877. Set music! Bruno's idea of ??'Animal Wild Flower Festival'
Noon on March 12, 13:32 Moscow time.
In the lobby of Svo Airport, Qin Jian followed a few passengers who looked like international students and made phone calls to his home.
"Yeah dad, I will pay attention to safety. You guys go to eat quickly. I will send you a message when we get to the hotel."
After hanging up the phone, Qin Jian once again opened the photos with heavy chat history with Zhou Kai.
The man in the photo wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, has a square face, long eyes and a hooked nose, and his facial expression is gentle.
Just looking at his appearance, Qin Jian felt that he looked more like a talk show host.
Zhou Kai, male, Chinese, 33 years old.
Graduated from the Keyboard Department of the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music in the summer of 2015 with a PhD degree.
He studied under Sandler, a famous Russian piano educator. After graduation, he was recommended by the school to work at the Chai Institute. He is now a piano teaching assistant in the Ruggiero Piano Teaching and Research Office.
For Qin Jian's visit to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, he was appointed by Ruggiero as Qin Jian's assistant and accompanying translator.
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After exiting the airport checkpoint, several international student passengers turned right and went to a long corridor. The sign on the corridor had the words "urban light rail" written in Chinese.
Qin Jian did not continue to follow them and left the airport directly.
There were not many people picking me up at the airport at this time, and there were even fewer yellow-skinned faces.
At a glance, Qin Jian recognized Zhou Kai among the people picking him up at the airport.
At this time, he, who was covered by the mask, was also recognized by the other party.
Their eyes met, and the two of them raised their hands in unison.
After a few simple greetings, Zhou Kai took the initiative to take Qin Jian's suitcase, and the two left the airport.
"How about it, it's cold in Moscow."
"Yanjing has also been cold these past two days, but it's much warmer than this."
"It's already spring in China, and the weather won't get warmer here until May."
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This is the second time Qin Jian has landed at SVO Airport. The route Zhou Kai drove to downtown Moscow was different from what he experienced last time.
Zhou Kai said on the road: "Usually we take the subway from the airport back to the city. It only takes 20 minutes and it's cheap."
"This time the college has to arrange a special car to pick you up, which will waste time. But let's drive slowly, safety first. If you are sleepy, just take a nap. When you get there, I will take you to eat first."
A little bit of concern with complaints brought the two of them closer.
Qin Jian smiled and replied: "It's okay, we arrived just chatting. It happened that I didn't bother to look at the scenery along the way when I came out of the airport last time."
Speaking of the seminar on Lage's works at the end of the year before last, Zhou Kai felt a little regretful.
"At that time, I was accompanying my tutor on an academic visit to Italy."
"Italy?" Qin Jian's curiosity was aroused and he asked subconsciously: "Is it at the Milan Conservatory of Music?"
"Huh?" Zhou Kai didn't expect Qin Jian to know about that event, so he was surprised and said: "It's at the Milan Conservatory of Music, are you paying attention?"
Qin Jian felt a little embarrassed when he said this. He quickly explained: "Sorry, sorry, I just heard about the academic visit to Italy and thought of the Milan Conservatory of Music."
After a pause, "I'm a fan of Pollini."
Zhou Kai laughed when he heard that, "I see, but I'm a little sorry that the old man didn't show up for the academic exchange."
"That's really a pity." As an observer, Qin Jian felt sorry for Zhou Kai.
The conversation between the two followed the beautiful scenery along the way as they entered the city of Moscow.
The car stopped in front of the Green Hotel next to the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. Qin Jian checked in, and then Zhou Kai took him to have a thick soup lunch.
After the meal, Qin Jian returned to the hotel and took a short rest.
I took a shower and changed my clothes.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, he left the room. Zhou Kai had been waiting for him downstairs for a long time.
The two of them met and walked into the gate of Chaiyuan in just a hundred steps.
The scenery on campus is no different from last time, still covered in heavy snow.
"We'll go directly to Ruggiero's office."
Zhou Kai said and took the lead in leading the way up the steps. Qin Jian withdrew his gaze and followed.
"OK."
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Although Ruggiero is also one of Qin Jian's elderly friends.
When the two met, they greeted each other in a way that was inappropriate for their age.
Ruggiero seemed to be ready in the office. As soon as Qin Jian entered the door, he gave him a hug.
This is no longer a year ago.
Nowadays, even as the head of the Keyboard Department of Chai Institute, Ruggiero has to treat Qin Jian as his No. 1 guest.
You must know that since the end of Qin Jian’s Chopin Competition, he has never visited any school.
Perhaps Qin Jian's original intention had nothing to do with the word "visit", but he is indeed in Chaiyuan now, accepting Ruggiero's cordial condolences.
And he will perform a Chopin recital in the Concert Hall of Chai University in three days.
This is not over yet. After the recital, he will also give a master class in Chai Yuan, Mo Music Department, and St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music.
All of this was an arrangement made by Ruggiero the next day after he learned that Qin Jian was coming to Moscow.
Of course, if Qin Jian disagrees, he can only give up.
But what reason did he have to refuse? One recital and three master classes would not only bring him a large sum of rubles that exceeded his expectations, but also his Rachmaninoff went to the world from here, and returned to the world.
It's a wish to have a concert here.
Although at first he felt a little forced to open the business.
And Ruggiero also vouched for the purpose of his trip.
“There are no issues regarding copyright matters.’
Ruggiero said, "We will discuss the specific issues over dinner."
Zhou Kai translated these two sentences without any problems, including Ruggiero's tone.
Qin Jian sounded the same, but he always wondered if it would be too smooth.
If that was all, why did he come to Moscow?
He remembered that Ruggiero's words on the phone the next day were not so happy.
Then Ruggiero and Qin Jian discussed the schedule for the next week.
It also once again touched upon Qin Jian’s use of the piano for this concert, as well as the repertoire, as well as the rehearsal time with the orchestra.
"Steinway 274s, preferably the first ones produced."
Qin Jian has emphasized this point on the phone. As for rehearsal time, since it is a student orchestra, of course he still has to take care of most students' class time.
He asked Zhou Kai if the students of the Symphony Orchestra had classes in the evening, and Zhou Kai told him almost none, "but maybe the evening time is more important to most students."
Zhou Kai suggested that it is best to arrive last in the afternoon.
"Then it will be the afternoon two days before the afternoon concert."
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In the evening Ruggiero arranged a sumptuous dinner, and Dorofia, the editor-in-chief of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory Publishing House, was also present.
It's a very girly name, but I am an aunt.
At the beginning of the dinner, Auntie showed a strong favorable impression of Qin Jian's commitment to exploring the history of Russian piano culture.
I use favorable words to describe it because Aunt Fia is really too enthusiastic, her words and tone are like she has read her own manuscript.
Qin Jian was sure that what he heard was excessive praise and flattery.
So he was a little unhappy about it.
Because from the beginning, his original intention was to do something practical for piano teaching in China.
This manuscript contains his hard work over the past year and a half.
Ruggiero and Dorofia's attitude seemed a bit rash.
"Ms. Dorofia, are you sure you don't want to read my manuscript first?"