pianist from the sea

Chapter 248 Live version of the God-level scene
Lang Liangyue didn't think much, just patted Fu Tiao's shoulder, laughed heartily a few times, and then walked out of the house.

Outside the house, Gina and Constance were standing by the car, waiting meticulously for Lang Liangyue's arrival.

Lang Liangyue didn't bring too many people with him this time to show off his ostentation, but he just brought Gina here who didn't know if it was a secretary or the object of his pursuit.

Lang Liangyue immediately waved to Gina with a smile, scratched her head with a silly smile, and apologized.

"I'm sorry, I just chatted with Fu Tiao for too long, and I accidentally forgot the time. I'm really sorry, Gina."

Gina just shook her head slightly: "It's okay, let's go, your appointment time is going to be late."

"Okay, let's go."

After all, Lang Liangyue hurriedly got into the car, and Fu Tiao and Constance also got into the car behind him, and walked towards the city center.

When we were in the car this time, Lang Liangyue didn't chat with Fu Tiao about music and life. He mainly talked with Constance about the possibility of a European tour.

Obviously discussing work.

Time flies, or rather, the airport is too close to the city center.

In just ten minutes, the vehicle had already driven to the vicinity of Postan Square. After Fu Tiao greeted the driver directly, he found a place to get off at random near Postan Square.

Before he could speak, Lang Liangyue in the car waved his hand first and said with a smile.

"Fu! Come on, remember to watch my performance later!"

"OK, all right!"

Fu Tiao nodded with a smile, the door slowly closed, and the vehicle quickly merged into the traffic flow and disappeared from Fu Tiao's sight.

Ruhr Piano Festival...is it really that difficult?And, is it really that powerful?
Fu Tiao couldn't help but think so when he looked at the vehicles going away.

He could clearly see from Lang Liangyue's state that although Lang Liangyue looked very confident, he was still a little nervous and hadn't reached the state of not caring at all.

Of course, tension is an emotion, an emotion that many people have. Appropriate tension can even improve the player's control over the music and make their performance smoother.

But Lang Liangyue's nervousness was obviously completely different from this kind of nervousness.

It seems to be tension with a hint of negativity in it.

Is Kissing that strong?

And what Lang Liangyue said, the player who was said to be very strong on the first day of playing, is he really that strong?

Fu Diao thought for a while, picked up his mobile phone and booked the accommodation and bus tickets to the Ruhr area without too much hesitation.

The organizing committee of the Ruhr Music Festival is not responsible for accommodation. They organize all the performers, give them a place to play, and then give them cash rewards, that's all.

It will not be like the Chopin International Piano Competition, which will arrange accommodation for all the players and organize them.

The money is small money, maybe the ticket plus accommodation is only a few hundred euros.

But the money that the organizing committee gave to the performers was more than a few hundred, at least five thousand, and even tens of thousands of euros in rewards.

If you can win this year's best newcomer award, then the money you can get may exceed [-] euros, or even hundreds of thousands of euros.

People really don't care too much about things like accommodation tickets.

If you are really poor and have no choice, you can also apply to the organizing committee and ask if you can provide a ticket and accommodation.

As long as you feel that there is no problem in doing so, then you can definitely get the corresponding ticket and accommodation.

only……

They have all become such world-class pianists, and few pianists who can perform on this stage will be ashamed to ask the organizing committee for accommodation and ticket money.

Although everyone said that they are not billionaires, there is no problem with their worth of hundreds of thousands or even millions of euros.

Even for a player like Fu Tiao who has just become a top pianist in the world, after a short time, Fu Tiao has already saved 10,000+ euros.

As for those top bosses, they have more money in their hands.

And Lang Liangyue...

It is said that his annual income is already at the level of tens of millions of euros, and he may even have a chance of breaking through [-] million.

There are two hundred concerts every year, and one concert earns hundreds of thousands of soft sister coins or one hundred thousand euros, and the pure concert income may reach tens of millions.

And those advertising endorsements are even more.

This is the main reason why Lang Liangyue is called the top pianist with the highest commercial value, even higher than Argerich, Barenboim and others.

Without discussing professionalism, he might actually be the most profitable pianist.

Without thinking about it, Fu Tiao booked a first-class DB (Deutsche Bahn) seat from Berlin to Essen and back, and booked a hotel for several days, then went straight home to pack his luggage and prepare for the trip. Journey to Essen.

In a few days...

Another habitual DB delay, and the high-speed rail stopped halfway. After nearly five hours of driving, Fu Tiao finally arrived in Essen.

Essen, the German name is Essen, and the direct translation is to eat, or food, food.

This is a very old industrial city.

