encore, there is still about a minute or two before Fu can be transferred back to the backstage for a rest.

As soon as he returned to the backstage, a staff member brought Fu Tiao water and a towel, and asked him to simply wipe the sweat off his forehead.

At the back, someone took biscuits, candies and other small snacks on the table, indicating that Fu Tiao can enjoy them casually.

Compared to the audience outside, the people inside were also applauding, shouting excitedly, simple words like "Bravo" and "good".

After all, this is just an infield compared to the people in the outfield, and everyone is not here to take the TOEFL IELTS, or to do some CET-[-] or CET-[-] exams. Everyone is just speaking simple, and there are no particularly strange advanced vocabulary in it.

Fu Tiao couldn't help smiling when he saw these people, and bowed slightly to everyone, but when he got up, he suddenly found something was wrong.

A familiar figure appeared at the back of the house.

When he saw this person, Fu Tiao had completely lost the thought of thanking everyone. He fixed his eyes on the person behind the room.

Simon Rattle, Sir Simon.

He had met Sir Simon at the Royal Academy of Music before, and had a brief chat, but he never thought that Sir Simon would suddenly come to the backstage of his concert.

Sir Simon applauded him with a smile on his face?
When did he come to listen to his concert?I don't think I've said anything about this before...

Although he and Sir Simon have no superior-subordinate relationship, seeing Sir Simon in this state, Fu Tiao always feels that something is not quite right.

It’s as if you have a very good relationship with a teacher, and he is not in charge of the defense, so you talk about a lot of weird things with him, but when you go to the defense site, there is that teacher sitting in the middle of the defense, and he is still smiling. wave to you.

It may not be particularly accurate, but Fu Tiao does feel a little flustered in his heart now, and it is difficult for him to describe his inner emotions.

The appearance of Sir Simon completely washed away his emotions when he was playing on the stage.

Fu Tiao looked at Sir Simon who was applauding, and couldn't help hesitating a bit, then raised his hand slightly, and whispered to Sir Simon.

"Sir Simon... good evening? Long time no see?"

"Good evening, Fu! But we can't be regarded as long time no see, we even met a few days ago, don't tell you to forget about it."

Sir Simon looked at Fu Tiao very happily. He took two steps forward, opened his hands to embrace Fu Tiao, then patted his back lightly, and said with a smile.

"However, Fu, you play really well, and I like your performance very much."

"Ah...thank you?"

Hearing Sir Simon's praise, Fu Tiao couldn't help but become more confused, but he still nodded slightly, accepted Sir Simon's approval, and asked quickly after he let go of his hands.

"Sir Simon, when did you... come?"

"Me? I actually just came here, probably during your second half."

Sir Simon laughed a few times: "I listened to your performance in the second half, and your level and strength have improved a lot, and it is completely different from the time in Berlin before!"

"Recently, I have experienced a lot of things, and I have traveled a lot in Europe, so I have thought more about music."

Fu Tiao scratched his head in a little embarrassment, feeling embarrassed.

After all, from his side, there is a feeling that Sir Simon is blaming him for not playing his best in Berlin.

But Sir Simon didn't think so. He just praised Fu Tiao again and encouraged him. After he kept saying that some parts of Fu Tiao had been handled very well, he smiled at Fu Tiao.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, Fu, I have an idea to tell you, I wonder if you don't have this intention?"

"Idea? What idea?" Fu Tiao was puzzled.

The other people around seemed a little unclear about what Sir Simon wanted to say. Everyone looked at him, looking at Sir Simon curiously, wanting to know what Sir Simon and Fu Diao were thinking.

Maybe an invitation to some concert?
Or maybe a Christmas dinner?

Or introduce friends to let Fu Diao know?
People around think that this is probably the case. After all, apart from music, most of the communication between musicians is probably just these things.

It's just that the predictions in their hearts have nothing to do with what Simon said.

It never occurred to them that Sir Simon would say that.

Sir Simon smiled at Fu Tiao and said, "It's just... I want to sign with the Berlin Philharmonic!"

Whoa!
The room was suddenly shocked, and everyone looked at Sir Simon in disbelief, with a hint of bewilderment and bewilderment in their eyes.

What the hell?What are you kidding?Sir Simon wants to sign a contract with the Berlin Philharmonic with Fu Diao?

Wait, wait, did you hear me right?Fu Tiao wants to sign a contract with the Berlin Philharmonic?
That is the Berlin Philharmonic!
Everyone was completely dumbfounded, the applause was loud outside the room, but it was extremely quiet inside, no one spoke.

All of them stared at Fu Tiao in front of them, looking at his expression with a trace of temptation.

They were very curious if Fu Diao would refuse this matter, if he did...it would be fun.

Although it is not as good as when he commanded Emperor Karajan, he reached the world's first level.

