"Fu Tiao"

Fu Diao stretched out his hand and took Jacek Kaspuchik's huge left hand. Although they were just holding each other, it felt like his hand was wrapping Fu Diao's hand. The ravine in his hand was clearly displayed between the two of them, rough and rough.

But warm and powerful.

This is a hand that has experienced a lot of art. These hands are the expression of Jacek's thinking about art. He passes all his thoughts on art to the band off the stage through his hands, allowing them to become a whole.

Jacek is not an ordinary conductor. He is the artistic director and chief conductor of the Warsaw Chopin Philharmonic Orchestra. His career originated from Karajan, that is, the Karajan Conducting Competition held by the conducting emperor. He is one of the

One of the two winners of the competition, he subsequently held leading positions in most orchestras in Poland.

He is most famous for his accurate interpretation of all Polish works. You can even say that none of the Polish works conducted by any conductor in Poland is as accurate and beautiful as his. His interpretation of Romantic period works, 20th century to contemporary orchestral works

His interpretations are equally excellent. The symphonies, concertos, operas he has conducted range from Mozart to Puccini and Verdi, from Strauss to Wagner, and each of them has received wide acclaim.

Therefore, as the conductor of the Warsaw Chopin Philharmonic Orchestra, he is undoubtedly the conductor of this year's Chopin International Piano Competition. This is why he came over to greet Fu Tiao as soon as he saw him.

He doesn't care who will win in the end, all he cares about is to make the music performance as perfect as possible.

Seeing Fu Diao shaking hands with him and greeting him, Jacek smiled gently, squeezed his palms harder and expressed his inner concern, then slowly let go and spoke to Fu Diao.

"There is still a little time left. The people in my band still need to eat, so please wait a moment and wait for them to take a break before starting again. Don't worry that this will infringe on your time. We will give it to you."

The three-hour practice time is calculated based on the time we start, and is not a fixed time."

After that, Jacek led Fu Diao towards the seats under the stage. He picked up the toast sandwich that he had not finished eating and stuffed it into his mouth. Then he picked up the coffee and drank it in one gulp, letting the coffee soften the sandwich.

, he chewed it casually a few times, then swallowed it hard, not caring about his own image at all.

He leaned against the back of the seat and looked at Fu Tiao's somewhat reserved figure sitting on one side. He couldn't help but smile and spread his hands and said, "You look very nervous. Do I make you so nervous?"

"No, I just..." Fu Diao shook his head, but before he could say anything, Jacek raised his hand to stop him.

"Okay, since you're not nervous, I just want to remind you not to be nervous. After all, we are in a cooperative relationship, not a superior-subordinate relationship. What we care about is how to express our music.

It's more perfect than how to speak to make the other person happy, so... don't care when I say something bad about you. Similarly, you can also directly interrupt me if you think what I said is wrong.

"

After that, he seemed to be afraid that Fu Diao didn't understand clearly, so he reiterated again: "We are cooperating, there is no need to be nervous."

"Okay." Fu Diao breathed a long sigh of relief, smiled at Jacek, and handed him the music score in his hand: "This is the record I made on the music score. It hasn't started yet. You can take a look.

, if there is anything unclear, you can ask me questions and I will answer. As for music... please follow my direction."

"That's right, we are cooperating!" Jacek also laughed and seemed to enjoy Fu Diao's way of speaking and did not feel Fu Diao's offense.

He took the sheet music from Fu Diao's hand, raised his watch and glanced at the time. He put the sheet music on his lap and clapped his hands to the group of band members who were still eating baguettes on the stage. He first made a pause sign.

After comparing two more tens, he nodded to Fu Diao and began to read what Fu Diao had written on the music score.

He asked the band to rest for another 20 minutes. During these 20 minutes, he wanted to understand Fu Tiao's thoughts on Chopin as much as possible.

After the members of the band received the news from Jacek, they did not chat in that place like a mess. Instead, they were led by the leaders of each part. They first tuned the music, and then began to rehearse in advance some songs that they had not played well before.

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Even though this Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 is almost engraved into their souls, they still need constant practice to make their music performance more perfect.

For a moment, the only sound in the entire concert hall was the sound of the band members practicing.

Jacek looked at the sheet of music in his hand with a calm expression. He carefully thought about all the marks Fu had made on it, and what the effect would be if he played with an orchestra.

After looking at it for a long time, he probably understood what Fu Tiao meant and asked.

"So... you hope that my band can create more of a wave-like feeling, pushing the power of music forward, wave after wave, and the expression of music should not stop as much as possible. Is this what you mean?"

"Well, it's almost the same, but it's not complete yet. I hope that all the movements of this work can be made into a whole as much as possible, and the changes in mood can be minimized in the scheduling between movements. It is best to add a little more continuity.

Emotions, such as this place..."

Fu Diao pointed to some notes at the end of the music and said.

"For example, in this place, I hope that when you play with me in this place, the intensity does not need to be too high, and you can create a sense of harmony, especially in connection with the second movement."

