pianist from the sea

Chapter 308 Show
Fu Tiao's performance was extremely successful.

Although he is not one of the most successful people at the Salzburg Music Festival, compared to other pianists, his performances are hard to match.

And this time, Fu Tiao finally succeeded in making his reputation known through the concert.

Many people did not know Fu Diao before. At most, they only barely knew a little bit about Fu Diao. They knew that Fu Diao had won the Chopin International Piano Competition last year, and that was all.

But now, more and more people are beginning to know Fu Tiao.

As a performer who replaced Pollini, Fu Tiao also succeeded in making some fans who like Pollini also pay attention to him. They are no longer just passers-by, but become fans.

Such an achievement shocked Fu Tiao's agency. They never thought that Fu Tiao could do this.

It's a pity that this year's music festival has basically ended, and there is no way to arrange other concerts this year.

Fu Tiao can only perform the last two charity concerts.

This situation also made the agency start to think about whether to add more concerts to Fu Tiao in 2017.

At the same time, they also began to struggle to see if they could work out some connections to invite Fu Tiao to music festivals.

After all, Fu Diao can now be said to be at its peak.

If we talk about the younger generation of pianists, who is more popular with the audience and who has a stronger professional level.

Then Fu Tiao's name must be mentioned.

Except for Fu Tiao, you can't find anyone else who can replace Fu Tiao's current position.

Under such circumstances, the two charity concerts at the Ruhr Piano Festival that Fu Tiao attended also achieved a more sensational effect.

After knowing that Fu Tiao was coming to participate in the charity concert, countless people immediately took out their banknotes and begged the officials of the Ruhr Piano Festival to take them away and give them a place in the concert.

And it is precisely because of such hot sales.

The Essen Concert Hall, which was originally planned to be a one-floor concert hall with more than 1000 seats, finally opened to the fourth floor.

That is to say, all the layers are opened to allow those who like Fu Diao to listen to his performance.

"Dior Fu, the savior of the Ruhr Piano Festival!" 》

"Charity Concert Shocks the World"

"The True Philanthropist of Classical Music"

"A Perfectionist"

"Classical Music World Tremors, New Gods Take the Throne"

"..."

Countless newspaper reports began to mention the incident, and Fu Tiao's reputation grew.

And like Lang Liangyue, he is also from the Chinese country.

In addition, his main battlefield is in Europe, not in the beautiful country, so Fu Tiao's ticket price has gradually increased from the original ticket price for ordinary first- and second-tier pianists, to the lowest price of 30 euros. .

This price is not cheap.

You have to know that for pianists in many places, their highest ticket price may only be 30 euros.

But now Fu Tiao's lowest ticket price is 30 euros, which is enough to make countless people envious of it and make their teeth ache with envy.

Obviously everyone is the same person, why is your ticket price so expensive?

Just because you have many fans, so many fans want to buy your tickets?
Well, this seems to be true, there is no way to refute it.

Fu Tiao finally made a name for himself in the world's classical music circle and became a reasonably top pianist.

However, his 2017 concert tour is still not properly arranged.

Based on the information his agent had given him, Fu Tiao came to Deutsche Grammophon, knocked on the door gently, opened the door, and greeted the two people inside casually.

"Morning, the weather is nice today. Do you want to go have a drink tonight? The beer bar downstairs of my house is very good, with a strong apple aroma in the entrance."

"Good morning, Fu!"

The agent smiled and waved at Fu Diao, pointed to the sofa next to him and bowed slightly.

"Come, sit down, let's first discuss your arrangements for next year's concerts and other music festivals. As for beer...are you free tonight? The beer I brewed in my house in the suburbs has just arrived for consumption. So, if you want, come to my house tonight and we’ll have a barbecue party! I haven’t had barbecue in a long time!”

"Really? That's great."

Fu Diao grinned and sat on the sofa opposite his agent, feeling extremely relaxed.

As the number of concerts and music festivals he attended gradually increased, and the number of interviews with him also gradually increased, Fu also made some changes in adjusting his personal momentum.

To put it simply, he became more confident and calm.

He asked the agent.

“Any questions about next year’s festival?”

"Actually, it's not a big problem. The Ruhr Piano Festival has sent us a new invitation. They hope that you can come and participate in the festival next year. After all, you are the best newcomer of the year at this year's Ruhr Piano Festival. If we don’t go there next year, it will be a bit unsightly for them.”

"can."

Fu Diao nodded: "Is there anything else?"

