pianist from the sea

Chapter 322 Arivadi
Fu Tiao never imagined that so many people would gather at the door of his backstage, nor did he imagine that he could be so popular.

Not only the artists he seemed to know, but also many audiences and tourists gathered backstage.

You don't know where they found the opportunity to sneak in, but they are right there, holding up the sheet music or tickets in their hands, looking forward to Fu Diao's autograph and photo.

As for the artists, they all came empty-handed.

However, seeing how enthusiastic the fans were, they stood aside very wisely, happily, without saying anything, and let Fu Tiao satisfy his fans first.

Seeing the group of artists like this, Fu Diao grinned helplessly and sighed.

Damn it, what he hates most is autographs.

He had signed an autograph once before at the end of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and he almost injured himself.

I wrote my name on almost thousands of copies in one day, and my whole brain was almost numb. I couldn't recognize my name at all. I just wrote it unconsciously with my fingers.

So he had a little bit of a shadow about his signature.

When he saw the group of artists, his first thought was that if there was a little conflict between the two groups, it would be better to reduce the number of fans.

But he didn't expect that each of these artists seemed to take great care of his face, and did not compete with the fans at all, allowing almost a hundred fans to stand in long lines in front of him.

Seeing so many fans, Fu Diao could only smile helplessly, stretched out his hand to the fans, took their music scores, asked the staff next to him for a signature pen, and wrote his name on it. .

Occasionally, a few people would have some requests. For example, he hoped that Fu Diao would bless them to get into a good university, and Fu Diao also satisfied them.

He originally thought that he could go back to the hotel to rest at around nine o'clock, but he didn't expect that he would wait until almost eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening before he reluctantly ended his trip for the day.

When the last fan gave him a bag of chocolates, took photos and signed autographs with him and left with satisfaction, Fu Diao finally let out a long breath.

It’s really hard to be a star.

Although he feels more like a music player than a music star.

But I didn't expect that I would encounter so many fans looking for autographs.

Fortunately, there were only about a hundred people today, and there was no particularly big autograph signing...

Otherwise, Fu Tiao felt that he might completely ruin all his good feelings for Hamburg's Elb Concert Hall here.

It’s so tiring to sign autographs!
After Fu Diao's signature was completed, the group of artists walked up to Fu Diao and spoke to Fu Diao cheerfully.

"Fu, congratulations. Your performance today was really great. It seems your fans also liked your performance today."

"Yes, but it would be nice if they were less anxious to come over and ask for my autograph."

Fu Tiao helplessly spread his hands, put the gift given to him by the fans just now into his bag, and said to the other artists around him as he walked towards the elevator.

“Signing is a bit tiring, especially after I’ve written my name hundreds of times. When I look at my name again, I always feel like I can’t recognize what I wrote, especially when I wrote it. It’s Chinese, not English.”

All the names written by Fu Tiao are written in Chinese, and his name has a lot of strokes.

If he used English, he would be able to write about 6 letters, but now it takes him almost ten seconds to sign his name.

For the first time, he wondered whether he should be called Fu Diao instead of Fu Tiao.

He spoke to the other artists.

"Although I am a little tired, I am actually quite happy to hear my performance today, especially when I hear that the two composers I played, Mozart and Mossorgsky, can make everyone like it. This feeling is actually difficult to describe in words, but...you should know?"

"Yes, this feels really good."

Everyone around laughed happily.

What Fu Diao said felt like all of them knew what was going on.

When playing music, the most important thing is a sense of identity.

Other people’s recognition of your music.

Even if your performance is particularly unconventional, as long as everyone can agree with you, the feeling will be completely different.

Everyone chatted casually while returning to the hotel upstairs.

It’s the same as it was a few days ago, or rather it’s been this month since Hamburg’s Elb Concertgebouw opened.

The entire hotel was booked by Hamburg's Elb Concert Hall.

In the executive lounge on the top of the concert hall, professional bartenders are already in place, and all the artists and musicians present are scattered in various places in the concert hall.

However, there are still a lot of people surrounding Fu Tiao, wanting to hear what Fu Tiao said about today's performance.

After all, learning from great people is the consensus of all musicians.

Music is never made behind closed doors, music has the most basic routines.

As long as you can understand this routine, your musical performance will be more effective with half the effort.

Of course, this routine is definitely not some shortcut. You can use this routine to reach the top in one step and become the top musicians.

It’s about people who play in a similar style to you and how they play.

You can learn from their experiences and understand from their music how the music should be played.

Think about how people like them who play in a similar style to yourself understand music.

What are the similarities between you and them?

What is the difference between you and them?

What mature interpretation directions can I get from them?
Thinking like this is particularly important for this group of musicians who are basically on the front line or at the top.

