The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 348 Meeting with Su Yue

Chen Qiu's words surprised everyone present.

Salzburg Festival.

Fu Diao had participated before and was invited as a solo musician.

There he also met many top musicians and symphony orchestras through that music festival.

I'm not bragging, the review requirements of the Salzburg Music Festival are very high, and it can basically be regarded as the top classical music festival.

Almost every top musician you know has performed here.

Corresponding to the Salzburg Music Festival is the Lucerne Music Festival.

The Lucerne Festival Orchestra has even become a very powerful orchestra.

It is worth mentioning that the Budapest Festival Orchestra, which is ranked among the top ten in the world, is also a similar orchestra.

The reasons for the formation of each band are different.

In addition to the more neutral term "symphony orchestra", there are other terms.

Prefer private operations, such as the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

Those established for special reasons, such as the Saito Memorial Symphony Orchestra.

Founded in a building, such as the Gewandhaus Orchestra.

Those that are attached to some other company, such as the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra or the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.

There are many others like this.

Symphony orchestras like Chen Qiu, which are named simply after "Harmony", are normally small orchestras, and most of them are not very popular.

It is a bit similar to the Philharmonic, but much smaller than the Philharmonic.

There are probably only a few people in the world who have been able to achieve the current scale under the name of Hesheng like Chen Qiu.

But none of this matters.

When Fu Diao heard that Chen Qiu decided to take the orchestra to Salzburg, he couldn't help but become interested and asked Chen Qiu.

"What are you performing this time? Baden-Baden and... Rhine Festival. Also, is it just one piece in Salzburg?"

"In Baden-Baden, we plan to commemorate Debussy, so our works are Debussy's symphonies, and the same is true for the Rhine Music Festival. Su Yue is still discussing and contacting Salzburg. We are not sure what the final repertoire will be, but this Bernstein work will definitely be included. Otherwise, it will not be easy for us to go to Salzburg. Now it depends on whether Hai can also go to the Salzburg Music Festival."

"That's it..."

Fu Diao touched his chin, thought for a moment, and then said to Chen Qiu.

"Originally, I was planning to go to Baden-Baden with you and not go to the Rhine River, but after hearing what you said, I feel like I don't need to go to Baden-Baden either."

"Hmm?" Chen Qiu was stunned and couldn't help blinking his eyes. "Ah? Why? Don't you like Debussy?"

"No, I just want to...keep it up a little longer."

Fu Diao smiled gently and spoke.

He stood up, patted the assistant who had already started eating fruit, asked her to clean up, and then said to Chen Qiu.

"Regarding the content of the Salzburg Music Festival, I will also help you find some connections to see if I can get you into the festival. Su Yue's current influence is more on her teacher. Many people help her out of her teacher's face, so she may not be able to do this perfectly, but... I'm different."

"Although I don't have the ability to put you directly into the performance of the Salzburg Music Festival, I have already signed contracts with some people for my performance and cannot change it casually and replace the orchestra with you. But Su Yue is different. She doesn't have an agency yet, so her performance is relatively free. Therefore, this also gives me some room for operation."

Having said that, Fu Diao packed up his belongings and smiled slightly at Chen Qiu.

"In short, you can wait for my good news. There shouldn't be any big problems with your performance. Even if you don't trust Su Yue, you should trust me."

After saying that, Fu Diao nodded slightly to Chen Qiu and left the hotel with his assistant.

Looking at Fu Diao's departing back, Chen Qiu scratched his head.

The confidence in Fu Diao is truly impressive.

Chen Qiu really didn't expect that Fu Diao's influence abroad would be so great.

Affects the review of the Salzburg Music Festival.

This is the ability that only top musicians have.

As expected, the path for a solo musician is smoother; all you have to do is participate in competitions, perform, and compete in rankings.

The same cannot be said for the orchestra. The orchestra always has to consider the feelings of its members, think about how to make their cooperation more harmonious, and find ways to make the answer of 1+1 greater than 2, instead of less than 1.

This is much more difficult than a personal project.

Music is actually a lot like sports.

Those who can kill all enemies simply by relying on their personal strength, the domestic strength is indeed very strong, and there are a lot of different big demons who crush everyone in the world.

But the ones that rely on teamwork are generally worse.

For double table tennis, it’s okay and the impact is not big.

As for three-on-three basketball, five-on-five basketball, rugby, and football, which require the cooperation of more than ten people, the more people there are, the worse the results will actually be.

After all, you can't ask everyone to become the swarm consciousness. I am the swarm, and the swarm is me!

Teamwork is inherently more difficult than individual work.

but……

Chen Qiu looked at the group of band members behind him and couldn't help but smile.

However, there are some joys in the orchestra that you can never experience alone.

For example, everyone’s communication.

Not far away, Ai Gu had completely collapsed, rubbing his stomach, indicating that he could no longer eat and could only rest.

Zhao Xi was there, laughing and mocking Ai Gu, saying that she was not as good as Rui Jia.

