Debut After Eight Years

Sitting on the spot listening to Wang Qian's lecture, it can be said that none of them are ordinary people.

They are all rich and expensive.

In Europe and the United States, it is not an ordinary person who can become an artist, or who can persist in art as a hobby for a long time.

Whether it is learning art or loving art, it is a very expensive behavior. Going to a high-end concert is much more expensive than going to a movie to watch a concert.

And most of the people on the scene are engaged in music art, either performers of various musical instruments, or composers!

but.

No matter what kind of person you are, you all know it deeply.

The pipa piece played by Wang Qian just now is definitely a very successful piece!

Although, the end seemed very sudden at the end, as if it hadn't been completed yet.

However, the many changes and foreshadowing in front of the song have a very high degree of completion, and the artistic conception and picture of the performance are also very clear, so that everyone can hear that this is a song describing war, and at the same time, there is a sense of sadness at the end. Indicates that one party has lost and may die unusually.

Such a song that everyone can understand is absolutely rare.

It already has the characteristics of those classic songs in the history of music, but what it lacks is wide spread and long-term accumulation.

But such a piece of music, Wang Qian said that it was perfected on the spot, and he played it in real time while perfecting it?

Many people still instinctively don't believe it!

Especially many people who have creative experience do not believe it.

For those composers, it takes several years to create a piece of music, and they will continue to revise it later. It will take longer to polish and perfect it gradually, and it may even take about ten years to actually take it out for public performances.

Who dares to come up with a song that is not perfect, and perform it while perfecting it?

No one dares!

Those music masters in history did not dare.

This is almost equivalent to live creation and improvisation.

Once they fail, it will be a huge blow to them who are already famous, and a bad one will end in ruin.

Therefore, the pieces that have been performed publicly are basically pieces that have been successfully polished and cannot be semi-finished.

Pairs of eyes looked at Wang Qian, and many people expressed doubts and disbelief about his badness.

Dawson and Kalman, Max, Malone, David, Murphy and other top music artists have more doubts. They have experienced a lot in their lives. They are top performers themselves and have personally participated in many creations. How much time and effort is needed for a piece of music that can be played publicly!

In addition, there are fewer and fewer people engaged in classical music work, so the number of excellent songs has been reduced over the years, and now it is about to enter the era of real decline.

Christine, who is also a creator, looked at Wang Qian with some doubts in her eyes, but she didn't say it directly.

Because, she knows that she is not a music artist, but a pop singer, even if she is a world-class diva, but in the eyes of those big artists, she is just mediocre, and she doesn't have much face here.

Therefore, she came here very low-key and pays more attention to her words at the moment.

At the moment, Christine smiled and said: "I have to say that your temporary creation is very perfect. This piece of music only brings me surprise and novelty. Excuse me, what is the name of this piece of music? What kind of story does it tell?" ?”

Many people pricked up their ears, wanting to hear Wang Qian's answer.

Wang Qian did not answer directly, but asked: "What did you hear from this piece of music?"

Christine did not hesitate, and directly expressed her intuitive feelings: "Dangerous, intense, war, grand, death, very compact and exciting, like a fast-paced movie, so that the ears can't stop at all."

Many people at the scene nodded and agreed with her feeling when they heard what Christine said.

This is the same feeling that many people have!

This pipa piece is very exciting. It made everyone nervous at the beginning, as if they were in crisis and would die at any moment.

The grand and exciting war scenes and the climax of death are unforgettable for everyone.

Wang Qian smiled and nodded: "Your feelings are correct. I wrote this song based on the Chu-Han dispute in our Chinese history. It is about the final battle between the two sides competing for the victory of the dynasty. Whoever wins will become the emperor. And one side was surrounded by the other side, surrounded by ambushes, so the atmosphere was very tense and critical. In the last battle, the surrounded side was completely defeated. The leader refused to escape and committed suicide by the river, which was very tragic."

Wang Qian briefly told the core of the story.

Everyone at the scene understood and applauded immediately.

The teachers and students of the Huaxia Music Visiting Group were the most excited.

He Chaohui smiled and said, "It turned out that it was the battle between Chu and Han. I thought it was the melody of war, but I don't know which war it was about, maybe there was no clear direction! It turns out that it was about Xiang Yu and Liu Bang's struggle for hegemony."

Peng Donghu: "This piece of music is well written. Thinking about it this way, every rhythm in it echoes the details of the Chu-Han conflict. Professor Wang's cultural and musical heritage is amazing."

Yang Jiansen and other teachers and students also nodded in agreement.

