Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1407, Section 627: Popular Again? A New Identity?!
The cheers from the end of the concert lingered in the Chengdu evening breeze until late into the night.

But all this excitement seemed to have no effect on Ang Lee.

The next morning, before 9:30, Ang Lee woke up to receive a photo sent by Chen Xuan.

There was no trace of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony on the stage where he held his concert last night.

"come on."

After sending Chen Xuan a voice message, Li An got out of bed.

The fried dough sticks and soy milk on the table were bought by Chen Xuan early in the morning because she had to continue filming the woodwind quintet this morning, so she got up very early again.

I also bought breakfast for Ang Lee.

Ang Lee hadn't finished his breakfast when the doorbell rang.

"teacher!"

"Good morning, teacher!"

Xiao Che and Tang Xiaoxing stood outside the door with smiles on their faces.

Last night, Xiao Che followed Xu Li's car back, all for the sake of this morning's class.

Have you two eaten?

“Eat!”

"Grandpa Tang made us steamed egg custard!"

Seeing the excitement still lingering in the two young girls' eyes from last night's concert, Ang Lee returned to the restaurant and asked with a smile, "How was your experience last night?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the little car eagerly took half a step forward, its tone full of excitement: "Teacher! My biggest takeaway is finding a sense of unity!"

Li Anmu took a bite of a fried dough stick and chewed, saying, "Tell me about it."

Xiao Che paused for a moment and said, "It was when you played the third movement that I felt all the sounds were twisted together into one powerful force!"

“Before, when I practiced the piano, I always felt that the notes were scattered and couldn’t be pieced together. But when I listened to you play, it was like there was a thread leading the music. Suddenly, I understood how to concentrate my strength in my fingertips. I don’t know if you understand what I mean, but I knew how to do it before, and now I know exactly how to do it.”

Ang Lee smiled and nodded.

This is the little car; it reacts incredibly fast, has a touch of quirky spirit, and says whatever comes to mind.

That's right, the little car really hit the nail on the head regarding her current situation.

"Xiaoxing, what about you?"

Li An turned to look.

moment.

Tang Xiaoxing spoke up: "Teacher, I noted down the three dynamic treatments and two ornament changes you made when you played the piece."

"Rachmaninoff's works are very powerful, and you used a wide range of chords almost entirely in your performance yesterday."

"This maintains both power and clarity, especially the gradual fading at the end, where the breath is controlled very steadily."

“Last night, Linlin and I listened to your concert recording again with the score and found that you added a lot of tempo fluctuations, which made the work more moving.”

Car: "It feels amazing!"

Listening to the two children's words, Ang Lee smiled and nodded gently: "Very good. One has grasped the soul of music, and the other has seen the essence of music. This trip yesterday was worthwhile."

The two little girls giggled.

five minutes later.

"Who comes first?"

"small star!"

"Linlin!"

The two girls spoke at the same time, and Li An smiled and said, "Then let's do it together."

One person wants to talk about Mozart, and the other wants to talk about Bach.

Believe it or not, the content I'm going to tell the two kids today can actually be combined into one presentation.

Before we knew it, the morning had passed.
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The two children stayed home for lunch, and during the meal, Li An told them to stop looking at their phones so much.

"Let's eat, you two can finish eating first and then we can look at it."

The little car pushed the phone over directly, and said happily, "Teacher, look!"

What's going on?

Li An straightened his phone and glanced at it. The screen showed the official Weibo account of the Chengdu Musicians Association, with a long article at the top and a bold, eye-catching title. Goodness.
[A single tune resonates throughout Chengdu]

Ang Lee: Awakening the Heroic Spirit of Romanticism with Fingertips

He casually scribbled a couple of lines, and it has to be said that the Music Association's article was quite substantial.

The conversation started with Rachmaninoff's creative struggles and then moved on to the significance of his concert.

"...Ang Lee's interpretation not only restored the tenacity in the fight against fate in the work, but also infused it with the sincerity of a contemporary musician."