"Well, I probably know the feeling you want. Let the whole movement form a whole, let the music promote the emotions wave after wave, don't give everyone too much breathing space, just use the general momentum to directly suppress it, that's it

?"

"Yes."

"Then I perform it in this way, what do you think?"

Jacek hummed a few times, waving his fingers in the air to express the mood of the music.

After Fu Diao thought for a moment, he nodded slowly.

"Okay, but it's not perfect enough. I want this..."

The two quickly communicated about music issues, and had a simple collision of ideas before they even started.

Jacek took out a memo from his pocket, looked at the markings of Fu's tunes on the music score, recorded all those things in his small notebook, and began to think about how to get the orchestra to play according to Fu's tunes and his ideas.

Many people have a stereotype. They always think that the conductor is a human metronome, beating time in front, and pretending to perform with a small stick.

But in fact, the conductor's job is not easy. First of all, you must be an absolutely accurate metronome. You cannot have any problems with your rhythm. You cannot follow the rhythm of the band, but you should follow the rhythm in your own mind.

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In terms of rhythm, the conductor may be just a hair away from those professional percussion players.

In terms of listening, the conductor has to do more. He must be extremely proficient in all the details of the music, know what he wants and what he doesn't want, and be able to hear everyone's mistakes.

Among the countless musical resonances and dozens of instruments playing in unison, he can hear a problem with an instrument and even know what he did wrong. This is also his basic skill.

The same goes for being able to adjust the proportion of music in the orchestra through sensitivity to music to make the sound effect more perfect.

If Dongguo, who is cheating on the instrument, performs in a Western orchestra, he will be kicked out without any chance of cheating, because these conductors can really hear problems among the dozens or even hundreds of resonating instruments.

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Of course! If you have a relationship with the conductor, let’s talk about it separately.

Rhythm and accuracy are the most basic skills of a conductor. Even if you say that you are a mature conductor, you must master these two skills.

Then, it comes to the conductor’s performance in command.

The baton is not a special instrument, it can even be a pencil, because its main function is to extend the fingers, allowing everyone to see the direction of his finger movements more clearly.

Even for an orchestra with a smaller number of members, it is okay for the conductor to do so without a baton.

The more powerful a conductor is, the deeper his understanding of music is, and the clearer he can express what he wants to express with his body, and then use his body and finger movements to drive the entire orchestra.

It's a very simple thing. If you use language to say it, the music you are talking about may not be able to express it particularly accurately. You may even be entangled in several synonyms for a long time, not knowing which word can better express what you want.

The music is expressed more clearly and will not cause any misunderstandings.

As for the conductor, he does not need to sing or speak, but simply relies on some small details of his body to express the music he wants to express very clearly. This is the strength of the conductor.

You have to know that the conductor is not a musical instrument. He does not control the orchestra like playing an instrument, and the people in the orchestra are not robots without any consciousness. They all have their own ideas about music.

Compared to a director, he is more like a commander, commanding his troops.

And if you, the commander, are too outrageous, the people under your command will also resist and refuse to play, causing the music to become a mess.

As a conductor, in addition to expressing your own ideas, you also need to combine the ideas of everyone in the orchestra and find a suitable angle to approach.

The more powerful a conductor is, the more precise his conduct will be, directly poking the pulse of everyone's music like a scalpel, displaying everything in front of everyone, and integrating all the music together.

This is why many people say that Jacek's interpretation of Polish music is accurate.

Because accuracy is already a very high evaluation.

In the same way, saying that a conductor is like dancing is the worst curse, because it means that he has no connection with the music or the orchestra. He is just a pure marionette, being led away by the orchestra.

Just like a boat.

After confirming what Fu Diao wanted, Jacek nodded slightly, stood up without any hesitation, clapped his hands to everyone, attracted everyone's attention, turned his body sideways, and smiled slightly at Fu Diao.

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"Fu, come on stage and start our cooperation."

"good!"

The two walked towards the stage at the same time. After Fu Tiao shook hands with the concertmaster sitting at the front of the violin, he sat directly in front of the piano and waited for the start.

Jacek, on the other hand, leaned slightly on the piano and did not take out his baton. Instead, he raised his big hand and stretched it forward, slightly parallel to his line of sight.

The concert hall fell silent for an instant, with only the faint breathing of the people remaining.

Jacek turned to look at Fu Diao, waiting for Fu Diao's accurate response. Without any hesitation, he placed his big hand in front of him for a pre-beat, then looked at the string part and waved vigorously.

Buzz…

The sound of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 burst out from the orchestra instantly, and right from the beginning, the aura of the music instantly filled the entire concert hall.

All members of the orchestra followed Jacek's steps with utmost trust and showed everything in the music.

Jacek did not make many changes to this beginning, because forced changes would not help Fu Diao. On the contrary, it might make the musicians under him confused and not clear about what to do.

Play.
To be continued...