King of Classical Music

The news that the New York Philharmonic Orchestra will perform has already spread to the ears of countless classical music lovers when it was promoting at the Ocean Music Festival, but now it actually wants to temporarily recruit a principal violinist, which makes many musicians The fans went crazy.

Many amateur violinists near Hong Kong City originally had no time to participate in the music festival due to other affairs. Since they heard about this event, they asked for leave, skipped classes, and flooded into the venue in large numbers.So when Qi Mu first arrived at the registration venue for the recruitment competition the next morning, he was also taken aback by the crowds of people.

The small square was already crowded with people.Most of them are young people carrying piano cases and wearing light clothes. There are also a few younger children who come here under the leadership of their parents and actively participate in the registration.

Among this group of people, a handsome young man with a piano case seemed to attract people's attention, but soon they were plunged into the tense registration atmosphere again, unable to extricate themselves.

Probably did not expect so many people to register. It was not until after [-] o'clock in the morning that all the registration procedures were counted.Qi Mu arrived at the scene after seven o'clock, how did he know that there would be so many people waiting in line at four or five o'clock, so the serial numbers he received were already dozens of the last ones.

This is not good news.

This means that the judges of the jury will listen to his repertoire after listening to hundreds of contestants.No matter how beautiful the sound of the piano is, it will make people feel bored after listening to it all day, unless it has really reached the state of excellence.

"I probably won't be able to finish listening to every song." As if thinking of what Qi Mu was thinking about, Min Chen pulled down his sunglasses a little bit, scanned the surrounding scene, and said calmly: "There are a lot of amateur music. The strength of the hand is really low, and you should be able to make an intuitive judgment after listening to a few passages."

What Min Chen said was not wrong. After all, it was just a music festival, and most of the tourists who came to participate were amateurs.New Ai just announced the recruitment competition yesterday. Even if some professional musicians want to participate, they still have to book plane tickets and fly here from all over the world. There is no time at all.

Therefore, more than [-]% of the contestants present today are musicians of average level, and even more than [-]% of them have no experience of playing with an orchestra in the past.

The young man's light-colored eyes stayed on a crying little girl for a while, then he nodded with a smile and said, "Well, I know. However, more than 200 people signed up... I don't know how long this competition will last." .”

In fact, it exceeded Qi Mu's expectations. In just three hours of the recruitment competition, more than half of the contestants had already been screened out.

Neway's way of judging is also very cruel. The jury will give the musicians two results on the spot: "go" or "stay".If it is a musician who gets the result of "stay", he will wait for the final round of selection, and the player who gets the result of "go" will naturally be eliminated directly.

So after the competition with more than 100 people, only two or three people got the result of "retaining", and the others were eliminated angrily.

Except for one Asian, these two or three people are all blond-haired and blue-eyed Europeans and Americans. Although Qi Mu has never heard their performances, it can be seen from the thick calluses on their fingertips that they are amateurs. , the level of these three musicians should also be very good.

When the contestants perform the music, they directly enter the performance stage.No one knew what kind of people were waiting for them in that concert hall, and some musicians had red eyes when they came out, as if they had suffered a great crime.

"Mr. Swell... doesn't seem like a serious person?" Qi Mu looked at another little girl with red eyes, her delicate brows slightly frowned, and sighed, "It seems that it's the 187th person's turn now." gone."

While waiting for their serial number to be called, Qi Mu and Min Chen went shopping first, but were surprised to find that most of the tourists seemed to be concentrated in the competition square in New Zealand, and the rest of the places were sparsely populated.And when they returned to the venue, hundreds of people had already passed by.

After hearing what Qi Mu said, Min Chen looked up at the little girl who came out of the concert hall crying.I saw the blond-haired little girl sucking on her little red nose, and rushed into her mother's arms, crying and laughing, very strange.

Min Chen pursed his thin lips slightly, and said in a low voice, "Do you know Alan Swell?"

Qi Mu's heart tightened, then he quickly shook his head, explaining: "I... have seen his airport conductor, his command style is very gentle and delicate, I don't think he is too serious."

Music is the bridge between human nature and the outside world. Qi Mu has always believed that a person who can play beautiful music will definitely not be a person with a vicious mind.Just like when he recommended Luo Yusen to Mr. Evra before, Mr. Evra once said to him: "Lu, I don't like Luo's music style very much, it's too narrow. You should be able to hear it, right? ?”

Qi Mu didn't understand the meaning of Mr. Evra's words until he met the real Luo Yusen.

Luo Yusen is narrow-minded and does not have a cheerful and open mind, so naturally he cannot play truly vivid music.

Listening to Qi Mu's explanation, Min Chen still frowned, but didn't ask any more questions.He looked at the young people in the square who were excitedly chatting with their companions, and a dark color flashed in his deep eyes. After a long time, he said: "Compared with many people, Alan has a very good temper. At least when the rehearsal goes wrong Sometimes, he won't be so angry that he scolds the musicians to the point of crying."