"This performance is the most outstanding achievement in Chengdu's classical music scene in recent years, allowing more young people to see the vitality of classical music..." The words are full of praise.

But Ang Lee, as if checking a weather forecast, scanned the screen and pushed the phone back to the cart, saying, "Just treat it as entertainment."

Tang Xiaoxing pouted, "Teacher, you're too calm. I've already seen several clips of your performance from last night."

Actually, even without the two children saying anything, Ang Lee had already guessed today's outcome.

While I was cooking, he also came across what Lao Tang wrote last night.

No matter how you look at it, it's a down-to-earth depiction of grand scenes.

As the last note of the third movement faded, the entire audience fell silent for three seconds, followed by a deafening wave of applause.

The article also included several photos from the scene.

There's a profile of Ang Lee playing the piano, children cheering on tiptoe, and even a candid photo of Mr. Tang sitting in the audience.

"Alright, alright, let's eat."

Ang Lee didn't think too much about it, treating it as if the music festival performances had ended just like last year.

But this time he really underestimated the impact of his concert last night.

That afternoon, she received a forwarded message from Sun Yuman.

It was a long article specially written for him by the Chengdu Musicians Association, which also included a video of his curtain call.

Congratulations on the successful conclusion of the concert by our city's renowned young pianist! May your music convey strength and your professionalism interpret the classics!

Could Ang Lee say, "Pshaw, you want to freeload off this company too?"

The comment section below had already exploded:
[Audience report from the scene! Teacher Li's performance of Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony gave me goosebumps!]

As a piano student, I have to say that Li An's technique is truly amazing; he plays wide-ranging chords with such ease!

[Please, Teacher Li, offer a course! I'd like to study Rabindranath Thomson 2 with you!]

In addition, there are push notifications from local media.

The headlines were all incredibly sensational.

[A sleepless night in Chengdu! This piano concert went viral]

From Spiritual Struggle to Masterpiece: Ang Lee Guides You Through Rachmaninoff

Some media outlets even dug up clips of him giving live streams to students, and his rigorous yet gentle teaching style became a hot topic at this year's music festival.

However, Ang Lee remained calm and composed, as if all the overwhelming praise online was just someone else's noise.

Although the performances on stage in Piano Classroom No. 4 have all ended, there is still one more performance for Teacher Xiaomi.

So for the next two days, Ang Lee became his full-time driver and errand runner.

During breaks from rehearsing for their performance, the two would also go over the engagement process.

Although the elders had already made most of the preparations, the couple couldn't afford to take the engagement lightly until it was over.

After all, it was their first time.

Chen Xuan would laugh at him from time to time, saying, "Relax, don't be so tense."

Ang Lee simply smiled and said, "We can't be careless."

This matter is indeed not to be taken lightly.

The morning after Teacher Xiaomi's performance, Li An had just finished a game at Sigang Steel when he received Fang Yongbo's congratulations.

Ang Lee was still wondering what was going on.

It turns out that Cao Wenjun, the chairman of the Chengdu Musicians Association, wrote another article for him.

It was once again forwarded and commented on by various industry professionals in Chengdu.

What surprised Ang Lee the most was Dean Lee's comments.

Fu Tianming's mother said, "Li An, an alumnus of our school, performed Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 at this year's Chengdu Summer Music Festival. It was the most soulful interpretation I have heard in recent years."

"He captured both Rachmaninoff's heroism and his homesickness perfectly."

After reading through several lines of large characters, the core message can be summarized in just four words: Ang Lee is awesome.

What outsiders see as truly remarkable about Ang Lee is his ability to get the director himself involved.

Given that Wei is set to retire at the end of this year, many industry insiders have begun to speculate whether Ang Lee will soon have a new role.

For example, an honorary teacher in the piano department of Rongcheng Conservatory of Music?

"impossible."

Ang Lee was the first to step forward and refute this claim in the group chat.

But before afternoon, he received a call from Lao Wei.

ha? !

(End of this chapter)