This is the main reason why they surround Fu Diao.

They want to hear what Fu Diao thinks about music?

Fu Diao did not refuse, smiled gently at everyone, walked to the bartender, asked the bartender for a bottle of non-alcoholic drink, and spoke casually.

"For me, there are many things worth thinking about in today's performance. For example, in Mossorgsky's music, there is a unique feeling of entering the musical cemetery. How should this feeling be interpreted? This is music The whole frame, the spine, how should I pave the way for the feeling of entering the cemetery from the beginning..."

The lights were swaying, and many people in the concert hall were surrounding Fu Diao, listening carefully to him telling the story of music.

Listen to him explain some of the details of his playing.

It was obviously a time to relax after the concert. Everyone was drinking wine together and discussing who had bought a new car, who had won a new award, or whose child had made any breakthroughs recently, and whether he had anything to do with anyone else. Normal chatting like falling in love.

It can even be some key political content.

We are all civilized people, and if we disagree, we will try to explain it instead of starting a fight.

Normally, the banquet every night should look like this.

But after Fu Diao came today, the banquet changed.

It turned into a master class.

A master class full of masters.

Fu Diao talked about his own thoughts on music.

People around him listened to his thoughts on music.

No one raised any objections. Everyone was comparing and analyzing Fu Tiao's ideas with their own.

See if you can come up with some new content.

Let your thoughts about music become more comprehensive.

After Fu Tiao's speech, everyone quickly began their own discussions.

Some people expressed support, while others expressed opposition.

The group of people who expressed their objections put forward their own objection logic very honestly.

They discuss the composer's own life experience, the composer's history, the composer's faction, and the background of the work.

Thinking of a suitable explanation.

Then he attacks the unreasonable aspects of other people's thinking about music.

Use logic as much as possible, rather than "this feeling" or "that feeling".

Such discussions and battles caused many people present to have some changes in their ideas about their music.

They are all gradually immersed in the process of their music becoming more and more clear and unable to extricate themselves.

I completely forgot that it was already eleven or twelve o'clock in the evening. …

The Elb Concert Hall in Hamburg is very cold at night.

Because it is close to the port, there are very few places in Europe where you can work overnight.

Therefore, only the Elb Concert Hall still had a few lights on.

And all around was darkness.

Only the dim street lights on the street still gave out a hint of warmth.

But the surrounding cold was unable to dispel the excitement at the top of the concert hall.

Everyone was chatting enthusiastically. They hadn't been so immersed in music discussions like this for a long time.

It seems that the last time we discussed this was when we were students.

Fu Tiao gradually left the center of the topic, walked aside and poured himself another glass of water.

A cocktail commonly drunk here in Germany.

Radler, lemonade beer.

The alcohol content is 0.01%, almost 0, you can even call it a non-alcoholic drink.

Just a hint of simple alcoholic flavor.

He walked to the edge of the concert hall holding such a cocktail, looked at the rolling darkness in the distance, and took a sip.

The sourness of the lemon is a bit sweet when enhanced by the taste of beer, as if sugar has been added.

But the coolness of lemon itself completely eliminated the sweetness.

A sweet and refreshing taste rose in Fu Tiao's mouth.

He looked at the darkness and the stars that were swallowed up by the darkness, and sighed.

"Huh, this is... the Elbe Concert Hall, tsk..."

"Fu."

A deep voice came from behind Fu Diao.

Before Fu Diao could turn around, a fat old man came to Fu Diao with a glass of alcoholic cocktail and said with a smile.

"Fu, first time we meet. I'm Arivadi. You played well today."

"Arivadi?"

Fu Tiao was stunned. He didn't expect that the fat, kind old man in front of him was actually Arivadi?
He is actually Arivadi, the legendary music educator who taught many world-class pianists?
"Yes, it's me."

Seeing Fu Diao's surprise, Arivadi raised the cocktail in his hand to Fu Diao, drank it in one gulp, put it aside, looked into the darkness in the distance, and asked directly without any hesitation.

"Fu, I'm going to hold a master class around April this year, which will last for about seven days. Are you interested in coming?"

"Master class?"

Fu Diao didn't expect that Arivadi would actually say this to him, and he hesitated for a moment.

"I remember that in April this year, there was a concert at the Ruhr Piano Festival, probably on the [-]th of April."

"Well, I know, so I won't schedule it at that time. If you want, you can give me your free time and I will make the arrangements."

Arivadi mentioned this, and no matter how slow Fu Tiao was, he could still understand what Arivadi meant.

"Professor Arivadi, you mean... you want to give me a master class alone?"

"No, you can't say that." Arivadi smiled and corrected: "It should be said that it is a master class for you, but you are definitely not the only one taking the master class."

