pianist from the sea

Chapter 278 Justice!

Miller looked at the place behind the seat, his eyes narrowed slightly.

Although the seats at the Ruhr Piano Festival are not arranged according to the right to speak, those who sit in the back have no voting rights or the weight of voting rights has been reduced.

But there is always a difference between the person sitting at the front and the person sitting at the back.

The most important thing is the credibility of the words and the length of time to participate in the Ruhr Piano Festival.

And that person, if Miller remembers correctly, seems to be a music critic who was just invited to join the Ruhr Piano Festival in recent years. He is from England and can be regarded as an English gentleman.

That man was also perfectly in line with everyone's imagination of an English gentleman. He stood up with a smile, raised his left hand to everyone, stopped Bin Shuwa at the front from continuing to speak, and spoke to everyone.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Binchois, I'm very sorry for interrupting your speech, I'm really sorry, but everyone, please allow me, as a music critic, a critic currently working in the English magazine and Gramophone magazine, to give you A little bit of my personal views, I have a lot of thoughts that I want to express, and listening to Mr. Binshua’s words below makes me feel a little uncomfortable.”

Bin Shuwa looked at the person behind him, raised his eyebrows slightly, he seemed to have thought of something, but he didn't directly use his identity to press him, just nodded slightly, and after sitting down again, he stretched out his hand to him, and said casually: "OK , please! Please express your opinion."

"Thank you Monsieur Pinchois!"

After the man bowed and thanked Bin Shuwa again, he took two steps forward and spoke to the crowd.

"Everyone, although what Mr. Pinchois said just now is very good, and even I was a little bit moved, but I have to explain one thing, that is, I don't know if you remember the purpose of our Ruhr Piano Festival... What is it?"

He did not continue to stand on his seat, but walked into the aisle behind everyone, and slowly stated to everyone.

"It's the newcomers, the new generation. Ladies and gentlemen, the purpose of our Ruhr Piano Festival is the new generation. Do you remember what our great director said at the opening ceremony?"

He looked at Mr. Chairman who was sitting at the front, stretched out his right hand towards him, nodded his forehead with two fingers, made a gesture like taking off his hat to show his respect, and continued to the crowd.

"Mr. Chairman, he said something like this. We insist on carrying out the Ruhr Music Festival. As long as we persist, we will have the ability to build a sustainable music education program that can win numerous awards. Mr. Chairman, I Are you right?"

The director or the chairman sitting on the top just smiled at that person and nodded slightly, neither denying nor approving.

The man didn't care what the chairman thought, he just continued to speak to the crowd.

"My friends, I have to remind you that this world is not ours, and the classical orchestra is not ours. The classical music scene is actually owned by the audience. Their main criterion for judging music is whether it sounds good or not, and they The criterion for judging those of us old people is whether we can continue to play, can you understand the meaning of it?

We have fallen behind the times. This world must belong to young people. They will create a more perfect world, and their understanding of music will bring the vitality and charm of the new era. If we continue to live in the dust and continue to follow the We judge by the same old standards and continue to use our old friends and acquaintances to judge whether a person can win an award, turning our great classical music scene into an old, rancid spider web of interpersonal relationships. , then our classical music scene will be completely useless!
Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to trouble everyone here to think more, think carefully, think carefully, abandon all stubborn thoughts, and think with real logical thinking, everyone, this world belongs to young people of?Or is it ours?

If it were us, everyone here, I would like to ask you how long we can listen to classical music, how much contribution we can make to the current classical music world and the piano cause, and how many people we can drive Want to listen to our music together?Can there be tens of thousands more?Facing the 80 billion people on the earth, how many people can we really drive?I want to ask you, if it really continues to be so stale, how long can classical music survive? "

He stared at everyone with very powerful eyes, his eyes were extraordinarily serious, as if he was asking questions.

Everyone looked at him without saying anything, just allowing him to continue to state his point of view.

It looks as if he didn't impress anyone, but in fact, no speech is the best impress.

Just like when Bin Shuwa was explaining, he just said a few words, and he stood up and interrupted Bin Shuwa.

Now that no one interrupts him, it proves that everyone is listening to him, really thinking about the meaning of what he just said, and trying to figure it out carefully.

Even Pinchois was the same, fumbled his chin, and listened to what the man had to say.

Seeing everyone like this, the man couldn't help but let out a long breath, shook his head slightly and said softly to everyone.

