Chapter 168 Mastering the system

Beyond almost everyone's imagination, no one would have thought that professors from the Berlin University of the Arts would actually come directly to the stage and start playing.

Normally, it would be Fu Diao who would perform on stage, and then several instructors would negotiate with each other to see who is more suitable to lead Fu Diao now, and how to improve Fu Diao's level again.

But now... Fu Diao doesn't have to go on stage. Instead, these professors come on stage to perform for Fu Diao?

What is this concept?

This is exactly what Berlin University of the Arts came to beg for Fu to be transferred to school!

The identities of the professors here are not particularly simple. Basically, everyone's level and strength are among the best in the world. There may be some ordinary people who have been transferred from other schools with good teaching skills to serve as performers.

There are many tutors at the national level, but this number is definitely not large, and these tutors and professors who were transferred from other places have not won particularly many awards, but their teaching level is not bad.

For example, the South Korean professor named Lee Meizhu who is on the stage now has been teaching at the Berlin University of the Arts since 1990, and has her own separate master classes in Austria, France and South Korea. She is the Distinguished Professor Inje of South Korea.

She began her artistic career in 1985.

He has won prizes in the world's top competitions, the Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition, the Oviti International Piano Competition and the Tokyo International Piano Competition. He has held concerts in various countries and collaborated with the world's top orchestras, such as Sir Simon

She leads the Berlin Philharmonic, and at the same time, she is also a guest at music festivals around the world.

Although many of the honors she has now are not as valuable as Fu Tiao, there are so many of them, so many honors that could fill a whole page are piled up in front of everyone.

There are more than a dozen people like her at Berlin University of the Arts, and almost everyone has experience of global tours, and some are even contracted pianists for some top orchestras.

However, even though they had so many honors, which were ridiculous, they still walked to the stage to show Fu Diao their own personal style, and briefly described the teaching logic they were used to, to see if Fu Diao was used to them.

teaching methods.

The densely packed group of people on the second floor of the concert hall in the distance were completely numb. Looking at the instructors who were playing in front of them and trying their best to promote themselves, they even felt that their artistic values ​​were about to collapse.

You know, many of them are admitted to this school, and what they value most are the instructors who come to teach them. Take Chen Ying as an example, her instructor is Li Meizhu who is currently playing on the stage.

Chen Ying can be regarded as a super admirer of her. She often discusses with her boyfriend what concerts her teacher has held recently and what albums she has released. Then she uses her mobile phone to record what the teacher says every time during class.

Come down, listen again and again, and think about the meaning of what the teacher said.

The result was obvious. It was precisely because she worked so hard to think and analyze that her level improved so quickly. She soon had the ability to hold solo concerts in school, and she had been invited by other cities to go to their places.

Have a solo concert.

It sounds awesome, but actually...it's even more awesome than you can imagine.

In the music conservatory, the school will help register the artist's identity for their students and place them under their own school. The school acts as a small agency to help students find jobs.

Normally, when you can find a job in a school, it is basically because a teaching institution somewhere is short of people, and you hope to find some students from the music school to teach. This is posted everywhere on the information board in the school.

Basically, not many students pay special attention to this thing. Basically, they just take a look at it and put it directly in the back of their minds after knowing about it. Only a few students who are preparing to graduate and have no job will pay their attention to it.

Focus on this, after all, this can give you nearly 17, 8 or 20 euros an hour.

If you are a music teacher in a serious school and you go to practice as an intern, the salary they will give you will be a little higher, 25 euros an hour. However, this is rare and rarely encountered, because

If you perform well, you can stay in school and become a teacher in the future.

Almost equivalent to compilation.

Compared with the number of teachers found in piano shops, the group is short of people and needs to temporarily find a professional person to help. However, there are still many people, and we often encounter group partners who are temporarily unavailable.

Of course, for a group, this number may not be particularly large, probably only once or twice a year, but the problem is... there are still thousands of bands in Berlin, so this also leads to occasional

There can be one or two such invitations posted on the bulletin board.

Because it is temporary, the price will be higher. Occasionally, you will get 30 or 50 euros, but this only happens once, and it does not mean that you will become a full member of the group.

And less frequently, there are some invitations from other cities, inviting people from their side to hold concerts as a warm-up venue.

Some cities are relatively small, such as some second- and third-tier cities. Although they can still be called cities, they are actually the size of a village in China.

Such cities will also hold certain music festivals. If they cannot invite particularly good pianists, they will also invite some students to perform in the main sessions of their music festivals.

You can get hundreds of euros or even nearly a thousand euros in one game of this thing.

But, it doesn’t matter whether it’s money or not, the important thing is that I enjoy giving concerts.

Unfortunately, there may only be two or three such tasks throughout the year. Even if you are lucky enough to be able to invite top pianists from various places to give concerts, then there may not be any place that invites students from the school throughout the year.

students came to give a concert.

As for the school, these invitation tasks are not given out so casually. They are basically given to the most outstanding group of students in the school, which is almost equivalent to the group of artists.

