Miller is an ordinary American young man and a crazy music fan.
Unlike the current American young people who are obsessed with rock and roll, Miller likes traditional music, especially symphony, which led his friends to nickname him "Sixteenth Century Man".
Today is New Year's Day, and Miller's parents are planning to go to the movies with the whole family to celebrate, but Miller refuses to go because he wants to stay at home and watch live TV.
The New Year's Concert at the Los Angeles Music Center invited the famous Maestro Bernstein to conduct and the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra performed. For a symphony fan, this is something that cannot be missed. Unfortunately, the concert tickets are too expensive and early in the morning.
It was sold out, and Miller could only watch it live on TV at home.
The whole family went to watch a movie, and Miller was the only one left at home. Just before the concert was about to start, Miller's girlfriend Jenny came.
Jenny said angrily: "Oh, my sixteenth-century master, today is the first day of the New Year, can't you go out with me to watch a movie?"
"Sweetheart, stop making trouble, the concert will start soon." Miller stared at the TV.
Jenny sat down on the sofa helplessly. What could she do if she met such a great boyfriend?
In fact, Bernstein was not just a conductor and composer, he was also a television celebrity. When Miller and Jenny were young, Bernstein popularized music knowledge on television programs, with his elegant conversation and handsome appearance.
His appearance has added countless fans to him, including many children.
When Miller was six years old, he was attracted by Bernstein's TV program and became obsessed with classical music. He is now learning to play the violin.
The concert on the TV had begun, and Miller listened quietly to the performance, his arms dancing gently to the symphony rhythm from time to time. Next to him, his girlfriend Jenny had fallen asleep on the sofa.
Before they knew it, more than two hours passed with the music, and Miller's parents and younger siblings had gone home after watching the movie.
"Oh, this gentleman is still listening to his concert." Miller's brother Tom mocked.
Miller turned a deaf ear to his brother's words and still stared at the TV.
Suddenly, the concert host came onto the stage. Miller thought the host would announce the end of the concert, but the host said: "For the last performance tonight, we invited a mysterious performer. He
Coming from the ancient and mysterious East, the instrument he used to play has a history of at least 7,000 years. It is a prehistoric instrument. It has also been a court instrument in China for thousands of years. I would like to invite Kang from Hong Kong, and his
Chinese ocarina!”
A young Asian man walked up to the stage and waved to Bernstein on the podium and the orchestra members. He bowed a few more times to the audience and said in Chinese: "Hello everyone, my name is Kang Jianfei, from Hong Kong, China. I am here for everyone.
I will bring you a song called "Original Scenery of My Hometown". This is a song I composed myself. I hope my American friends will like it."
Miller, who had been watching TV carefully just now, suddenly exclaimed in an exaggerated manner: "Oh, hell, what is this Chinese doing here? Playing the ocarina at a symphony concert, what bastard came up with this bad idea."
Miller's shouting immediately woke up Jenny from her sleep. Other family members came running over, and his father asked: "What happened?"
Miller pointed at the TV and said: "The Chinese is going to play the ocarina at the symphony concert. Moreover, Master Bernstein will be the conductor, and the Los Angeles Symphony Orchestra will accompany him!"
Jenny smiled and said: "Chinese people all look similar. He has the same face as Bruce Lee. They are both flat."
Miller's father said: "Listen to his performance. I don't think the Los Angeles Music Center will just find someone to come."
While a few people were talking, the performance had already begun, with the first sounds of the violin and the inaudible piano.
After a prelude, the simple and desolate sound of the xun suddenly sounded. It was like an echo from the ancient times, and like a call from the deep mountains and empty valleys.
After only listening for a few seconds, Miller suddenly froze and muttered to himself: "Oh, I'm a cake buyer!"
At this time, in the Los Angeles Music Center Concert Hall, countless audiences who came to listen to the symphony were also stunned. After coming back to their senses, they immediately listened carefully and gradually became fascinated.
It's not that "Original Scenery of Hometown" is so good that it beats the symphony in seconds, but that these music fans have listened to the symphony countless times, but this is the first time to listen to Tao Xun's performance. The feeling is naturally shocking. It's like listening to it all the time.
The Chinese music fans in the polls were suddenly exposed to a live performance by a symphony orchestra. The hair on their bodies stood up and their souls were deeply shocked.
Bernstein deserves to be a master. He arranged and rehearsed "Original Scenery of Hometown" for a total of three hours, but the sound effect is far better than the version arranged by Li Fanyu. Various Western instruments and pottery
When Xun is combined, it doesn't seem abrupt or isolated at all, and there is a sense of harmony that complements each other.
"Bah, bang, bang..." After the performance of the song, a wave of applause erupted in the concert hall.
For these audiences, Kang Jianfei's appearance was a complete surprise. Although the performance was not a symphony, the novel instruments and style of music were very useful to them.
