414. The German-Austro-Russian dispute between two editions of Huacai toccata
Qin Jian originally wanted to find a quiet place to sit with Shen Qingci alone and have a meal together.
He only wanted to say one thing about last night's dumplings and today's lunch soup: Let's count the balls.
As a result, Xia Shu wanted to follow after hearing this. Xia Shu wanted to follow.
He Jing finally met Qin Jian once, and naturally wanted to stay with him for a while.
Conductor Cai did not lead the orchestra this time and was alone. Originally, he planned to talk to Qin Jian about the opening ceremony just now.
Together with a few people from the piano department of Hua Guo Yuan, we all came together.
It was getting dark at this time. Under the leadership of Shen Qingci, everyone walked out of the college gate and walked down for about five minutes to the opposite side of the road to the unknown tombstone in Revolution Square.
"Wow, so beautiful." Xia Shu said.
Everyone stopped and many people took out their mobile phones to take pictures.
Shen Qingci introduced: "Revolution Square is a square named to commemorate the victory of the October Revolution. It is also the most famous attraction in Moscow. When we are done, everyone can take a walk."
"Teacher Shen, who is that statue in the center of the square?" a boy asked.
"Karl Marx."
Looking at the statue of Colmax in the center of the square and feeling the historical legacy brought about by the victory of the October Revolution, Qin Jian couldn't help but think of the words he translated on the bus in the morning.
I felt sad in my heart.
There were many small vendors selling souvenirs on the left side of the road. Qin Jian looked around and finally bought a map.
"Consider it a souvenir."
The moment he raised his head, his eyes suddenly fell on a display window filled with records.
Come closer.
This is a classical record store.
The covers of records and CDs, large and small, are dazzling and can be easily seen by passing tourists.
In front of the display window, he could clearly see the works of musicians from various periods.
A record cover of Rachmaninoff's own performance of four piano concertos caught his attention.
On the cover, the elderly Lach is sitting quietly, his deep and focused eyes seeming to be staring into the distance.
Following his gaze, just across the window was Revolution Square.
"After decades of exile, this can be regarded as a return to the homeland in a sense." Qin Jian sighed in his heart.
"What's wrong?" He Jing came to his side and asked softly.
Following Qin Jian's gaze, she also saw this record.
moment
"Like it?"
Qin Jian nodded.
Then He Jing was about to enter the store.
The next second.
Qin Jian grabbed her and said, "Forget it, sister, I'm in a hurry today."
He Jing hesitated for a moment, she felt that buying a record didn't take much time at all, but since the other party said it, let's forget it for today, but she had already remembered this record in her heart.
"All right."
The two siblings looked at each other and smiled, and Qin Jian grabbed He Jing's arm.
"By the way, sister, what are you going to play at Eastman's concert?"
"you guess."
"La Er?"
"Guess again."
The two siblings laughed and turned around to leave.
In the window behind him, Old Lach continued to look intently, even though there were no pigeons in the square in winter.
...
In the end, no one knew whether Qin Jian had guessed or not, but Shen Qingci stopped just as the siblings caught up with the main force.
"I'm treating you today."
He said and led everyone into a Chinese restaurant.
The owners of the Chinese restaurant are a middle-aged Chinese couple, and they treat everyone as tourists.
The boss greeted him politely and served the food, while the lady boss chatted with a few young girls and boys about travel routes.
It can be seen that everyone is very enthusiastic about traveling.
Qin Jian and Shen Qingci drank some wine and chatted.
His first question was about Gordon Weiser.
Shen Qingci did not answer his question immediately, but instead asked him if he had any other questions.
Then Qin Jian raised the second question, about the four major teaching and research offices of Russian piano.
Shen Qingci still didn't answer him and continued to ask if he had any other questions.
This time Qin Jian thought about it and felt that he still had questions, but if the other party didn't explain these two points clearly to him, he wouldn't know how to ask the remaining questions.
"temporarily unavailable."
Shen Qingci put down his wine glass and lit a cigarette.
moment.
"Qin Jian, do you know the average share of first place in the world's major competitions for Russian pianists throughout the 20th century to the present?"
"What major competitions are included?" Qin Jian needed to be precise.
Shen Qingci: "Chopin International Piano Competition, Tchaikovsky National Music Competition, Queen Elisabeth Music Competition in Brussels, Belgium."
Qin Jian thought for a moment, and he knew a little about these three most prestigious competitions in the piano world.
After about five or six seconds, he tentatively asked: "One-third?"
He didn't know exactly how many first prizes the Russian performers had won, but he knew that the Russians had won a lot of first prizes, so one third should not be too few.
But Shen Qingci shook his head and gave an answer that surprised him.
"More than 45 percent."
Seemingly satisfied with Qin Jian's reaction, Shen Qingci continued: "The main reason why Russian pianos are able to produce top pianists is because of their 'soil' and 'gardeners'."
The soil naturally refers to Russia itself, and the gardener...
Qin Jian suddenly thought of something: "Does the gardener refer to the four major teaching and research offices?"
Shen Qingci sighed: "Not exactly, but it's almost the same."
After a pause, he continued: "The fact that Russian piano art is unique and enduring is due to the four major teaching and research laboratories surrounding the Russian Piano Center."
"The so-called four major teaching and research offices actually refer to the four major instructors of Russian piano in history."
"The playing styles of each of the four of them are derived from the Russian school, but they are different from each other. After the October Revolution, Russian piano education entered an unprecedented prosperous period. Following Rachmaninoff, Slovakia
After Coriabin, Buzzoni, Doyle, and Puhar, they took up the whole banner of Russian piano."
"Then he swept the entire European piano scene within thirty years."
"In the end, each formed its own faction and passed it on from generation to generation - and today we have the four major teaching and research offices."
Although Qin Jian had never heard of some of the names, he was inexplicably excited when he heard them, "Does that mean Gordon Weiser is also one of the mentors?"
Shen Qingci nodded: "Negozi, Imgunov, Feinberg, Gordon Weiser."
Shen Qingci put out his cigarette butt, "Forget what that German guy said today, your performance is not the same thing as the Gordon Weiser school."
"...Uh...I know." Qin Jian was a little embarrassed, "Wait a moment, Teacher Shen, I want to..."
Shen Qingci waved his hand, "There are endless questions. Let's first listen to Perlman's concert tonight."
As he spoke, he invited a few people who were chatting animatedly to come over for dinner.
Then he turned back to look at Qin Jian and smiled meaningfully: "I forgot to tell you."
"Horowitz's most important teacher was Blumenfeld."