On the way back to the hotel, the old bartender apologized to Qin Jian for the handshake incident.
"Sorry, Jian,"
Qin Jian hugged the old bartender and said it was okay, "It's nothing."
But the old bartender then directly threw all the responsibility on Griesbeck.
Qin Jian sounded like an old man talking bad about another old man.
"Grisbeck, a narrow-minded man, must be jealous of your talent."
Qin Jian was puzzled by this. If he really wanted to analyze the reason why he was refused a handshake, he felt that he should be implicated in the old bartender's relationship.
Who made the two old rivals in love?
But looking at the old bartender, he didn't look like he was joking, so he said, "How could it be possible? I'm just a nobody."
The old bartender asked: "Do you know which is Griesbeck's most famous CD?"
Qin Jian really doesn't know.
"Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto, this CD caused a great response throughout Europe when it was first recorded. It was with this album that he rose from an academic teacher to a top-notch piano player in Europe.
The procession of home.”
The old bartender paused, "Since then, he has devoted himself to studying Rachyan's piano works in the following decades. He founded the Rachmaninov Piano Research Institute in Finland.
"It can be said that he has collected Rachmaninov's piano works that have been played by almost all the players in the world. What is disgraceful is that he always feels that he is the best interpreter of Rach. He even
At the end of a concert in St. Petersburg, she refused a bouquet of flowers from Zilmann."
"Tsk, tsk." Qin Jian finally understood this time.
Who is Zillman, a close disciple of Horowitz, a guest performer at the Rachmaninov Works Research Conference, an orthodox defender of Russian piano, and a Rach expert awarded by the official orthodoxy in the true sense?
.
"Bad review."
Qin Jian was not sure whether the two-movement Laser III he played had been included by Griesbeck, but he bet that the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini he played must have been secretly listened to by the old guy many times.
Although he was a little crazy, Qin Jian felt comfortable when he thought about it.
...
After returning to the hotel in the evening, there was no program. Qin Jian took a shower and lay on the bed watching the Norwegian Super League.
It was rare that the old bartender didn't run around tonight, probably because he hadn't fully digested tonight's small reunion. Seeing that Qin Jian was still watching football, he started watching it with Qin Jian.
The game on TV was extremely fierce, and the two teams continued to attack each other at the beginning of the second half.
Just when the forward of the red team received a long pass from the midfielder, turned around and volleyed the ball into the yellow team's goal.
Qin Jian clapped his hands, stood up and shouted: "Good shot!"
Unexpectedly, the old bartender poured a basin of cold water on him: "Be quiet, he's offside."
In this way, the old and young duo spent their first day at the Bergen Music Festival.
Overall, everyone has gained something.
...
At nine o'clock the next morning, Qin Jian met Chi Heng in front of the hotel, and the two brothers rushed to the first performance on the second day of the music festival together.
‘New Product Conference.’
A very unclassical concert title.
In fact, this is not a classical music performance.
If the music of the 400 years after the Middle Ages is defined as the classical music period, then from the moment Impressionism was born, it means that the modern music period is about to come.
Judging from the introduction to the works in the repertoire, this concert should be a pure conference of new music in the 20th century after Impressionism.
There are too few modernist works that Qin Jian has dabbled in. If we insist on saying that he participated, it would be "Girl in the Garden" that was performed in the second round of the Huayun Competition at that time.
Although it is a modern piece, it is basically still within the scope of mainstream music in the 20th century.
Mombo's creations also explore techniques such as scales, colors, and musical compositions.
However, today's concert started with the performance of the first composer, who was also a performer, and the whole scene could be described as a kind of smoky atmosphere.
Many audience members and tourists left after listening to the first piece. They seemed to feel that they had gone to the wrong door.
This is no wonder, because the first piece can hardly be defined as a piece of piano music.
In the words of Chi Rui, who was on the sidelines: "I could have done this even if my Doudou was tied up in front of the piano and starved for three days."
Doudou is a dog, but sitting in front of the piano and playing is a modern composer.
Although Qin Jian has no favorable impression of modern music, this does not mean that he agrees with Chi Rui's views.
Qin Jian: "Listen again, maybe there will be something more serious behind."
Chi Rui: "Hahaha - you are so bad!"
The works brought by the next few composers who appeared were similar. Perhaps the language they used to introduce their works before performing was mostly in English, so Qin Jian spent a lot of time looking for a listening angle for the works. In the end, he
Nothing was found except some noise.
Perhaps Cai Song is more suitable to attend this concert.
It was not until Chi Heng's appearance that the situation improved. Chi Heng's work is a duet for piano and violin.
He incorporates some elements of traditional Chinese music into the modern orchestration, and one can still feel his self-expression in it, at least Qin Jian feels.
Chi Heng's subsequent works are also good. Perhaps the previous group of music that was really difficult to listen to paved the way for the later works. In the later works, all works with tonal melodies sound pretty good.
Except for the most ridiculous work in the middle, this work can never be called a musical work.
Qin Jian can only define it as performance art.
It seems that this composer is paying homage to John Cage's "4 Minutes and 33 Seconds".
Composer John Cage created a masterpiece in 1952. The entire work has no sound at all. It is a work without sound. Counting from the time the pianist sat down in front of the piano, the pianist got up and left after 4 minutes and 33 seconds.
Never touch the keys.
There are 4 minutes and 33 seconds before and 2 minutes and 22 seconds after.
Yes, Qin Jian witnessed the birth of such a work. The composer held up the violin, not even bothering to hold the bow, and stood motionless until 2 minutes and 22 seconds later.
He bowed.
The applause was actually very warm.
There is a saying that Qin Jian just wants to take out his 40-meter machete for such experimental music.
An hour and a half passed quickly, and the works on the program had reached the last one.
"Hubbard King, title of work 'Snowy Mountains'."
Qin Jian looked at the familiar name and his heart was filled with the last bit of hope.
As a young composer from the United States, Hubbard King's works have already reached the Grammy stage and entered the Victoria's Secret shows.
As a blond young man with black frames appeared, the audience burst into warm applause.
There were many people chanting Jin's name. Qin Jian looked around and saw that there were not many people left in the hall - well, a large area, please note, it was a large area, with a large area of women holding fans signs high.
I bet these are all here to chase stars. Damn it, no wonder the applause for "2 Minutes and 22 Seconds" was so enthusiastic just now.
"Case solved."
Qin Jian sighed.
At an international classical music festival, a new music show of the 20th century, more than half of the audience came to chase stars.
"What if this happens another 50 years?"
Looking at the microphone slowly raised by the man with eyes on the stage, Qin Jian asked himself a question.