Kang Jianfei put down Tao Xun and said into the microphone: "The next song is Tao Xun's solo - "Sky"."
This time there was no accompaniment, but the music played seemed purer. The sound was just like its name "Sky", as if it came from the clouds outside the sky, misty and ethereal, and sometimes changed without reason, taking the listener to fly in the sky.
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Before Miller spoke in front of the TV, his girlfriend Jenny was already surprised and said: "Wow, such a clean voice, I like this song. Miller, what's the name of that Chinese guy?"
"How do I know?" Miller shrugged, "But this song is really good."
On the TV, the concert had come to an end, conductor Bernstein was shaking hands with the orchestra players, and Kang Jianfei was also shaking hands with everyone in celebration.
Bernstein patted Kang Jianfei on the shoulder and said, "Kang, your performance is great. I have promised Columbia Records to arrange ten more of your songs."
"Thank you very much." Kang Jianfei smiled.
Columbia Company has already recorded part of the record with Chinese musical instrument accompaniment brought from Hong Kong, and asked Bernstein to arrange it. Naturally, another version will be created. When the time comes, the two arranged versions will be released together. It depends on the music.
Which one fans prefer to buy, maybe many people will choose both versions together.
Because of the presence of the master Bernstein, the concert attracted more than a dozen reporters. Before the concert started, these reporters paid little attention to Kang Jianfei, but after the concert ended, Kang Jianfei was surrounded by reporters.
The next day's "Los Angeles Times", the headline of the entertainment section was the news about Bernstein's conductor performance. After this news, the newspaper used about 500 words to report on Kang Jianfei's performance, and the title was: "Mysterious Performer Appears"
Concert, the sound of ancient musical instruments amazes the audience."
The content of the report is very simple. It just narrates Kang Jianfei's appearance, and ordinary readers will not read more. However, American music industry professionals and symphony lovers are deeply impressed by Kang Jianfei, and many people are inquiring about Kang Jianfei's specific situation. This
The main reason is the effect brought by Bernstein and live television.
The day after the concert, some radio stations in the United States also began to broadcast tracks from the album "Original Scenery of Hometown", and Kang Jianfei came to a Los Angeles TV station to record a variety show.
The program was not recorded specifically for Kang Jianfei. He was just one of the invited guests. In addition, there were also guests from India, Japan, Egypt, the Philippines and other countries. The theme of the program was the different customs of different countries.
culture.
There were two hosts on the show, one male and one female. Until the recording of the show started, Kang Jianfei felt like a fool and was being manipulated by others. The most important thing was that he couldn't hear what these people were saying when recording the show, and Liu Hongsheng
He sat next to him and translated for him, but once several others spoke at the same time, he was completely blinded.
When Kang Jianfei saw that the camera was not facing him, he took the opportunity to whisper to Liu Hongsheng: "I think Columbia is just playing tricks on me. What publicity effect does this kind of program have?"
Liu Hongsheng said: "This show is very popular in the western region. The ratings have always been very high. If you perform on the show once, the publicity effect will be even better than last night's performance at the Los Angeles Music Center."
Guests from Japan and Egypt next door were quarreling over the clothing of women from their countries. Kang Jianfei was unable to join the group and had to chat with Liu Hongsheng.
Fortunately, Kang Jianfei came only to promote the music, and Columbia Company also communicated with the program team and specially asked him to play a piece of Tao Xun during the recording.
After Kang Jianfei finished playing, he really shocked a bunch of foreigners in the program studio. However, these guys just praised a few words, and it turned into bragging about their respective countries.
"This music is great, but Philippine music is also good."
"We in Japan also have many good national musical instruments, such as the shamisen, which is very unique."
"Egypt is not bad either. Many modern musical instruments evolved from ancient Egyptian instruments. For example, the modern guitar is the ancient Egyptian lute."
"..."
Kang Jianfei was too lazy to argue with them. He thought he would finish recording today's program just for fun, but during the last interactive session, an episode suddenly appeared.
The guest from India suddenly walked up to Kang Jianfei and said, "I heard that you Chinese are good at kung fu, and I want to compete with you."
This time it was purely accidental. The host couldn't help but look at the director, who nodded and gestured to continue.
Kang Jianfei looked surprised and said in Chinese: "Isn't San Ge good at climbing trains and dancing? Why did he switch to martial arts? I can sing a song "I Played with Mud in the Northeast". How about we collaborate on a song?
How about singing along and you dancing? Yaoyao, Cheke Nao, Jianbing Guozi, a set..."
Liu Hongsheng broke into a cold sweat and didn't know how to translate it at all.
The Indian guest said: "I practice the Indian Kalaripayat fighting skills, and I came here to ask for advice from Chinese Kung Fu." (To be continued) 8
