pianist from the sea

Chapter 70 Touring Music Lectures (6k)

In the following time, Fu Tiao put all his attention on the works that He Shen gave him, instead of playing all kinds of music aimlessly like before, looking for his own Chopin.

For Fu Tiao, he has actually found his own Chopin.

It's that sea-like feeling. Fu Tiao likes that feeling very much. He is making his Chopin and his music more integrated, and it is also more interesting.

This is the Chopin International Piano Competition, and your music must have your own understanding of Chopin.

If it's only Chopin, then definitely not, and if it's only you, it won't work either.

You have to find the right balance and then think about other things.

Currently, Fu Tiao has passed He Shen's previous demonstration and found the Chopin feeling he wanted.

The next time is for continuous practice and thinking to make my music more perfect.

Time waits for no one, it is now almost June, and Fu Tiao only has the last three months left.

His parents had already sent him a plane ticket to Warsaw, Poland in September, and gave him some money to book a place to stay by himself.

Plus Fu Tiao's own money, he should be able to find a suitable house in Warsaw, Poland, live there for two months, and go to the competition.

The other observers of the Chopin International Piano Competition are quite noisy these days. After all, there is a big gap between the list of the first round announced by Dongpu and what they thought. Among them, I probably guessed the idea of ​​​​the Chopin organizing committee.

Some people are ecstatic, thinking that they may make a big step forward in the Chopin International Piano Competition.

There is also a group of people who are slightly sad, because they clearly see that their music is not liked by the Chopin International Piano Competition Organizing Committee.

If this goes on, it's hard to say whether they can make it to the second round.

Everyone has their own ideas, but the one thing that is more unified is... everyone is working hard to move towards a higher peak, and they are all looking for a Chopin that is more suitable for their own music, so as to make their music more perfect.

The days passed day by day like this, and the information given by Dongpu had been run over by time, and no one paid much attention to it.

Everyone is busy with their own business.

He Shen spends less and less time in class. Except for the weekly jazz and pop music performance classes that allow him to spare a little time to play, he spends more time in concerts.

Yes, a concert, He Shen's concert.

After He Shen thought about it for a long time, he hadn't originally planned to take Fu Tiao to run concerts across the country, and his idea gradually changed. It became that he took Fu Tiao to run across the country, and the two of them took the plane directly every Thursday. Fly to where you want to go.

Then in the evening, go to the local conservatory or art college to play it first, and then go to the local concert hall to play it again the next night.

This is He Shen's idea, so that Fu Tiao can train his music faster.

The music that is only practiced in the piano room can never enter the classroom. You must show your music in front of everyone, so that you can feel the impact of your music on those listeners, and you can know yourself. Where did it play badly.

Fu Tiao did not refuse He Shen's invitation, and directly followed Fu Tiao to a second place outside Haicheng for a tour.

Coming out of Haicheng, the first place they went to was... Jiangzhou, Ningcheng!

Jiangzhou Ningcheng is very close to Haicheng, and it can even be regarded as being next to each other. The speed of taking the high-speed rail between the two may be faster than that of an airplane.

In Jiangzhou, there is not any conservatory of music, but there are two top conservatory of music, Jiangzhou Art Institute and Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music.

These two conservatories divided up the talents of the entire Jiangzhou, and they were completely divided into performers in the direction of music performance and teachers in the direction of music education before entering the school.

Coupled with the fact that Jiangzhou Art Institute and Jiangzhou Normal University are not far away, this place even looks like they are in the same university, and the two sides often visit each other.

After Fu Tiao finished his class with He Shen in the morning, the two of them took the high-speed train directly to Jiangzhou Ningcheng.

As soon as they went out, a teacher and a few students were already waiting for them at the exit, with He Shen's name written on it.

"Yo! He Shen! Long time no see!"

"Tsk, old Qian, your hair...is bald again."

A man with slightly bald hair, who seemed to be studying computers or mathematics, came out from behind the crowd, walked forward with a smile, hugged He Shen, patted his back, and clicked his tongue twice.

"It's not easy, Mr. He, after coming out of our Jiangzhou side and entering the Haicheng Conservatory of Music, the taste of the whole person has changed instantly. I feel that you have grown up a lot, and our school even invited you back for a concert. .”

"It's strange, isn't it?" He Shen rolled his eyes at him, "I just came out to bring my students to see the world."

After all, He Shen stretched out his hand to Fu Tiao behind him, and smiled.

"Nuo, this is my student, Fu Diao, who studied with Lao Wang in the Central Academy before, but he didn't know why he insisted on coming to Haicheng Conservatory of Music, so he transferred it to me and became my student in Haicheng. close disciple."

