Qi Mu's three or four-day trip to Hong Kong City officially came to an end after Disney's last night. When he was woken up by the alarm clock early the next morning, Qi Mu's first reaction was—
Harbour City's annual Ocean Music Festival has finally begun.
The Ocean Music Festival is a unique classical music festival in Hong Kong. Similar to the Edinburgh Music Festival in the United Kingdom, it is an open-air music festival with strong openness.
In fact, being in the open air does not mean being completely exposed to the sky. There are also many professional concert halls in the venue of the Ocean Music Festival for large orchestras to perform in public.
But in this music festival, whether it's a cafe, a candy store, a square or a restaurant, as long as you can find a place to perform, you can play whatever you want. Therefore, at such music festivals, there are often many non-professional musicians, who bring their own instruments and perform their own music, which is recognized by everyone.
Qi Mu originally... also brought his own violin.
Unlike many Chinese people who are shy and introverted, Qi Mu has been growing up in Europe and has an open personality since he was a child. It is a matter of course to bring a musical instrument to perform in such a public place. But on this day, he was still a little hesitant.
Not because of shyness, but because of...
Is he really going to play in front of that man...
When he returned to the hotel last night, Qi Mu was thinking about when there was such a talented and diligent deceased musician in the industry, so he was dizzy and didn't have much clear consciousness. So when Min Chen stated that he would go to the music festival together again tomorrow, he subconsciously nodded in agreement without vetoing it.
Attending a music festival with Min Chen means... If he wants to perform in the open air, he has to let the other party stand and watch.
He put the piano case on the side of the road by himself, playing his own music recklessly, while... Min Chen stood and listened.
—How can I think of this kind of picture, I feel an inexplicable strange feeling.
So when he gritted his teeth, Qi Mu secretly decided to leave without the violin. After a while, the doorbell rang, Qi Mu took something to open the door, and saw the neighbor in the next room looking down at him in surprise.
Min Chen raised his eyes slightly: "Aren't you going to bring the piano?"
Qi Mu: "...It's inconvenient, so let's not bring it." After speaking, Qi Mu closed the door, he thought about it, and asked politely, "By the way, you don't plan to perform in the open air?" Before the words were finished, Qi Mu regretted it.
Sure enough, I saw Min Chen's footsteps stop, and after a long time, he said calmly, "I can't carry it."
Qi Mu: "..."
Isn't it impossible to carry it? A nine-foot grand piano can weigh a thousand pounds, let alone one person, even ten people can't carry it.
Today, Min Chen deliberately wore an extra pair of black velvet to be polite. The brim of the hat was very wide, covering almost the top half of his face. The pair of eyes that could be exposed were also blocked with sunglasses, and the whole person was tightly covered. Seriously, it seems that I can't wait to just take a mask and put it on.
Qi Mu couldn't help but look at his clothes, Min Chen seemed to sense his surprised look and explained, "There will be more people in the industry at the music festival, Daniel doesn't want me to show up at the music festival. , he was worried about causing unnecessary trouble."
Qi Mu nodded clearly and didn't ask any more questions.
After the two of them officially entered the venue of the music festival together, the lively scene around made Qi Mu suddenly relaxed, and finally realized the feeling of a long-lost music palace.
Although the official publicity of this music festival is not enough, the selection and arrangement of the scene are still attentive. The site is located in a retro European-style town scenic spot. As long as you step on this land, there will be a classical style oncoming.
Maybe it was because the music festival had just started, there weren't many musicians performing on the street. Qi Mu walked all the way and saw a trumpet player standing on the stairs playing exciting music to his heart's content. Outside, there was only one guitarist fiddling and tuning the strings.
On the main line of this red masonry town, you can see celebrity reminder bars illuminated with spotlights everywhere. This is also an idea carefully designed by the organizers. They express the lives of the masters in the history of classical music in multiple languages on the celebrity column. If you want to listen to their music, there are several public listening machines next to the celebrity column. , feel free to listen.
Before Qi Mu took a few steps, he found a familiar figure. He smiled and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Dorensa's celebrity column to be here."
I saw that only five hundred meters away from the main road of the town, between Verdi and Wagner, there was the celebrity column of the current chief conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic, Mr. Eberk Dorenza.
