"Ladies and gentlemen, I listened to the performance of the teachers below, to be honest, I am very dissatisfied, the pitch, technique, etc. of the teachers are very professional, but there is one point, to my ears, it is actually very messy, there is no sense of hierarchy. ”

Ye Mingxuan held the microphone and said solemnly, and the discussion in the audience became more and more.

"I have listened carefully below, and the teachers played this piece with passion, but I want to tell the teachers that this piece is not only passionate, but also pathos, hope, and finally the surging that breaks through the darkness. ”

Ye Mingxuan looked at the teacher who played the piano and continued: "The piano has been going hand in hand with the erhu, can it express the erhu? This piece is used to express the erhu, I hope the teachers will remember this clearly, if the erhu can't be highlighted, it will be a failure." ”

"Xiao Xuan, I have also tried to use the erhu for the whole section, supplemented by other instruments, but the effect is not good. Old Man Su said with a frown.

"Old man Su, the erhu doesn't need to be on the whole section, it only needs to be interspersed in the middle, and then there are a few solo segments. Ye Mingxuan explained.

"I still don't understand, Xiao Xuan, you come for a while. Old Man Su thought about it for a while and said, "It's just time to rehearse, you are the main master." ”

"Good. Ye Mingxuan nodded and took out his erhu from the instrument case.

Old Man Su is an erhu master, and he can see at a glance that Ye Mingxuan's erhu is not simple: "Xiao Xuan, this erhu has been around for a long time, right?"

Ye Mingxuan nodded, he didn't elaborate, and now is not the time to talk about this.

Sitting in the position of the original old man Su, Ye Mingxuan said to the teacher who played the piano: "The piano in the prelude part should not be in high tune, the sound should be light and crisp, and the cello and violin are the same." ”

Pointing to a passage in the score, he explained: "Here, starting here a little bit higher, here..."

The door of the rehearsal hall was pushed open, and Ye Mingxuan, who was interrupted, was a little displeased. Just as he was about to continue, Ye Lao happily pulled someone to introduce Ye Mingxuan: "Xiao Xuan, this is Xiao Lang, a pianist." Xiaolang, this is Xiaoxuan. ”

"Xiao Xuan, we have interacted with each other on a meager basis. Your piano is great and you have time to communicate. "Xiaolang's attitude is very low and humble. Although he is a little older than Ye Mingxuan, his social status is also higher than Ye Mingxuan.

"Hello Brother Lang, I'm Ye Mingxuan, and you are an expert in piano. "As the saying goes, if you don't hit a smiling person, people have a higher status than you, older than you, and such a good attitude, it is difficult for Ye Mingxuan to feel disgusted.

"Okay Xiaolang, since you're back, I'm relieved, why don't you come to the piano?

"Okay, then I'll come?" Xiao Lang finished and looked at the pianist before. Seeing him nodding, he said, "Xiao Xuan, wait until I am familiar with the score." ”

The more Xiao Lang took the score, the more excited he became, and his passion was palpable. "Xiao Xuan, is this really our own score? ”

Ye Mingxuan nodded.

Xiao Lang couldn't wait to start playing, at first there were playing mistakes, and rhythm problems, as time went on, Xiao Lang's playing has become close to perfect.

"Brother Lang, how about a competition between piano and erhu?" professionals are different, after listening to Xiao Lang's performance, Ye Mingxuan can't wait to cooperate with him.

"Okay, it's all a whole solo?" Xiao Lang has heard of the power of this young erhu and suona, and he doesn't dare to underestimate him.

Old Man Su, Ye Lao and Shi Haishan are all excited, the rare competition of top masters, or the piano that can represent the West and the erhu that represents traditional folk music.

Both of them sat down with serious expressions, and when they were ready, the two nodded their heads.

The piano performance makes the song seem passionate as a whole, but Ye Mingxuan's erhu is more tragic than it, and has a sense of history.

When the two finished playing, the symphony orchestra teachers on the scene had already recognized Ye Mingxuan.

"This young man is really amazing, I didn't expect this song to be played like this. ”

"Who said it wasn't, after listening to him and Xiaolang's performance, I realized that what he said had no sense of hierarchy was really no sense of hierarchy. ”

"The two of them have their own merits, I have to admire it. ”

Everyone was talking, but this time it was a compliment, and it was distrust before.

Ye Lao took the lead in applauding, and everyone applauded.

Su Lao pressed his hand and said, "Everyone listened to Xiao Xuan's performance just now, do you know what Xiao Xuan wants?"

"Got it. ”

"Then let's do it all again. Su Lao said while the iron was hot.

"Brother Lang, since you play the piano part, then I can only wronged you, this piece is mainly about the erhu, so the piano can only be the accompaniment consonant part. Ye Mingxuan said apologetically to Xiao Lang.

"It's okay, tell me how I should cooperate?" Xiao Lang said gently.

