Now that the chief conductor has arrived, today's orchestra training has officially begun.
As the chief conductor of the B City Symphony Orchestra, Tan Zhenghui is quite famous in the orchestra and even in China. Since he took over as the chief conductor of the B City Symphony Orchestra ten years ago, he has led the orchestra to perform many performances at home and abroad, especially his performance of Dvorak, which has also amazed the West. Understand that Dvorak's conductor exists.
Tan Lao is only fifty-six years old this year, but his hair is gray. Although he looks in good spirits, he can't completely hide the signs of aging.
Since the death of Qi's mother eight years ago, Tan Lao has aged like a sudden.
Qi's mother grew up in B city before marrying in S city. She did not have a good family environment. Her parents also died of illness when they were in college. Qi's mother's talent is quite extraordinary, and she is a junior who Tan Lao takes care of very much. Before she was transferred to the S City Symphony Orchestra, she was Tan Lao's principal violinist.
Such an amazing and brilliant junior suddenly died because of an accident. For an old man, it was undoubtedly a white-haired person sending a black-haired person, which made him heartbroken. Especially since Qi Mu was still such a jerk, Old Tan was even more heartbroken and indignant.
"Second violin group, vibrato down to mp!"
"Where's my third horn? Slow down!"
"Second violin group, it's too fast to enter!"
"Stop!!! The trombone has a wrong sound, Li Cheng, play it again by yourself."
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The first ensemble of each band is the most difficult. There are only a few people and dozens of people for each instrument. It is already extremely difficult to play in a consistent manner and to control the rhythm of one's own strength, not to mention the ten A perfect combination of several instruments.
Even though the City B Symphony Orchestra has played Dvorak's tunes many times over the years, there are bound to be some subtle mistakes. And now, it's time to test the command.
In the past, Qi Mu was the Deputy Principal of the First Violin Section of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Some mistakes in performance can also be heard, such as the pitch of the same instrument, the speed of the rhythm, the strength of the vibrato, etc. Sometimes he can also hear small mistakes in some string instruments, or big mistakes in wind instruments.
But most of the time, Qi Mu was a little surprised when the commander suddenly stopped and yelled loudly.
After all, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra is the world's top old-fashioned orchestra. There are few mistakes that can occur. When the ensemble reaches the later stage, Qi Mu will not want to hear any mistakes. At this time, only the conductor who leads everything can hear the hidden chromatic, Even subtle mistakes under a little bit of strength and weakness.
"Li Cheng! Did you go out to be a thief last night? Have you eaten yet? It's a mess! You can do it again!"
On the towering podium, Mr. Tan was so angry that his face was flushed, and the second trombone he scolded was so embarrassed that he hurriedly played it again. Seeing this, Qi Mu smiled and shook his head, somewhat understanding.
"Xiao Qi... You said that Lao Li really played so badly?" the young man sitting beside Qi Mu asked in a surprised voice. At this time, Lao Tan was so angry that he went directly to the trombone group, so they were in front of him. Whispered conversations are not easily heard. "I don't think Lao Li is much different from what he used to say. Why is he being scolded so badly today?"
Hearing this, Qi Mu explained with a chuckle: "The rhythm and intonation of the second trombone are all right, but when he inserted the piece, his attack was bigger than the first trombone, which was a bit overwhelming. And at the end of the post later, as the second trombone, he took it too fast and didn't hold down the horn."
The young man was shocked when he heard the words, and asked suspiciously, "Is this really the case?"
"Brother Chen thinks it's unlikely?" Qi Mu raised his eyes to look at the other party, a smile reflected in his light-colored eyes, he said calmly and calmly: "I think if this play is not successful, Mr. Tan should will…”
"Top-heavy! Haven't you been able to play "Sixth" for a few months? Li Cheng, tell yourself, when will you make such a top-heavy mistake?! In such a hurry, no one has you on the horn. urgent!"
Before Qi Mu's words were finished, Elder Tan's angry voice resounded throughout the rehearsal hall. Qi Mu was stunned for a moment, and finally smiled and closed his mouth, but said nothing, but the young man didn't agree.
"No, is it really this little problem?! Xiao Qi, you can even hear this? Your sense of sound is too strong!"
Qi Mu smiled humbly, and as soon as his beautiful eyes rolled, he thought of an explanation: "Before, my parents also liked Dvorak's "The Sixth" very much, so they would often tell me something. The conducting style is not the same as my father's, but it's the same in that regard."
The young man nodded lightly and didn't ask any further questions, while Qi Mu smiled meaningfully.
Over the past few days, he has gradually been able to grasp the notes that keep emerging in his brain. Before, he couldn't control it at once because there were too many sounds, and there were some things that needed to be compared with a tuner, but now, Qi Although Mu didn't dare to say that he had a sense of sound that surpassed that of Old Tan, but compared to it, it was almost the same.
