Golden Greenery

"Zhuoyang, do you think the Fourteenth Sonata is about the ocean and storms?"

"Don't think so." Zhuoyang said, "Brother Bo, what do you think it's talking about?"

"Dove of War and Peace."

"That's war and peace, as you understand it."

Conversations like this have happened many times between Zhuo Yang and Ivo Pogorelic in the past six months.

38 years ago, the 22-year-old Bogo was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Xiaoxing competition and failed to enter the finals. This triggered protests from the judges including the ‘high priest’ Sister Argerich, which made him famous.

In the following year, Bogo relied on this popularity to tour the world, including New York and London, and began cooperation with many major record companies, establishing his status as a first-class performer.

By the way, Vietnamese pianist Dang Thaison won first place in the Chopin Competition that year, and it was also the first time an Asian won the Chopin Gold Medal.

Bo Ge and Deng Taisong also became lifelong enemies, and both looked down upon each other.

But Deng Taisong later said that because he came from Vietnam, a remote country, he was flattered to appear on Xiao Sai's stage. During the entire competition, I was cautious and did not dare to play a wrong note. It is these rigors that give him an advantage over the judges compared with the rebellious Pogorelic.

However, one cannot underestimate Deng Taisong's achievements just because of the controversy caused by Bogo. He deserved to be the champion that year.

And Bo Ge's wandering in Xiaosai is also closely related to his love and marriage.

Bo Ge was very handsome when he was young, completely handsome. Just looking at his face, Zhuoyang of the same age is not worthy of carrying Bogo's shoes.

The 18-year-old Bogo came to Moscow Central Conservatory of Music (Tchaikov Conservatory of Music) for further studies, and his tutor was 3 Raj.

Kaizeraj reshaped Pogorelic's techniques and musical concepts, and he soon won the first prize at the Casa Grande Piano Competition in Italy and the Montreal International Music Competition.

In the eyes of outsiders, Keizeraj and Pogorelic were strict masters and disciples, and no one knew how the relationship between them grew and changed.

Is it in the corrective touch of a hand, or in a shared understanding of the situation in the song? All I know is that the world of music is vast enough to accommodate the proximity of two hearts.

In the year of graduation, that is, the year before participating in the Shaw Competition, Bogo proposed to Keizeraj, and she agreed.

Not to mention the conservative and staid classical music world back then, even today, teacher-student love is quite unethical, especially between female teachers and male students.

For an analogy, refer to the turmoil caused by the marriage of Yang Guo, the Condor Hero in the martial arts world, to his aunt Xiao Longnu during the Southern Song Dynasty. Xiao Longnu was only Yang Guo's 'aunt' in name only, and she was only five years older than him.

Professor Keizeraj is Bogo’s real mentor, and she is 21 years older than him. You taste it, you taste it carefully.

Therefore, he was eliminated from the Chopin competition next year not only because of his interpretation of Chopin's rebellion, but also partly because the old people couldn't stand his rebellion in love.

Abandoned by the mainstream classical music industry, he and she were also abandoned by their families because of their marriage.

From then on, the couple traveled around the world together. She accompanies him to rise to fame and accompanies him to face controversy.

1 Shah Keizeraj passed away due to lung cancer.

In the last kiss before her death, the wife sprayed blood on her husband's hair and face because of a ruptured liver.

To whom does a mournful chord appeal? From then on, he refused to perform anymore and began a long life of seclusion.

Rilke said in the poem: I can never find you again, I am lonely and helpless.

More than ten years later, he appeared in front of the world again.

With his hair shaved off, his playing became even more deviant. The unconventionally slow tempo, thrilling sound and dark tones sparked renewed controversy.

But Pogorelic doesn't care - those who understand will understand that those elongated melody lines, wide dynamic range and deep bass allow the core of the music to be presented; and the painful emotional processing can be clearly heard The voices of the mourners tell the story of ten years of life and death.

Compared with Bogo's unrestrained, unrestrained and wild playing style after his comeback, he was rebellious before and behaved like a good student.

So he thought he was a legend in the piano world, but he was deeply moved by Zhuo Yang's magical romanticism, and took the initiative to contact Zhuo Yang in the hope of holding a concert using his works.

You can play Lao Chai, Beethoven, Chopin and other deceased sages how you want and when you want, but Zhuo Yang’s works cannot be played because he is still alive and there are copyright issues here.

Bo Ge is a traitor to the piano, and so is Zhuo Yang. Any unconstrained breakthrough will touch the cakes of those with vested interests in the circle.

Zhuo Yang and Bo Ge are both extremely talented pianists, and they both love each other. The football world generally accepts Zhuoyang's simultaneous pursuit of the piano, but the piano world is very dissatisfied with his obsession with vulgar football.

Zhuoyang himself can interpret magical romanticism, but he still needs other ideas to interpret it from other angles, and he will understand after listening to it.

Bogo is an ideal performer. He can play Chopin into Mozart, and you know there is nothing he dares not do on the piano.

Zhuoyang needs someone who can play magical romance beyond recognition, because his new style is inherently full of chaos, disorder and whimsy. Only by being eclectic can the magic be the most magical.

Bogo is so suitable.

Zhuo Yang immediately agreed, and Bo Ge was also unambiguous and came to Manchester from the Lugano Mountains in Switzerland where he lived that day.

In the next six months, under Zhuo Yang's recommendation, Bogo became a visiting scholar at the Royal Northern Music Institute in Manchester. Whenever Zhuo Yang had free time, the two of them got together to ponder magical romanticism.

Bo Ge is a veteran in the piano world. Although Zhuo Yang is also very good now, in this classical music world that still pays great attention to seniority, Zhuo Yang will naturally show due respect if he can win Bo Ge's favor.

It’s not that Zhuoyang himself can’t play. He agreed with Bogorelic to be the first person to perform on the theme of magical romanticism. It’s also an honor for Bogo.

This is a story of mutual admiration between men and the mutual admiration of two generations of artists.

After half a year of discussion, 22 pieces were finally selected to be presented by Bo Ge at the concert, and all of them would be performed by him. Zhuo Yang would only be an audience member, and there would be no other assistants.

This is obviously physical work. Fortunately, he has a bald head. Although he is no longer the "flowery flower in the music scene" when he was young, he still has a toughness in his bones.

Zhuoyang in a suit doesn't look like a football player at all, but Bo Ge in a dress is clearly Yeluzi's football coach.

On February 4, 2018, the beginning of spring, "Zhuo Yang's Magical Dreams" was performed on time at London's Paladin Opera House.