"so."

Fu Diao smiled and said that he understood what Arivadi meant.

Aliwadi made it very clear that if Fu Diao agrees, he can come and have a few master classes with him to help him find out if there are any problems in his music and see if he can help Fu Diao solve them.

After all, as the saying goes, many things cannot be solved by oneself, and every teacher has a different definition of mistakes.

Therefore, if you find different teachers to take classes, the improvements you can get are also different.

After Fu Tiao thought for a while, he spoke to Arivadi.

"I kind of want to go, but I'm not sure yet, because there are only some fixed schedules arranged. This year, I remember that I still have some professional courses to take in school, such as chamber music. At the same time, I just watched Looking at the school's requirements, they require me to give a master class and three concerts in school this year. I have been performing outside before, so I don't have time recently..."

"Chamber music...this is indeed a very important content."

Arivadi spoke in approval.

"Chamber music is a very important content in the history of music. You must not gradually give up on the practice of chamber music just because your main major is piano and not chamber music. This is very important. However, as for personal solos, I think you You can discuss this with the school, after all, you often perform outside now."

"yes……"

Fu Tiao nodded in approval: "Chamber music is actually pretty good. I have also contacted people at the school and collaborated with them. I have formed an orchestra before and performed in Salzburg."

"Oh, um, I heard that it created a bit of a stir in the chamber music circle. Many people said that your performance was great, especially you."

"really?"

Fu Diao smiled: "Actually, my teammates are the best. They are all of good quality, and they are all capable of cooperating with me like that."

"But you're not bad either."

Arivadi also laughed: "Compared with undergraduate and master's degrees, the academic content of a doctoral degree is actually much simpler. The content of many theoretical courses has been reduced a lot, and the professional requirements have become higher. This is a good thing. At the same time, At the same time, your master class is also a review of yourself, rather than just simple teaching, this Klaus should have told you."

"Yeah, I said it, but I haven't set a specific time yet."

"In this case, then you first decide on the content of your own school. Your school's priority must be higher than mine. As for when you will be free in the future... If you are free, just tell me. Although I have reduced a lot of teaching recently, content, but the time for a master class can still be spared, and you can contact me when you have time.”

Arivadi patted Fu Diao on the shoulder and happily returned to the crowd holding the empty wine glass.

Seeing Arivadi like this, Fu Diao was slightly moved.

After all, the world's top master comes to you and says he is willing to give you a special class to discuss and review yourself...

No matter which industry, there is no way to resist such temptation, right?
When Fu Diao heard Arivadi's invitation, even though he didn't agree on the surface, he was already thinking about when he could be free this year to talk to Arivadi.

But while he was still thinking about it, the group of happily chatting musicians behind him pulled Fu Diao back and continued to praise Fu Diao's performance.

At the same time, there was a group of people discussing future cooperation issues with Fu Diao.

Many of them want to collaborate with Fu Diao on one of their works to see if they can make a breakthrough.

This small carnival after the concert lasted until about two o'clock in the morning.

The older musicians were the first to be unable to hold on any longer and went back to their rooms to sleep.

Then came the group of middle-aged people.

Fu Tiao and other young people under the age of 30 continued to chat for a few words and then returned to his room to rest.

In the early morning of the next day, around seven o'clock, when it was still dark, Fu Tiao's biological clock woke him up early.

After taking a look at the ticket arrangement and the current time, he directly submitted the check-out, did not continue to attend other people's concerts, and returned to Berlin from Hamburg with his luggage.

Berlin is still so cool and sexy.

Fu Tiao wore a heavy coat and braved the cold wind and returned to his home to rest for a while, then returned to school.

After completing a few chamber music lessons with his chamber music partner, he came to Krause's classroom.

Klaus was in class and was a student of another doctor. Fu Diao didn't know him. He seemed to be a newcomer.

The newcomer was extremely excited when he saw Fu Diao's arrival and wanted to say something, but because of his reserve, he just nodded to Fu Diao and honestly left the piano room with his own music score.

Looking at the leaving student, Fu smiled teasingly and discussed directly with Klaus the previous affairs of Arivadi.

He originally thought that Klaus would refuse because of possessiveness and other emotions, but he did not expect that Klaus strongly agreed with Fu Tiao and Arivadi's study discussion, and directly adjusted this year's school affairs to Fu Tiao. Helped him arrange the content of subsequent master classes and concerts in advance.

In this way, the matter in Hamburg finally came to an end for the time being, and Fu Tiao continued to carry his luggage from Berlin to Frankfurt.

but……

When he was sitting on the train, looking at the newspaper that Klaus gave him, his expression gradually became complicated.

(End of this chapter)