King of Classical Music

Now that the chief conductor has arrived, today's orchestra training has officially begun.

As the chief conductor of City B Symphony Orchestra, Tan Zhenghui is quite famous in the orchestra and even in China.Since he took over as the chief conductor of the City B Symphony Orchestra ten years ago, he has led the orchestra to perform many performances at home and abroad, especially his interpretation of Dvořák, which has made the West admire, and it is hard to believe that there is such a thing in the East. A conductor who understands Dvořák exists.

Mr. Tan is only 56 years old this year, but his hair is already grey.Although he looked energetic, he couldn't completely conceal the signs of aging.

Since Qi's mother passed away eight years ago, Mr. Tan seemed to have aged all of a sudden.

Qi's mother grew up in City B before marrying in City S. She did not have a very good family environment, and her parents died of illness one after another when they were in college.Qi's mother's talent is quite extraordinary, and she is the younger generation that Tan Lao took great care of. Before she transferred to the S City Symphony Orchestra, she was Tan Lao's first violinist.

Such an amazingly talented junior died suddenly because of an accident. For an old man, it was undoubtedly a white-haired man sending a black-haired man, which made him very heartbroken.Especially for Qi Mu to be such an asshole, Tan Lao was even more heartbroken and angry.

"Second violins, vibrato down to mp!"

"Where's my third horn? Slow down!"

"Second violin group, enter too fast!"

"Stop!!! You made a wrong note on the trombone, Li Cheng, play it again yourself."

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The first ensemble of every orchestra is the most difficult.There are as few as a few people and as many as a dozen people for each instrument. It is already extremely difficult to play completely consistent and control your own strong and weak rhythms, let alone on this basis. A perfect combination of several instruments.

Even though the City B Symphony Orchestra has played Dvořák many times over the years, it is inevitable that there will be some minor mistakes.And at this time, it's time to test the command.

In the past, Qi Mu served as the deputy principal of the first violin group of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.You can also hear some performance mistakes, such as the pitch of the same instrument, the speed of the rhythm, the strength of the vibrato, etc.Sometimes he can also hear small mistakes in string instruments, or big mistakes in wind instruments.

But most of the time, Qi Mu was slightly surprised when the conductor suddenly stopped and yelled loudly.

After all, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra is the world's top old-fashioned orchestra, and there are very few mistakes that can be made. When the ensemble is in the late stage, Qi Mu will not even want to hear a little mistake. Even a slight error under the strength and weakness.

"Li Cheng! Did you go out to be a thief last night? Have you eaten yet? It's a mess! Come on again!"

On the towering podium, Tan Lao's face was already flushed with anger, and the second trombone that he scolded was also ashamed and hurriedly played it again.Seeing this, Qi Mu smiled and shook his head, somewhat understanding.

"Xiao Qi...you think Lao Li really plays so badly?" The young man sitting next to Qi Mu asked in a small voice in surprise. The whispered conversations ahead were not easy to hear. "I don't think Lao Li's bragging is much different from before. Why was he scolded so badly today?"

After hearing this, Qi Mu explained with a light smile: "The rhythm and intonation of the second trombone are fine, but when inserting into the tune, his attack sound is louder than that of the first trombone, which is a bit overwhelming. And when the joke ended later, as the second trombone, he closed too fast and didn't hold down the French horn."

The young man was shocked when he heard the words, and asked suspiciously: "Is that really the case?"

"Brother Chen thinks it's unlikely?" Qi Mu raised his eyes to look at the other party, with a hint of a smile reflected in his light-colored eyes, and he said calmly: "I think if this performance is not successful, Mr. Tan should will..."

"Top-heavy! If you haven't played "Sixth" for a few months, don't you know how to play it? Li Cheng, tell yourself, when will you make such a top-heavy mistake?! In such a hurry, other French horns don't have you urgent!"

Before Qi Mu finished speaking, Tan Lao's angry voice resounded throughout the rehearsal hall.Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment, then finally closed his mouth with a smile and didn't say anything more, but the young man disagreed.

"No way, is it really such a small problem?! Xiao Qi, you can even hear this? Your sense of pitch is too strong!"

Qi Mu smiled modestly, and when she rolled her beautiful eyes, she thought of an explanation: "My parents also liked Dvořák's "Sixth" very much before, so they would often tell me something about it. Although Tan Lao's Not the same style of commanding as my dad, but still the same in that regard."

The young man nodded slightly without asking further questions, while Qi Mu smiled meaningfully.

Over the past few days, he has gradually been able to grasp the notes that are constantly emerging in his brain. Before, he couldn't control the sounds at once because there were too many sounds, and he even made troubles that needed to be tuned with a tuner. But now, Qi Although Mu didn't dare to say that he had a better sense of pitch than Tan Lao, but compared with him, it was almost the same.