"Closed disciple? What do you say? You don't plan to continue teaching? You managed to escape from Jiangzhou to Haicheng Conservatory of Music."

"Teach, why don't you teach? It's just because of a little reason, I don't plan to teach in China anymore. Fu Tiao may be my last student in China."

After all, He Shen patted Fu Tiao on the shoulder and introduced to Fu Tiao.

"No, Fu Diao, this is Teacher Qian, Qian Yan."

"Hello, Fu Tiao." Fu Tiao stretched out his hand.

"Hello, I heard Mr. He introduced you a long time ago, saying that your level is very good."

Qian Yan touched Fu Tiao's hand lightly, and then let go immediately.

Be very polite and give enough sense of boundaries.

Qian Yan glanced at the combination of He Shen and Fu Diao, and then at the people behind him, feeling a little helpless.

"Well, the students on my side are not mine, two are from the normal university, and two are from the art college, I don't know who they are, but the school arranged to come with me ...can you introduce yourself?"

"Good teacher!"

The next four students immediately introduced themselves.

After the four of them finished their introduction, Qian Yan nodded his chin in the direction of the exit and raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, everyone knows each other, so shall we go to eat first, or should we go back to school first?"

"Let's go to the school first. I have to take a look at the layout of the school just now, and see if I need to reorganize the layout."

He Shen smiled, and walked towards the subway with ease.

But halfway through, Qian Yan stopped him and pulled him back.

He Shen can now be regarded as a teacher specially hired to come back to give a speech. The school has already arranged for students to come to welcome him. How could it be possible for Fu Tiao and He Shen to take the subway to school.

Qian Yan made a phone call, took everyone into the minivan parked outside the high-speed railway station, and then headed towards Jiangzhou Art Institute.

After all, compared to Jiangzhou Normal University, the concert hall at Jiangzhou Art Academy is larger, and it is also more suitable for those students to hold concerts and lectures in the Art Academy.

The scenery outside the window shuttled quickly, but it didn't take long before it stopped on the quaint old road.

It's not because we've arrived, but because there are more cars in the urban area, and Jiangzhou Normal University and Jiangzhou Art Institute are located near the old city, so it's not easy to drive, resulting in traffic jams.

Seeing this situation, He Shen immediately complained in front of him.

"Sure enough, as I said, we should still take the subway and get off directly at the Jiangzhou Art Institute station. Then we will be there just across the road. You still insist on taking this kind of minibus. You see, there is a traffic jam."

"Your Haicheng Conservatory of Music threw the teachers who came outside to give a lecture and threw them on the subway, and asked them to come by subway. Are you crazy, or am I crazy?"

"Tch, just say there's no traffic jam."

"So what about traffic jams? Traffic jams are fine, but etiquette can't be lost. Let you come here by subway. It's almost here, but what will people say about our school later? Let a big star like you take the subway?"

"..."

The two people in front started to quarrel again, Fu Tiao chuckled and looked out the window.

This place is the city center of Ningcheng, Jiangzhou, or... the old city center.

The buildings in this place are relatively old, full of a strong Republican style, and there are many walls made of red bricks.

The red walls and green tiles are completely different from the scenery of Haicheng and have a special flavor.

Just as Fu Tiao was staring at the scenery outside the window in a daze, a student next to him suddenly approached Fu Tiao, hesitated for a long time, and whispered to Fu Tiao.

"Hi, my name is...Li Liang."

"Fu Diao."

Fu Tiao turned his head, looked at the boy who was tentatively approaching him, and nodded slightly: "What's the matter?"

Li Liang waved his hand immediately: "It's okay, I just came here to ask. After all, I was a little curious. I never thought that the school would invite Teacher He to give lectures and concerts."

After all, he looked at Fu Tiao, thought for a while, and asked hesitantly.

"Oh, by the way, can I ask in advance, that is, what are you talking about today?"

"Is the content of the talk?" Fu Tiao thought for a while, then shook his head: "I don't know, maybe it's something about Chopin, after all, the concert Mr. He came to give is Chopin's concert."

"Eh? Chopin?" Li Liang suddenly became excited: "I heard that Mr. He is the top group of Chopin players in China. Mr. He came to play Chopin for us today. This, this, this..."

As he spoke, he didn't know where to put his hands. He couldn't help but look at the other students who were sitting on the side. The others were also as excited as him.

They knew He Shen well, but they didn't know much about Fu Tiao.

After all, Fu Tiao is just an ordinary participant in the Chopin International Piano Competition, and has not yet won a high enough ranking.

It's like going to the Olympics. You, an Olympic candidate, are not at the same level of popularity as those who can win Olympic gold medals!

