In April 2020, the first quarter of the Vienna Philharmonic Tour officially began.
All music fans welcomed the performance season of Wei Ai with enthusiasm as before. From the first stop in Paris, the enthusiastic and excited fans filled up the concert venues of Wei Ai, ushering in more brilliant performances one after another.
This tour was conducted by Mr. Dorenza and Mr. Motto in turn, with the theme of violin concerto. The world's top ensemble traveled through five major European cities and finally returned to its home base Vienna.
When Wei Ai came to the last stop, it was already the first ten days of May. At this moment, the entire European music scene was caught in a frenzied and excited atmosphere - not because of Wei Ai's last concert, but because of Bai Ai It was announced on the official website on April 30 that a new chief violinist will be recruited from around the world in mid-May.
The announcement came a day after the Berlin Philharmonic wrapped up its first tour of the season at its Philharmonic Hall in late April.
The official website of Bo Ai receives more than 10,000 visitors every day. Whether it is classical lovers from all over the world, or media reporters, music festivals, and music critics in the industry, they visit the official websites of these big orchestras every day to see their latest news. information.
The message was discovered within a minute of the announcement. Since then, like an earthquake and tsunami, it has swept the entire classical music world frantically, setting off a terrible storm in the world classical music world that has been quiet for many days.
In fact, as early as March, some people speculated that Bai Ai would select a new chief sooner or later. After all, in the announcement that Kodori resigned, it didn't say when Kodori would come back, and it was impossible for Bo Ai's chief to stay vacant all the time. Sooner or later, a new violinist would take over.
And everyone also found in the performance of Boai this season that even though Auston Bertram's conductor is as good as ever, Boai's steel-like tone has not been dusted, but it is different from the former chief Kedoli. Compared with Slaughter, their deputy chief Bol really lacks some highlights-
Without any fault, this is the most objective evaluation of Ball.
Therefore, finding a better chief is the top priority of Bai Ai.
The application for the chief violinist of Bo Ai is quite demanding. First of all, he must have worked in a big orchestra for more than one year, and then he must have a recommendation letter from a well-known musician in the industry. He must have won the second prize or above of the international violin competition. Finally, registrations are not accepted for those over 60 years old and under 20 years old.
"Don't die without change", this principle will not change now and will not change in the future.
Therefore, if the new violinist is over 60 years old, then let's not talk about whether the old gentleman can withstand the high-intensity rehearsal practice of Bai Ai, and he may not be able to serve for a long time in Bai Ai, and he will soon have to do it again. Find a new chief.
Other registration conditions are also very important. Assuming that you are just a freelance violinist, Bo Ai will not have time to cultivate your ability to cooperate with and lead the orchestra, so you must have the foundation in this regard yourself. As for the recommendation letters and awards from other parties, these are fragmentary regulations unanimously proposed by the members of the orchestra.
How can the chief of Bai Ai be inferior to the other members
You must know that almost all of the hundreds of members in Bai Ai graduated from the world's top music academies and have won more than two international awards. Even if you have such conditions, you are not guaranteed to enter Bai Ai, let alone not meet these conditions
However, even if the conditions were so harsh, hundreds of people from all over the world submitted application materials on the official website of Boai, and among them, before Qi Mu made up his mind, Chen Lingpin calmly told him one day: "I have helped you The application materials have been submitted, and it is recommended by Master Reed Akkad, Master Farrer, and Master Lance." After a pause, Chen Lingpin said with a pity: "It's a pity, Mr. Min Chen needs to avoid suspicion, otherwise he will When I contacted him, he was very genuinely willing to write a letter of recommendation for you."
Qi Mu: "..."
At this point, Qi Mu's shaky heart finally stabilized completely.
As early as the March 1st meeting of the members of the Victoria Philharmonic Orchestra, the vote on "whether Qi Mu should renew the contract" came to an overwhelming conclusion. There were only 5 votes in favor, 3 abstentions, and 125 votes against.
The abstention with 3 votes was Qi Mu, the 5 votes in favor were unknown, and the negative votes were surprisingly unanimous.
It was many years ago that the voter turnout for the last UW Philharmonic member meeting reached over 95%. At that time, it was the vote "whether or not to agree to Aberk Dorensa as the chief conductor", and now such a terrifying turnout is once again in the vote to terminate the contract with Qi Mu.
However, even though the owners of the 125 tickets managed to live up to their expectations, none of them were happy. At the party that Mr. Dorenza advocated that night, Richard, the violinist who had drunk too much, had red eyes and couldn't help but drag Qi Mu and talk for a long time.
