The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 352 Our Stage

As the festival progresses, the city center of Baden-Baden becomes increasingly lively.

Even though the Berlin Philharmonic has not yet come to Baden-Baden due to their schedule, Baden-Baden is already packed with classical music lovers from all over the world.

All kinds of people gathered in the city to enjoy the performances organized by the Baden-Baden City Government and some ordinary folk artists.

The artistic atmosphere of the entire city has become increasingly intense.

Hubble, an ordinary classical music lover.

Because he happened to live near Baden-Baden, it only took half an hour to get to Baden-Baden from his small city.

Therefore he did not miss any performances in Baden-Baden.

He even has his own small group, in which a group of people discuss the performances at the Baden-Baden Music Festival.

Of course, because this small group is so targeted, many people don’t chat much except during the music festival.

This group is only a little active during this period.

Because it was Sunday, around eight o'clock in the morning, Hubble came alone from his hometown to the station near the center of Baden-Baden, carrying his schoolbag.

While on the way, he kept flipping through the group chat in his hand.

It was obvious that everyone was discussing yesterday's performance.

"The strength of the band that performed yesterday seemed average. Although there were quite a lot of people and the overall sound effects were good, the performance was not good enough."

"If I remember correctly, this is an ordinary amateur wandering group. Do they have their own fixed venue?"

"I'm not sure. I saw that their name is Stuttgart City Philharmonic Orchestra. I'm curious if this orchestra is really a B-level orchestra. If it is judged by the standards of a B-level orchestra, I find it hard to believe that they can make money through performances and keep the orchestra in a healthy cycle."

"Their performance was really unbelievable. I felt that their numbers were only at B level, but if we were to talk about their real level, they might have just reached the level of the Stuttgart Academy of Arts Symphony Orchestra. It was not that pleasant to listen to."

“I always feel that the performances at the Baden-Baden Music Festival are getting worse and worse. Although they are inviting some top symphony orchestras, such as the Berlin Philharmonic, to Baden-Baden, the strength of a single symphony orchestra cannot represent the strength of the entire music festival. If the performances at the next Baden-Baden Music Festival are still so bad, I think I may have to give up Baden-Baden.”

Hubble saw many people liked the message and cried with laughter.

It was clear that the message spoke to their hearts.

Nor did their money come from strong winds.

They chose to come to Baden-Baden to attend the music festival, not only because Baden-Baden is close, but also because they think the Baden-Baden Music Festival is well organized.

That's what you say.

If the music festival is too weak, they may not choose to go even if it is held at their doorstep.

After all, if you are not famous, many people won’t even know that there is a music festival right next to their home, so it is normal to choose not to go.

Hubble agreed.

He replied to the man.

"You are right. Just as you said, the expression of music is very important, and so is the emotion of music. I have listened to many orchestras, and yesterday's performance was indeed very strong in terms of momentum, and the overall sound effect was also outstanding, but the emotion and expression of their music were a bit difficult to describe. I also don't know how to describe their performance. I can only say that yesterday's performance really makes it difficult for people to be optimistic about the future of the Baden-Baden Music Festival, especially when they are preparing to use these orchestras as the main orchestras in addition to the Berlin Philharmonic."

When everyone saw Hubble's speech, they immediately echoed it.

"Indeed! I agree with Hubble's statement!"

“The music would be hilarious if it weren’t music.”

"That's exactly right! I've been listening to the Baden-Baden Music Festival for a few years. Apart from the good performance in the past few years, it seems to have started to get sick recently. I really find it hard to be optimistic about the future of the Baden-Baden Music Festival."

“I hope Baden-Baden will move the music festival to Stuttgart. If it can be moved to Stuttgart, it will be much more convenient for me to attend the music festival.”

"But even if they turn around, the Berlin Philharmonic won't turn around, right?"

"Fortunately, I only bought tickets for the Berlin Philharmonic at this festival and didn't attend more than one show."

"LoL, like you, I only bought tickets for the Berlin Philharmonic XD."

"There shouldn't be many such die-hard fans here, right? I only know that Hubble bought tickets for all the performances, but I'm not sure about the others."

"There really aren't many. As far as I know, there are probably only about 10 people who bought the pass."

Hubble thought about it and answered everyone.

Ding!
The vehicle arrives at the station.

Hubble stood up and replied to the message on his phone as he walked out the door.

"The main reason is that the pass is very cheap. If you buy the pass, all the tickets together, on average each show only costs 10 euros. I just happen to have nothing to do recently, so I still buy the pass out of habit."

"So Hubble, were you satisfied with yesterday's performance? Did you feel like your ticket was wasted?"

