King of Classical Music

In April 2020, the first quarter tour of the Vienna Philharmonic officially started.

All music fans are still the same as before, welcoming this season of Wei Ai's performances with enthusiasm.Starting from the first stop in Paris, the enthusiastic and excited music fans filled the concert hall of Wei Ai, ushering in more brilliant performances time after time.

This time, Mr. Dorenza and Mr. Motor took turns conducting the tour. With the theme of violin concerto, this world's top orchestra traveled through five major European cities, and finally returned to its home base, Vienna.

When Wei Ai came to the last stop, it was already the first ten days of May. At this moment, the whole European music scene was in a frenzied and excited atmosphere—not because of Wei Ai’s last concert, but because of Bo Ai announced on its official website on April 4th that it will recruit new principal violinists from all over the world in mid-May.

The announcement was made the day after the Berliner Philharmoniker concluded its first tour of the season at its home Philharmonic Hall at the end of April.

The official website of Bo Ai receives more than ten thousand visitors every day. Whether it is classical lovers from all over the world, or media reporters, music festivals, and music critics in the industry, they visit the official websites of these big orchestras every day to see their latest performances. information.

Within 1 minute after the announcement was made, someone discovered the message.From then on, like an earthquake and tsunami, it crazily swept across the entire classical music world, and set off a terrible storm in the world's classical music world that had been calm for many days.

In fact, as early as March, some people had speculated that sooner or later, Bo Ai would select a new chief again.After all, in the announcement stating Kedori's resignation, it didn't say when Kedori would return, and it was impossible for Bo Ai's chief to remain vacant, and sooner or later a new violinist would take over.

And everyone has also discovered in Bo Ai's performances this season that even though Auston Burtram's conductor is as brilliant as ever, Bo Ai's steely and metallic tone has not been dusted, but it is different from the former chief Kedori. Compared with Slaughter, their deputy chief Boll really lacks some brilliant places——

This is the most objective evaluation of Bohr.

Therefore, finding a better chief executive is a top priority for Bo Ai.

The registration of Bo Ai violin principal is quite strict. First, he must have the experience of working in a large orchestra for more than one year, and then he must have a letter of recommendation from a well-known musician in the industry. He must have won the second prize or above in an international violin competition. Finally, registrations over the age of 60 and under the age of 20 are not accepted.

"Never die, never give up, never change", this principle of Bai Ai will not change now, nor will it change in the future.

Therefore, if the new violinist is over 60 years old, let alone whether this old gentleman can withstand the high-intensity rehearsal practice of Bo Ai, he may not be able to work in Bo Ai for a long time, and he will have to do it again soon. Find a new chief.

Other registration requirements are also very important. Assuming that you are just a freelance violinist, Bo Ai will not have time to develop your ability to cooperate with and lead the orchestra, so you must have this foundation yourself.As for the recommendation letters and awards from other parties, these are piecemeal regulations unanimously proposed by the members of the orchestra.

How could Bo Ai's chief be inferior to other members?

You must know that almost all of the hundreds of members in Bo Ai graduated from the world's top music academies and have won more than two international awards.Even if you have such conditions, you may not be able to guarantee admission to Bai Ai, let alone if you do not meet these conditions?

However, even with such harsh conditions, hundreds of people from all over the world have submitted their application materials on the official website of Bai Ai. Among them, before Qi Mu could make up his mind, Chen Lingpin calmly told him one day: "I have already helped you with the The application materials have been submitted, and Master Reed Arkad, Master Farrer, and Master Lance have jointly recommended it." After a pause, Chen Lingpin said with regret: "It's a pity, Mr. Min Chen needs to avoid suspicion, otherwise in the When I contacted him, he was very sincerely willing to write a letter of recommendation for you."

Qi Mu: "..."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Qi Mu's wavering heart finally stabilized completely.

As early as March 3st at the member meeting of the Wei Ai Orchestra, the vote on "whether Qi Mu should renew his contract" was overwhelmingly concluded.There were only 1 votes in favor, 5 abstentions and 3 votes against.

It was Qi Mu who abstained from voting with 3 votes, and whoever voted in favor of 5 votes, but the votes against were amazingly unanimous.

It was many years ago that the voter turnout rate at the last member meeting of the Victoria Philharmonic Orchestra reached over 95%.At that time, it was a vote on "whether to agree to Eberke Dorenza as the chief conductor", but now such a shocking turnout rate once again appeared, and it turned out to be on the vote to terminate the contract with Qi Mu.

However, even though the owners of the 125 tickets managed to live up to their expectations, none of them could be happy.At the party advocated by Mr. Dorenza that night, the violinist Richard, who had drunk too much, had red eyes, and couldn't help pulling Qi Mu to talk for a long time.