But now anyway, the Berlin Philharmonic can also look like the top three in the world.

Especially with the current Sir Simon.

At present, the top orchestras in the world may be the Royal Netherlands Orchestra, the second and third are the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic.

Even if Sir Simon may have to leave, the next Kirill Petrenko will soon take over the banner of the Berlin Philharmonic.

Although I don't know what Kirill Petrenko can bring Berlin to, but at the very least, no matter how badly he leads, this band will definitely have no problem in the top ten.

After all, people's basic quality is here. Even without the conductor of Kirill Petrenko, their orchestra, which has attracted the world's top performers, can use the legacy of the previous conductor to reach a relatively good level.

Just like the Vienna Philharmonic.

It's just that people play more ruthlessly, and only listen to the conductors they like. When they meet new conductors or conductors with mediocre relationships, they just leave you to direct and play alone.

This is the main reason why the level of strength of the Vienna Philharmonic is declining step by step.

The level of the orchestra is actually not very important to the pianist, the key is what level of orchestra he can sign with.

For example, the success of a pianist can be seen from many angles.

If the person likes to give concerts, look at the number of concerts he does each year.

If the person likes to make records, look at the sales of the person's records.

If he is average in both and doesn't particularly like them, then you can look at the number of signings he has with those top orchestras.

Generally speaking, the higher the number of signings by top orchestras, the stronger the level of the pianist. After all, the members of those orchestras are not blind. Can’t you tell if this person is good or not?
But it must be worth mentioning that, for example, Zhu Xiaomei, who doesn’t like recording or giving concerts, and who rarely plays those concertos, you can only evaluate her level from the same rank among Bach players.

Just because she has fewer records, fewer concerts, and fewer cooperative orchestras does not mean that her level is relatively weak.

Now that Sir Simon and Fu Tiao have brought up Fu Tiao's signing with the Berlin Philharmonic, it is equivalent to giving Fu Tiao a step, a step to the top group of performers in the world.

This is the most precious step.

If the cooperation between Fu Tiao and the Berlin Philharmonic is very good, then Fu Tiao will definitely enter the eyes of other orchestras, and other orchestras will tentatively sign a contract with Fu Tiao to play a season of music to see the influence and situation.

Then decide whether to sign a long-term contract with Fu Tiao.

Even if Fu Tiao did not sign a contract with other orchestras, but just signed a contract with the Berlin Philharmonic, then Fu Tiao is enough to write this experience into his file and publicize it as an honor.

In other words, if you sign a contract with the Berlin Philharmonic, you basically have half a foot in the upper echelon of the music circle.

Almost all of them are benefits, and you will be hard-pressed to find any defects.

If you have to say it hard, it may be that some orchestras that are not in harmony with the Berlin Philharmonic will not like you and will not sign you.

That's it.

The emotions of envy surged in everyone's hearts, making it difficult for them to calm down.

But there is no jealousy or hatred, after all, everyone knows their own strength.

This is obviously not a realm they can achieve.

Only when Fu Tiao has this strength, and the level of strength is in place, can he have a chance to be favored by the Berlin Philharmonic.

As for them...

Just think about it.

Everyone's emotions were not stable, but Fu Tiao didn't notice this, he just looked at Sir Simon a little blankly, not quite sure why he said this.

Fu Diao asked puzzledly, "Is there any difference between signing a contract with the Berlin Philharmonic and cooperating with the Berlin Philharmonic?"

"Yes, if you sign a contract with the Berlin Philharmonic, we will bring you along on our Asian tour, European tour, and American tour. If you need a performance, you can also negotiate with us."

Sir Simon smiled and said: "Compared with your personal tour, our tour will not give more money, but you don't need to play the whole show, but only need to play half of the show, that is, the first half of the piano The concerto part, and these piano concertos are all about you."

After Sir Simon gave a brief introduction about the content of the tour, he looked at Fu Tiao and asked him.

"How? Any ideas?"

"Well……"

Fu Tiao felt that his head was a bit big. After struggling for a long time, he asked Sir Simon.

"Like a big ship? Is it? I'm a crew member on your ship?"

Sir Simon was taken aback, then laughed loudly: "Big ship? Hahaha, very good metaphor, I like your metaphor very much, indeed, as you said, this is indeed like a big boat, a very big boat .”

"This big ship is not only carrying you, but also carrying many other people. I am the captain of this ship, and the people of the Berlin Philharmonic are the helmsman and crew of this ship. You are this The guest on the boat who was invited to play, the virtuoso."

"They may choose to listen to our orchestra because of the luxury of our boat, and sail to the other shore of music on this boat, but it is actually you invited guests who really decide to launch this boat!"

"I don't know how to say that, can you understand?"