Wu Hong's partner, Chen Ying, is one of them. When she was a sophomore, she was valued by Li Meizhu, who was currently present, because of her perfect performance in a teaching concert. She negotiated with the school to give her such an opportunity.

However, even though she made rapid progress and was even able to independently undertake the repertoire and professional requirements of a concert, she still couldn't see clearly about her current teacher, Li Meizhu.

I can't see where Li Meizhu's lower limit is, and I don't even know what Li Meizhu is not good at.

Just like all the works, just take them out and put them in her hands, and she can play them directly for you, without any need for practice.

In fact, many pianists are good at this sight-reading skill, but the works produced by most pianists can only be said to be a mess and cannot be listened to at all.

But Li Meizhu couldn't sense the feeling of sight-reading at all.

Maybe it's because Chen Ying's level is poor? But she really can't figure out what Li Meizhu's strength is.

However……

For Chen Ying, such a strong pianist, the teacher she admired so much, the mysterious and powerful Li Meizhu, actually went to the stage to play for Fu Diao and explain her to her in order to recruit Fu Diao as a student.

of playing logic, and then show her strongest level strength.

For a moment, Chen Ying felt as if his worldview had collapsed and no longer existed.

Not only Chen Ying, but also other students around her.

Because the teachers chosen by Berlin University of the Arts are basically all the top teachers and professors in Germany, many students admire their teachers extremely.

But when they saw their teacher displaying his strength like a salesman and letting Fu Tiao choose as he pleased, they really didn't feel particularly good.

Originally, some people were thinking, since everyone has a performer diploma from the Berlin University of the Arts, why should you be more noble than me? I want to see what your real level of strength is.

Even if your own strength is not good, their teacher's strength is still here. You, the winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, will not be allowed to dominate here in Berlin!

As a result, before Fu Tiao took action, his teacher surrendered first. What kind of words is this?

My ministers... I wanted to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?

Everyone's mood became extremely low for a while, but there was nothing they could do.

Their emotions had no way of affecting the professors and Fu Tiao who were playing on the stage.

Compared with the dignity and quality that these students care about, these professors actually care more about who he will choose.

For a pianist, especially those who are gradually turning to teaching, what they care about is not only how many concerts they can give around the world and how many honors they can win, but what they care more about is themselves.

How are the students doing?

After all, they feel that their artistic careers may be coming to an end, with little room for further progress.

However, even so, they are still one level behind the top pianists, such as Argerich and Zimmerman.

It can only be regarded as first-class, not top-notch at all.

In this case, it is better to teach a particularly strong student and bring him with him when people introduce him to Fu Tiao later.

For example, Fu Tiao was born in 1997. When he was young, he learned the basics from Professor Wang Jian of the Central Academy of China. He once won the first place in the piano group of the China Golden Piano Award. He later transferred to Haicheng Academy and studied piano with Professor He Shen.

After winning the Chopin International Piano Competition, Fu Tiao did not stop. Instead, he went to Berlin, Germany, to study at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he studied with piano masters and national treasure-level pianists of that country.

During this stage, he successfully broke through his own limits, broadened his artistic path, and laid the most perfect foundation for his artistic career. Much of this is due to the contributions of piano masters.

Of course, the last sentence may not be added, but just thinking about it makes many professors feel a slight fluctuation in their hearts.

After all, Fu Diao is real, powerful enough to be seen with the naked eye, and with just a glance, they can guess Fu Diao's future.

The status of a first-class pianist is stable. Whether he can reach the position of a top pianist in the world and be on an equal footing with people like Lang Liangyue, Argerich, Zimmerman, and Kiyuki depends on Fu Tiao's luck.

Maybe you have reached the level of strength, but because of bad luck, your reputation has never been improved, and you can only squat in the top position and be unable to move.

This is not uncommon. For example, Zhu Xiaomei, who is very popular recently, already has the feeling that her Bach is among the best in the world. Even if it is a little worse than Gould, it is not much different.

However, Zhu Xiaomei has played few of her other works and has not had enough money to promote them. She has not promoted them for a long time, so she can only be regarded as a first-class pianist. She is still a little short of the top-notch repertoire and luck.

It's hard to say about luck, but it's pretty good to have a first-class pianist under your command.

Therefore, all the professors tried their best to show their personal characteristics for Fu Diao to choose.

However……

Until the last professor finished playing, Fu Tiao's expression did not change much.

These professors' playing is good, but I always feel that something is missing. It doesn't suit me particularly well.

For example, Li Meizhu, the first person, really showed the most perfect part of herself in it. Unfortunately, it was obvious that, just as she said to Fu Diao, her and Fu Diao's styles did not match well.

It is more about pursuing national things, hoping to express the national feeling deep in one's heart.

This feeling is actually very marketable in the current classical music scene, especially for music that is developing more and more slowly. Musicians in various places have begun to give up continuing to cultivate music, and have turned to exploring the characteristics of national music and bringing about

A little fresh feeling.

It's a pity that Fu Tiao prefers to show his own personal characteristics rather than his nationality.
To be continued...