"Brother Lang, in the prelude of this piece, the sound of the piano should be lower, and on the basis of the previous playing, it will be lowered by two keys, and the cello and violin should keep up with the rhythm of the piano, which is the same. Ye Mingxuan pointed to the score and said: "Brother Lang, here starts from here, it is the first climax of the song, to be excited, add the drumbeat, it must show a feeling of passion, after this paragraph is a low tide, I will add the erhu in this section, the sound of the piano must fall down, and then climb with the erhu, just like the expectation before dawn, and then the high that cuts through the darkness, there must be a sense of grandeur." The middle part basically belongs to the erhu, and the other instruments have to be in the same key, and the drum sound plays a thick feeling. Come on, let's do it first. ”

As the rehearsal began, Ye Mingxuan kept changing his command.

"Brother Lang, the main part is my erhu, your piano, so your pianist has always been there, not in the low part is gone, but in the low, but in the crisp place, there must be a crisp place, and the crisp place is the beginning of the climax. Be sure to pay attention. ”

"The teacher who plays the drums, out of the erhu and the piano, the drum beat is the conductor point, the drum hammer is the baton, our performance is not a conductor, so you must grasp this rhythm well. ”

With the adjustment and improvement of each time, the performance of the whole piece also got better and better, until the final performance form was finalized, and everyone cheered.

Only Ye Mingxuan was still pondering, feeling as if he had forgotten something, frowning and not saying a word.

"Xiao Xuan, what's wrong? I feel that the current version has reached its peak, and there is basically no room for improvement. Xiao Lang looked at Ye Mingxuan and was still dissatisfied, and said comfortingly.

"Brother Lang, it's not about the musical instrument, but I always feel that something is missing. Ye Mingxuan said with a frown.

"It's not the instrument, it's the people, everyone plays very well, I don't think there's anything wrong." Xiao Lang was even more puzzled.

"Yes, Brother Lang, yes, yes, it's people, Brother Lang, you're amazing, we don't have the harmonic part, and the harmonic part is the communication between people and music. Ye Mingxuan excitedly took Xiaolang's hand and said.

"Yes, why didn't I think of such a simple truth?" Xiao Lang also said excitedly. The symphonic harmony part is also an important point.

"Lao Ye, call quickly, call all the people in the harmony department to come over, and put down the other rehearsals first, this piece must be guaranteed to be foolproof. Su Lao took Ye Lao's hand and said anxiously.

"Lao Su, don't worry. Ye Lao turned to Ye Mingxuan and asked, "What kind of harmony does Xiao Xuan need?"

"Soprano but keep it low. Ye Mingxuan thought about it for a while and said.

"Okay. He said and started to call.

…

Afternoon

Ye Lao walked into the symphony hall with the young talents who participated in the exchange meeting, Ye Mingxuan and Xiao Lang followed Ye Lao's side left and right, Ye Lao told the two of them precautions, in fact, it was mainly for Ye Mingxuan, Xiao Lang has a lot of performance experience, and he has been to this place several times.

"Tomorrow's performance must pay attention to your appearance, don't leave a bad impression on international friends, and no matter how unhappy you are with musicians from other countries, you must hold back and not lose your proportion. Even in the face of their provocations, don't lose your grace. ”

Ye Lao introduced people who did not perform today into the audience, Ye Mingxuan and Xiao Lang sat together, the position was still quite high, and it could be seen that Ye Lao attached great importance to Ye Mingxuan.

After everyone sat down, Ye Lao went backstage to cheer for the performers, at this time, some young people in the backstage were already excited and couldn't control themselves, and there were quite a few nervous overwhelms, Ye Lao must calm these people down, and they can't affect today's performance, even if it's just the opening performance today, it's not very important.

At this time, the entire studio hall was already full except for some specific positions, and there were hundreds of media seats, most of which were domestic, and of course there were many international media, but they were all small media.

Everyone sat down and talked quietly, the young people looked excitedly at the studio hall, and the older musicians whispered instructions from the side.

The Beijing Symphony Concert Hall is the largest and best-performing symphony hall in China, with 1,600 audience seats and 100 media seats, which is an important occasion to meet international friends.

"Brother Lang, aren't the symphony orchestras of other countries here?" A symphony orchestra has as few as a few dozens or as many as a few hundred, and with so many countries, this is definitely not enough to sit in the audience.

"Xiao Xuan, what do you think? This is a music exchange meeting, not a symphony competition, it is estimated that only your starsky is performed in the form of a symphony, and the others are basically one-on-one instrument competitions. Xiao Lang shook his head with a smile and explained.

"Then how can our folk music compete? These international musicians and rookies don't know this!" Ye Mingxuan became more and more puzzled by Xiaolang's explanation.

"How is that possible? According to what you say, don't participate in niche instruments? To put it mildly, as long as you think you have been scared, you can use the guqin and the piano to do it. "This little guy is quite interesting, each country has its own national characteristic instrument, according to him, other countries can't play if they don't know it?

