King of Classical Music

Qi Mu's trip to Hong Kong City, which lasted only three or four days, officially came to an end after the last night at Disney.When he was woken up by the alarm clock early the next morning, Qi Mu's first reaction was——

Harbor City's annual Ocean Music Festival has finally started.

The Ocean Music Festival is a unique classical music festival in Hong Kong. Similar to the Edinburgh Music Festival in the UK, it is an open-air music festival with strong openness.

In fact, open-air does not mean being completely exposed to the sky. There are also many professional concert halls in the venue of the Ocean Music Festival for large orchestras to perform publicly.

But at this festival, wherever you can find a place to perform, whether it’s a café, a candy store, a square, or a restaurant, you can play whatever you want.Therefore, at such music festivals, there are often many non-professional musicians who bring their own instruments and perform their own music, gaining everyone's approval.

Qi Mu originally... also brought his own violin.

Different from the shyness and introversion of many Chinese people, Qi Mu has been growing up in Europe and has an open personality since he was a child. It is a matter of course to bring an instrument and perform in such a public place.But when this day came, he still hesitated.

Not because I'm shy, but because...

Is he really going to play in front of that man...

When returning to the hotel last night, Qi Mu's mind was full of thoughts about when there would be such a talented and hardworking late musician in the industry, so his mind was dizzy and he didn't have much clear consciousness.So when Min Chen said that we would go to the music festival together tomorrow, he subconsciously nodded in agreement without vetoing it.

Participating in the music festival with Min Chen means... If he wants to perform in the open air, he has to let the other party stand aside and watch.

Alone, he put the piano box on the side of the road and played his own music wantonly, while... Min Chen stood by and listened.

——No matter how you think about this kind of picture, it feels inexplicably weird.

Gritting his teeth, Qi Mu secretly decided to leave without the violin.After a while, the doorbell rang, and Qi Mu opened the door with something, only to see the neighbor in the next room looking at him in surprise with downcast eyes.

Min Chen raised his eyes slightly: "Aren't you going to bring the piano?"

Qi Mu: "...it's inconvenient, so don't bring it." After saying that, Qi Mu closed the door, thought for a while, and politely replied: "By the way, you don't plan to perform outdoors either? "Before he finished speaking, Qi Mu regretted it.

Sure enough, I saw Min Chen's footsteps paused, and after a long time, he said calmly, "I can't carry it."

Qi Mu: "..."

Can't it be lifted? A nine-foot grand piano weighs a thousand catties no matter what. Not to mention one person, even ten people can't lift it.

Min Chen deliberately wore an extra black velvet hat today. The brim of the hat was so wide that it almost covered the upper half of his face. The pair of eyes that could still be exposed were also blocked by sunglasses, completely covering his whole body. Strictly, it seems that he can't wait to just take a mask and put it on.

Qi Mu couldn't help but take a few more glances at his clothes, and Min Chen seemed to notice his surprised gaze, and explained: "There will be more people in the industry at the music festival, and Daniel doesn't want me to show up at the music festival , he worried about causing unnecessary trouble."

Qi Mu nodded understandingly and didn't ask any more questions.

After the two officially entered the venue of the music festival together, the lively scene around made Qi Mu feel relaxed, and finally realized the feeling of a long-lost music palace.

Although the official publicity of this music festival is not in place, the selection and arrangement of the scenes are still attentive.The location of the venue is in a retro European-style small town scenic spot. As long as you set foot on this land, you will have a classical style oncoming.

Perhaps because the music festival just started, there were not many musicians performing on the street. Qi Mu only saw a trumpet player standing on the stairs playing passionate music while walking all the way. There was only one guitarist plucking and adjusting the strings outside.

Spotlighted celebrity reminders can be seen here and there along the red brick town's main artery.This is also an idea carefully designed by the organizers. They express the lives of the masters in the history of classical music in multiple languages ​​on the celebrity column. If you want to listen to their music, there are several public audition machines next to the celebrity column. , feel free to listen.

Qi Mu hadn't walked a few steps before he spotted a familiar figure. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Dorence's celebrity column to be here."

Only 500 meters away from the main road of the town, between Verdi and Wagner, there is the celebrity column of the current chief conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Mr. Eberke Dorenza.

