624. The monster in front of Ossia Cadenza's piano is released
Qin Jian: "Uncle, what's the brand of your clavichord? I don't think I've seen your piano label yet."
Old bartender: "I haven't thought about this question yet. What do you think of 'Brothers Daniel'? Just like 'Steinway and Sons' or 'Master and Apprentice Perlov'."
Qin Jian: "I don't know what to say."
Old bartender: "How about joining the Daniel Brothers?"
Qin Jian: "Where is Sister Lin Jun?"
Old bartender: "Don't worry, mother-in-law, she is our string designer."
Qin Jian: "Okay then"
that's all.
Qin Jian inexplicably became the harpsichord spokesperson scheduled by the old bartender.
Perhaps because of becoming a spare tire spokesperson, Qin Jian's life in the small town seemed to have undergone some changes.
Within a few days, almost everyone in the town now knew that the old bartender's eldest nephew was an out-and-out grand pianist.
Qin Jian became a celebrity in the town, a real celebrity.
This change made Qin Jian a little uncomfortable.
Of course, there are other reasons that contributed to this scene.
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On the night after the concert, Bergen TV conducted an exclusive interview with Ms. Sabina, the conductor of the Helsinki Symphony Orchestra.
In the column, Sabina talked about the temporary role change of "Puer San".
Of course, there were some questions about the "dispute" backstage. Finally, when the reporter asked about the specific situation of the young Chinese performer, Sabina praised him without reservation.
Sabina: "There is an Eastern aesthetic in his music."
Reporter: "Are you looking forward to working with him again?"
Sabina: "Of course."
For a time, thanks to the popularity of the Bergen International Classical Music Festival, Qin Jiande has almost become the hottest name in the Bergen classical music circle in recent days.
Among the concerts of this music festival that were broadcast repeatedly on the Bergen TV music channel, Qin Jian's La San was judged by local citizens as the best work of this music festival.
Don’t underestimate the art appreciation ability of these Bergen people. As one of the four classical music capitals in Northern Europe, the people of Bergen are no less picky about music than the people of Vienna.
To be honest, at the annual music festival, many musicians from Germany and Austria have encountered obstacles here.
At the Bergen Music Festival in 2007, after an international violinist from Germany played Perkint's Morning Music at the concert, someone threw dog feces at the door of his hotel room that night.
Throwing shit should not be encouraged.
Although it cannot be ruled out that there are some historical factors involved, perhaps his music cannot be accepted by the people of Bergen.
During Qin Jian's performance that day, Sabina was not the only big figure in the Grieg Concert Hall.
In the Times on August 13th, a music review directly brought Qin Jian’s name to the real English world.
In this country full of racial discrimination, there is no shortage of comments about artists stigmatizing Asian artists.
But this time, what shocked everyone was that Giggs Hope, the chief music critic of The Times, known as having the most vicious tongue in Europe, actually gave a great deal of treatment to a young Chinese pianist. affim.
This music critic is considered by countless musicians to be the most annoying music critic. No one knows which music event on earth he will suddenly appear on. He often refuses invitations to the annual Vienna New Year Concert, and occasionally He would appear in an inconspicuous small bar, but no one could catch him.
But his sharp words are never absent from the weekly music review column in The Times.
Regarding Qin Jian’s La San, he wrote:
'You don't immediately realize how cleverly he solves the challenges that Rachmaninov poses to the player, everything is transformed into pure dexterity in his hands - his technique makes you completely forget about musicianship.
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‘His left hand is ever-changing like a wave and incredibly soft.’
'When the image of the music seemed impossible to achieve richer sound changes, he only shook his arms, and the whole orchestra began to boil. There was really no need for Sabina's existence, and the orchestra would automatically follow the piano.
Begin a new onslaught that sweeps away all stubbornness.'
'His handling of the cadenza was indescribably decisive.'
'There was no doubt that it was a clear choice for Adams to retire last year.'
At the same time, Hope's music review made headlines in the UK.
Perhaps Hope's praise for Qin Jian in his remarks was too much, and he also pointed the finger at Adams. Adams' number one fan, the famous German music critic Philippe, quit his job.
As a well-known music critic of the German newspaper Der Spiegel, he published a review of Qin Jian the next day.
There are both praise and criticism in the comments, but the criticism definitely outweighs the praise.
The middle-aged music critic used his usual writing style to first praise and describe Qin Jian's extremely high talent and the fiery atmosphere of the concert that day, but when he talked about the cadenza, he wrote:
'The extremely artificial performance almost ruins the entire production.'
On the afternoon of the same day, the Mirror's biggest competitor, the South German Focus Weekly, also published a music review. This music review was interesting, but the interesting part was not that its writer was the famous DGG boss - Walker.
Let’s talk about Walker’s music criticism first.
Walker comments objectively on this performance throughout.
He did not blindly use his own power to replace everyone's perspective like Hope. Walker only described his own feelings from beginning to end.
'Indeed, great works are recorded in various ways.'
'Perhaps we have all been moved by a certain musical work, and imagined that if we perform the work, we must be like that great work.'
'The best pianists inspire this kind of experience in their listeners, conveying a persuasiveness in their playing that gave me wonderful associations with how I would feel if I could play like he did.
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The interesting part is that Walker wrote at the end - 'During the afternoon tea time with Baudelaire the day before yesterday, the other party even expressed his willingness to order a Steinway to express his love for the young pianist.'
The amount of information contained in a small music review says it all.
But a few days later, another heavyweight publication on the other side of the Pacific, the New York Times, also gave a little reaction.
They only gave Qin Jian's La San two stars, which is tantamount to negating this performance. Five stars are often great performances with historical significance, and two stars are just a rating that is embarrassing and shameless.
But no matter what, just like the old bartender said, 'Jian, you are going to be famous.'
Within half a month after Qin Jian came on as a substitute, he seemed to have suddenly become a celebrity.