King of Classical Music

There are a total of ten small squares in the European-style small town attractions officially adopted by the music festival.The most traditional small circular medieval square style is used. The floor is usually red brick and stone, and the area is not too large.But it is in this simple and simple small square that many people like to perform personal performances in such a square.

Of course, it is obviously impossible to stand in the center and play.Because there is a column of celebrities in the center of each square, as far as the five or six small squares that Qi Mu walked through, he has already met Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Strauss Jr., etc. Biography of the Master.

And when he arrived at the seventh small square, he saw a handsome and familiar figure from a distance.

The tall, straight and handsome photo of the man was thus illuminated by the spotlight and hung in the center of the celebrity column. On both sides of the photo, on the left side were written the person's deeds and achievements, while on the right side were written dozens of poems written by him. Sonatas, concertos, and even several piano etudes.

After reading the densely packed text, Qi Mu smiled and turned to look at the photo placed in the center of the celebrity column.I saw a handsome and elegant man in the photo, wearing a black dress and holding a baton in his forehand, as if he was captured during a concert.

Looking at the elegant and noble man in this photo, and then turning to look at Min Chen with a calm face, Qi Mu couldn't help laughing and said, "I didn't expect to see you here, it's really a surprise ..."

If it was placed a week ago, Qi Mu would never have said such a thing to Min Chen.But after getting along with each other this week, after leaving the performance stage, he has gradually regarded the other party as an ordinary friend, so it is very easy to say some close words.

It seemed that he was ridiculed by the young man, but Min Chen still kept his face indifferent, without even changing his expression.He looked at his photo on the celebrity column as if nothing had happened. After a while, he pointed to the listening device beside him and said, "The Dawn Concerto and the Violin Sonata in A Major are playing."

Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment when he heard the words, then picked up the earphones and put them to his ears, and began to listen.

When passing through these celebrity columns, sometimes Min Chen would directly click on the tracks prepared in the audition machine.Although what he said was not all hits, there were few mistakes. Qi Mu listened to about 20 songs along the way, and only one song was guessed wrong by Min Chen.

The sound insulation effect of this earphone is very good, it is probably specially prepared for the music festival, and it can clearly show the rhythm of each instrument part.Qi Mu closed his eyes and listened carefully to the music coming from the earphones. After waiting for a while, he put down the earphones with a smile, and turned to look at Min Chen.

Just laugh, but don't speak.

Under the bright and dazzling sunlight, the young man's thin hair was irradiated a little golden. He just smiled silently and looked at the man across from him, so that even Min Chen frowned involuntarily, and asked in a low voice: "Why? gone?"

I saw Qi Mu lightly shaking his head, pointing to the listening device, and said: "This "Dawn Concerto" was written by you three years ago, and the audition section should be selected from the music that was held at Carnegie Hall in New York the year before last. The scene that was performed. As for the second song..." After a pause, the smile on Qi Mu's lips became wider, and he said: "The second song "Venuka" should be the latest version selected Well, I haven't heard the performance."

Even if the same conductor and the same orchestra play the same piece of music, there will be slight deviations in different performances.Being able to hear which performance the piece was played in not only proves that the listener has extraordinary hearing and pitch, but also proves that...he is quite familiar with the piece, at least he has heard it several times.

Qi Mu's words made Min Chen stunned for a moment, even through a pair of sunglasses, Qi Mu could feel the other person's body froze suddenly.

It's understandable to guess someone else's song wrong... But if you guess your own song wrong, it's really...

Min Chen reached out to pick up the earphone with a calm face, but after listening for a while, he put down the earphone with a calm expression.With long and thin fingers, he took off the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose, revealing a pair of deep and deep eyes.

Min Chen looked at the young man in front of him who was smiling but not speaking seriously, and said in a solemn tone: ""Venuca" was selected for this year's Bai Ai World Tour in Berlin, and it should have been recorded not long ago." Paused Suddenly, seeing that the smile on the young man's face didn't decrease at all, the corner of the man's mouth twitched, and he said in a bad tone: "The person who selects the music is limited, you have to forgive him."

Qi Mu: "..."

Seeing that the young man still seemed to be holding back his smile, Min Chen coughed lightly, and changed the subject seriously: "I remember there is a concert in Montreal tonight, are you going now?"

Now that the other party has changed the subject to such an extent, Qi Mu had no choice but to laugh a few times, and barely stopped the laughter.He nodded, and the two of them walked towards a concert hall on the south side of the town together.

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra is from Canada and is one of the world's top symphony orchestras. The current conductor is Mr. Nagano, a famous Japanese conductor. Although this master is Asian, his conducting style is more European. Very similar, but has a unique charm.

At the concert, almost everyone was listening intently, and no one noticed the existence of Qi Mu and Min Chen.And when the concert was over, Min Chen quickly put on sunglasses and a hat, covering himself tightly again.

Seeing this, Qi Mu really couldn't laugh or cry.

He always felt as if he was walking next to a... "secret agent", waiting to be called at any time.

A total of three days have passed for such a sneaky visit. On the afternoon of the fourth day, Qi Mu and Min Chen were enjoying the saxophone played by a street performer when they suddenly heard a clear light coming from the broadcast of the music festival. fluent English.

"Harbor City Ocean Music Festival welcomes all visitors. In the melodious and charming music, at [-]:[-] p.m. this weekend, master Alan Swell from New York will lead the New York Philharmonic Orchestra to perform a grand performance at the Germont Theater show."

"Here, Master Swell is sincerely looking for a principal violinist to lead the orchestra to play Sibelius' op.39 "Symphony No. [-]". The recruitment time is from [-]:[-] am to [-]:[-] pm tomorrow. All music lovers are welcome come to participate.”