Before coming to the main fire in Essen, you can see the very conspicuous Folkwang word from the top of a ten-storey building next to the main fire.

And when Fu Tiao came out of the main fire, he saw a string of German words on the high-speed rail.

It's called German, but even if you speak English, you can roughly understand what he means.

"European Center"

You can't say the surrounding environment is good or bad, but it feels extremely crowded, with a touch of traditional heavy industry in it.

Obviously he has worked very hard to make facilities such as greening and fountains, but he just doesn't look particularly beautiful.

It always feels foggy, and it is difficult to make people like it at first glance.

It feels like it might be because of the wall?

Or is it because of congestion?
The taste of heavy industry in that bone is very strong.

Seeing all this here, Fu Tiao can hardly believe that this place is the place where the Ruhr Music Festival will be held.

However, Fu Tiao just glanced at the surrounding scenery, then followed the navigation on the phone and walked towards the hotel not far away.

After packing up my luggage and finding some places to eat, the time came to around six o'clock in the evening.

Fu Tiao came this time to listen to what Lang Liangyue said about the very interesting opening concert this year.

It is said that the contestant who will open the opening concert this year has been preparing for a long time. His name is Arkadi Volodos and he is a frequent visitor to the Ruhr Piano Festival.

According to his resume, he has participated in the Ruhr Piano Festival since 1998, the year Fu Tiao was born, and until 2016 this year, it happened to be the No.15 time he participated in the Ruhr Piano Festival.

According to the guidance of the map, Fu Tiao took the subway for two stops, then came to the city of Muelheim next to Essen, and walked in front of the city hall of Muelheim.

At this moment, everything for the Ruhr Piano Festival has been decorated in front of the town hall of Mülheim.

A fiery red piano is towed on a pure white truck.

This is the mascot and logo of the Ruhr Piano Festival, and it is also the representative of the Ruhr Piano Festival.

On the wall of the city hall, there is a very large poster with Arkady's name, profile picture, and performance location on it.

Even though it's just past six o'clock and it's not yet seven o'clock for the performance, there are already a lot of people chatting outside the door and inside the house at this time.

Simple drinks and food are provided in the house, which can be eaten by visitors.

Although the price is slightly more expensive than those in the city center by one or two euros, it is also within an acceptable range.

The group of people were excitedly discussing tonight's performance, but no one noticed Fu Diao who was standing at the door.

"Hello, do you need the program list for tonight?"

While Fu Tiao was observing the room, a staff member in a red dress walked up to Fu Tiao, and with a smile on his face, he took out a stack of tonight's performance catalog in his hand, and said to Fu Tiao.

"This is Arkady's performance track and introduction tonight. You can take it as you like. In addition, if you need it, there are free mints for you to use."

"Thank you."

Fu Tiao smiled at him, took the list in his hand and read it, then thought about it.

Arkady Volodos was not young.

Born in St. Petersburg in 1972, he first studied singing and conducting at the local conservatory, and continued his piano training at the Moscow Conservatory with Galina Egiazarowa, as well as in Madrid and Paris.

Since his New York debut in 1996, Arkadi has collaborated with the world's leading orchestras.

Including the Berlin Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Orchester de Paris, Gewandhaus Orchestra , Zurich Konzerthaus Orchestra, Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, etc.

At the same time, he worked in the roles of Myung-hoon Chung, Lorraine Maazel, Valery Gergiev, James Levin, Zubin Mehta, Seiji Ozawa, Yuka-Pekka Salas , Paavo Järvi, Christoph Eschenbach, Semyon Bychkov and Ricardo Chailly.

These names may not be familiar to people who do not pay attention to the classical music circle, but as long as they have followed the classical music circle, they can find that the names of these people are louder and stronger than the other.

It is basically equivalent to the position of the foremost leader in various industries.

At the same time, Arkady is not an unknown person as Fu Diao thought. In fact, he is also a frequent visitor to the most important concert halls and music festivals in the world.

Including the Paris Philharmonic Hall, the Amsterdam Concert Hall, the Vienna Concert Hall, the Madrid National Concert Hall, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, and the Stockholm Concert Hall, which Fu Diao has not been to.

There is also the Roque d'Anthéron Music Festival and the Fu Diao, and so on, the upcoming Salzburg Music Festival.

Since he won the Gramophone Award for his first legendary recording at Carnegie Hall in New York in 1999, Arkadi has also won high-level awards such as the Classical Echo Award and the Golden Tuning Fork Award.

Except that his name is not particularly loud compared to those top players, if he is based on his actual level, he can definitely be regarded as a top pianist, not a first-line pianist like Fu Tiao Home.

Obviously, you can hear from his performance experience that he has been in a superb scene, and has also become a representative interpreter of a certain work.