"Yes, they are mainly concentrated in the summer. There are many music festivals in the summer, but we are considering many of them, because although you are relatively famous now, due to their time arrangement, they cannot put you at the top. In good times, it is either slightly ahead or slightly behind, so we are still considering the Lucerne Music Festival, Baden-Baden Music Festival, London Music Festival, Berlin Music Festival, etc.”

The agent quickly read through all the lists of invitations submitted to him, and he felt helpless looking at the list above.

"From April to September next year, you will probably need to go to a dozen music festivals, about two a month. Although it is relatively few, it is still much more than this year. If your performance is better If so, maybe other music festivals will continue to submit applications for us.”

"Well, is there anything else? Like... the Salzburg Music Festival?"

Fu Diao smiled at his agent and asked, "Do they have any news from there?"

"Actually, the Salzburg Music Festival would like to continue to invite you and your piano quartet team to perform again. At the same time, you also have an invitation to a solo concert, but because the rights to perform other people's performances do not belong to me, Here, and the price is not particularly high, so we are still negotiating.”

The agent shrugged slightly, took out the document in his hand, and handed it to Fu Diao.

"This is the music festival arrangement process that has been finalized. Generally speaking, it is relatively loose. After all, you are a newcomer who has just debuted this year. Even if you debut for two years next year, your overall popularity and honors are still higher than other pianos. Home is a little bit inferior, so these music festivals are still reserved.”

"Yeah." Fu Tiao took the document from the agent's hand and read it.

Many music festivals are the world's top music festivals. The schedules given by these music festivals are relatively conservative, usually at the beginning or at the end.

It’s not that these times are bad, after all a music festival is an event that lasts a long time.

It's just that these times are not given enough attention compared to the most central times, as well as the performances at the opening and closing ceremonies.

But this is not to blame for the organizing committee being too stingy.

There are many top pianists in the world now, and there are also some top-notch pianists among the top.

Pollini, who was unable to attend last year, is ready to start playing again.

His son's condition recovered a little, and after confirming that his son was fine, Pollini discussed with his agent and won many good positions.

Not only him, but also Argerich, Lang Liangyue and others, the same is true for them.

There is no way to compare this. Their reputation is placed in this place, and you can't compare it at all.

People have been playing for decades, and their platforms are stable. How come you, a person who has only been playing for more than a year, can overturn it directly?

It's impossible!
Therefore, Fu Tiao didn't pay much attention.

Being invited to the music festival has proven his reputation and strength. As for the other content...it doesn't matter.

The agent next to him continued while looking at the documents in his hand.

“There’s actually nothing else, but I’ll remember to go to Hamburg in January next year.”

"Hamburg? What happened to Hamburg?"

"The Elb Concert Hall in Hamburg has finally been built and will open for the first time on January [-] next year. The organizing committee invites you to attend and see how their concert hall is prepared. And one more thing, I just want to discuss with you about your performance at the Elb Concert Hall. After all, that place is an emerging place and many people want to play there. This deserves your attention."

After turning over a page of the document in his hand, he asked Fu Diao. "Oh, by the way, I almost forgot. Do you want to go to the Vienna New Year's Concert on January [-]st? We still have a few tickets here. If you want to go, you can tell me. This year's conductor is a bit awesome. .”

"Who?"

"Gustavo Dudamel, a very young conductor, is now rumored to be in charge of the Vienna New Year's Concert this year. This person is very capable, and he will also be the youngest person to conduct the Vienna New Year's Concert. There is no such thing as a command."

"I...do I have any performances during that period?"

"Probably not. I don't remember it. You were able to take a break at the beginning of this year. It just so happened that you could sort out your music. I remember that your teacher seems to have been looking for you recently, right?"

"Well, I recently learned some new works from him."

Fu Tiao stood up and brought a cup of coffee from the side, and said while drinking.

"Overall, it's pretty good. I'm still learning and should be able to be my main player this year."

"That's pretty good, pretty good."

The agent nodded and didn't care.

After all, he is just an agent, not Fu Tiao's teacher or anything.

He was only responsible for Fu Diao's performance. As for who Fu Diao studied with and what he learned, he didn't care at all and would not care.

He looked at the document in his hand, suddenly remembered something, and asked Fu Diao.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, that place in Japan invited you to perform, and asked if you could include them in Japan during your next world tour concert. We and their concert hall in Tokyo, as well We have contacts with all the concert halls in Osaka, so if you want, you can try to communicate.”

He couldn't help laughing when he mentioned this place.

"After all, the musicians in Japan are really good. I heard that Soji Ozawa has been in poor health recently. When he communicated with us before, he said that he wanted to chat with you because you are a new generation of music. Home, he is very curious about you."

"The tour in Japan..."