After listening to it, Fu Tiao finally understood what Sir Simon said, and said with a grin.

"Understood! I know what you mean."

"So... what's your answer?"

"My answer... I actually quite like playing on that big ship of yours."

Fu Diao stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Although I don't know what works you need, I still hope to continue to cooperate with you. I still remember the works you worked with me at that time. They are very good. I like them very much. There are those symphonies that you perform yourself, which I like very much."

"Haha, your performance is also very good."

Sir Simon embraced Fu Diao enthusiastically, patted him on the back again, and smiled.

"Then, I will discuss this matter with Deutsche Grammophon and give you a decent contract. We will discuss the specific details later, but there should be no major problems."

After that, he took two steps back, pointed at the door of the concert hall that was still open behind Fu Tiao, and added.

"Okay, go and perform your performance. The audience can't wait any longer. Let's go back... See you in Deutsche Berlin, and I wish you a Merry Christmas."

"Okay, see you later in Berlin, and Merry Christmas to you too, Sir Simon."

Fu Tiao and Sir Simon waved, looked at the person in charge and other staff around him, and smiled.

"Okay, friends, I'm going on stage first, and my audience can't wait."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for everyone's answer, he turned and walked towards the stage of the concert hall.

Whoa!
The applause from the stage was once again warm.

Having never seen Fu Tiao appear, many people originally had some regrets in their hearts and planned to leave first.

After all, everyone's time is not unlimited. After waiting for several minutes, Fu Tiao still hasn't come out. Some people really waited a little anxiously.

But who would have thought that at this moment, Fu Tiao came out again, and after bowing to the crowd, he did not leave the stage directly, but returned to his seat. Facing his own position, he fixedly stared at Fu Tiao, his eyes sparkling.

They were very curious about what kind of performance Fu Diao could bring tonight.

It's just that I never thought that Fu Tiao didn't start playing directly, but looked at all of them and said softly.

"Originally, I planned to play some of Kapustin's works, maybe playing Kapustin is more in line with the construction of my concert, but I saw a man in the backstage, he said hello to me. Merry Christmas, I That’s when I suddenly realized that Christmas was approaching.”

He looked at the crowd who didn't make any sound and smiled.

"So, Merry Christmas to you all."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand and placed it gently on the piano keyboard.

A not-so-difficult Christmas carol was played.

It's just that this is not difficult, it's just an illusion in front of everyone. In fact, Fu Tiaozheng used the same technique as before to gradually change the internal chords of this piece from the simplest popular chords to extremely complex jazz chords.

These chords make an otherwise simple Christmas song several times more complicated.

But the music itself will not become disorganized due to extremely complicated chords.

On the contrary, the main theme of the music became extremely clear under Fu Tiao's fingers.

The people off the stage couldn't help being stunned when they heard Fu Tiao's performance, and finally smiled knowingly, leaning their bodies on the back of the chair with ease, enjoying the music played by Fu Tiao.

Now, it's Christmas.

Just listening to Fu Tiao's performance, I was immersed in Fu Tiao's music for a while, and even forgot that it was Christmas.

Obviously there is no snow, and there is obviously no stove.

But for some reason, listening to the performance of Fu Tiao, they felt as if they had returned to their hut in the country, around the fireplace in the middle of the room, holding a glass of mulled wine with their loved ones, or some ordinary drinks, laughing and talking about something.

There are Christmas decorations hanging around, whether it's the Christmas stockings on the fireplace, or the Christmas tree in the corner of the house, and the empty cardboard boxes piled up under the tree.

Although according to common sense, those paper shells should be filled with Christmas gifts, but now who has so many people in their family and has so many suitable paper shells to make gift wrapping bags?

So for those presents under the Christmas tree, everyone puts a paper shell over there for decoration.

As for the real gift, of course they have to hand it over to each other.

Fu Tiao's piano sound is melodious, it doesn't sound like there is any element of showmanship in it, but the skill control in his hands, anyone who has a little deeper understanding of music can hear his strength.

Perhaps, this is the realm of ingenuity.

Fu Tiao felt as if he had returned to the big ship back then, and the sailors and tourists he was familiar with performed Christmas works and danced relaxedly on the ship.

It feels as if everything has gone back to the past.

The bright lights above his head made him feel a little bit confused.

He smiled and interpreted the work in his hand, integrating everything about Christmas into the work and showing it to everyone.

As the last chord dissipated in the air, he raised his hands, turned his head to look at the silent crowd below the stage, raised his hand slightly, and smiled at the crowd.

"Merry Christmas."

Whoa!
The applause roared, and all kinds of blessings rang out from the stage.

But if you listen carefully, you will find that they all say the same sentence.

"Merry Christmas, Fu!"

　Writing about Christmas in July always has a weird feel to it...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)