"It was actually OK. Although the performance wasn't that great, it wasn't that bad to listen to. It was listenable, especially when my ticket price was only 10 euros."

Hubble replied with a smile.

“But compared to yesterday’s performance, today’s performance actually concerns me more.”

"Today? What performance is today?"

“The Sea City Harmony Symphony Orchestra.”

Before Hubble could speak, another person responded.

"It's a symphony orchestra in Haicheng, China. Everyone should know Haicheng, China's window to the outside world. The strength of the symphony orchestra in this place is indeed of great concern."

"As for China, I only know that their Haicheng Symphony Orchestra is quite strong. As for the others, I'm not sure."

"Me too. And the name... are you sure this band isn't really a wandering band like the one we saw before?"

"I can't tell, I really can't tell. The way this orchestra is named only tells me that it is a symphony orchestra in Haicheng, but I don't know if it has a specific base. If it is another wandering orchestra without a base, I feel that there may be no point in watching it."

Everyone said in a hurry.

Many people have a fairly consistent opinion.

They are not quite sure about the strength of this symphony orchestra.

All they can see now is the name of this symphony orchestra.

The name of an orchestra largely represents the strength of the symphony orchestra.

A symphony orchestra with a residence is generally stronger than one without a residence.

The name of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, which has no resident base, will naturally make people think of something wrong and lose trust in the orchestra.

But when it comes to stations, Hubble has experience.

He explained to everyone with a smile.

"I just checked the encyclopedia of this city. Although there is no encyclopedia written in English or German, I used a translator and found an encyclopedia written in traditional Chinese. This is a newly established symphony orchestra. It was formerly the Second Symphony Orchestra of Haicheng Conservatory of Music Students, and later merged into the Harmony Symphony Orchestra of Haicheng Conservatory of Music, and finally established as the Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra."

Everyone was silent for a long time before they replied.

"It was originally a student symphony orchestra... and it sounds like the quality is a little worse now."

“Is it true that this symphony orchestra was not purchased with money?”

"Student symphony orchestras can also participate in the Baden-Baden Music Festival? As expected, the Baden-Baden Music Festival is getting worse and worse. Next year, I will probably just buy a ticket to the Berlin Philharmonic's performance to show my support."

"that is……"

Obviously, Hubble's answer did not make everyone feel more favorable towards the Harmony Symphony Orchestra. Instead, it made everyone more suspicious of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's strength.

After all, it is difficult to find videos of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra in China, and even more so abroad.

There are basically no resources on the Internet and few introductions.

Even for some classical music lovers in China, if they don’t pay much attention to other cities, they probably don’t know the strength of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Even if we ask them to name the top three symphony orchestras in Haicheng, the only ones that people can remember are probably Haicheng Symphony and Haicheng Philharmonic.

Ranked second, the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra, which rarely performs externally, may not be remembered by many people.

Not to mention the Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

It is very normal that people abroad don’t understand.

And I don’t know if it was a mistake on the part of the Baden-Baden Festival.

Their introduction to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was also extremely vague.

I just briefly introduced the background of Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

An inspirational symphony orchestra that was founded around 1980, which went through a series of changes, from prosperity to decline, and then back to prosperity, and finally returned to their previous position.

Haicheng currently ranks third.

Global ranking is 666. Not bad, but not that good either.

All in all, listenable.

The introduction was vague, and the audience's understanding of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was also vague.

With all these reasons combined, naturally people are not very clear about the band's strength.

Hubble was not actually surprised by the crowd's reaction, he replied with a smile.

"You're right. The strength of this band is indeed a little hard to fathom. But if we compare it to the time when they achieved their results, I feel that this band is actually worth listening to."

Without waiting for anyone to speak, Hubble posted all the information he had previously searched on the chat.

"When they were still a student symphony orchestra, this symphony orchestra had already won the championship of the China University Student Symphony Orchestra Competition with its own strength, and defeated the student symphony orchestra led by the current Chinese conductor No. 2. Later, they also won the first place in the East Asian exchange competition. They are very strong. When they won the East Asian championship, they had just been established for two years."

"Wait, the best commander in China? Who? It can't be YU? The commander of this school can lead a group of students to defeat YU? Who is he?"

"I'm not sure. There's no news. Anyway, as far as I know, the students of these two schools can basically be regarded as the top two in China, so the students' strength can be ignored. In other words, this conductor may be stronger than YU. In time, when he can control a more powerful orchestra, he may be able to get it. I am very interested in him."

"If that's the case, then it's true..."

Hubble's words did arouse people's interest in the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

However, there is still some gap before we can get them to buy tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They didn't buy a pass like Hubble did, they needed to buy their own tickets to listen.

