Chapter 266: Respect
Fortunately, Hank didn't say that Cheng Ran would perform on stage, but just asked Cheng Ran to accompany the four members of the Li family to sit in the front row.
Zhang Qiang also sat in the front row with his parents, and this guy did not hesitate to take out the audio and video recording equipment prepared in advance, and set up it in front of him to prepare for recording.
Hank has basically stopped performing in recent years, so even if there is nothing eye-catching in the video shot by Zhang Qiang, the video itself is a priceless treasure.
First of all, Hank led the students to greet the audience, he didn't like to say anything, and after bowing to the audience, he began to conduct the orchestra to play.
The first show featured a piano piece by a group of nine pianists in addition to Hank.
Cheng Ran listened quietly below.
In such a long time in this world, he has more or less felt the influence of art, and he can still feel the general quality of a piano piece.
Obviously, this nine-piece ensemble piece by one of the world's top ten pianists belongs to the world's first-class piano music.
After the song was finished, the audience burst into thunderous applause.
The second is played by a solo pianist.
Li Qiuxue was afraid that Cheng Ran didn't know who this pianist was, so while debugging on stage, Li Qiuxue whispered to him the name and general achievements of this pianist beside Cheng Ran.
Cheng Ran also couldn't help but listen, after all, this is the top group of pianists in China at present.
In the following performances, all the pianists played their own special songs, until finally Hank appeared in a black tuxedo, and the audience stood up and applauded.
Cheng Ran and Li Qiuxue's family also stood up.
Hank stood on the stage and bowed to the audience with a very solemn face.
Hank sat down at the piano and was silent for a moment, his fingers fluttering slightly.
Hank's tune is not like the version played by others, which belongs to the old song that has been famous for a long time, and "To Alice" has just recently been circulating in the piano music world!
Many guests who knew Cheng Ran's identity looked at Cheng Ran with some surprise on their faces.
It's clear that Hank has a lot of value for this "To Alice", otherwise he wouldn't have been able to put it on the stage and play it as the finale.
At the end of a melodious "To Alice", the audience once again stood up to cheer for Hank.
Hank bowed and saluted everyone in return, and the applause became louder and louder.
Loyal to finally waited for the applause to stop, Hank took the microphone before speaking.
"Thank you very much today for coming to see me as an old man in the music industry. (laughs)"
"Actually, today's concert in Huaxia is really similar to what many people think, it is really the last concert in Hank's life. ”
Hank looked at the audience, and the remaining nine pianists behind the scenes also came out of the curtain and stood behind Hank.
"I hope that at the last time in my life, I will be able to invite young people whom I admire and even admire so much to join me in the presence of so many people. ”
After speaking, Hank looked at Cheng Ran, who was sitting in the audience.
The audience was in an uproar, and the young people who could make Hank, the top ten pianists in the world, have such an evaluation, they were all curious about who it was!
"Mr. Cheng Ran. ”
Hank looked at Cheng Ran, who was sitting in his place, holding his head and pretending not to know, but he was helpless for a while, and could only shout softly.
Li Qiuxue, who was sitting next to Cheng Ran, helplessly touched Cheng Ran's shoulder, and Cheng Ran withdrew his arms and looked at Hank on the stage helplessly.
Sitting in the first row, there were also many famous pianists in China, who sneered disdainfully when they saw Cheng Ran's appearance.
Originally, they still had a lot of respect for the famous Cheng Ran in their hearts, after all, Cheng Ran had created so many famous songs, but when they saw Cheng Ran today, they inevitably looked down on Cheng Ran in their hearts.
The real pianists are estimated to have already gone on stage at this time to give full play to their strength, and even many people still wish to be admired by Hank at this moment to be themselves, but they feel that Hank is old and dizzy, and they have not found their strength.
Cheng Ran walked on stage a little reluctantly, at this time he was wearing a black evening dress, painted with light makeup, and his appearance and figure were excellent, and many daughters of rich and powerful families couldn't help but shine in their eyes at this moment.
If you can marry such a person, it is a hundred times better than marrying those rich second generations who eat and wait for death, and even many people have already made up their minds to pay attention to Cheng Ran's contact information.
"Mr. Cheng Ran, I don't know if you have ever heard a song I composed called "Stormy Rain"?"
Regarding Mr. Hank's inquiry, Cheng Ran shook his head honestly, he really hadn't heard of Hank's "Storm", there was no need for Hank to pretend to have heard it in front of so many people, in case he was asked by others that he couldn't catch up, both of them would be embarrassed.
Hank nodded and didn't care about some trivial things, but sat in front of the piano with a smile indifferently and explained softly to Cheng Ran.
"Mr. Cheng Ran, this is my famous work when I was young, but when I looked back at the song when I was young, there were a lot of flaws in it, so I asked people to take it back. ”
Hearing Hank say "Stormy", whether it was the audience or paying attention to this matter, the audience who was watching the live broadcast gasped.
This "Tempest" is not only Hank's famous work, this piece is said to have been composed when Hank was sixteen years old, and it was regarded as a divine comedy by piano masters of all worlds at that time, and it was the pinnacle of the era.
It's just that a few years ago, Hank suddenly released that there were many flaws in this "Tempest", so he withdrew the authorization of the major scores, saying that he would wait for him to revise and improve it before anyone else could learn it.
But this change is ten years!
I didn't expect Hank to take it out today.
The audience, who had thought it was a fun thing to do, instantly became serious, and if Hank wasn't joking, they would probably be the first to hear Mr. Hank's revised "Tempest".
There were two more big grand pianos on the stage, Cheng Ran looked at the desire in Hank's eyes, although he didn't know what he was going to do, he still nodded, motioned him to play at will, and sat on the chair of the other piano and quietly watched Hank's performance.
Hank rubbed the wrists of his arms unhurriedly.
The piano piece "Storm" is a super fast-paced piano piece, and the whole style is mainly light and bright, and it is currently the fastest piano piece to be played in the world.
To be honest, it is already very reluctant to talk about this piece at his age, but Hank is the top ten piano in the world, and he has won countless honors, and he doesn't feel that he is a kind of respect for Cheng Ran by releasing water.
It's like when I was just an adult, my teacher at the time didn't put any water when he was fighting with him.
At that time, Hank was young and didn't understand why the teacher was so serious about fighting the piano with him.
It wasn't until he became a teacher that he gradually understood.
At that time, his teacher had completely regarded him as a pianist on the same level as himself.
Going all out is his greatest respect for himself and Cheng Ran.