The radio repeated this passage three times in Chinese, German, and Japanese. After the broadcast was completely over, all the places where the broadcast could be heard were silent. After a while, there was a burst of cheers.

"New York Philharmonic! Master Swell!!!"

"Oh my God, that's Niuai! You can play music with Niuai!"

"Oh, why only need a violin player, I also play the cello very well!"

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This sudden accident caused everyone in the music festival to be in shock. Many violinists were so excited that they couldn't even speak clearly. They just grabbed the hands of their companions and cheered non-stop.Some musicians whose instruments were not violins had to sigh helplessly, but they were looking forward to this special performance from Newell.

The New York Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the world's top orchestras. Although it was founded less than a century ago, it has a record that no one can break - as of December 2004, 12, the orchestra has performed 18 performances in total!

Such an orchestra born in the New World has the best classical music talents in the United States.Its music director and chief conductor, Mr. Alan Swell is also an outstanding conductor, and his elegant and solemn conducting style has won the support of many music fans.

It can be said that the New York Philharmonic Orchestra is one of the important reasons that attract many tourists to the music festival.

And now, New Zealand officially announced that they want to find a violinist to cooperate with Sibelius' op.39 in concert!This is a great honor for any violinist, even a professional violinist would really like to have this opportunity.

Qi Mu felt his heart beating violently in his chest, before he could recover, he suddenly heard a deep and magnetic male voice ringing in his ear: "You go and participate in that recruitment competition. "

Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment, then subconsciously turned to look at the man beside him.

But at some point, Min Chen had already taken off his big sunglasses, and only used the wide brim of his hat to cover the upper half of his face.The sun shone on the black velvet hat brim, casting a faint shadow, probably because of the mixed blood, Min Chen's eyes were already very deep, but now they look even more sharp and awe-inspiring.

He looked at Qi Mu seriously, and repeated again: "You can participate in the recruitment competition of Niuai."

Qi Mu was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "I will definitely participate."

Qi Mu didn't mean to be shy and timid at all, since Niu Ai completely let go of this opportunity, then he has the right to fight for the opportunity.

Min Chen probably didn't expect Qi Mu to be so direct, he was slightly startled, and then curled the corners of his lips.

There are some Chinese musicians in the world music scene who are naturally self-effacing, and are embarrassed to take the initiative to seize opportunities in public.That's why Min Chen mistakenly thought that Qi Mu was also hesitant, so he came here to encourage him.

After thinking about it, Min Chen asked, "Should you bring the violin here?"

Qi Mu smiled and nodded: "Of course I brought it here, I plan to go back today and practice a little bit to prepare for tomorrow."

Since the opening of the recruitment competition in Newell, many violinists have packed up their instruments and started to walk toward the gate—they should seize all the time to practice, and it would be good to have more chances of winning.

Qi Mu was no exception, he immediately decided to go back to practice, and Min Chen casually decided to go back to the hotel with him.The taxi drove quickly across the famous Tsing Ma Bridge in Hong Kong City, and the long sea horizon was covered with a layer of light blue, meeting the sky.

Qi Mu endured the excitement in his heart, and turned to look at the scenery outside the window.

"Alan is better at and likes Mahler's symphonies. He mentioned at the New Year's Concert in Vienna last year that among Mahler's other repertoires, he prefers "The Magic Horn of the Boy."

Hearing this, Qi Mu turned around in surprise, only to see a cold and indifferent man looking at his cell phone with lowered eyes, as if he was just talking casually.

But Qi Mu knew that Min Chen was not just talking casually, he was telling himself...tomorrow it is best to choose Mahler's piece, and it is best...to choose "The Magic Horn of Youth".

In fact, Qi Mu also met this Master Allen Swell before when he was in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. He and Master Evra are good friends, so he would occasionally visit the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.Qi Mu knew that the master liked Mahler's works, but he didn't know...he prefers "The Magic Horn of the Youth".

He obviously had a cold look on his face, but he didn't expect to say such words suddenly.

Qi Mu suddenly felt a warm feeling in his heart. He nodded and said softly, "Thank you...Min Chen."

But the handsome and noble man just gave a low "um", as if he didn't hear anything.

When I looked out the window again, the taxi had already passed the Tsing Ma Bridge, and the scenery on the roadside changed from the bustling and lively Hong Kong City to the slightly quiet and quiet Lantau Island.Looking at the blue and clear sky again, Qi Mu's mood has improved a lot, and his nervous thoughts have also decreased a lot.

But what he didn't know was that beside him, Min Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the text messages sent from his mobile phone.

Daniel: [I just asked you about the reason for the sudden temporary recruitment of Niuai this time. I heard that it was a special event to cooperate with the official music festival.Didn’t I tell you before that there were some problems in the promotion of this music festival in the early stage, so the organizer hopes to use this event to make a wide publicity. ] Min Chen looked down at the screen of the mobile phone that was shining with fluorescent light, pressed his finger, and quickly sent a text message.

But after a while, Daniel's message came back: [God, Min, why are you still asking so carefully?My goodness, don't you want to participate in some recruiting competition?I think your violin level is much worse than that of Kedori. Although it is estimated that all the players who will come to participate this time will be amateur musicians, don't embarrass me. ] Min Chen hadn't finished reading this text message yet, and Daniel's second text message came again: [No, no, no, if you must make such a fool of yourself, I'll call Swell right away and beg him to do it for you again. A piano recruitment, do you think it will work? ! ] Min Chen: "..."

But after a while, Daniel, who was far away in Berlin, received a very brief message——

Shut up and stay out of it.

Before Daniel could recover, the second text message was sent——

My violin is fine.

Daniel: "..."

Oh, God!

If you really beat those amateur musicians, then there is nothing to be proud of! ! !