King of Classical Music

It is not the first time Wei Ai has come to the Paris Philharmonic Hall to perform, but the sensation of this concert is no less than any previous performance.Hundreds of music fans gathered in this huge concert hall, even though the Paris Philharmonic Hall has 2400 seats, it is almost full.

A staid and serious little old man should be inconspicuous among such enthusiastic music fans.But just as Professor Akkad sat in his seat, he heard an exclamation from beside him: "God! Are you Master Reed Akkad?!"

So far, Master Akkad has been recognized for the first time at a concert (audience auditorium).

When attending concerts and operas, this master always just casually wears a suit. Most of the time, let alone hairspray, he doesn’t even bother to tie a tie.Some people once wondered in a low voice, "Hey, is that Master Reed Akkad?", but they would soon be convinced by his companion's sentence, "How could Master Akkad dress so casually?"

Now that he was recognized by music fans, Professor Akad responsibly signed a few papers.When the concert was about to start, these music fans slowly returned to their seats. At this time, Professor Akad was finally able to take a breath, and he really heard the low-pitched communication from around the seat——

"When I watched "The Sound of Music" before, I heard them introduce Wei Ai's European tour this time, which is very good!"

"Ah, I also came here from Marseille because I saw the high rating of "Classical Music"!"

"Hey, are you the same? I heard from my professor that Wei Ai's tour has made a great breakthrough this time, and it's almost a rave review! This time I took time off with him to attend the concert, and he said nothing Approved for me!"

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The world is fair and unfair.

Once a small shortcoming is reported, it will usually be magnified suddenly, and it will even become completely unrecognizable after being reported twice, then three, and three times.For example, the Zayev scandal last year spread to the ears of many music fans and became "Zayev hated the strength of the newcomer and murdered him before the show started".

But on the contrary, it is extremely difficult for a good thing to spread.Wei Ai's reputation has been accumulated for hundreds of years. A "chief scandal" incident has slightly blemished the glorious surface of this century-old band, but it has turned upside down for the first time in just half a year. thing -

Their performance was really good!

Only when a good thing is so good that it cannot be ignored or refuted, can it become a great thing that people all over the world praise.

Wei Ai's previous four concerts in Brussels, Manchester, Rome, and Geneva have received numerous praises since the first one.

"Together with Julie Adlet, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra set off another wave of piano concerto! "The intersection of classical and modern, the well-deserved king of romance - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra" "Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra: The Splendor of an Ancient Myth"

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Among these applauded praises, "Hope" by the Belgian national treasure music critic Master Glatter is the most shocking.

As we all know, this musician has seldom written music reviews for the orchestra in recent years. The most recent one was "Madame Butterfly" by the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, but just half a month ago, the master wrote Such a music review of more than 5000 words was published directly in the Belgian "National Music Palace" magazine.

The title alone can express the point of view of Master Glatter——

"hope".

Wei Ai ignites a fresh and refined hope, and its music has a new change from the smallest corner.I seem to have seen the reborn awakening of this orchestra, which is a new trend of symphony orchestras, and perhaps a new revolution in classical music.

Leaving aside whether Master Glatter’s words are too good or not, some people questioned such an article, but most of them still decided to come and listen to Wei Ai’s concert called “Hope” with great interest.

And Professor Akad's attitude is...

Cough cough, bought ten copies of "National Music Hall" in one go, does it count as a treasure?The entire Violin Department of the National Conservatory of Music in Paris, from the dean and professor to the assistant students, have all gone through Amway once and counted?

All in all, although he said "Xiaoqi, don't let me down" the night before yesterday, Professor Akad has actually been waiting with full anticipation for half a month, just waiting to enjoy the wonderful performance of his students.

In the modern-style concert hall, an opening warning sound gradually sounded, and the whispers of the audience gradually subsided.But for a moment, Professor Akad spotted his student from the hands of the group of musicians at a glance. The little old man immediately sat up straight and thought to himself: My little Qi is the one who stands out from the crowd!

Wei Ai, who was shot innocently: "..."

This concert is no different from what Master Arcade has attended in the past few decades. It is still the usual conductor, principal, and at most one pianist bowing, followed by the opening performance.