Especially when you are not a flexible nationality, the popularity is simply a world of difference.

The same is true for the group of people sitting next to Fu Tiao. Of course they know He Shen. You can also get a general idea of ​​He Shen's current status in China.

At present, the highest status of Chopin in China may be Li Diyun, but if we talk about teaching, then the highest status should be regarded as unilateral.

After Shan Yi, Li Diyun, and Chen Sa are all removed, it will be the turn of He Shen and others in China who specialize in Chopin.

Excluding the super first-line players, the popularity is not much worse than others.

And He Shen may just be a little less well-known, his piano level is actually no worse than those top-tier players.

This is why those students who are sitting next to Fu Tiao at this moment, the students of Jiangzhou Normal University Music College and Jiangzhou Art College Music College, are extremely excited.

Li Liang looked at Fu Tiao at this moment and couldn't help feeling a little envious.

"I just heard Mr. He say that you are the last student he recruited in China. I really envy you. I also hope that one day I can become a student of Mr. He. Unfortunately, I did not enter the Shanghai City Conservatory of Music. , only went to Jiangzhou Academy of Arts."

"Yes, yes, Fu Diao, you are so lucky to be He Shen's last student."

"Indeed, I'm a little jealous too. I also want to be He Shen's student! He Shen plays Chopin very well. I really like He Shen very much!"

"It's a pity. I don't know if Mr. He has some reason for his health. He has been refusing to get married, and he doesn't even have an ambiguous partner."

"Eh? Teacher He doesn't have an affair? Didn't I hear that he and his students got together? Or did the student take the initiative to chase him?"

"No? I remember that Mr. He notarized it, saying that he did not accept his student's pursuit. He was studying Chopin at that time and building the Chopin performance method? Hey, when it comes to the Chopin performance method, you should also get it from Fu Tiao. Have you really passed down Teacher He's Chopin playing method?"

Fu Tiao looked at everyone's expectant eyes, thought for a while, and nodded hesitantly.

"Well, it should be considered... I got it."

"Ah, that's great, I want too..."

Everyone looked at Fu Tiao with envy, and looked at He Shen who was talking with Qian Yan with incomparable admiration.

Now they have a feeling of being successful in chasing stars. They were brought by the school to be in the same car with those top stars, and they almost ran up to ask for autographs and group photos.

But... It seems that the school didn't prohibit them from signing autographs with He Shen?

Everyone looked at He Shen in front of them, and couldn't help thinking about it. They glanced at each other, and they all saw the desire in other people's eyes.

This is so deep, the top pianist in Huaguo, he is right in front of them.

If this opportunity is not seized, are they still considered piano students?

However, what they didn't expect was that He Shen actually spoke at this time.

"Don't underestimate my students, my student Fu Diao didn't become the last student in my country by luck."

"He...he made it to the main competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition purely by relying on hard power!"

After all, He Shen turned to look at Fu Tiao, grinned, and poked Fu Tiao intentionally or unintentionally.

"Fu Diao, do you think so?"

"..."

"Indeed."

Fu Tiao smiled helplessly. He never thought that He Shen would come up with such a sentence, especially the last sentence of the sentence. He used his hard power to win the Chopin International Piano Competition.

It didn't sound like there was any problem, this seemed to be a compliment to him, but Fu Diao knew very well that Fu Diao's words could be regarded as hurting him and teasing him.

After all, both of them knew exactly what it was like for Fu Tiao to win the Chopin International Piano Competition with hard power.

During the qualifiers, there was very little Chopin feeling in Fu Tiao's music, only a particularly pure musical aesthetic and too strong basic skills in it.

This also led to the point that Fu Tiao deducted a lot of points from Chopin's feelings.

It was okay in the qualifiers. Although the players who can be admitted are the top batch in the world, many of them have scores around 18 or 19 points, while Fu Tiao's scores are 21 points and 22 points. Although this interval is not strong enough, it is already very good, much better than others.

Therefore, Fu Diao in this case can be regarded as using his own hard power to win the Chopin International Piano Competition.

This can be regarded as a tacit complaint between two people.

None of the others could understand, only Fu Tiao and He Shen knew what the other was talking about.

That Qian Yan didn't expect that Fu Tiao behind him was actually a member of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and he couldn't help being a little dazed.

After all, there is basically no one in Jiangzhou who can participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition in China, especially those with Hua nationality.

Even if the music culture here in Jiangzhou is particularly strong, there are many top musicians in Jiangzhou, which is useless.

Everyone who is strong has gone to those top music academies, and not many people will come to their schools.