Rui Jia held a large plate of beef and nodded vigorously, while nodding she put a big bite into her mouth and made a naughty gesture to Ai Gu, with a hint of sarcasm evident in her expression.

Everyone laughed over there.

Not far away, Xu Shuwen and Le Fu were sitting by the window, eating ice cream in small bites and looking at the moonlight outside the window.

Very beautiful.

It’s different from home.

It is difficult to see stars in the night sky of major cities in China. At most, you can only see the moon.

But in Europe, even in a big city like Frankfurt.

You can see the stars in the sky very clearly.

Although it cannot be compared with those deep in the mountains, it is still enough to attract many city people who have never seen the stars in their lives.

The two of them sat so sweetly in front of the window, eating ice cream, looking at the starry sky, and chatting about something from time to time. It was very warm.

Looking at these two people like this, for some reason, Chen Qiu couldn't help but feel a little envious.

I wish I could look at the starry sky like this with Su Yue.

Chen Qiu shook his head vigorously to get rid of the thought in his mind.

Now is not the time to talk about romance. The most important thing now is to lead the orchestra well and get better results in this performance.

Chen Qiu glanced at the time and clapped his hands to everyone.

"Alright everyone, how's everyone's meal going, how's it feeling?"

"That's awesome, Boss!" Ai Gu, who was not far away, rubbed his belly happily and said, "Although it's not as good as the self-service lunch boxes at home, to be able to have this level in Europe is actually very good, and it's delicious!"

"That's right, I just discovered that the self-service ice cream is actually Haagen-Dazs!"

"Haagen-Dazs isn't expensive in Europe, right? But it's nice to be able to use Haagen-Dazs."

"I'm full and satisfied. Boss Chen Qiu is awesome!"

"What I want to do most now is sleep. When can we sleep? We won't have to stay up for several more hours, right?"

"Didn't Boss Chen Qiu say before that we can go to bed when it's around nine or ten o'clock? This way we can adjust our biological clock with just one nap!"

"..."

Everyone laughed and said.

Chen Qiu looked at everyone who had eaten and drunk their fill and spoke with satisfaction.

"Okay, everyone, pack up your things and make sure nothing gets lost, then we can get on the bus. Remember, make sure nothing gets lost, this is the key. We basically don't go back the way we came. If something gets lost, it may be difficult for us to help you find it, and you can only bear the loss yourself."

"Got it, Chen Qiu is in command!"

Everyone answered in a loose voice.

They quickly packed their personal belongings, and after making sure they had everything with them, they took a car to the center of Frankfurt.

Although the place where they had dinner was in a slightly suburban area of ​​Frankfurt, it was only a ten-minute drive from the infamous Frankfurt Main Train Station.

The orchestra is also stationed nearby.

Li Miaomiao found a pretty good hotel here.

Except that there is a red light district downstairs, which is a bit noisy and the building looks a bit shabby, everything else is fine.

The interior facilities are also very new, which is the case with European buildings.

There is no money to build a new building, and we are reluctant to just demolish the old building here and rebuild it, so we can only work on the inside.

For example, remove everything in the house, leaving only the most basic frame, and then redesign it and re-insert sound insulation cotton and sound insulation bricks.

It is equivalent to rebuilding a building inside the house.

This also shocked many people after entering the hotel.

A place that looks shabby on the outside is so modern on the inside?
It was like leaping across decades in one step.

Shocking.

However, no matter how shocked they were, no one had the energy to continue wandering around the place.

They took a quick look at the facilities in the room, confirmed that there were no problems, and then lay down to sleep.

The long journey made it difficult for them to pay attention to everything around them.

Even if there is a red-light district downstairs, it has no effect on them.

Everyone is very tired.

Unless there is construction going on downstairs, the sound of electric drills will bore into your ears in the middle of the night.

Otherwise, even if there is continuous artillery fire next door, it will have no effect on them.

All in all, a quiet night.

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The next morning, around six in the morning, because of the jet lag, everyone woke up from bed very awake, packed their things, and went to the hotel restaurant to have breakfast.

Compared with domestic hotels, breakfast in European hotels is much simpler.

Basically there are only three drinks: milk, orange juice and coffee, two kinds of sausage slices and bacon from Italy and Germany, and three different types of cheese slices.

Apart from this, there are no extra side dishes available.

The main feature is a cold one.

Except for the coffee which was hot, the bacon was cold.

The bacon even looked like it was eaten raw. People with poor mental tolerance probably wouldn't even have the desire to put that kind of bacon on their bread.

It makes people's hearts cold...

The only thing worth mentioning is that they provide a lot of bread, but unfortunately they are all European hard breads, such as baguette and black bread, without the soft toast that we often eat in China.

However, perhaps to cater to people with allergies, the hotel also specifically marks whether the food is gluten-free and whether it is whole wheat bread.

There were seven or eight completely different kinds of bread to choose from.

The dishes are rich, but not to the point.

All of them are enriched to the staple food...

But they are not Europeans!
The band members originally planned to save some money for Chen Qiu, and everyone could have breakfast in the hotel.

But seeing this cold breakfast, everyone couldn't help but give up the idea.