When he choked up and said the sentence "Xiao Qi, I can't bear you", everyone in Wei Ai finally couldn't stand it anymore.Before Mr. Dorenza hinted that "Bo Ai is about to start selecting a new chief, Qi Mu is more suitable for Bo Ai" this morning, they all made up their minds and must vote for Xiaoqi.

But what Master Dorenza said really woke them up.

Bo Ai desperately needs an excellent chief, and for Qi Mu, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.In the past two years, countless music masters and music critics have said that Qi Mu's violin is more suitable for Bo Ai, and he will have more room for improvement in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

That being the case, why not let this young violinist, who is destined to reach the pinnacle, pursue a wider sky?

As Master Dorensa said, Wei Ai is never inferior to Bo Ai.But if what Wei Ai can give Qi Mu is a vast ocean, then what Bai Ai can give Qi Mu is the vast sky between the peaks. As a fierce and sharp falcon, what Qi Mu needs is never the ocean, but the mountain.

During the concert tour from April to May, all the members of Weiai were happy and harmonious.But when the final tour in Vienna's Königshaus approached, even their optimism was often eclipsed.

This should... be their last concert with Xiao Qi.

After the concert, although the contract between Xiao Qi and Wei Ai still has half a month, he has already rushed to Berlin to participate in the chief recruitment meeting of Bo Ai, and he will never be with the Vienna Philharmonic again. The orchestra produces too many intersections.

No one doubted whether Qi Mu could pass Bai Ai's chief selection. If even Xiaoqi couldn't pass, who else in the world could pass this recruitment conference? !

This is the chief Xiaoqi of their Weiai!This is their favorite little seven!

Those bastards in Bo Ai must have been blind for so many years to miss their excellent and lovely little Qi!

Therefore, when Wei Ai's last tour in the first half of the year is about to come, what Qi Mu sees most in the rehearsal hall is the sad and sad eyes of the members. The corner looked to him.

Xiaoqi, I am not willing to part with you at all.

qaq is so sad, Xiao Qi remembers to visit us in Vienna more often in the future.

Don't be fooled by those young furry kids in Bo Ai, they don't love you as much as we do!

……

Qi Mu: "..."

So, are you admitting that Bo Ai's average age is several years lower than Wei Ai's?

Although it was funny and helpless in his heart, facing the resentful and sympathetic eyes of the young girl Dou Chukai of these members, Qi Mu's heart was deeply moved and thankful, apart from being deeply dumbfounded.

I would like to thank these members for caring for me meticulously during the past two and a half years, thank them for their recognition and approval of me, thank them for their support and help in large and small performances, thank them...

Let him go for your own future.

Thousands of words came together, and finally became a sentence: "Come to my house for dinner today?"

Wei Ai everyone: "!!!! Well, well, let's go tonight!"

The members of Weiai buried their sadness and retention in their hearts, and Mr. Dorensa, who has many years of experience, taught some of his experience to Qi Mu.

"I worked with Bo Ai when I was young, and I was honored to be invited to conduct this orchestra. At that time...it was still when Karajan was alive."

Qi Mu nodded lightly: "Yes, Mr. Dorenza, if I remember correctly, it was the Boai Forest Concert in 1985. You, who were only 31 years old, led Boai to conduct a grand concert as a special conductor show."

Mr. Dorenza smiled slightly: "Xiao Qi, you remember better than me. Yes, it was that year, I was still a guest conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and it was not until 95 that I officially joined Weiai and began to conduct this concert. The orchestra, in a blink of an eye, more than 20 years have passed."

After a pause, Mr. Dorenza said again in a serious tone: "The most notable feature of Bo Ai is its thick and pure tone. Their music seems to be the cleanest air in Berlin. There has never been a trace of noise, never A little chaotic, always pure and simple. And during the ten years of Auston's leadership of Bo Ai, this characteristic has been brought to its peak."

In the quiet and spacious conductor's lounge, the young and handsome musicians listened carefully, while the smiling old man continued to say: "Xiaoqi, I don't think I need to explain Auston's music style to you, the world There is probably no one on the Internet who knows his style of music better than you, because...you are really similar. I don't know what the source of this similarity is, but it is really a beautiful coincidence, a perfection left by God Surprisingly, the similar style allows you to cooperate seamlessly and bring the band to its peak."

"But now, I think you need to know more about the Bo Philharmonic Orchestra itself and their recruitment meeting. It's impossible for Auston to tell you these things in order to avoid suspicion, right?"

Qi Mu nodded: "Yes, Min Chen and I didn't mention this topic in our recent conversation."

Master Dorensa nodded knowingly: "Yes, he wants to avoid suspicion, but... I never need it. Bo Ai is a strange band that is good at innovation and sometimes remains the same, so let me talk to you, about It's about their recruiting meeting."