pianist from the sea

Chapter 60 Concert Tour (5k)

He Shen's quick face change made the person in the room completely unresponsive, did not stop the car at all, and said blankly.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Mr. He, I assure you! I will definitely carry this piece on my back next week, and I can definitely play the feeling you want perfectly!"

Hearing this sentence, He Shen's original anger flared up again. He turned his head and looked at the person in the room coldly, and said sharply.

"It's all done on the back? And the feeling I want? Are you stupid or am I stupid? Is this your music or my music? You play the piano for me? The processing in the music is all you can say. Don’t want to mention it, next week I want to hear that there are traces of processing in your music, and you have to memorize that piece of work by heart, do you hear that? If I can’t hear you again that piece Memorize the work, and you'll have to pass the final exam this semester!"

"Okay, okay, I'm going to practice now..."

The man's head was lowered again, and the man left the house as if he had been devastated.

He Shen looked at his back angrily, nodded to Fu Tiao, let out a long sigh of relief, let the depression in his heart dissipate, and said to Fu Tiao with a smile.

"Sorry, let you watch a joke, come in and sit first."

"Well, it's okay..." Fu Tiao entered the room, looked in the direction where the person left just now, and asked in puzzlement, "What's wrong with that person?"

"What's the matter? Isn't it a normal thing? I asked him to memorize the first movement of Beethoven's Pastoral Sonata in this week. As a result, the week passed, and he memorized it lazily. , I can’t hear any traces of having memorized it at all. It’s really... What class do I have to do when I come back to this level? Can’t even memorize the first movement of a set of works in a week? When I was in school, it took a week. Memorized a whole set of works, what kind of thing did he practice? He didn't put his mind on music at all, so he had the nerve to say that he studied music?"

He Shen complained to Fu Tiao, he didn't regard Fu Tiao as a student at all, but more like an ordinary friend.

Maybe this is He Shen's teaching method.

For the ordinary students, teach with a more serious attitude, while for those really good students, teach with a more friendly attitude.

Maybe even discuss issues as a friend.

He Shen sat on the soft stool in the piano room, leaned back slightly, put his arms on the back of the chair, looked at Erlang's legs and asked Fu Tiao casually.

"Oh, by the way, Fu Tiao, I almost forgot to ask you. By the way, I keep sending you messages, why don't you reply to me?"

"I didn't see it... My phone doesn't have message reminders set."

"Oh? So how did you know I was looking for you? They really found you?"

"Well... just as I came out of the piano room, the two met."

Fu Tiao nodded helplessly, sat sideways on the piano bench, looked at He Shen in puzzlement, and asked curiously.

"By the way... what do you want from me? I heard their tone, as if they were very anxious? Is something wrong? I've been practicing the piano and didn't pay attention at all."

"Accidents are not accidents."

He Shen waved his hand casually. He turned to the small bag on the side, took out a thick sheet of music from the bag, and handed it to Fu Tiao.

"No, you take this."

"This is..." Fu Tiao took the music score, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help being stunned.

Chopin: Piano Concertos No.1 in E Minor
Chopin Piano Concerto No. [-] in E minor?
Fu Tiao opened the music score in his hand, flipped through the content, and was even more surprised.

It's a score, a score with an orchestra version.

Unlike the scores sold outside, this score is not empty, but filled with words.

The notes were very tough, Fu Tiao raised his head and looked at He Shen who was smiling and looking at him in front of him, and he understood instantly.

The content above was written by He Shen. After analyzing the entire content of this piece of work, he gave him the score.

It's just that Fu Diao didn't know what He Shen wanted to do when he gave him this piece of work.

"What... is this for?"

"It's nothing." He Shen smiled, pointing at the work in Fu Tiao's hands with Erlang's legs crossed and said.

"You also saw that the work in your hand is Chopin's First Piano Concerto, and the content on it was written by me! Isn't it amazing? How do you feel after seeing it?"

He Shen smiled and waited for Fu Tiao's compliment, but after waiting for a long time, Fu Tiao didn't say a word, just looked at the music score over there, and could only cough in embarrassment and continued.

"Forget it, I would like to ask you a question now, that is...have you decided on your work for the final of the Chopin International Piano Competition? Have you decided which work you will play?"

"No..." Fu Tiao shook his head: "I don't even know if I can enter the second round, and I haven't even thought about the final."

He Shen was stunned for a moment, his expression changed slightly, and he immediately became a little anxious: "Wait, what are you talking about? You haven't thought about the second round, the third round, and the final works?"

"No... I didn't get the notification, why should I prepare the work? Isn't my task now to find my own Chopin first?" Fu Tiao was puzzled.

"Hey, you, me, eh..."