To write such a song with rich historical and cultural heritage and precise expression, it is definitely a real Chinese cultural artist.

In this regard, all the musicians from China present were far inferior to Wang Qian.

It doesn't matter whether it's the teachers and students of the three colleges, or Chen Xiaowen, Liu Shengnan and others.

Liu Shengnan looked at Wang Qian and said in admiration: "I think, now in China, only Professor Wang has such strength and background. I don't know who else can do this."

Liu Shengnan graduated from Zhejiang University and Central Music. It can be said that she is well-informed in the fields of literature and music. She is indeed qualified to make such an evaluation.

She has never seen a music artist in the field of music who has such a profound literary background, and she has never seen anyone in the field of literature with a high musical background!

No single top achiever is the best of both worlds.

Therefore, in recent years, there have been no ethnic songs with strong Chinese cultural elements. The few folk music that have been widely circulated are all classics that have been handed down a hundred years ago.

In their opinion, Wang Qian's pipa piece is almost no worse than those familiar classic folk music pieces, and it will definitely be passed down in the future.

Xiao Dongmei and Ru Ke listened to Liu Shengnan's words, and they all nodded in agreement. One of them is the youngest writer, and the other is a rock star who has come out of the national team. They both have a deep understanding of these two fields, so I know that what Liu Shengnan said is indeed the truth.

Looking at Wang Qian on the podium with a pair of eyes, he only felt that Wang Qian had a unique aura in the world.

The applause lasted for more than ten seconds and then stopped.

Christine asked, "Did you name the piece? Or, is it still called an etude?"

There was some laughter at the scene.

We all know that Wang Qian likes to name the number of etudes for his compositions.

The previous few piano pieces were all called the number one etude before they were officially named.

This is the naming style that a real great music artist or even a music master will have.

Before today's class, many people sneered at Wang Qian's naming style and were very disdainful, thinking that Wang Qian was playing tricks and pretending to be coercive, and felt that Wang Qian was not qualified for such a name at all.

Now……

Everyone laughed in good faith after hearing what Christine said.

No one thinks that Wang Qian is pretending anymore, they all think that Wang Qian has the qualifications and the strength to do so.

People have created so many songs, and they are too lazy to name them one by one, so they just call them the number one and the number one etude, isn't it normal?

Even Max, Ma Long and several top music artists in the world smiled at Wang Qian.

Wang Qian also smiled self-deprecatingly, and replied to Christine: "It already has a name, so it's called, Flying Daggers! Translated into English, it means being surrounded and having nowhere to escape."

Christine thought about it carefully, and said to Wang Qian seriously: "This name is very appropriate. My question is over, thank you."

After finishing speaking, Christine bowed slightly to Wang Qian, and then sat down.

In fact, she still wanted to talk to Wang Qian about the topic of pop music, but it was obviously inappropriate to talk about pop music here.

There are so many people here, it is estimated that few people are interested in pop music.

If Christine exchanged pop music with Wang Qian here, he might be hostile by many old and antique artists on the scene.

Kristen didn't want to provoke a crowd, so asked some information about the piece and sat down.

Wang Qian nodded to Christine, then looked at everyone at the scene, and said: "This class is not short. I will write down a few pieces except this pipa piece Ambush from Ten Sides now. , and then talk to you about the specific details of these songs.”

Wang Qian heaved a sigh of relief, and was inexplicably grateful to Christine.

The pop queen really didn't make things difficult for him.

Taking this opportunity, he can quickly grasp the rhythm of this lesson, and then it will be over soon!

Wang Qian turned around and walked to the blackboard, ready to start writing the score.

Just write about Luoshen by the water, and Liang Zhu, the two piano pieces and violin pieces he played in this class, explain these two pieces of mainstream European and American instruments, and put down the pipa music for the time being, and wait for the next time when I return to China It is more meaningful to speak again after lecturing in Yangyin.

but……

obviously!

Today's class cannot be carried out according to Wang Qian's wishes.

As soon as Wang Qian walked to the blackboard, he raised his arms one by one at the scene before he even picked up his pen.

Although there were not as many as thousands of people just now, there were at least several hundred people.

Many people at the scene actually didn’t really want to hear Wang Qian’s explanation of these two pieces of music. Anyway, they could see the scores afterwards. They felt that with their musical attainments and artistic standards, it would not be a problem to understand the two pieces of music, and they would be able to do so smoothly. Practice playing.

Therefore, they think that listening to Wang Qian explain the music is a waste of time and opportunity.

What is the rarest opportunity today?