When he choked up and said "Xiao Qi, I can't bear to part with you", the people around Wei Ai finally couldn't bear it any longer. Before Mr. Dorensa hinted that "Bo Ai is about to start selecting a new chief, Qi Mu is more suitable for Bo Ai", they all thought that they must vote for Xiao Qi.
But what Master Dorenza said really woke them up.
Bai Ai is in desperate need of an excellent chief executive, and this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Qi Mu. In the past two years, countless music masters and music critics have expressed that Qi Mu's violin is more suitable for Bai Ai, and he will have more room for improvement in the Berlin Philharmonic.
In this case, why not let this young violinist who is destined to ascend to the peak of the throne go to pursue a wider sky
Just like Master Dorenza said, Wei Ai is never worse than Bai Ai. But if Wei Ai can give Qi Mu a vast ocean, then Bai Ai can give Qi Mu the vast sky between the peaks. As a ferocious and sharp hunting falcon, what Qi Mu needs is never the ocean, but the mountains.
From the concert tour from April to May, all the VAI members were happy and harmonious. But as the last tour in Vienna's Musikverein approached, no matter how optimistic they were, they often turned pale.
This should... be their last concert with Xiao Qi.
When the concert ended, although there was still half a month left for Xiao Qi's contract with Wei Ai, he had to rush to Berlin to participate in the chief recruitment meeting of Bai Ai, and he would never be with the Vienna Philharmonic again. The orchestra produces too many intersections.
No one doubts whether Qi Mu can pass Bai Ai's chief selection, if even Xiao Qi can't pass, who else in the world can pass this recruitment conference? !
This is the chief seven of their Wei Ai! This is their favorite little seven!
Bai Ai's bastards had to be blind for so many years before they could miss such an excellent and lovely Xiao Qi!
As a result, when Wei Ai's last tour in the first half of the year was approaching, what Qi Mu saw most in the rehearsal hall was the sad and mournful eyes of the members, from the rehearsal hall, backstage, lounge, and cafe. The corner looked at him.
Xiao Qi, I don't miss you at all.
qaq 嘤嘤嘤 so sad, Xiaoqi remember to come back to Vienna to see us more in the future.
Don't be spoiled by the group of young furry boys in Bai Ai, they don't love you as much as we do!
…
Qi Mu: "..."
So, are you admitting that the average age of Bo Ai is several years lower than that of Wei Ai
Although he was both amused and helpless in his heart, facing the resentment and sympathy of Dou Chukai's girl's eyes, Qi Mu's heart was filled with emotion and gratitude, in addition to crying and laughing.
Thank these members for their meticulous care for themselves in the past two and a half years, for their recognition and approval of themselves, for their support and help in their performances, big and small, for their…
For your own future, let him go.
Thousands of words came together, and finally became a sentence: "Come to my house for dinner today?"
Wei Ai everyone: "!!!! Okay, we'll go tonight!"
The members of Wei Ai buried their sadness and retention in their hearts, and Mr. Dorenza, who has many years of experience, taught Qi Mu some of his own experience.
"I worked with Bo Ai when I was young, and I was fortunate enough to be invited to conduct this orchestra. At that time... when Karajan was alive."
Qi Mu nodded lightly: "Yes, Mr. Dorensa, if I remember correctly, it was the 1985 Bo Ai Forest Concert. You, who was only 31 years old, led Bo Ai in a grand and brilliant concert. show."
Mr. Dorensa smiled slightly: "Xiao Qi, you remember it better than I do. Yes, it was that year. I was a guest conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the time, and it was not until 1995 that I officially entered the Wisconsin and began to conduct this program. The orchestra, this dazzling, it is more than 20 years later."
After a pause, Mr. Dorensa said in a serious tone: "The most striking feature of Boai is its thick and pure tone. Their music seems to be the cleanest air in Berlin, there is never a trace of noise, never After a bit of chaos, it is always pure and consistent. And in the more than ten years of Allston's ten years, this quality has reached its peak."
In the quiet and spacious conductor's lounge, the young and handsome musicians listened attentively, while the gentle smiling old man continued to say, "Xiao Qi, I don't think I need to express Auston's musical style to you, the world. There is probably no one who knows his musical style better than you, because... you are really similar. I don't know where the similarity comes from, but it's a beautiful coincidence, a perfect accident from God , a similar style allows you to cooperate without gaps and make the band even more peak."
"And now, I think you need to know more about the Philharmonic Orchestra itself and their recruitment meeting. It's impossible for these Austons to tell you to avoid suspicion, right?"
Qi Mu nodded: "Yes, Min Chen and I have not mentioned this topic in our recent calls."
Master Dorenza nodded knowingly: "Yes, he wants to avoid suspicion, but... I never need to. Bai Ai is a strange band that is innovative, sometimes immutable, so let me talk to you about them. It's about the recruitment meeting."