Fu Diao touched his chin and nodded slowly.

"You can go, but what's the price?"

"The price will definitely be higher than other places. A concert is about a few million yen, which is quite a lot when converted. At the same time, they also said that they can cover your air tickets, hotels and so on. After all, They are the inviting party, so if you want to talk, you can tell me."

"Okay, I'll think about it some more."

Fu Tiao did not answer immediately.

After all, going to Japan is no small matter.

This is equivalent to opening up a territory and expanding its territory.

His current main ticket sales are in Europe and China. There is not much to talk about in China. He is similar to Lang Liangyue and others. Basically, whenever he performs in that place, a lot of people come to listen.

But on the European side, although Lang Liangyue may not really want to admit it.

Fu Tiao's influence is now greater than his.

For Europeans, Fu Tiao can basically be regarded as a pianist purely from Europe.

In addition, he has never been to the beautiful country to perform.

Therefore, many Europeans who are not particularly fond of beautiful countries have stronger feelings for Fu Tiao.

This pianist, like me, doesn’t like pretty girls!Great!
Since he doesn't want the votes of the beautiful country, then I have to support him!

This is the main reason why Fu Tiao's influence is greater than Lang Liangyue's in Europe.

But this is not the reason why Fu Tiao can't go to the beautiful country.

The reason why Fu Diao didn't go to Beautiful Country was actually not that he didn't want to go, but that Deutsche Grammophon's company didn't really want him to go to Beautiful Country.

In addition to other messy reasons, the most important thing is because the beautiful country is the territory of Universal.

Although Deutsche Grammophon is now considered a subsidiary of Universal, their overall operations are still independent.

They hoped that Fu Diao would be a pure gramophone pianist rather than a world-class pianist.

So facing the ticket warehouse in Beautiful Country, they were not very happy to let Fu transfer there.

Especially when the ticket warehouse in Beautiful Country is occupied by Lang Liangyue and Wang Jia.

For Fu Tiao to perform in the beautiful country now, he not only has to face Wang Jia and Lang Liangyue head-on, but also has to face his own fans who fell in love with him because of his European performances.

Under various circumstances, Deutsche Grammophon never discussed matters about Beautiful Country with Fu Tiao.

And Japan is not Universal’s territory, but Sony’s territory.

As for Sony, although they compete with Universal, they do not compete with Deutsche Grammophon.

Therefore, there is no big problem in letting Fu transfer there.

The agent didn't even tell Fu Tiao about these things.

Fu Tiao is naturally not very clear.

Fu Diao sipped his coffee calmly and looked at next year's performance schedule without any expression on his face.

After a long time, he nodded slowly.

"Okay, basically let's keep going like this. By the way, when is my world tour?"

"At the end of 2017, the time we have set is from the end of 2017 to 2018. During these times in 2017, you will still be touring in Europe. At the beginning of 2018, our plan is to go to Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia. You can choose, as for mid-2018, it depends on your choice."

"Own choice?"

"Well, we can help you find some music festivals in the beautiful country to attend, and then tour in the beautiful country, or go back to Europe to continue playing, and then go when the time is almost right. Beautiful country.”

"Um……"

Fu Diao groped his chin and pondered for a long time, then nodded slowly.

"Let's go back and contact the music festival in Beautiful Country."

"Okay, I will do it. Don't worry. I will send it to you in pdf form after the entire plan is finalized."

The agent quickly packed his luggage, then suddenly thought of something, and stretched out his hand to Fu Diao.

"Oh yes, I almost forgot."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Your personal page is already online. You can check it out for yourself when you go back."

The manager stood up, stretched his body, and said with a teasing smile to Fu.

"On it you can directly see your future performance process and current honors. You can even purchase tickets through your official website. It is very convenient. It is just under the sub-page of our Deutsche Grammophon artist list."

"Huh? So good?" Fu Diao didn't believe it for a moment: "You opened a personal page for me under the company's page?"

"After all, your fans have been telling us that they want to use your personal page to buy tickets, but they have been unable to buy your tickets. It is a headache and so on. We have no choice but to create a page for you. If you If you have any personal elements you want to add, just tell us and we’ll get back to the artist to help you add them.”

"Row."

Fu Tiao nodded, casually glanced at the website address given to him by his agent, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Okay, basically there's no problem with that."

"As long as there is no problem, then if you come to me again if you have anything else, I won't send it away?"

"Ok."

Fu Diao nodded and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and turned to his agent and asked.

"Oh, by the way, I almost forgot, will you come to the signing ceremony tomorrow night?"

"Signing ceremony with the Berlin Philharmonic."

(End of this chapter)