Farrer Lewis, one of the four major conductors in the world.
As Chief Conductor and Music Director of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, Maestro Farrer has a high degree of knowledge in classical music. And unlike many music masters who started with the piano and became conductors, Master Faller's achievements on the piano are far less than what he got on the violin.
How could such a world-class violin master and conductor be as simple as "a good teacher" in the mouth of Professor Akkad? ! This is already the dream tutor of students all over the world!
But... Qi Mu is definitely not included among the students all over the world.
"Angel, your vibrato skills are already very good, but I hope you can be more decisive in controlling the overtones, and show the passionate high-pitched sound of "Lark", like this..."
After speaking, Master Farrer took the violin in Qi Mu's hand and demonstrated it.
The beautiful and petite violin is very well-behaved in the hands of Master Farrer. Even though the technique is almost the same as Qi Mu's performance, it shows a sense of beauty and romance that belongs to the Parisians.
Master Faller is a French musician. Although he is currently in the baton of the Dresden Symphony Orchestra, his musical style has deeply influenced the German orchestra, making Dresden, which was originally a German classic, more romantic and gentle. some.
Although Qi Mu was very helpless to the master's "Angier" one by one, he also had to admit that he was much more immature than this master in music. Therefore, in these three days of training, he has been very respectful to listen to the other party's guidance, and quickly gained the other party's approval.
Master Faller said with a smile: "Angel, if you use this "Lark" to participate in the evaluation next week, I believe... It will be difficult to find a person who can play with you on the same stage in Paris."
Qi Mu said respectfully, "Thank you for your advice, Mr. Faller. But... the teacher doesn't seem to want me to use this song to participate in the assessment."
During these two weeks of practice, Professor Akkad left Qi Mu with three pieces to practice perfectly, and claimed that when he came back, he would hear Qi Mu play these three pieces beyond his ears. .
Want to get Reid Arkad's approval
Hmm... I'm afraid it's a little harder than getting Master Farrer's approval.
You know, the former's temper is much worse than the latter's, and even the slightest flaw cannot be spared.
Facing Qi Mu's helpless words, Master Faller frowned and said disapprovingly, "That guy Reed, I just hope you can perform a tune that stuns the audience, so that he has a lot of face in the academy. .And this "Lark" is only two minutes long, but I think this "Lark" played by you Angel is enough to get the first place in this evaluation."
Saying that, Master Faller smiled teasingly and said, "Angel, you can play this song, I'll let him know from Reed. How can you treat your lovely student so harshly? Reed is so inconsiderate. People, so that you are busy practicing the piano every day, and there is almost no free time to relax."
Master Farrar was right. Before he saw how Qi Mu practiced the piano, he couldn't believe it - a 22-year-old child could endure his temper and play every day from 8:00 a.m. Practice until after 8pm.
Moreover, the repertoire he practiced is never simple, and the technique of each one is very superb.
The students at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure in Paris are good enough, and the academy is almost cultivating the backbone of the classical music scene ten years later. But if the tunes that Qi Mu practices every day are handed over to Derain in the piano room next door, I'm afraid it will take at least a week to practice.
You know, Akkad has never left Qi Mu at most three days.
Such a strong pressure made Master Faller also a little concerned about Qi Mu, but what he didn't expect was that the handsome and beautiful young man in front of him shook his head gently and said in a gentle tone: "Mr. Faller, the teacher is just a I hope I can leave the teacher early and don't stop moving forward. He knows where my bottom line is, and the teacher actually knows me very well, please don't worry. "
The bright and gentle sunshine is like a golden awn, illuminating the clean and spacious piano room. The light shone from behind the young man, and a thin layer of gold bordered his body, which was hazy and gentle.
Seeing this situation, Master Faller was stunned for a while, and then he picked up his mobile phone subconsciously, and with a "click", he took pictures of this beautiful and moving scene.
Seeing this, Qi Mu frowned slightly and asked subconsciously, "Mr. Faller, are you...?"
"Oh Angel! You are so cute! Your teacher has not seen you for a long time, must miss you very much, right? I took a photo of him and passed it to him to show him his cute student, who is getting more and more cute now La!"
Qi Mu: "..."
I really don't know what these musicians are thinking...
In the next half-day, Qi Mu began to seriously practice the next piece arranged by Professor Akkad.
What he didn't know was that the master who sat beside him and kept his head down and pressed his phone, and raised his head to instruct him every now and then, was chatting hotly in a discussion group at the moment.
What? You ask Master Farrer, who is in his 60s, how can he still use his smartphone so slippery
Well, the masters of others have always followed in the footsteps of the times and have never been abandoned!
In a discussion group named [Little Angel's Piano Practice Room], with the release of a photo, the originally quiet discussion group suddenly exploded. Although there are only three people in this discussion group, there are two chatters and one person who likes to fry, so the speed of the chat is also going up.
Farrar: [Angel's "Lark" has been practiced very well, Reed, I think this piece can be used as a song for Angel to perform on the evaluation, very good! By the way, let's show you what Angel looks like today, it's so cute!]After half a minute...