It wasn't until the second section of the "Walstein Sonata" that the casualness in Professor Akkad's eyes slowly dissipated, and he listened to the music in a daze.

In these few tours of Wei Ai, except for the song "Walstein" which has remained unchanged, several performance tracks will be changed almost every time.If the repertoire can never be changed, it shows that the orchestra has full confidence in this repertoire.

Needless to say, Julie Adlet's piano performance is of course, this "Walstein" is vivid under her hands, as if the dawn reappeared.Professor Dorenza's conductor was never underestimated by Professor Akad. His gentle temper did not mean that this old friend had no strength. He was as famous as Farrar.

But when Qi Mu actually heard Wei Ai's performance, he was still shocked.

The more brilliant the music master, the more nuanced he is able to detect the slightest difference in music, and feel the tiny progress that is almost indistinguishable.Maybe it's more soft and delicate when playing chords, or maybe it's more passionate when playing collective allegro, progress is progress and cannot be ignored!

Professor Akkad finally understood why Glatter's "Hope" seemed to be the most exaggerated among the reports praising Vivienne's tour.It is precisely because the level of appreciation is too high that more shining points can be discovered and the most authentic Weiai can be heard.

This is really... a ray of hope!

"Walstein", "Piano Concerto No. [-] in C Minor", Grieg's "Piano Concerto in A Minor"...and the final encore "Toccata" and "Sicilian Dances", the audience lasted for more than two hours The performance was endlessly memorable and hard to extricate myself from. Until the curtain really came to an end, the applause from the stage continued for a long time.

After the applause rang for a full three minutes, the old man sitting in the center of the crowd finally slowly raised his hands and started to clap them lightly.

Professor Akkad's applause was very light, so light that it was quickly drowned out by the thunderous applause around him; but his movements were very steady, one after another, full of relief and praise.

His students are really successful!

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After Wei Ai's performance in Paris, Qi Mu went to Professor Akkad's home on purpose and spent a few more hours with the old man.Qi Mu sincerely invited Professor Akad to Vienna to participate in Wei Ai's last European tour concert this season, but the latter was really unable to attend because of a back disease.

However, when Qi Mu was feeling frustrated, Professor Akad smiled, patted the back of his student's hand, and said: "Xiaoqi, I will watch the live broadcast. Your teacher has heard the sound of the piano, really It’s not in vain that you are so thin. But you can’t go on working so hard in the future, remember to eat more! You must gain weight to 80 kg, you know?!”

Qi Mu nodded dumbfoundingly: "Yes, yes, I will definitely work hard to eat."

As for getting to 80 kilograms... Teacher, even if you beat him to death, he won't be able to do it!

On the afternoon of the second day after Wei Ai's performance in Paris, the orchestra took a plane and returned to Vienna.

When they left, the city was still cold in spring, but when they came back, the ground was already full of flowers, and there were many unknown wild flowers in the grass beside the road.The spring in Vienna was as warm and charming as in previous years. After returning to their base camp, everyone in Weiai felt much more at ease, and even the sun felt much rounder.

There are still three days left before Wei Ai's last European tour concert. As soon as he got off the plane, Mr. Dorenza asked everyone to go back to their homes to rest, and then go to work normally the next day.

And the next day, when Qi Mu walked into Wei Ai's large rehearsal room with his violin case, he hadn't put down his things when he saw Carl from the violin group walking over mysteriously, whispering Said: "Xiaoqi, there was a person waiting for you downstairs early this morning. After Mr. Anthony communicated with him just now, he brought him up."

Suddenly hearing that someone was waiting for him under the building of the Friends of Music Association, Qi Mu was slightly taken aback, thinking for a long time but did not get an answer.After thanking Carl with a smile, he quickly put down his things and went to Mr. Anthony's lounge, intending to meet this guest.

After saying "Please come in", Qi Mu gently pushed open the door of the chief lounge.The bright and warm sunlight shone down on the ground through the blinds. The first thing Qi Mu saw was Mr. Anthony sitting behind the seat. He looked to the side, and when his eyes touched the black-haired man standing aside , suddenly stunned.

His eyes gradually widened, and before Qi Mu could speak, the other party smiled and pushed the frame on the bridge of his nose, and said gently and politely, "Long time no see, Qi Mu."