Hearing this, Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment, and asked subconsciously: "...then you will?"

Min Chen: "..."

A serious look appeared on the handsome face of the man, he shook his head seriously, and said in a serious tone: "I'm very kind."

Qi Mu: "..."

Why do you feel that when you said this, that expression didn't mean that at all?

At this time, Daniel, who was far away in Berlin, suddenly sneezed loudly, and the chief of Bai Ai, who was leading the orchestra to rehearse, was taken aback for a moment, and then said with a gentle smile: "Daniel, you dare to call when the conductor is not around." Sneezed? If it tells Alston that you dare to make a sound when the orchestra is playing, then you will..."

When talking about this, the chestnut-haired chief paused for a while, and then showed a gentle smile: "According to Auston's original words, that is--'Please get out of my rehearsal hall mellowly, and put your Bring out the world with a bad voice, and that's a god-given joke'."

As soon as Kedori finished speaking, the always serious Bo Ai musicians in the audience laughed together.

Seeming to be in a good mood, Kedori straightened his face, and said seriously: "You still dare to laugh?" When he said this, he deliberately turned cold, imitating the usual expression of a certain chief conductor, but unfortunately this imitation was completely He couldn't imitate the three-point essence of Min Chen's Bingshan aura, but made the musicians in the audience laugh even more happily.

The deputy chief raised his hand with a smile and asked, "Kedori, we don't laugh, how about we cry?"

Kedori was even more happy when he heard the words. He shook his head with a stern expression, and said, "Have you forgotten what Conductor Auston said when Mary was trained to cry before?" Give me your tears and snot Get it in your belly, don't drip it on your cello'!"

... So, a certain conductor is right, he never makes the musicians cry, he just makes them dare not even sniff.

As a qualified gentleman, Min Chen has never done anything detrimental to a gentleman's demeanor. Even if his poison tongue skill has been trained to the full level, he can still look flat and make you feel ashamed without even giving you a glance , so that you can't even find an insulting word.

As for these, Qi Mu also heard about them from other people in the future, but in his eyes, he had never seen such a serious and terrifying chief conductor of Bo Ai, only a man who seemed a little naive and awkward.

After all, it was late autumn, and even if Hong Kong City was located on the edge of the tropics, the sun would not be so bright at four o'clock in the afternoon.The slowly setting sun painted magnificent colors in the western sky, and at this time, Qi Mu finally heard his serial number.

When he entered the concert hall, as soon as he stood firmly on the stage, he saw Mr. Alan Swell sitting among the five judges at a glance.

This is a conductor with a good temper. In the Danube Forum, where Qi Mu often goes, there was a vote, based on the recognized conductors of world-class orchestras, and everyone selected the conductor with the mildest temper.

In that vote, Alan Swell's name hung high in the first place, separated from the No.2 Mr. Dorenza by nearly half of the votes.As for you asking who are the bottom three?It's risky to say this, but it's better to keep it secret.

It was rare to see an Asian young man. Mr. Swell looked at Qi Mu with gentle eyes, and finally he smiled and said: "It seems familiar, you are from number 216... Qi Mu is Right?" While talking, he flipped through the registration materials in his hand, then looked up at Qi Mu and said, "I remember you, you worked with Evra's orchestra in Vienna eight years ago."

Qi Mu was also taken aback when he heard the words, his delicate eyes widened suddenly, and he couldn't believe it.

Before he came back to his senses, the judges on the side said with a smile in English: "Alan, you just comforted that little girl until she was crying for her mother, and now you still want this beautiful boy to do the same. Are you crying?"

"Okay, okay, Alan, put away your sinful smile, or people will say 'you are such a good person' again, and then leave crying."

Qi Mu: "..."

He finally understood why those crying and laughing musicians made such strange expressions.Being gentle enough to make you want to cry is considered...some kind of extreme.

Mr. Swell smiled helplessly, then waved his hands, looked at Qi Mu and said, "You should understand English, Qi Mu. I am very happy to hear your performance again. What piece are you going to play today? ?”

Qi Mu bowed seriously, and then said with a polite smile: "Hello, Mr. Swell, I did cooperate with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra eight years ago, and the piece I want to perform today is Mahler's "Youth" The Magic Horn."

As soon as Qi Mu finished speaking, the other judges present were all taken aback.

Everyone knows that Newell is looking for the principal to play Sibelius's "First Symphony", so most people will choose Sibelius's pieces as the competition item.It's not that no one chose other repertoires, but Qi Mu was the first one to choose Mahler's repertoire.

This made a female judge couldn't help looking at Swell, and asked in a low voice: "Alan, did you see that the little boy looks good and opened the back door for him?"

Swell: "..."

Qi Mu: "..."