pianist from the sea

Chapter 160 This is your stage.

Time always passes quickly, and every practice always feels not enough. I wish I could have more time and give myself more time to practice, so that I have enough time to become better.

Everyone thinks this way, whether it's ordinary people or those top gods.

On the day when Fu Tiao is played, the same is true for Fu Tiao.

Obviously, he has already made preparations before, and even said that he has played several times in Warsaw, and even held the general concert twice, but when he came to this stop in Berlin, Fu Tiao , I actually felt nervous again, even thinking about whether I didn't do something well, or whether I missed something.

He just sat on the bed in the hotel in a daze, looking up at the ceiling above his head, his head kept going through the work he was waiting to play, and he couldn't get away from it for a long time, just thinking over and over again.

Until there was a sudden knock on the door.

dong dong...

"Dior, are you awake?" Taylor's voice came from outside the room.

Obviously he is a professor at Berlin University of the Arts, but I always feel that his relationship with Fu Tiao is not a relationship between superiors and subordinates, or a relationship between teachers and students, with a clear relationship between superiors and inferiors.

The communication between him and Fu Tiao was more like the communication between peers, and there was not much estrangement.

Of course, because he was slightly older than Fu Tiao, there was still a little bit of respect between the two of them when they talked.

Fu Tiao rubbed his head, got up from the bed, and responded: "I woke up, please wait a moment."

After all, he put the local clothes on himself casually, walked to the pool and splashed water on his face, after making himself awake, he directly wiped his head twice with his wet hands soaked in water, giving the After doing a simple styling of his messy hair, he got up and opened the door.

Taylor was standing outside, and when he saw Fu Tiao open the door, he immediately nodded slightly to him: "Let's go now? It's nine o'clock in the morning. If you go to the concert hall, you can sit inside and listen to their rehearsals. Or maybe we wait a little longer in the hotel and go there in the evening, anyway, we have plenty of time, and the distance from where we live to the concert hall is not too far."

"Then... go down and have breakfast first?" Fu Tiao looked at Taylor and asked, "Don't worry, even if you go to listen to their rehearsal, I remember Christine said that the rehearsal might have to wait until ten o'clock in the morning Only the first batch of people will come, and it's only nine o'clock now."

"Oh yes, I was so excited that I forgot." Taylor patted himself on the head suddenly, and smiled awkwardly: "Then go downstairs and have breakfast first, I have been waiting for today for a long time, and I can't wait to hear it You worked with the Berlin Philharmonic! Especially with Sir Simon."

After that, he let the door open, and after Fu Tiao went back to tidy up again, the two went downstairs to have breakfast.

They lived very close to the Berlin Philharmonic, probably a few minutes' walk away.

It sounds like they are in a downtown area, just like the Sony Center they went to when they first came to Berlin.

But in fact, the place where they live is very quiet, almost no one passes by, and it is the quietest area in the downtown area of ​​Bostein.

after all……

Going out is the German Ministry of Defense, and at the end of the road is the Tiergarten Forest. The four or five-story tall trees are lush and luxuriant, blocking all noise from the forest.

Fu Tiao ate a little casually, then put down the bread in his hand, held the coffee and looked at the extremely quiet street outside the house, his heart gradually calmed down a lot.

Until a fat man with a week's worth of food passed by, Fu Tiao couldn't help turning his head to look at Taylor, and said with a smile: "I remember you always said that there are very few sunny days in Germany, but many cloudy days, and most of the time in a year." A hundred or so days can be sunny, and now it seems that it is not the same thing."

"That's because it's autumn now. The spring, summer and autumn in Germany are very short. If you stay here a little longer, you'll know..."

Taylor raised his hand and glanced at the date, and complained: "It's already winter time, these few days are barely acceptable, wait a few more days, wait until December, no, even live here for another week You will know what is called winter hell!"

"Winter Hell?" Fu Diao took a sip of his coffee and asked curiously, "Why is it called Winter Hell?"

"At nine o'clock in the morning, the sun just came out. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, there is no longer any sunlight in the sky. Not to mention the fact that there are few sunny days in winter, those days are not as long as the eight-hour working system. The sun, even if it shines on you, you can't feel any warmth. It may be a bit fresh for the first time, but after staying for a long time, your mood will become extremely bad, and even make you depressed. "

Taylor picked up a piece of bread, broke it open with his hands, stuffed a piece of butter into it, stuffed some lettuce leaves and sliced ​​meat, squashed it and bit off more than half of it in one bite. He looked at Fu Tiao while chewing Cheek said slowly.

"There are more depressed people in Germany every year than you can imagine. You can't see the sun, you can't get rewards for your work, and you don't have any entertainment facilities. The biggest entertainment is chatting and drinking, smoking a dull cigarette alone outside the house. …If it weren’t for the fact that there are a lot of vacations in winter that allow me to go abroad to bask in the sun, and winter tours in various places will start at that time, I’m afraid I’d be as depressed as those people.”

