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Baudelaire's action was also noticed by those present.
Everyone noticed that he just met Argerich, Talibek and several veteran Steinway artists before walking towards the 'newcomer'.
This gave rise to certain thoughts in everyone's mind. People who often attend such events know that this is not a competition venue. Even the Chopin Competition champions have to be ranked according to their seniority here.
There is more than one champion on the scene.
As the big boss of Hamburg Steinway, and as the host of this meeting, Baudelaire’s behavior represents Steinway’s attitude.
Under everyone's attention, Baudelaire stopped in front of Qin Jian and raised his wine glass.
"welcome."
His gentlemanly smile is nothing like that of a businessman.
The live piano sound gradually attracted people's attention. Schumann's piano works always have such magic.
The performer was a pianist at the Denton Hotel.
A Dutch young man, even under the eyes of many classical pianists, his hands did not tremble. There was something about the Schumann he played, such as emotion.
...
Although this was the first time Qin Jian had a formal face-to-face conversation with Baudelaire, the two had actually had several secret exchanges of opinions through Paul.
In other words, the fundamental reason why Qin Jian is here today is that he finally accepted to join the ranks of Steinway artists.
After a few simple conversations, Baudelaire kindly took Qin Jian around the scene.
He was introduced to some 'men and women.'
Most of them were major Steinway dealers in Central Europe. After going around, he couldn't remember a few names.
But what's interesting is that after Baudelaire's introduction, those businessmen who had selectively ignored him half an hour ago now gave him attentive smiles.
During the intermission, Baudelaire proposed asking Qin Jian to play a song, and everyone in the hall applauded.
Qin Jian motioned to everyone to wait for the player in front of the piano to finish playing the piece, out of respect for the piano performer.
It is extremely rude to interrupt someone who is playing inappropriately.
But the Dutch boy stopped on his own after hearing Baudelaire's proposal.
He saw Qin Jian's gesture, and he couldn't say he was grateful. At least the other party's behavior gained his favor.
So he took the initiative to clean the keyboard that Qin Jian had played as a way of thanking him.
Seeing this, Qin Jian didn't show any pretense, and walked towards the piano with the wine glass in hand in front of everyone's attention.
"Thanks."
Qin Jian nodded to the Dutch boy, and then placed the wine glass on the piano board.
The Dutch boy clapped and stepped aside.
Qin Jian just sat down in front of the piano, and the crowd gradually gathered around him.
Most of the people here are businessmen who have never heard the competition live. They don't even like piano music, but this does not hinder their desire to watch the performance of the New Territories champion up close.
They surrounded the piano in the center of the hall, but left enough distance between them.
The merchants were like this, not to mention the waiters, who also quietly slowed down their pace, as if they were afraid of disturbing the beautiful music that was about to play.
The scene fell completely silent.
moment.
Qin Jian raised his hand and pointed down.
"When——"
The soft touch of keys instantly hits the softest part of people's hearts. This is also Schumann's magic.
The gorgeous melody started, and someone immediately noticed it.
Qin Jian did not start with a new piece of music, but continued where the waiter's pianist left off with Schumann's Fantasy.
Then, everyone gradually discovered that the charm and even the volume of the music played by Qin Jian were completely different from the expression of the Dutch boy just now.
Just like the performance of the same person, this scene is full of story meaning.
Qin Jian was not only imitating the Dutch boy's finger-dropping characteristic, but he also figured out the other person's thoughts on music.
But the difference is that when the music enters the third section, the progressive and subtly changing melody is no longer limited to the surface of the music melody.
Qin Jian sublimated it with his meticulous harmony performance, and the listeners seemed to see the beautiful, dreamy, and kind-hearted things in the world through the music.
The sound of the piano fell and people applauded.
The applause was not loud, as if it was afraid of destroying the artistic conception left by the music.
In the crowd, Rachel clapped her hands and looked at the figure in front of the piano with beautiful eyes.
His eyes were full of admiration.
What impressed her was not only the delicate processing and rich harmonic language in half of the music, but what was even more shining was the humanity displayed by Qin Jian throughout the performance.
Extremely shiny.
A Chopin champion is willing to put down his body and take over for a third-rate hotel artist Lesi to continue playing a piece of music, which is just a simple piece.
The Dutch guy seemed to have learned something from Qin Jian's handling of the second and third paragraphs. This time he was really grateful to Qin Jian.
Under the applause, Qin Jian smiled, picked up the wine glass, moved it around the circle of onlookers, and then drank it.
The moment he put down the wine glass, his high arm suddenly dropped.
The seemingly random falling arm hit Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G minor accurately.
The momentum in front of the piano suddenly burst out and surged around.
The original sound of the Steinway was completely released, and the atmosphere of the scene was instantly ignited!
The powerful chords played like rows of majestic soldiers marching through the Red Square, and the will and momentum of the Slavs were reflected in every inch of the music.
Rachmaninoff, a prelude.
Qin Jian's first performance at the Steinway Artists' Collection ended lightly on a witty short note.
"Wow————————"
Leaving the empty wine glass on the piano, he bowed lightly and returned to the crowd.
I believe that after such a scene, no one present tonight will forget him.
..
Before the reception ended, Baudelaire and Qin Jian had a close discussion in a corner. The content of the discussion included two points.
The first point is about the new Steinway concert in Hamburg next May.
This is Qin Jian’s initiation concert.
Qin Jian readily agreed.
The second point is about purchasing pianos. Every Steinway artist needs to purchase a Steinway piano. This is a written rule in the industry.
Coming here to Qin Jian is no exception.
However, Baudelaire gave Qin Jian an extremely personal price.
"7% off."
This left Qin Jian with no choice, "d274s."
Baudelaire's heart twitched, "Deal."
...
After the show, Rachel and Qin Jian left each other’s contact information.
They had a very pleasant and innocent chat tonight.
At least he felt it was nothing.
When Qin Jian returned to the hotel in the evening and told Duan Ran what happened tonight, Duan Ran's immediate reaction was naturally a little dissatisfied.
But seeing Qin Jian being so frank, she couldn't say much.
After Qin Jian cajoled him for a few words, Duan Ran cheerfully told him interesting stories about her piano practice tonight.
The two chatted until 23 o'clock, and Qin Jian urged Duan Ran to go to bed quickly.
After hanging up the video, Qin Jian added the concert items for next May to his memo and fell asleep.