As a result, they have never seen any of the contestants of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

At least, I didn't go to their school as a student.

And when He Shen said this, the group of people who were sitting next to Fu Tiao were stunned for a moment. They looked at Fu Tiao, then at He Shen, and then at Fu Tiao. I don't know what to say.

They originally thought that Fu Tiao was just an ordinary student who entered Haicheng Conservatory of Music by luck, studied piano with He Shen, and studied Chopin.

But who would have thought that Fu Tiao would be a participant in the Chopin International Piano Competition.

There are only more than 20 people from Huaguo entering the qualifiers this year, and it is expected that only a dozen people will be able to enter the first round.

So that is to say, if we simply discuss Chopin, then Fu Tiao will be one of the strongest dozen people of the younger generation.

You must know that many of these people are studying in foreign conservatories, so people of this level are rare even in Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

Not to mention Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music and Jiangzhou Art Institute, let alone these places.

This kind of top boss has basically only heard of it, and has never really seen it.

Everyone suddenly didn't know how they should face Fu Tiao now.

Qian Yan glanced at Fu Tiao, smiled and made a relief.

"Xiao Fu looks very capable. Congratulations on qualifying for the first round of the Chopin International Piano Competition this year. Keep up the good work! Keep going, enter the second round, the third round, until you win the championship! Become No.1 !"

"Student Fu Diao is amazing!"

"It's really powerful. I can't tell that student Fu Tiao is so strong! Sure enough, such a strong student is worthy of Teacher He Shen!"

"awesome!"

Those students immediately woke up and praised Fu Tiao.

But Fu Diao didn't care too much about their attitude.

"No.1 is still a bit difficult." Fu Tiao smiled, waved his hand and said: "Mr. He Shen should know that I am not particularly compatible with the organizing committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition this year. Eliminated directly."

"Indeed, Qian Yan, you should also know about the situation of this year's Chopin International Piano Competition Organizing Committee, right?" He Shen nodded, looked at Qian Yan, and raised his eyebrows: "The preparation video sent by Dongying before."

"Huh? Oh... I watched that video." Qian Yan thought for a while, nodded and said, "I probably understand what you mean, but it's okay for me to cheer for Xiao Fu. Even if we can't win the championship, we will enter the front It’s enough to be in the top ten finals, isn’t it?”

"Yes, yes, after all, we haven't been in the top ten for a long time, and we are thankful for being in the top ten."

He Shen nodded with a helpless expression.

Fu Tiao didn't have any emotions, just continued to look at the slowly moving vehicles outside the window, his thoughts drifted to the distance.

At this moment in the car, only the conversation between He Shen and Qian Yan was left. The four students beside him who dared to communicate with He Shen in a low voice, now heard that Fu Tiao was actually a contestant in the Chopin International Piano Competition. At least at the level of the top ten, I didn't dare to continue talking immediately, so I could only communicate with myself two by two, with the same school as myself.

He Shen saw the situation behind him from the corner of his eye, and didn't say much.

The car moved slowly, and within a short period of time, the car exited the narrow road in the center of the city. There were no huge trees blocking the view, and the front was wide open.

However, just when the car could accelerate, the vehicle stopped involuntarily.

Jiangzhou Academy of Arts has arrived.

When He Shen saw Jiangzhou Academy of Arts, he couldn't help complaining immediately: "It's like this every time, every time I walk on the old road in the city, I walk so slowly, and when I finally come to the super-large driveway to have a good time, I just go straight In the end, really, can’t the Jiangzhou Academy of Art be built a little further? At least let the car run a little longer!”

"Okay, okay, I will write a letter to Jiangzhou Art College in the name of Jiangzhou Normal University and Haicheng Conservatory of Music, ordering them to merge with our campus in the suburb of Jiangzhou Normal University, so that you can feel good enough, okay?"

"Tsk, that's not necessary."

He Shen shook his head, sighed and got out of the car, and Fu Diao and others followed suit.

An incomparably huge and regular rectangular giant stone arch appeared at the door of everyone, and six large characters were written majesticly on the door.

"Jiangzhou Art Institute"

Fu Tiao looked at the boulder in front of the door, and couldn't help being a little dazed, but He Shen and the others had already walked to the front.

Looking at Fu Tiao who was still in a daze behind, He Shen immediately said loudly.

"Fu Tiao, let's go, let's go to see the venue!"

"Oh, well, here we come."

Fu Diao shook his head, ignoring the gate of the Art Academy, which was decorated in a completely different style from that in Haicheng, followed He Shen and others into the Art Academy, and walked towards the concert hall.

At this time, several people were already standing in the concert hall, waiting for their arrival.

(End of this chapter)