"It sounds a little uncomfortable." Fu Tiao nodded thoughtfully, drank the last bit of coffee in his cup, and smiled at Taylor: "You and I are not afraid of complaining that Germany is so bad." Shall I go directly to the beautiful country?"

Taylor shook his head: "It doesn't matter if you run away, anyway, even if you are tricked into studying, if you look back and find that life in Germany is too boring, you will also run away, my work is done, I will introduce you to Berlin, let those professors See you more, and the rest has nothing to do with me."

After that, he swallowed the last piece of bread, clapped his hands, shook the crumbs on the ground, and got up and said, "It's a pity, the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music in Berlin also wanted to I want to come, but unfortunately because you seem to be very interested in jazz and don't like those schools without jazz, I rejected it, otherwise I can earn an extra agency fee."

"Oh? Then you can call it now? Anyway, I don't choose it later."

"That won't work. The most important thing to be a human being is honesty. I won't do that."

While talking, Taylor put the hat on his head, raised his eyebrows at Fu Tiao and said, "Let's go, let's go to the concert hall."

"it is good."

Fu Tiao also stood up and clapped his hands. He didn't have a hat, so he just followed Taylor's back and walked outside.

He stood at the door and glanced at the sun above his head. He had never experienced it before. It was hard to imagine that the daily sunshine time was only five or six hours, or even less. Therefore, he could only click twice and turned right to the side of the hotel. road to go.

Perhaps it is because this place is not the ultimate road, and there are no scenic spots. The road leading to the Berlin Philharmonic Hall is sparsely populated. Except for the wrong vehicles turning around and temporarily parking, there are no other pedestrians at all. .

However, when the two walked to the huge square near the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, everything changed quickly. A group of people gradually gathered at the entrance of the concert hall, as if they were discussing something.

Around the concert hall, there are many posters of Fu Tiao. The most important performance this week is Fu Tiao's concert today, so many posters are placed at the entrance of the concert hall.

Whether it's a standing sign or a poster on the wall.

And that group of people just surrounded Fu Tiao's poster, laughing and chatting.

The dining car placed on the small lawn in front of the concert hall also started to get busy. From time to time, someone brought out a sausage or beer from it, and chatted while eating.

Before the concert started, a large group of people with nothing to do came outside the concert hall, ready to catch Fu Tiao, to see if there was a chance to catch Fu Tiao, or other top masters.

Such as Sir Simon, or the principal of each part in the Berlin Philharmonic.

After all, this place is the residence of top orchestras. No matter what, everyone will definitely come to the concert hall for rehearsals. It is the most convenient and convenient place to catch people at the door and ask for autographs.

You can think of this place as the entrance of the Oriental Theater in Hollywood, or a place where a lot of stars come to walk the red carpet when certain movies open.

This place is a must pass, whether you are Fu Tiao or Sir Simon, as long as you come to give a concert, you will be caught.

Unless you come very early or very late, it is not the time for those people to focus.

Fu Tiao and Taylor on the side glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and walked straight into the concert hall without any hesitation, covering their faces with their clothes, and before everyone reacted, they directly into the concert hall.

When they entered the concert hall, they were just about to say something when they suddenly found that Sir Simon was already standing in front of them.

Sir Simon glanced at the crowd gathered outside, then at Fu Tiao who had just entered the concert hall, and couldn't help but smiled easily: "Dior, you're here."

"Well, there are a lot of people outside..."

"It's normal to have a lot of people outside. I heard from Christina that all the tickets for tonight were sold out on the first night. It's normal for such a hot scene to have so many people. If there are few people, it will appear strangeness."

After all, he didn't know what he thought of, shook his head slightly, and said to Taylor beside him: "Taylor, you know the way, you can take Fu Tiao to the backstage of the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, and then take him to the backstage of the Berlin Philharmonic Hall. A waiting room for pianists."

"Ok."

Taylor nodded slightly, smiled and said to Fu Tiao: "Come on, follow me to this side, let's go backstage and wait for the evening concert to start."

"it is good."

Without any hesitation, Fu Diao followed Taylor directly to the piano room in the backstage of the Berlin Philharmonic Hall, took out his music scores, and prepared for tonight's performance.

After Fu Tiao finished shopping, Taylor did not leave immediately, but returned to Sir Simon's side. Seeing Sir Simon sitting on a chair looking at the figure in the distance, he couldn't help smiling.

"Sir Simon, what are you still worried about?"

"It's nothing, just a feeling... After I leave, the Berlin Philharmonic may not be very compatible with the next conductor. I don't know if the Berlin Philharmonic can continue to maintain its current glory."

Sir Simon stared into the distance in a daze, then sighed deeply.

"Nelsons and Thielemann are fighting fiercely. In the Berlin Orchestra, all of them have a support rate of about 50%. No matter how many times they are elected, there is no change. I have discussed with the manager. It took a long time to finally decide on Kirill. Kirill is...very talented. He always gives very high enthusiasm for modernist works. I also like his interpretation of modernist works, but...we After all, it is still a classical orchestra, the old German classical orchestra.”