"Everyone, if we continue to be so stale, it is obvious that our classical music will follow our corpses into the cemetery. There is no accident. The world is so cruel, so we cannot continue to be stale. Going on, we should have the courage to accept more fresh blood, just like the performance we heard today from Dior Fu!
We can't speak for any young man, but he can, folks, he can!He is only about 20 years old, and he has just reached the age of about 20 years old to perform such a perfect concert. Who else can perform like this?Everyone, no one!He's a genius, you know?Genius is not for questioning, but for appreciation!Dior, he is a genius!He is a genius representing young people!

He is like the newborn sun. He can represent the younger generation's understanding of music. The music he plays not only satisfies us, he also satisfies countless young people. This is young people, everyone, this is Our music festival’s expectations and blessings for the younger generation. We have fulfilled our desire. We have successfully found a pianist who can represent young people. Isn’t this enough?

Why are we entangled in who is more suitable for the best rookie of the year position between Dior and Arcadi?In fact, there is no place for hesitation in this point. Besides Dior, who else can we choose?Rookie of the Year, everyone, please pay attention to the name of this award, Rookie of the Year, I would like to ask everyone, what is a newcomer?Can we still be called newcomers? "

He looked around at the crowd and saw that there was no objection from them, so the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he spoke loudly.

"We are not called newcomers, we are all old people, we are all old people in the music world, we selected the best newcomer of the year because the performance of the newcomers is too bad, there is no way to compete with those top pianists, so We just choose those old pianists as the best newcomer of the year and give them such a title. It seems that the best newcomer of the year is basically the same as the best of the year, but in fact, what is the purpose of creating such an award, everyone do you remember?

We are to create a true sense, the best newcomer of the year!We want to find real capable newcomers who can represent the direction of the classical music scene, not those old people who come and go on such a sacred stage, and even play music full of loopholes like Sokolov.

So everyone, although this is just my own personal opinion and does not represent everyone present, I still want to tell you one thing, that is the best of this year, and I definitely recommend it to Dior, because he is worthy , he represents the direction of the younger generation, represents all young people's understanding of music, and our hope for the future!
So everyone, while casting your precious votes, please think a little bit more clearly whether you really understand the original intention of the Ruhr Piano Festival. "

As his voice fell, he also returned to his seat. After taking a deep breath, he bowed slightly to everyone and slowly said: "Finally, thank you for listening. My point of view is over. Thank you. "

After all, he sat down again, as if nothing had happened.

He looked at Miller, Bin Shuwa, and the chairman sitting at the front so easily, without any timidity.

As his voice fell, the room gradually became noisy.

Everyone covered their mouths and whispered to the person around them, with extremely serious expressions, as if they were discussing whether the statement made by the person just now was correct or not.

The atmosphere in the room also gradually became anxious.

Fu Tiao and Akadi once again stood on the same starting line, but this time, Fu Tiao took the righteousness.

He represents the new generation and the original intention of the Ruhr Piano Festival. As long as the original intention of those people remains unchanged, then Fu Tiao is definitely worthy of the title of best newcomer of the year.

Although this title has little use and no special purpose, it is definitely full of gold when it is said.

After all, the people who have won this title before are basically important figures in the world's classical music scene.

No one is mediocre.

Faced with such a situation, everyone turned their eyes to the chairman sitting on the top, wanting to see what he was thinking.

But he didn't expect the chairman to still have that happy look, neither agreeing nor refusing, just nodded and waved his hands indifferently to everyone.

"Don't look at me, you discuss it yourself. I am only responsible for the authority of this discussion, and determine your final vote. Don't care about my opinion. If you have any thoughts, just say it and don't care."

Miller also nodded and immediately added: "Yes, what the copywriter from the English Gramophone magazine just said is actually very good. I personally agree that Dior will be the best of the year this year. Dior plays It was really good."

"Yes, yes, yes, I also feel that Dior is very powerful, and I support it."

"You're right. We shouldn't be so dull anymore. We should also support new blood."

"Well, although I'm a bit sorry, I also want to support Fu Tiao. Fu Tiao is really good."

"..."

There was a lot of support, and it seemed that the whole scene was in favor of Fu Tiao. No one noticed that Bin Shuwa's expression was not particularly good-looking.

Bin Chois wanted to support Akadi. Although Fu Tiao was very strong and he agreed, he just wanted to support Akadi.

The reason is simple, because they are about the same age.

When everyone seemed to be turning the tide in favor of Fu Diao, Bin Shuwa slapped the table hard.

For a while, the voices that were still arguing to support Fu Tiao dissipated, and the room became extremely quiet again. Everyone looked at Bin Shuwa who got up, a little dazed.

And Bin Shuwa didn't look at the people in the room, he just lowered his head with a particularly strange expression.

When the sound in the room completely dissipated, he slowly asked the crowd.

"You... do you really all support Dior?"