He Shen hesitated to speak, he felt that there was a little problem with his language logic, and wanted to get up to say something, but after thinking about it, he finally sat down and sighed.

"No, Fu Tiao, have you really never participated in any competitions? How on earth did you think that you can say such a thing? Although you are not sure whether you can enter the next few rounds, you still have to prepare for the competition , After all, when you really enter the main competition, you won't have any time to perfect your work, you know? Time waits for no one!"

After all, he took another piece out of his bag and took out another work, which was also a Chopin Concerto.

But this is the Second Piano Concerto.

"No, I originally wanted you to follow me directly to practice Chopin's First Piano Concerto. After all, this work has a greater advantage in the competition, but since you are completely unprepared, then you can watch the second one first. Let’s work on it, if you really like it, then let’s talk about it.”

"Ah."

Fu Tiao reached out to take the work in He Shen's hand and looked at it seriously.

The feelings of these two works are completely different. After reading it for a long time, Fu Diao managed to sort out a general train of thought.

Although the name of the Second Piano Concerto is ranked after the first, in fact, this Second Piano Concerto was completed first, but it was released a little later, so it became the Second Piano Concerto.

Because of this, Fu Tiao obviously felt that the second concerto had a green feeling and was not mature enough.

And the first piano concerto is very mature, and the feeling in the music is great!
This mature feeling can make Fu Tiao's musical aesthetics play a greater role in the music.

Fu Tiao didn't struggle for a long time, and handed back the second concerto to He Shen.

"Let's choose the first piano concerto. I think the first piano concerto is better. Chopin's writing in music is also more mature!"

"Sure enough, I knew it was superfluous. You will definitely choose Chopin's Piano Concerto No. [-]! But this is just right, and there is no need to change what I prepared for you."

He Shen raised his eyebrows at Fu Tiao, heaved a sigh of relief, leaned forward, approached Fu Tiao, and said with a smile.

"Fu Diao, I have some good news for you."

"What good news?"

"That's right... I'm going to hold a concert! He Shen and Chopin's tour concert will be in Haicheng, and then we will go to Ningcheng, Jiangzhou, and Xingcheng, Zhejiang. After visiting these two places, we will go to Beijing, Sichuan. Zhouducheng, Zhongzhou Wucheng, Xingzhou Shencheng, and finally back to Haicheng for a tour concert! The theme of the concert is the one on the title, Chopin's journey."

"And there may be some master class concerts, but this has not been decided yet. If you really want to hold a master class, you should be my teaching material. After the application is approved, I will send you the content of the class. You You can see for yourself, but these are not certain, the focus now is my concert."

Fu Tiao was taken aback for a moment, never expecting that He Shen would hold a nationwide concert tour.

But what does this have to do with him?The master class that may but not necessarily exist in the future can barely be hooked up. What is this concert... for?
Before Fu Tiao asked what this matter had to do with him, He Shen spoke directly to Fu Tiao.

"I know you may want to ask, what does this matter have to do with you, whether the subsequent courses will be delayed a little bit, or replaced by another teacher, I can only tell you, no! Because I just talked to the school I have applied here, and I plan to take you and follow me to a concert tour across the country!"

Fu Diao didn't expect He Shen to tell him this at all, holding the music score in his hand, he didn't react for a while.

"What? Tour... concert?"

"Yes, my solo concert tour, although I will come back every week to give you lessons, but my latest time may be on my solo concert tour. If I prepare for this concert, if it is successful, it will be very important for my The job title evaluation is quite helpful.”

He Shen sat back on the chair, shrugged his shoulders and sighed.

"But even though I said that, when I think about the money I have to pay for this concert, I feel distressed. Really, holding a concert is really like exchanging money for a job title. I hope this year The tickets can be sold a little more, so that I will lose a little less."

"Is it a loss to hold a concert?" Fu Tiao was puzzled, this had completely exceeded his comprehension.

After all, he used to play the piano on the boat. Although the salary was not high, at least he made money.

He Shen was extremely helpless.

"If it's an official concert, I shouldn't lose money, and I can even make money. After all, they invited me to hold a concert, and they must give me money, but it's different now. My concert is considered Semi-official and semi-private concerts, in order to promote classical music, I submitted a proposal here, and after discussion, they agreed not to charge me the venue fee, and then they would also give a little subsidy for publicity and tickets. "

"Then what I need to pay here is... the band's money. This band is paid by me to invite people to come here, but I negotiate directly with the local band, so the price can be reduced, and there are other things It’s basically about finding the cheapest way to do things.”

"Putting things together to make such a nationwide concert tour, don't say it later if you think it's relatively small, at least this is indeed a concert tour that cost a lot of money to produce."

Speaking of this place, He Shen's expression became even more helpless.

If it was in front of outsiders, he might slap his swollen face to pretend to be fat, saying how powerful he is.