Qi Mu really admired this master. Although he didn't get along much with the master in his last life, he had rehearsed together for a period of time after all. Mr. Dorensa's commanding ability was really outstanding, and his guidance to Qi Mu was also very useful to him.
In particular, the master gave him the opportunity to play "Blue Danube" in the Golden Hall, and Qi Mu was very grateful.
"Alberk's music style tends to be orthodox and belongs to the pure classical romantic genre. His audition repertoires should be Mozart's Werther and Haydn's Surprise." Min Chen said in a flat tone, as if explaining a fact.
Qi Mu was a little surprised. He knew that these two pieces were the masterpieces of the masters of Dorensa, but the masterpieces of Dorensa were far more than these two pieces. According to what Min Chen meant, these two are the most outstanding of all the symphonies conducted by Master Dorensa
Qi Mu picked up the idle listening machine and listened to it for a while, and his heart was even more stunned. He put down his earphones, looked back at Min Chen with a smile, nodded and said, "It's really these two songs, I didn't expect... You can even guess these?"
Min Chen put his hands in his pockets and looked very relaxed and casual. As the two walked forward side by side, Min Chen said, "Between Verdi and Wagner, I shouldn't choose a tune that is too soft. Abelke himself prefers these two tunes."
"I forgot, you and Mr. Dorenza know each other."
"However, his favorite is "Blue Danube". This piece is the piece he values most, and every New Year's concert will focus on rehearsing this piece."
Min Chen seemed to be talking casually, but Qi Mu suddenly listened to his heart, and his steps stopped suddenly. The young man's light-colored eyes widened suddenly, and his pupils trembled slightly—he only now understands what that song "Blue Danube" means to Mr. Dorensa.
To be able to interpret such an important piece of music by him, Mr. Dorenza really values him very much.
Qi Mu's gratitude grew even more, and in the next few hours, more and more freelance musicians began to perform on the venue. Most of them perform simple and portable musical instruments such as violin, flute, clarinet, saxophone, etc. Some people borrow the piano from the cafe to perform piano repertoire.
Most of these musicians performing in the open air are amateurs, but there are also excellent musicians among them. Among them, Qi Mudu couldn't help but admire the "Melody in F Major" played by a flutist.
"With such a level in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, I am afraid that it can also be used as a formal musician!"
Hearing Qi Mu's comment, Min Chen glanced at him in surprise and asked, "Why the Vienna Symphony Orchestra?"
Hearing this, Qi Mu was stunned. Only then did he realize that he had accidentally compared the flute player's level with the musicians in the orchestra he was most familiar with. A dim light flashed quickly in Qi Mu's pale pupils. He smiled and raised his head. : "I used to play with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra as a child, so I'm familiar with them."
Min Chen gave him a deep look, nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
Qi Mu breathed a sigh of relief: he was almost on the verge of revealing his secrets. Fortunately, the original owner really collaborated with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra.
"He's a little old, and Evra won't let him into the orchestra." Min Chen looked at the flutist and opened his lips, "Evra has a quirky hobby, and he hopes there will be more people in his orchestra. What fresh blood, so even if this person is at the level of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, it is impossible to get in."
Evra was the name of the chief conductor of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. In Qi Mu's impression, he was a stern and serious little old man who was obviously bald and wore a wig every day.
After such a reminder from Min Chen, Qi Mu suddenly found out that there is really no one in the Vienna Symphony Orchestra who is over 40 years old!
He hadn't discovered before... Mr. Evra had such a unique hobby
"Like fresh blood? I didn't notice it when I worked with Mr. Evra..."
Min Chen lowered his eyes slightly, and there was a smile in his deep eyes: "When I'm old, I hope I'm young. I'll probably be happy when I see young people." He looked at Qi Mu seriously, and said, "If you have a chance to meet Evra in the future, don't tell him I said these things to you."
Qi Mu: "..."
Why did he always feel that the man who said this seemed unexpectedly childish
Along the way, Qi Mu held back his smile and didn't speak again. When he suddenly saw a familiar celebrity column, he opened his eyes wide in surprise, turned to look at the handsome and tall man, and said with a low smile, "I didn't expect that. …they put your celebrity column in a place like this?”