Everyone looked at Bin Shuwa, a little puzzled.

"Dior is pretty good, and it also meets our expectations for the Ruhr Piano Festival. I think Dior is pretty good for the theme of this piano festival."

A person spoke from a distance.

It's just that he didn't expect that Binshuwa slapped the table hard again and slapped him hard.

"That was not what I meant!"

Under the eyes of everyone, he finally raised his head and looked at everyone, his eyes were full of bewilderment and puzzlement.

He stretched out a finger, tapped the table under his hand word by word, and asked.

"Let me ask you, do you really, all support Dior? Don't you have any feelings for Akadi?"

"Mr. Binshuis, is the Ruhr Piano Festival a place to express feelings? Shouldn't we choose the people we support based on the theme of the Ruhr Piano Festival?" The person who sat down before stood up and faced Binshuis Questioned: "Mr. Binshuis, do you think Dior is not qualified?"

"No, I didn't say that Dior is not qualified, I just... feel a little bit sad."

After taking a deep breath, Binshuwa slowly said to the crowd: "We are all old people, everyone, how many years can you play? Think about it for yourself. If you take me as an example, I can still play I can play for less than ten years, and this is the case when I go all out. I can play for less than ten years, and everyone here should be able to play for less time? Everyone, you should feel the function of your body. Did it go down?"

Someone among the crowd was about to refute, but after thinking about it, they remained silent in the end.

Seeing everyone like this, Bin Shuwa smiled helplessly, reached out and pointed at the table and said.

"Everyone must have heard Sokolov's performance, right? I don't know if you still remember that he was the top pianist who won the title of Best Rookie of the Year before, but what about his current situation? How is his current situation?

The answer is... the year is not as good as the year, and this year he even has a slight sense of strumming in it, just to complete the concert and lose a lot of musicality in the music.

Is he not musical?No, obviously not, I don't think anyone here can say that he is not musical, right?His horizontal strength is as strong as we can see with the naked eye, but why can't he do it now?The answer is very simple, everyone, because he is old, and he is no longer able to achieve the state he was in when he was young!Understand?Everyone!He is old!Sokolov, he, is old! "

Binshuis poked the table loudly and said angrily: "Arkadi has no time. This year is his perfect state. We won't give him this year. What about next year? Can he still play? He can still perform well. Everyone? If he loses again next year, what about the year after? How many chances will he have to win the title of Rookie of the Year when his condition is getting worse and worse?"

He looked around at the crowd and spit out a number.

"Zero, zero percent, everyone, there is no chance! He has no chance! It's not that I look down on him, but he really has no chance. Didn't you hear it? His god-level live music At the end of the session, it actually felt like it was not enough, and it had fallen a bit to the ordinary perfect state. There were even some areas where the performance couldn't even be ordinary perfect, let alone his encore.

Everyone, he is old, he is as old as us, he really has no strength to continue playing, everyone!You are also people of the same age as him. Think about it, you have shown a level that is good enough to win the best of the year in the past, and a level that is good enough to win in any year. How do you feel about missing out on this award? "

He took a deep breath, looked at the crowd, there was even a trace of pain in his eyes, and he spoke slowly.

"He will give up, he will give up completely, as an old friend who has participated in performances with us for nearly 20 times, for more than 20 years, he will completely give up, no longer choose to perform with us, after all, he has no energy to continue Fighting for the Rookie of the Year spot, guys, are you giving up on our old friend? An old friend we've been with for nearly [-] years?

Dior is still young, and he still has more opportunities. We can give him a lot of compensation, such as next year's opening ceremony, and other invisible benefits. Everything can be given to him, but this year's best The rookie, I hope, is for Arkady, because it's his last..."

After taking a deep breath, Binshuwa let it out slowly, looked at the chairman beside him with blood red eyes, and said to him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman, I'm excited. I really hope that my old friend Akadi can win the best rookie of the year. I'm really sorry..."

"No, it's okay, everyone knows."

The chairman smiled and didn't care.

He looked at some old people in the room whose emotions were obviously driven by Bin Shuwa, raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked everyone.

"Okay, does anyone have any ideas? If not, then let's start directly, start voting directly, and decide who is the best rookie of the year. Do you have any opinions? Or follow the old rules, Show your hands and vote."

There was silence in the room, no one knew what to say.

Fu Diao, who represents emerging stars, and your old friend Akadi, the two are really difficult for everyone to part with, and they don't know which one they should choose due to emotion and reason.

Therefore, they all fell silent.

Seeing that the voting was about to start, someone suddenly spoke.

"How about... shall we listen again? After listening, vote anonymously?"

(End of this chapter)