But Fu Tiao is different. Fu Tiao is going to take him there to accompany him on tour. At this time, there is no need to slap his face and pretend to be fat. Fu Tiao will definitely see the specific situation when he looks back.

So it's better to talk to Fu Tiao directly.

But He Shen still has a little bit of concealment.

That is... how much he lost in the true sense.

We must know that the market for classical music is actually not big. Only the top musicians can enjoy a little bit of benefits, and others can't even eat soup.

For example, the Empire National Opera on which the sun never sets (ENO) sells tickets. If they sell a ticket for 50 pounds, then they will directly lose more than 100 pounds per ticket.

They do not survive by selling records or buying tickets. Basically, they all rely on the support of the government, and the support of some enterprises and cultural institutions, so that they can continue to live.

For example, some charities also like to donate money to these places, and even directly acquire a theater.

After all...how many institutions are still losing money?
Of course, not everyone will lose, and many of them can achieve a win-win situation.

For example, places like the Berlin Philharmonic in Berlin, as the top ten orchestras in the world, they use their own venues to sell tickets, and they can basically sell out quickly, and they can even sell tickets by themselves to maintain revenue. support balance.

And hiring big names like Lang Liangyue can even make money.

You must know that Lang Liangyue's concert in the Berlin Forest Concert Hall was filled with tens of thousands of people!

A ticket costs tens to more than 100, and the ticket alone can sell for nearly one million euros. This is still a game.

He himself collects tens of thousands of euros directly for a concert, and he tours dozens or hundreds of shows around the world. He doesn't even need to go to the entertainment industry to make money. In classical music, there are tens of millions of soft sister coins every year. income.

This level of income is an income that other pianists can't imagine, and it can even be said to have completely broken the upper limit of income in classical music.

But no matter what, Fu Tiao and He Shen are not considered rich, and they are not the kind of people whose family has too much money to study music.

Fu Tiao is one of the poorer group of music students, otherwise he would not be able to live so far away from the center of Warsaw to sleep.

He Shen is slightly better than Fu Tiao, but he is rich not because his family is rich, but after he successfully won some relatively large awards and became a relatively well-known pianist nationwide, he barely had some money .

Some institutions will invite him to give some lectures and the like, and will send him a little money when he is invited.

In addition to this, there are some students who want to be admitted to the Haicheng Conservatory of Music, and they will pay He Shen a high price for taking classes with He Shen.

It's a pity that He Shen is not the head of the piano department. If he were the head of the piano department, his income would be higher.

For example, the price of these classes may not be He Shen's current price of [-] per hour, but a starting price of [-] per hour!

He Shen was counting the money for his concert over there, and couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

He felt that his concert tour this time might be able to consume all his one-year class money.

Holding a concert...it's really a headache!
but……

He Shen looked at the ignorant Fu Diao in front of him, and the pain in his heart dissipated a lot.

In any case, besides intending to improve his own background when holding a concert, he also wanted to bring He Shen along.

Although the bands he was looking for did not cost a lot of money, those bands were basically beyond the price-performance ratio. He used his own favor to communicate with the band leaders, and only then did he win those bands at the lowest cost.

According to his observation, He Shen probably never practiced his concerto, or maybe never played with the orchestra.

Just took this opportunity to let Fu Tiao exercise.

Although I don't know if Fu Tiao will be able to enter the final round of the Chopin International Piano Competition, but... it is always good to be able to exercise.

Fu Tiao is now like a sponge absorbing water, frantically absorbing knowledge about Chopin from various places.

In the recent lessons, he could clearly hear the feeling of Chopin in Fu Tiao's performance is increasing.

That being the case, let's give Fu Tiao another fire, and let him go deep into Chopin's concerto with him, and feel Chopin in teamwork!
He Shen got up, patted Fu Tiao's shoulder with a smile, and opened the door.

"Okay, I'm looking for you to tell you about this. My concert is next Friday. Come with me to the Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra in a few days. Let's go to rehearse."

"okay!"

Fu Tiao nodded and stood up following He Shen's pace.

There was already another person waiting at the door outside the house, but He Shen didn't dare to go in until He Shen opened the door.

At this moment, He Shen's originally relaxed expression became serious again. He looked at the students in front of him, and only slightly tapped the piano room with his chin.

"go in!"

"Okay, okay..."

The student stooped disheartenedly and entered the piano room, while Fu Diao and He Shen stood in the corridor.

Fu Tiao raised his hand and glanced at the time: "Then Mr. He, I'm going to practice first?"

"Okay, come on! Don't forget to read the music score I gave you. Although you may not be able to use the things on it, the stones from other mountains can be used to make jade, which should be good for you."

"Ok!"

(End of this chapter)