It was only at this time that Fu Tiao realized.

The real battle begins among the top pianists.

And only when you really perform a god-level live performance and become a top pianist, you are eligible to stand on that stage and compete with the world's top pianists.

Otherwise, no matter how popular you are among the first-line pianists, those people who just play to perfection and have not yet reached the level of gods, you are still an ordinary player.

Fu Tiao didn't know why a fire suddenly ignited in his heart.

It was the first time he was looking forward to this, hoping that one day he would be able to play this kind of god-level scene.

However, now is not the time.

Waiting for the day when I completely control the music...

Some thoughts flashed through Fu Tiao's mind. After checking the tickets, he walked into the concert hall and took his seat.

There are many people and it is crowded.

The town hall of Mülheim is not big, only about a thousand people, similar to the place where Fu Diao played before.

Everyone quickly found their seats, discussing with great excitement the repertoire and performers to be played today.

Among the group of people who came, there were many students and many elderly people, and no matter who they were, they all had expressions of expectation on their faces.

Composer: Johannes Brahms
First half, Variations on a Theme in D minor, op. 18b, eight works, Op. 76.

In the second half, three intermezzos op. 117 and six piano pieces op. 118.

As the opening performer of the music festival, it perfectly fits the main body of the music festival.

Fu Tiao flipped through Arkadi's information casually, waiting for the performer to appear.

Time passed quickly, and not long after, the lights in the room gradually dimmed, and the lights in the center of the stage became more prominent.

Mülheim City Hall is an older concert hall, so the lights are not bright, and even look a little dim.

The lights from the Steinway D274 on the stage were not bright either.

Under this light, a chubby old man with a big belly came out from behind the stage.

Whoa!
applause.

Fu Tiao's first reaction was that this was Arkady, and then his second reaction was...

Why is this Akadi different from the photo.

But soon, he was relieved that this was not Arkady, but the general director of the Ruhr Piano Festival.

Unlike Miller who met Fu Tiao before, Miller was the person in charge of the German region, but now this one is the pianist in charge of the world and the chief director.

He decides what pieces each pianist needs to play in that place.

He smiled at the crowd against his big belly, and said.

"Classical music lovers, our respected parents, good evening everyone, I am very happy to be able to meet you again at the Mülheim Concert Hall this year. It has been a year since we met last time, but I still remember Your looks, and the music that rocks us so far."

"As Artistic Director of the Ruhr Piano Festival, I have designed the 23rd season and I would like to thank you, our dear audience, and above all for your loyalty and the warm applause that welcomed our young pianists Home."

"But I would also like to thank all those who have allowed me and my team to grow the Ruhr Piano Festival to its current global reputation over almost 30 years - the Ruhr Initiative, our loyal sponsors, our generous donors, All our partners and last but not least our artists."

"Since I held my first festival in 1996, they have often shaped our artistic image. And of course all the pianists who have joined since then. I am particularly pleased that since 2006, with perseverance, it has been possible to develop and building an extremely sustainable and award-winning educational program that provides disadvantaged children with better development through music - for example in the Duisburg-Marxloe, Bochum and northern Ruhr regions."

"..."

He slowly narrated the original intention and expectation of the Ruhr Music Festival. The room was extremely quiet, and everyone was listening carefully.

Not for making money, but for the development of music, so that the sound of the piano can reach everyone's heart, and for piano education to better help those children.

A group of people gathered together for such a simple ideal, with money and strength, and finally constituted such a world-renowned piano feast in front of everyone.

Ruhr Piano Festival.

The emotions that the host on the stage said could not be well controlled, he took a deep breath, suppressed the emotions in his heart, and smiled at everyone.

"Okay, I know that none of you want to hear me, an old man, talk to you, so let's directly invite our old friend, Arkadi Volodos, to start our Ruhr piano tour this year!"

Whoa!
The applause roared.

Under the applause, the host bowed slightly to everyone, then turned and left the stage.

Not long after, a man with an obvious Russian appearance came out from behind the stage, bowed slightly to the crowd, and took their seats.

The applause paused.

In this silence, Arkady raised his hand and put it on the piano, looking into the distance and thinking about something.

Perhaps thinking of something, his hand dropped heavily.

when!
The resonance of single notes and chords flutters on the piano.

This flow of music brought goosebumps to everyone.

The eyes of everyone in the concert hall looking at Arkady on the stage became a little bit wrong.

this music?

Why... the expression of emotion is so strong?

Is it difficult?
When Fu Tiao heard Arkadi's performance, his body trembled slightly.

He felt it.

I felt the existence of that spirit besides the music.

This spirit directly affected everyone in the room.

If I'm not mistaken, this is...

God level scene!

(End of this chapter)