The opportunity to communicate directly with Wang Qian and the opportunity to make demands on Wang Qian are the most rare!

after today...

If they want to find such an opportunity to chat with Wang Qian about music, it will probably be very difficult.

so.

Few people at the scene wanted to hear Wang Qian explain the music.

They all want to hear something deeper and more direct.

for example!

Live performance beyond their imagination!

This can give them inspiration on playing techniques.

for example!

Play new tunes they haven't heard before!

This can bring them novelty and creative inspiration.

for example!

Ask the question of Wang Qian!

This can bring them joy.

These are what they want to see and look forward to.

so.

As soon as Wang Qian finished talking with Christine, hundreds of people immediately raised their hands.

Seeing this scene, Wang Qian showed a wry smile on his face, looked at everyone present, and said lightly: "It seems that everyone doesn't want to hear me explain the music. That's right, only those students need to listen to such basic things. , everyone here has already left the category of students, so naturally there is no need to listen."

"So, what do you want to hear from me?"

Wang Qian looked for a familiar face among the expectant eyes at the scene, who could communicate in a friendly and harmonious way with Christine just now.

But, it's a pity.

Among the people who raised their hands at the scene this time, there was no familiar face to Wang Qian.

There is one!

In the front row, Sophie's father, Mr. Malone, also raised his hand!

Max, who was sitting next to Ma Long, also raised his hand, but Wang Qian didn't recognize him.

These two are truly the world's top music artists, one is one of the top ten pianists in the world, and the other is the dean of the piano department of Juilliard, the world's top classical music school. They are both top music artists standing at the top of the piano field.

Even Wang Qian took a closer look and found that almost all the people who raised their hands this time were sitting in the front row. The voices of the upper echelons of the arts.

In the previous few times of raising hands, most of the people in the middle and back rows raised their hands, and there were only a few people in the front row at most.

Because, at the beginning, most people still didn't recognize Wang Qian that much, with a disdainful and questioning attitude, thinking that Wang Qian was not qualified to exchange music with them face to face. This is especially true for those top artists, who naturally would not lower their status to raise their hands and communicate with Wang Qian face to face.

And now.

Wang Qian conquered everyone on the scene with his real hard power, and was also recognized by all the top artists in the front row.

so.

Even these top music artists have let go of their identities at this moment, or recognized Wang Qian's status as equal to them, and chose to raise their hands to fight for the opportunity to communicate with Wang Qian face to face.

In this way, some people who raised their hands in the back slowly lowered their hands, thinking that at this time, they still have to give up the opportunity to the seniors in front and the real top music artists.

So, under Wang Qian's gaze, they lowered their arms one by one. In the end, only the hundreds of people in the front row were still raising their hands, their eyes staring at Wang Qian.

Standing in front of the blackboard, Wang Qian casually extended his hand to a gray-haired old man in the front row and said, "Sir, get up and talk. What do you want to hear from me? Or, what do you want to say to me?"

All eyes on the scene were focused on the gray-haired old man.

Taylor explained to Sophie and Jiang Yu: "He is Terry, the associate dean of the Composition Department of Eastman College, and a famous composer in New York, who has composed many famous piano pieces and violin pieces. The Whisper of the Wind released ten years ago won the Golden Piano Award, the highest award in the field of classical music in the world!"

Sophie looked at Terry who was standing up clearly: "I know the song Whisper of the Wind, and I have practiced it for a long time. This song is considered a good piece, but compared with Wang Qian's work, there should be more A little gap. That is the gap between a good work and a classic!"

Taylor took a look at Sophie, who was a little surprised by Sophie's great admiration for Wang Qian today, and said lightly: "Wang Qian's music has only been released for less than half a year, and it is far from being a classic. For classical music, It needs at least fifty years of precipitation before it can be regarded as a classic."

Sophie smiled: "It will be the same fifty years later!"

Jiang Yu agreed, "Sophie is right."

Jiang Yu is also a genius in the field of piano, and he feels that he has a say in this.

Several other people looked at Wang Qian and the composer Terry who stood up seriously.

Many European and American music artists around saw Terry stand up, and they all applauded. Many of them have cooperated with Terry, and almost most of them have played Terry's music.

Although Terry is famous for only one piece of piano music, he has composed no less than 20 pieces in his life, which can be regarded as a high output in the field of classical music. Among them, there are many pieces that have been publicly performed and recognized by the world. five.

This ranks among the top five among the contemporary living composers in the entire world.

However, Wang Qian is now almost surpassing his number.