For this master, Qi Mu really admired him.Although he didn't get along with the master much in his previous life, he rehearsed with the master for a while after all. Mr. Dorensa's commanding ability is really outstanding, and his guidance to Qi Mu is also very useful to him.

Especially this master gave him the opportunity to play "The Blue Danube" in the Golden Hall, Qi Mu was very grateful.

"Eberke's music style tends to be orthodox and belongs to the pure classical romantic genre. His audition repertoire should be Mozart's "Werther" and Haydn's "Surprise." Min Chen said in a flat tone, as if explaining a fact.

Qi Mu was a little surprised. He knew that these two pieces were masterpieces of Master Dorenza, but Dorenza's masterpieces were far more than these two pieces.According to Min Chen, these two are the most outstanding of all the symphonies conducted by Master Dorenza?

Qi Mu picked up the trial player that was idle at the side and listened for a while, feeling even more terrified.He put down the earphones, looked back at Min Chen with a smile, nodded and said, "It's really these two songs, I didn't expect...you can even guess this?"

Min Chen put his hands in his pockets, looking very casual.As the two walked forward side by side, Min Chen said, "Put it in the middle of Verdi and Wagner, and you shouldn't choose too soft a tune. Eberke himself prefers these two tunes."

"I forgot, you and Mr. Dorenza know each other."

"However, his favorite is "The Blue Danube". This piece is the most important piece to him, and every year the New Year's concert will focus on rehearsing this piece."

Min Chen seemed to be talking casually, but Qi Mu listened to him all of a sudden, and his steps stopped all of a sudden.The young man's light-colored pupils suddenly widened, and his pupils trembled slightly—he didn't understand until now what the song "The Blue Danube" meant to Mr. Dorenza.

Mr. Dorenza really valued him for entrusting him to perform such an important piece.

Qi Mu felt even more grateful, and in the next few hours, more and more freelance musicians began to perform on the venue.Most of them perform simple and portable musical instruments such as violin, flute, clarinet, saxophone, etc., and some people borrow the piano from the coffee shop to perform piano repertoire.

Most of these musicians performing outdoor performances are amateurs, but there are also some excellent musicians among them. Among them, Qi Mu couldn't help admiring the "Melody in F Major" played by a flute player.

"With such a level, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra may be able to be an official musician!"

Hearing Qi Mu's evaluation, Min Chen couldn't help but look at him in surprise, and asked, "Why the Vienna Symphony Orchestra?"

Hearing this, Qi Mu was startled suddenly.Only then did he realize that he had accidentally compared the level of this flute player with the musicians in the orchestra he was most familiar with just now. A dim light flashed quickly in Qi Mu's light-colored pupils, and he smiled and raised his head and said : "I used to work with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra when I was a child, so I am a little familiar with them."

Min Chen gave him a deep look, nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

Only then did Qi Mu heave a sigh of relief: he almost revealed his secrets, but it's really fortunate that the original owner had actually collaborated with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.

"He's a bit old, and Evra won't let him into the orchestra." Min Chen looked at the flute player, and said, "Evra has a weird hobby, and he hopes that there will be more people in his orchestra." What fresh blood, so even if this person reaches the level of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, it is impossible to get in."

Evra is the name of the chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In Qi Mu's impression, he was a staid and serious little old man. He was obviously bald, and he still refused to admit that he wore a wig every day.

After being reminded by Min Chen, Qi Mu suddenly realized that there is really no one in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra who is over 40 years old!

He hadn't discovered before... Mr. Evra had such a unique hobby?

"Like fresh blood? I didn't notice it when I... cooperated with Mr. Evra before."

Min Chen lowered his eyes slightly, and a smile flowed through his deep eyes: "When I get older, I hope I am young. Seeing young people, I probably feel happy in my heart." After a pause, it seemed that something had come to Min Chen's mind. He lost his expression, looked at Qi Mu seriously, and said, "If you have a chance to meet Evra in the future, don't tell him that I told you these things."

Qi Mu: "..."

Why did he always feel that the man who said this seemed unexpectedly childish?

Along the way, Qi Mu held back his smile and didn't speak again. When he suddenly saw a familiar celebrity column, he opened his eyes wide in surprise, turned to look at the handsome and tall man, and said with a low smile: "I didn't expect that." ...they actually put your celebrity column in such a place?"