"In order not to offend any of the two sides, I decided to offend both sides. Sir Simon, your operation is also very powerful." Taylor couldn't help laughing when he heard it, but there was no sense of sarcasm in it. Just a little emotional: "Kirill, he can only say that he is okay, but compared with Nelsons and Thielemann, he still feels a lot worse, but as long as you are satisfied, you are the boss after all."

Sir Simon is a bit older. Although he still has the feeling for music, even when conducting, his interpretation of music is still in place, but the influence of age is still relatively heavy on him, and it often makes him make some wrong decisions. .

"It doesn't matter. After I step down from the responsibility of the Berlin Philharmonic, I will go to the London Symphony Orchestra. I will stay for about five years to relax a little. After London is over, I should go to other places and go around again. Now Some big orchestras are contacting me, but the specific arrangement has not been decided yet."

"You stepped down as the principal of the Berlin Philharmonic when you were young, Sir Simon, you are so determined."

"When will I play? I'm over 60, and I'm already at retirement age. You want me to work as hard as I did before? You'd better let me go. I'll quit after another three years. I just hope Kirill can make the Berlin Philharmonic develop better, as for the rest, it has nothing to do with me."

After all, Sir Simon got up, rubbed his shoulders, glanced at the crowd gathering outside the concert hall, shook his head, and returned to the conductor's preparation room, continuing to prepare for tonight's content.

He had wanted to sign a contract with Fu Tiao before, to see if he could sign Fu Tiao as a guest pianist of the Berlin Philharmonic, and he would play a few concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic every year.

After all, when you listen to the rehearsal, you can definitely hear it. There is no way to hide the talent in Fu Tiao's music, it is like a miracle.

But for Simon, he doesn't completely trust Kirill. He just feels that Kirill is not bad, and he can barely calm the anger of the other two candidate supporters, that's all.

If a contract is signed, normally it will be signed for five years. In these three years, he can still lead the team to play with Fu Tiao normally, but what about after he handed over all the tasks to Kirill in a few years?

Can Kirill fully demonstrate the characteristics of Fu Tiao?

He didn't know, and he didn't have particularly high expectations for it.

After all, as he said, Kirill's characteristic lies in modern works. He likes to expand the band's music library and let the band get in touch with new things.

This is not a bad thing, but it is afraid that he will be exposed to new things and forget the fundamentals of the Berlin Philharmonic.

This problem is bigger...

Sir Simon returned to his room to prepare, Fu Tiao was also preparing in his own small piano room, and the rest of the orchestra had their final exchanges in their respective rooms, waiting for Fu Tiao's appearance tonight.

Time passed by every minute and every second. After noon, everyone ate a bread sandwich buffet at the backstage, and then returned to their own area until around seven o'clock in the evening.

At around 05:30, it was completely dark, and the spotlights around the Berliner Philharmoniker were immediately turned on, shining on the orange-yellow exterior wall, and the entire concert hall was shining brightly and brilliantly.

And under this golden concert hall, there are dense crowds pouring in from all directions. Everyone surrounds this concert hall and checks tickets one by one to enter.

Different from the usual stable team, today’s Berlin Philharmonic even has some scenes that can only be seen in China. Outside the concert hall, there are people collecting tickets at high prices and “selling tickets at low prices”, which is rare. It's already a bit outrageous.

However, these people did not affect the basic order of the concert hall. Everyone lined up quietly and entered the concert hall one by one. Following the guidance of the signs on the ground and in the sky, they shuttled through the various mezzanines and came to the nearest location. The door, entered it, and walked to his own position.

The auditorium surrounding the stage like vines was gradually covered with grapes. Everyone sat in their seats, discussing excitedly and quietly, waiting for the band to appear.

Time passed by every minute and every second, and soon it was [-]:[-] in the evening. The doors on both sides of the stage opened, and everyone from the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra took their own instruments and sat in their seats. The principal violin Noah Bendix -Balgley got up and went to the piano that had just been raised from the floor, and pressed the standard A.

A long cry, like a phoenix, caused the white bird to resonate.

The sound of the ensemble of instruments blended in the concert hall, and then slowly decreased.

The sound died down, the lights dimmed, and the door behind the stage opened again.

Everyone suddenly understood what was happening, and the applause sounded instantly.

Fu Tiao and Sir Simon stood behind the stage, hearing the applause beside their ears, they couldn't help laughing at the same time.

Sir Simon looked at Fu Tiao behind him, stretched out his hand towards the stage, and said to Fu Tiao.

"Dior, let's go, come on stage, this is your stage, play hard, burn yourself."

"Of course!"

Fu Tiao rubbed his hands, gave Sir Simon a friendly smile, without any hesitation, stepped out amidst the applause of the crowd, and stood under the spotlight next to the piano from the slightly dim waiting area behind the stage, and spoke to Sir Simon. Everyone bowed slightly.

(End of this chapter)