Terry accepted the applause from everyone around him calmly and with a little pride, and then waited for the applause to quiet down before looking at Wang Qian, and said in a muddy tone: "Mr. Wang Qian, my name is Terry, He is a songwriter, and you should have something in common to talk about.”

Wang Qian smiled at Terry and said, "Hello, Mr. Terry, I also hope that we have something in common to talk about. It must be very happy! What does Mr. Terry want to talk about?"

Terry's slightly cloudy old eyes were full of seriousness. He stared at Wang Qian and said, "Let's talk about music creation."

Wang Qian stretched out his hand to invite, still smiling: "Okay, please tell me."

Terry nodded, accepted Wang Qian's invitation, and said, "You just said that the pipa piece you played just now was improvised by you on the spot, didn't you?"

Wang Qian froze for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, I mean, this is an unfinished piece I created a few years ago, and then I perfected it on the spot just now, and then played it."

Terry stared at Wang Qian: "Isn't that just a live creation? This piece of music was created by you on the spot just now. Is that what you mean?"

The atmosphere at the scene became quiet again.

Everyone could see that Terry seemed to be a bad visitor. When he stared at Wang Qian, he was full of momentum and spoke very seriously, as if he was arguing and finding fault.

Many European and American music artists and art lovers watched this scene with great interest and anticipation. They didn't worry about Wang Qian, they only thought that Terry did a good job.

No matter how powerful music strength and background Wang Qian showed just now, even if they also admit this strength background of Wang Qian, they will still not regard Wang Qian as their own, and will still treat Wang Qian as an outsider. When Wang Qian made a fool of himself, they still felt pleased and happy.

Especially now, Wang Qian has also shown a strong background in music, and they will be happier if Wang Qian makes a fool of himself in front of them with such a strong background.

Therefore, many people expected Terry, the world's top music artist, to beat Wang Qian.

Only the people on the Huaxia delegation were very worried about Wang Qian.

The smile on Wang Qian's face also disappeared, with a calm expression, he looked at Terry and said lightly: "Mr. Terry can also understand it in this way."

Terry immediately asked again: "So, you composed the song just now?"

Wang Qian knew that the visitor was not kind, so he simply said affirmatively: "Yes!"

Terry's expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice, "You're lying!"

Wang Qian said flatly: "I don't need to lie."

Terry: "But you're lying. I've been making music for forty-five years. I've written over twenty pieces. I've seen all the top music creators in the world. No one can do it. It's not those black people. Hippie music, just singing a few melodies and lyrics is improvisation on the spot. This is a serious music art, a music art full of national culture, which requires a complete artistic conception and rhythm. No one can improvise like you said creation."

There were some discussions at the scene.

"Professor Terry is right. No one can do this. Wang Qian is lying. He said this on purpose to make it appear that he is better than us."

"He shouldn't lie, especially when it comes to music. There are many people at the scene who can see through his lies."

"Huaxia people really like to cheat."

"Although the pipa piece just now surprised me, but I also want to say that it is impossible to improvise such a piece on the spot. No one can, no one!"

"It must have been created by him long ago..."

...

Many people recognized Terry's words and expressed doubts about Wang Qian.

Wang Qian shrugged, walked to the podium, still facing everyone calmly, and said softly: "You can't do it, and other people you've seen can't do it, but it doesn't mean I can't do it either. I never Do not lie."

Terry stared at Wang Qian and said seriously: "Then how do you prove this?"

Wang Qian shook his head: "I don't need proof, because I won't lie to deceive you, it doesn't make any sense."

No need for proof?

What do you mean?

Many people at the scene were very dissatisfied when they heard Wang Qian's words.

"If you can't prove it, then it's fake."

someone said loudly.

Wang Qian looked at the man and said lightly: "If you think it's fake to make you happy and satisfy some of your emotions, then you can think so. However, I won't admit it, because what I said It's the truth."

Terry looked at Wang Qian with a tall and straight body, and said loudly: "If you can compose a piece of music on the spot as I said, it doesn't need to be as good as the few pieces you played just now, as long as it is a complete piece of music. I Just admit that you are not lying, and I will apologize to you for my rashness just now. Moreover, I will invite you to enter the Composition Department of Eastman College as a professor..."

Terry's words spread throughout the room.

The scene fell silent instantly.

Everyone looked at Terry.

Both Professor Dawson and Kalman, the landlord of Curtis College, stared back at Terry.

Max and Malone also looked at Terry.

They all looked at Terry with some unkind eyes.

Terry seems to be constantly aggressive towards Wang Qian!

But……

In the end, the purpose was revealed.

This guy!

Uneasy kindness.