For a conductor, the most important thing is the ears.
Even Beethoven, the great music master, can even compose music when he is deaf, but when he wants to conduct his own music, he is opposed by almost all the orchestras in the world. Fenlai was shivering when he conducted the orchestra.
Do you want to conduct an orchestra without hearing? That is simply an impossible mission!
Qi Mu knew that, given the talent of this body, there was no difficulty in developing in the classical music industry. And what suits him best is not the violin, but the conductor. But…
How can it be possible to become a conductor only with absolute pitch
Every world-renowned conductor has acquired ears no less than absolute pitch, and what they have achieved is probably unimaginable for an ordinary absolute pitcher.
Qi Mu had heard of such a thing when he was in Vienna before, and it was also because of it that he was truly convinced of the man who was regarded as the king of modern classics, and since then he was willing to bow down to Min Chen.
It is said that when Min Chen was conducting the Berlin Philharmonic, he once heard that a certain violin had changed a string after an ensemble!
What kind of hearing is this
Anyway, in terms of Qi Mu's current talent, he can't imagine it.
"Well, it's barely okay. You can play it for me again this evening. You can only go home for dinner if you pass the test, you know!"
Tan Lao snorted coldly, then walked back to his podium. Before picking up the baton, his eyes glanced at Qi Mu who was under the stage, and the unintelligible gaze made Qi Mu stunned for a moment, and then he smiled—
What I said just now seems to be... overheard
When today's ensemble ended and it was the noon break, before Qi Mu got up from his chair, he suddenly heard an old and majestic voice from the high podium: "Qi Mu, you... come with me. "
Qi Mu was just stunned for a moment, then put down the violin in his hand and followed. He passed through everyone in the orchestra, and everyone responded to him with "Xiao Qi, still a hero after 18 years" and "Xiao Qi, you have worked hard, the revolution needs you", which made him dumbfounded.
When Qi Mu caught up with Tan Zhenghui, Mr. Tan was standing in the corridor outside the rehearsal hall, with his hands behind his back, not looking at him, just looking down at the window. Qi Mu stepped forward lightly and followed Old Tan's gaze.
Through the wooden window bars of the small building mottled with historical traces, there is a chilling and deserted garden scene in the autumn wind. Most of the flowers have begun to wither, and only the bright yellow of the ginkgo tree seems to have spread a thin blanket on the ground. From a distance, it looks like the sun in full bloom, dazzling and compelling.
"Old Tan." Qi Mu said respectfully.
"Yeah." Tan Zhenghui hummed softly, and after a long time, he said again, "I haven't seen it for many years... Qi Mu."
Qi Mu thought for a while, and said, "It's been three years."
Tan Zhenghui shook his head when he heard the words, and there was a trace of grief on his old-fashioned face, and said, "It's three years and two months. The last time you wanted to take out that 'Edith' when you were an adult, we These old guys just got together to meet you, right?"
The handsome eyebrows frowned slightly. After a long time, Qi Mu sighed and nodded, "Yes."
"Edith" was the name of the violin that Qi's parents kept in the Swiss Bank.
When the original owner was an adult, he eagerly wanted to get the little princess out of the bank, and quickly sold it for money. Therefore, the old friends of Qi's father and mother immediately got together and used their connections to change the conditions for Qi Mu's taking out the violin. At this point, Qi Mu didn't want to sell the violin.
"If you just want to have fun, this circle is not suitable for you." Tan Zhenghui said without any sympathy, "In my band, it is absolutely impossible for you to get involved with your old foundation."
Qi Mu naturally understood what Tan Lao meant, he was worried that he still did not repent.
Qi Mu lowered his head and looked at the halo reflected on the floor. Following his movements, the hair on his forehead naturally fell down, covering his eyes. Qi Mu said: "Old Tan, I really want to start my life again. In the past, I was young and ignorant. In the future... please rest assured."
When Old Tan heard the words, he turned his head to look at Qi Mu in surprise.
The setting sun on the horizon renders the clouds in the entire sky, and the brilliant purple makes the bright sunlight appear a lot softer. The light was projected from the small window and shone on the handsome and fair face of the young man, making his already timeless eyebrows a little more refined.
That appearance is somewhat similar to Qi's mother more than 20 years ago!
He was stunned for a while, and after a long time, Mr. Tan sighed and said, "This weekend... there is an international violin competition, you go to participate."
Hearing this suddenly, Qi Mu was stunned. He raised his head and looked at Lao Tan for a long time.
Looking at the old man's helpless compromising appearance, Qi Mu opened the corner of his mouth and slowly revealed a smile, he nodded and said solemnly, "Okay."