They just checked and the lowest ticket for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is 28 euros, followed by 38 euros, 58 euros, 88 euros and 128 euros.

The ticket price is not cheap.

There wasn't much to mention except that there were a lot of remaining tickets.

Therefore, after everyone briefly discussed the strength of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, they put the matter behind them and did not discuss it any further.

After all, it is difficult for them to spend 30 euros to listen to a symphony orchestra that they feel is likely to be worse than yesterday's.

Hubble didn't really care about his friend's behavior.

After all, to be honest, he wasn't that confident about the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

What he could be sure of was that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was indeed quite good and worth listening to.

But how good is this symphony orchestra?

He wasn't sure.

After all, it is a symphony orchestra from Asia, especially a symphony orchestra from China.

He had listened to many, many Asian symphony orchestras before.

Overall, the strongest group is still from Japan, followed by South Korea, and finally China.

Very few of China's symphony orchestras actually come to Europe to sell tickets. Most of them just come here to perform by themselves, take some photos, publish an article, and then that's it.

So he didn't listen much.

The few times he attended were all pretty bad performances. Fortunately, the tickets were free, otherwise he almost wanted to refund them.

So to be honest, what he really wanted to hear was not how strong the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was.

He was just curious.

I wonder what kind of strength this symphony orchestra has that would make them willing to come to Europe to perform and dare to sell tickets.

As usual, he went to the concert hall to buy a cup of coffee, then sat in the cafe to work and think about his future schedule.

By the way, take a look at the symphony orchestra's appearance.

He sat there waiting for a short while before he saw a group of students dressed in neat performance clothes, walking into the concert hall from all over the place, holding their musical instruments.

Not long after, bursts of music were heard in the concert hall.

The concert hall has good sound insulation, so I can't hear it very clearly, but it seems to be quite tidy.

Hubble thought so while drinking his coffee.

He shook his head slightly, put his thoughts aside, and continued to prepare for his work.

A lot of the work was tedious, and he quickly focused his attention on his work, temporarily putting aside his expectations for the evening performance.

After all, to be honest...

In fact, deep down in his heart, he didn't think much of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

If he would lose money if he missed a few concerts, he might have chosen to give up this performance.

……

……

……

Chen Qiu and the members of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra have no idea what others think of them.

But maybe even if they knew, they probably wouldn't care.

To be precise, this performance was invited by the Baden-Baden Music Festival.

Although the Baden-Baden Music Festival only gave a symbolic amount of several hundred euros as an invitation fee, it was still an invitation, and they did not participate at their own expense.

Therefore, they don’t really care even if there is no one in the audience.

After all, the ones who really lose money are the Baden-Baden Music Festival, not them.

To them.

As long as there is one person in the audience who is willing to come and listen to their performance, they will perform with all their might.

A little adds up to a lot.

They don't have any followers abroad.

As long as there are people willing to come and listen to their performances, as long as they persist, sooner or later, they will engrave the name of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra in everyone's heart!
This is Chen Qiu’s idea.

Chen Qiu led the orchestra to calmly conduct a final inspection of the orchestra. After ensuring that there would not be any problems, at around four o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Qiu let everyone go out to rest so that they could calm down a little and not be so nervous.

5pm sharp.

The orchestra returned to the concert hall and performed some simple adjustments on the stage to ensure that there would be no problems with the instruments.

6pm sharp.

The orchestra members left the stage and the orchestra staff came on stage to adjust the orchestra's seats.

At 7 o'clock in the evening.

The theater people began to let people in.

At the bar outside the concert hall, people started buying coffee, drinks, bread and sandwiches to fill their stomachs.

Chen Qiu did not let everyone go out.

He took off his coat and stood alone outside the concert hall with a silent expression.

Outside the concert hall, no one noticed Chen Qiu. Everyone treated Chen Qiu as an ordinary audience member.

Everyone was chatting in low voices, and from Chen Qiu's relatively ordinary German, he could probably tell that everyone was talking about family matters and few were looking forward to the evening.

Looking at the sparse crowd around him, Chen Qiu slowly exhaled.

Sure enough, it was just as he thought.

Not many people are willing to come and listen to their performances.

Although I had guessed it a long time ago, it still made me feel uncomfortable when I actually saw this scene.

Chen Qiu shook his head slightly, straightened his clothes, and returned to the backstage.

Fortunately, people backstage were busy organizing musical instruments and flipping through music scores.

Everyone followed Chen Qiu's instructions and didn't pay attention to the stage before the performance.

Ding!
The bell in the concert hall rang, notifying the audience outside that the performance was about to begin and they should now return to the concert hall.

Chen Qiu nodded slightly, walked to the stage door, looked at everyone, and spoke slowly.

(End of this chapter)