Shen Qingci had just sent away two students when a courier from Paris, France, was delivered to his office by the school concierge.
You don't need to dismantle him to know what it is. Rigori had greeted him a long time ago.
It's just a pity that he still has to miss this year's Paris Music Festival.
He had already told Rigel on the phone that nothing this year was as important as Liao Linjun's pregnancy.
Not only the Paris Music Festival, he has received three invitations in two consecutive days.
This includes the invitations sent to him by Nobuyuki Tokai and the Tokyo University of Music for the 2016 Tokyo Piano Conference, but he has declined all of them.
However, he still opened it. Rigel specifically told him on the phone that there were two invitation letters in the express, one of which was from Qin Jian.
He put the email from Qin Jian in his drawer, planning to wait until Qin Jian finished tonight's concert before informing him that the invitation letter from Paris had been sent.
An hour later, he left the office and went to Wu Qing's dean's office.
The two discussed it and decided that he would call the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music again later.
As a token of condolence to Qin Jian before his visit to Chaizhou on behalf of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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What was originally just a private trip was suddenly "conspired" by the bosses of two top universities to turn it into an international academic visit.
This point seems really helpless to our client. If possible, he doesn't want to cause such trouble.
At 14:00 pm Moscow time, Ruggiero hung up Shen Qingci's phone and continued to sort out the list in his hand.
This is the last time he compiled the list of Russian pianists who will attend tonight's concert.
The names of pianists on the list almost form the strongest line of defense for Russian pianos today.
After it was confirmed that Qin Jian was going to Russia to hold a concert, Ruggiero immediately sent out invitations to all his old friends. Most of the people who received the invitation said they would come to watch the concert.
The visit of the new winner of the Chopin Competition is a big event for the entire Moscow classical music circle.
You must know that this country is rich in piano masters, and there have been five Chopin Competition champions here.
Due to the rise of pianists from various countries in the past thirty years, the Russians have lost the transcendent dominance they once had over the Chopin Competition.
But this still does not hinder the Russians' ability to discern, and only true Chopin masters can be recognized by them.
For tonight’s concert,
Some people are curious.
Someone is taking a look.
Someone has other purposes.
Take Egor, for example. At this time, he was wearing a black felt hat, sitting in a cafe near the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music, looking out the window.
He rushed here right after class today.
If he hadn't received Qin Jian's personal invitation last night, he might never come here again for the rest of his life.
There is no deep hatred, he just feels that this kind of behavior is a waste of his time.
He has devoted his life to studying how to integrate Russian pianos, and what he has to do will take a lot of time.
To be honest, his first meeting with Qin Jian the day before yesterday made him develop a good impression of this young man.
This good impression does not come from the other person's polite behavior or his or her own shining aura.
Rather, it comes from the knowledge displayed by the other party during the conversation between the two people.
Several of his questions were tricky, but the other party easily gave answers that exceeded his expectations.
Especially the words that describe Feinberg’s school – “A cool head, a fiery heart.”
This spiritual description simply reveals the soul of Feinberg piano.
He was filled with shock at the time.
Adding the following - "The Feinberg School has always advocated a performance that combines sensibility and rationality." - This sentence comes from the description of the Feinberg School by his teacher, Niegaoz, in the original work of the work.
In his opinion, Qin Jian's two-sentence answer undoubtedly meant that the other party had made a certain degree of self-sublimation based on Negoz's original work.
He appreciates this "self."
So the purpose of his coming here today is to see how this young Chinese man, who has such a clear grasp of the four major Russian piano schools, can perform live.
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The time came to 17:30 pm Moscow time, still one and a half hours before the concert.
Including Chinese media in Russia, reporters from major media platforms in Moscow have rushed to Chaiyuan in advance.
Through the glass window of the hotel, Qin Jian saw the bustling entrance of the college, where groups of people were pouring in.
Among them was his old acquaintance Ivanov, who called him this morning.
On the phone, Ivanov said that he would accompany his teacher to watch Qin Jian's concert tonight.
The old man next to Ivanov at this time was his teacher, the champion of the 11th Chopin Competition and the famous Russian pianist Bunin.
The old man looks pretty good.
Qin Jian murmured, turned and went to the bathroom.
He was about to leave and he had to pack up.
...
Perhaps it was because he had not held a concert for more than three months in a row. He locked himself in the hotel room all day today and did not go out. Except for helping Fang Xiaoyu listen to the winter breeze, he spent the rest of the time relaxing
Nervous, in order to ensure that his brain was sufficiently relaxed, he didn't even eat lunch.
He needs to adjust his condition.
In his opinion, the nature of today's concert is not like a concert on a tour.
He also knew that the people paying attention to this concert at this moment were far more than just his domestic fans and the Huaguo Conservatory of Music.
There are also Vaughn, who has a close working relationship with him, Baudelaire, his nominal boss, and the Warsaw Chopin Society, etc.
He made it clear that on an occasion like today, every move he made did not only represent himself.
He was appointed by the Chinese Musicians Association and became the youngest visiting scholar abroad in the history of the Chinese Musicians Association.
At the same time, he was also the recorder of DG’s best-selling piano album at the beginning of 2016.
Steinway artist.
The highest scoring gold medalist in the history of the Chopin Competition.
This is his first concert of the year.
He must win the applause of the audience.
18:05.
Accompanied by Zhou Kai and several security personnel, Qin Jian appeared at the entrance of the concert hall wearing a black dress.
The enthusiastic Moscow audience shouted his name loudly, and reporters wanted to break through the wall of security personnel and get in front of Qin Jian to ask the questions they had prepared.
Already accustomed to this kind of scene, Qin Jian maintained a sufficient demeanor under the gaze of the camera and onlookers.
Occasionally, he would answer a question that sounded pleasant to his ears with a sideways smile.
"You have been away from the stage for three months. Can you tell me how you feel now?"
Question from a Chinese reporter
"very excited."
Qin Jian replied.
"I'm looking forward to tonight's concert."
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At seven o'clock sharp.
With three consecutive bells ringing, the splendid concert hall burst into surging applause.