Reed: [Faller! Who allowed you to take pictures of my lovely student? !]Faller: [I took it with integrity, Reed, don't slander my personality. ] Daniel: [It turns out that the second assessment of the Conservatoire Nationale de la Conservatory in Paris is already taking place, eh... This photo of the little angel is so beautiful. Since I watched the "Dance of the Elf" played by the little angel last month, my sweetheart has liked him recently. I have to secretly save it and go back and show it to my sweetheart.]Faller: [Haha, Daniel, you are so bad!]
Reed: [Daniel, you bald hair! You are not allowed to save pictures of my students! Wait a minute, why are you joining our discussion group? Where did you come from! ! !]…
After practicing for an afternoon, the sky outside the window had already turned dark. Even in summer, at 8 o'clock it is already sunset and the moon is in the sky. Qi Mu carefully wiped off the white rosin powder on the top of the violin, and then gently put the violin into the dark green case.
He was picking up his piano case and was about to leave. When he looked up, he saw Master Faller sitting on the sofa still looking down at the phone with a smile on his face, not knowing who he was talking to.
After spending three days with this master, Qi Mu also liked Mr. Faller very much.
This is a very good-tempered master, very patient and very high-level. No wonder Master Faller was second only to Mr. Swell of the New York Philharmonic and Dorenza of the Vienna Philharmonic in the vote that year. Sir, become the third best tempered maestro in the world.
Of course... If this master can give up the title of "Angel", Qi Mu thinks that he can privately raise his name to the first place.
"Mr. Faller, aren't you leaving yet? It seems that everyone in the academy has already left." Holding the piano case, Qi Mu said with a smile, "If you don't mind, you can go with me, although I live closer than you, but I can travel the same way for a short time."
And over there, Master Faller was chatting hotly, so he said, "Angel, why don't you wait a little longer, okay? Wait another ten minutes for me, let's go together."
Ten minutes is not too long, Qi Mu agreed after thinking about it.
There was nothing to do after waiting around. Qi Mu just picked up his mobile phone and hadn't turned it on when he suddenly remembered... that very good record player that was placed in Professor Akkad's lounge next door.
A few days ago, Qi Mu brought the vinyl record wrapped in a kraft paper bag to the academy and planned to borrow Mr. Akkad's record player for use. It's a pity that he has been practicing "Skylark" for the past few days, so he never has time.
And now, it just so happens to be a good opportunity.
Thinking like this, Qi Mu put the piano case in the piano room first, then got up and walked to the next room.
As for Master Farrer? He was chatting happily in the discussion group.
Daniel: [Damn! When I sent the photo to my sweetheart just now, that bastard Min saw it! How could he silently walk behind others and surreptitiously look at their mobile phones! What a devil!]Faller: [Huh? Daniel, haven't you left the band yet? Is Bo Ai busy recently?]Daniel: [We are currently preparing for the next season and next year's tour. Oh no, Auston he #%$^%#^…] Daniel: [Faller, where are you?]
After a while, Farrar: [… Auston?]
Reed: [Damn Auston! what are you doing here? ! !]Daniel: [Well, are you in Paris, Farrer?]
Reed: [Shut up, shut up, don't talk!]
Farrar: [Well, yes, I'm still in Reed's piano room. He asked me to take care of Angel during this time. It happened that the band was on vacation, so I came. Daniel: [Now... It's past eight o'clock in Paris, are you still in the piano room? What about Qi Mu?]Faller: [Did you ask Angel? He seemed to be going out just now. I asked him to wait for me for ten minutes. I was chatting with you. Angel is such a lovely child. He has been practicing the piano until now. He wants to walk with me and not leave me alone, so he is waiting for me.]Daniel: [Put down your phone, now you should go back, Farrar.]Faller: [… ?]
Reed: [Faller, how dare you let my lovely student wait for you? ! Don't tell me you didn't have dinner! ] Farrar: [No, we ate a loaf of bread, Reed.]Daniel: [Faller, you can go now, it's getting late, it's time to rest. Berlin is very close to Dresden, I can visit you next quarter, when do you want me to go? ] Farrar: [… Auston? Well, maybe you're right, it's time for me to go. Then I'll go next door and ask Angel to go with me, bye.]Daniel: [Well, be careful on the road.]
Mr. Faller reluctantly put down his phone, got up and walked to the lounge next door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw that handsome and tall young man was placing a brand new vinyl record on the record player and was about to put down the needle.
Suddenly hearing a door opening, Qi Mu turned around in surprise and asked, "...Mr. Faller?"
Master Faller nodded and asked curiously, "Angel, what are you doing?"
Qi Mu replied with a smile, "I'm just waiting for you, so I'm going to listen to the record. Mr. Faller, are you finished?"
Master Faller just wanted to say, "No hurry, if you want to listen to the record, we can wait." But he suddenly remembered the threatening words of a man in the discussion group just now, and the gentle-tempered master sighed helplessly. , said: "I'm done, Angel, it's getting late, let's go first, it's not bad to listen to the record tomorrow."
Qi Mu hesitated for a while, but finally nodded with a smile. He put the record carefully into the kraft paper bag again, and then opened Professor Akkad's safe and put it in.
At this moment, a certain man in Berlin who just threw his cell phone to Daniel, narrowed his eyes and thought: Today... I should have listened to the record, right? What would be the idea...
At the same time, Xiao Qi sighed helplessly, and while following Master Faller out of the academy building, she thought to herself: Hmm... Let's listen to it tomorrow.
Self-defeating, but that's it.