Ye Mingxuan nodded to indicate that he understood.

"Xiao Xuan, looking at the media area, don't you think it's very grand?" Xiao Lang smiled a little meaningfully.

"yes, there's too much media. Ye Mingxuan nodded, more than a hundred media, crowded, machines next to machine, photography secrets densely erected in front.

"Most of today's media are not qualified to come in tomorrow, if you look at the next part, there are only seven or eight media, all of which are top media at home and abroad, and most of the top media will enter tomorrow. ”

"It's really Huaguo TV, Penguin News, Xinlang News, why don't you see the provincial satellite TV media?"

"Provincial satellite TV stations have to broadcast Huaguo TV, no matter whether they come or not, how to broadcast everything is up to Huaguo TV, and you can't write it yourself, what's the use of coming? Internet media is much better, basically as long as it's not too exaggerated, no one says anything. Xiao Lang patiently explained.

"Xiao Xuan, there are a few hard bones that you need to gnaw tomorrow, the piano piece, there are a lot of masters, Xiao Di can't come, both of us may have to play, not only solo, there may be a big scuffle, that is, everyone plays a tune at the same time, everyone has a few radio microphones, who misses the wrong tone and tunes back to obviously hear it, of course, this is not necessarily there, it depends on the situation at that time." Your Wild Bee Flying should be okay if you simply compete in skills, but if you look at the depth of the work, the Wild Bee Flying is not enough. Xiao Lang paused and sighed.

"There are too few piano pieces and epic symphonies that belong to us, and it can even be said that there are none, which is why Ye Lao is so fond of you, starsky is strictly the only one, and this is also the reason why all the masters are willing to hand over such an important burden to you, we have been playing other people's tunes all these years. ”

"What about Liang Zhu?"

"Liang Zhu! Xiao Xuan, you are also a master who understands music, don't deceive yourself, Liang Zhu is a concerto, and it can only be said that it is unsatisfactory in the symphony. Xiao Lang said helplessly.

Liang Zhu's piece is a top-notch piece whether it is played solo on the violin or other erhu solos, but the adapted concerto is not as good as a professional symphony.

Ye Mingxuan nodded, hesitated for a while, and said, "Actually, I still have a tune." ”

"And?" Xiao Lang asked in surprise, and then nodded: "Yes, it's normal for your musical talent to have its own tunes." But it's unlikely like Sstarsky's. Some piano masters will never be able to make such a piece in their lifetime. ”

Xiao Lang shook his head and laughed self-deprecatingly, how could he not be like this, being crowned as one of the top ten contemporary pianists by the media, which made him feel guilty in his heart, he didn't even have a piano piece of his own.

Ye Mingxuan doesn't care, who said that another song is not as good as the starry sky?

"Don't talk about this, Xiao Xuan, do you see that young man over there?" Xiao Lang gestured with his eyes, pointing to a handsome foreign guy with blond hair. "Daniel, about the same age as you, only twenty-eight years old, is a talented pianist in the North Bear, and is ranked higher in the world than me. I don't have faith in him. ”

Xiao Lang rubbed his eyebrows and thought for a while and said: "Xiao Xuan, if you are confident, if he provokes tomorrow, I hope you can go up and resist it, I don't want to lose, and we can't lose either." ”

It seems that tomorrow's international simultaneous live broadcast does give Xiaolang a lot of pressure, the world ranking is only one place away, and the skill is not much different, if it is usual, Xiaolang will definitely not back down, even if he loses, he will not retreat, but tomorrow will be different, he can't afford to lose.

"It is said that he will play a new piece tomorrow, composed by his teacher, and several foreign pianist friends say that it is definitely a classic piece. Xiao Lang, who rubbed his eyebrows, said with a headache, if Xiao Xuan didn't use the erhu to play starsky, he would be confident that he would use this song to compete with the other party.

Telling Ye Mingxuan about this was just because of the huge pressure and wanting to talk about it, and he didn't really withdraw Ye Mingxuan to top the thunder.

"Brother Lang, didn't I say it? I still have a tune. Ye Mingxuan reluctantly emphasized that with the support of a world cultural treasure, he was fearless. The nervousness is only for the person who will come tomorrow, and the identity is too exaggerated.

"How about comparing it to the starry sky?" Xiao Lang looked at Ye Mingxuan expectantly. Expect Ye Mingxuan to say the answer he had in mind.

"It shouldn't be bad. Ye Mingxuan nodded and said.

"Great, tomorrow you go and scold him, I'm not afraid of others, except for him, other people who are older than me can't participate. Xiao Lang said excitedly.

"If I really need it tomorrow, I'll definitely be on it. Ye Mingxuan thought about it for a while, it should be no problem.

"Okay, that's it, haha. Xiao Lang lost the pressure, the whole person seemed relaxed, and his state was much better. "Let's take a look at the level of these international rookies. ”