For a conductor, the most important thing is the ear.

Even Beethoven, the music master, could even compose music when he was deaf, but when he wanted to direct his own music, he was opposed by almost all the orchestras in the world, and some musicians even heard that it was made by Beethoven. Fern came to conduct the orchestra and trembled.

Want to conduct an orchestra without hearing ability?That is an impossible mission at all!

Qi Mu knew that with this physical talent, it would be no difficulty at all to develop in the classical music world.And what suits him best is not the violin, but being a conductor.But……

How can becoming a conductor only need absolute pitch?

Every world-renowned conductor has an ear that is no less than perfect pitch after acquired training, and the achievements they have achieved are probably beyond the imagination of an ordinary perfect pitch person.

Qi Mu heard about such a thing when he was in Vienna before, and it was also because of this that he was truly convinced by the man who was called the king of modern classics, and since then he has been willing to bow down to Min Chen.

It is said that when Min Chen was conducting the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he once heard that a certain violin had a string changed after an ensemble!

What kind of hearing is this?

Anyway, considering Qi Mu's current talent, he couldn't even imagine it.

"Well, it's barely okay. You can play it again to me this evening. You can only go home for dinner if you pass the test. You know!"

Old Tan snorted coldly, then walked back to his podium.Before picking up the baton, his eyes glanced at Qi Mu in the audience, and Qi Mu was taken aback for a moment by the meaningful gaze, and then smiled——

What you said just now seems... to have been heard?

When today's ensemble ended and it was the noon break, before Qi Mu stood up from his chair, he suddenly heard an old and majestic voice from Gao Li's podium: "Qi Mu, you... come with me .”

Qi Mu was just startled for a moment, then put down the violin in his hand and followed.He passed through the crowd in the orchestra, and everyone gave him the look of "Xiao Qi, he will still be a hero after 18 years", "Xiao Qi, you have worked hard, the revolution needs you", which made him dumbfounded.

When Qi Mu caught up with Tan Zhenghui, Tan Lao was standing in the corridor outside the rehearsal hall, with his hands behind his back, and he didn't look at him, but just looked down at the window.Qi Mu stepped forward lightly, following Tan Lao's gaze.

Through the wooden window rails of the small building mottled with historical traces, there is a chilling and deserted garden scene in the autumn wind.Most of the flowers have begun to wither, only the brilliant yellow of the ginkgo tree seems to have laid a thin blanket on the ground, and it looks like the sun in full bloom from a distance, dazzling and compelling.

"Old Tan." Qi Mu said respectfully.

"En." Tan Zhenghui hummed lightly, and after a long time, he said again: "It's been so many years since I've seen...Qi Mu."

Qi Mu thought for a while, and said, "Three years."

Tan Zhenghui shook his head when he heard the words, a trace of grief appeared on his straight-faced face, and said, "It's been three years and two months. The last time you wanted to take out that 'Edith' when you were an adult, we These old guys just got together to meet you, right?"

The handsome eyebrows frowned slightly, after a long time, Qi Mu sighed, nodded and said: "Yes."

"Edith" was the name of the Si-style piano that my relatives and relatives kept in the Swiss bank.

When the original owner became an adult, he eagerly wanted to take out the little princess from the bank, and quickly sold it for money.Therefore, the old friends of Qi's father and mother immediately got together and used their connections to change the conditions for Qi Mu to take out the violin, so that Qi Mu didn't want to sell the violin.

"If you just want to have fun, this circle is not suitable for you." Tan Zhenghui said without showing any sympathy, "In my band, it is absolutely impossible for you to get in by relying on your old background."

Qi Mu naturally understood what Tan Lao meant, he was worried that he still didn't know how to repent.

Qi Mu looked down at the halo reflected on the floor, following his movements, the hair on his forehead naturally fell down, covering his eyes.Qi Mu said: "Old Tan, I seriously want to start my life again. What happened in the past was that I was young and ignorant. In the future... please rest assured."

Hearing this, Elder Tan turned to look at Qi Mu in surprise.

The setting sun in the sky rendered the clouds in the whole sky, and the brilliant purple softened the bright sunlight a lot.The light projected from the small window and shone on the young man's handsome fair face, making his already meaningful eyebrows and eyes more delicate.

That appearance is somewhat similar to that of Qi's mother more than 20 years ago!

All of a sudden, he was stunned in place. After a long time, Tan Lao let out a long sigh and said, "This weekend... there is an international violin competition, go and participate."

Hearing these words suddenly, Qi Mu was stunned, he looked up at Old Tan for a long time.

Looking at the old man's helpless compromise, Qi Mu opened the corner of his mouth and slowly revealed a smile. He nodded and said solemnly: "Okay."