They began to miss their previous performance experiences in Japan.

Life in Japan is still comfortable.

There is a lot of hot food to eat in the morning, and the combination of all the food is so comfortable.

Look at Europe now...

Everyone silently picked up the bread, put cheese and ham on it, poured themselves a drink, and drank it silently.

Perhaps because coffee was the only hot thing, even those who disliked coffee chose to pour themselves a cup.

But after drinking the coffee that was as light as the water used to wash the pot, they no longer missed the food in Japan, but began to miss what they had eaten last night.

Sure enough, it’s still delicious when it’s hot.

Compared to everyone's silence, Chen Qiu seemed extremely comfortable.

He was slightly surprised to find that the Italian sausage used in this hotel was of extremely high quality, so he added a large slice of sausage to the bread with satisfaction, paired it with a slice of cheese, and covered it with another slice of bread.

Click, a simple sandwich is done.

He ate the sandwich and drank orange juice happily to fill his stomach. He also made some sandwiches in advance to take on the road. While doing so, he said to everyone.

"We're driving to Baden-Baden this morning. We may spend a lot of time on the road, so we won't be able to catch up for lunch. So everyone should eat a little more, otherwise you may get hungry on the way back and have nowhere to eat."

"Oh……"

Everyone answered in a low voice.

They looked at the food in front of them with fearless eyes, sighed, and then followed Chen Qiu's way to start wrapping their own sandwiches, putting them into their bags with extremely conflicted expressions.

White people's rice is really not something that humans eat.

The hotel didn't have any greens, and the sandwiches they had weren't even nutritionally balanced.

Really are……

It's hard to say.

After finishing breakfast, everyone returned to their rooms to pack up their things, and those who had time went out for a walk to take in the surroundings.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, everyone got on the bus and headed from Frankfurt to Baden-Baden.

The entire journey from Frankfurt to Baden-Baden is about 200 kilometers.

Because they were driving a bus, Li Miaomiao's only requirement for the bus driver was safety first and not to worry about time, so they drove for a full three hours and did not arrive in Baden-Baden until one o'clock in the afternoon.

After getting off the bus and throwing their luggage into the hotel, everyone did not take the bus, but ran directly from the hotel to the concert hall carrying their musical instruments.

Baden-Baden is a small town, not very big. It is an ordinary city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located in the southwest of Germany, on the western foot of the Black Forest, in the Aus River Valley, close to Karlsruhe and Stuttgart.

Since Baden means bath in German, it is obvious that Baden-Baden is the most famous spa resort and tourist destination in Germany.

It is only 7.5 kilometers from the Rhine River on the border between Germany and France, and is adjacent to the northern Alsace region of France and Strasbourg.

So if they wanted, they could even go on foot to visit Strasbourg next door.

Since they are so close to the next city, naturally, this city is not very big.

Unlike many European cities that are built around train stations, the business area around the train station in Baden-Baden is not very prosperous.

They are like a T shape, with the train station placed at the very edge. You need to walk about four kilometers to reach the real city center.

That’s where it all comes together.

Baden-Baden Festival Theatre, Baden-Baden Casino, and Baden-Baden Therme.

The first one is easy to say, as the Festival Theater is where they will perform and it is also the basis for the development of the Baden-Baden Music Festival.

The last two are the core of this place becoming a tourist city.

The casino in Baden-Baden is the largest and oldest casino in Germany, dating back to 1809.

Unlike other places, this casino has strict dress requirements. Men must wear suit jackets to enter the classic gambling area to play roulette, blackjack, poker, etc. It is recommended to wear shirts and ties, and women also need to wear dresses.

If you are wearing casual clothes, you are not even eligible to gamble.

Of course, with the development of the times, more people are willing to continue gambling here are the elderly, while young people like to come here to drink and regard this place as a pure bar.

Listening to music and drinking wine is so relaxing.

As for nursing homes, it is even more obvious.

This sanatorium is connected to the casino, you can even say that the casino is an annex of the sanatorium.

Two huge hot springs allow you to feel the enjoyment of ancient emperors.

after all……

This place was actually enjoyed by ancient emperors.

Although the members of the orchestra were somewhat curious about these places, they did not have time to visit them. They walked directly to the concert hall without hesitation and began to discuss with the person in charge of the concert hall to prepare for the rehearsal before the performance.

At this moment, the Baden-Baden train station is not far away.

Because of the classical music festival, this place is extremely lively and crowded with people.

A dusty German intercity train stopped at the station.

As the car door opened, a Chinese woman stepped out of the car, attracting the attention of everyone around her.

Her temperament formed a very obvious contrast with the busyness of the people around her.

You can clearly feel that she did not come to participate in the Baden-Baden Music Festival, but to "participate" in the Baden-Baden Music Festival.

She slightly adjusted her sunglasses, ignored the surprised looks of the people around her, carried her clarinet bag, walked out of the station, walked to the driver not far away, opened the door and got in the car, and spoke lightly in German.

"Baden-Baden Festival Theater."

(End of this chapter)