Chapter 245 Cheng Xiaoyu's first lesson
The main piano teacher of this year's steel watch major is Professor Xu Hongqin, who belongs to the typical genius turtle school.dt.com was admitted to the High School Attached to the Shanghai Opera Conservatory of Music at the age of 11 and graduated from the Shanghai Opera at the age of 19.
During his stay in Shanghai, he successively studied under famous teachers such as Yu Kang Yongfei, Zhang Qing, Xiao Mingda, Wu Leyi, etc.
In 1989, he studied at the Karlsruhe State Conservatory in Germany. Professor Genuit specializes in solo piano and chamber piano.
In 1996, he received a diploma in solo piano at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music (the highest diploma for a musician at the German Conservatory) and a diploma in artist training for the master's degree in piano chamber music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory.
During his studies in Germany, he also benefited from the teachings of many masters, such as: D. Joffe, D. Bashkiro, A. Braginsky, etc.
Since 1998, Professor Xu has taught at five conservatories in Germany, such as the Baden Conservatory and the Brighton School of Music.
Since March 2007, Xu Hongqin has been employed as a professor in the piano department of Shanghai Opera Conservatory of Music as a teaching officer.
Such an award-winning master teacher is of course commendable, and such a qualified professor can only be found in the alto in addition to the play, but after all, she is a big class of more than 30 people, and it is impossible to often give one-on-one guidance, so if you can't learn anything, you have to rely on yourself in the end.
Forty-year-old Xu Hongqin did not leave too many traces on her face, at most she was in her early thirties, and she was a very delicate and elegant young woman.
She stood on the podium in a CHANEL suit and said, "What is a pianist?
No one raised their hand to answer her question, and Wu Di was even more successful when he heard this, and lowered his head and blushed a little.
But in fact, not too many people pay attention to him, who doesn't have a little pride in the girls who can be admitted to the play?
Xu Hongqin put his hands on the podium and continued, "Virtuoso is not a professional name, it is a title, a title for music appreciators who appreciate or recognize excellent performers. What I tell my students every time is that if someone appreciates your music, it means that your interpretation and expression of the music have moved that person. Won the appreciation and praise of this person. At this point, you become the performer in the person's mind, and the difference between you and some successful pianists is only that they are the performers in the minds of more people. ”
"As far as we are concerned, as long as we continue to work hard to let more people understand the beauty of music and art through your performance, and let more people appreciate you, then you will become a pianist in the minds of more and more people! It can only be said that the performance of a certain player has been recognized by a very small number of authoritative experts, and its significance is that it is a selection mechanism such as guò. To provide some outstanding talents with faster ways and opportunities for people to know and understand him, but if he can't really express the beauty of music to people unremittingly and persistently, the award of this competition is just a flash in the pan for his artistic career. ”
Saying this, Xu Hongqin walked down from the podium and walked among the students.
"Why am I telling you this before I start class today? Because there are a few students in this class who can be said to be geniuses, and I myself have been called geniuses, so I know what you need most to teach. I know that some of you have played "EnglishCountry-Tunes" in the exam, and when this kind of student encounters me as an examiner, I will give him a zero score. Anyway, the lowest score has to be removed, it doesn't matter. ”
Cheng Xiaoyu was still laughing at Wu Di at first, but it didn't take long for him to be stabbed by the teacher of this bunker here, and many students were turning their heads to take the exam.
Xu Hongqin followed the students' gaze and knew that an ordinary boy sitting in the corner of the back row should be a student playing "EnglishCountry-Tunes".
Cheng Xiaoyu has already obtained Chen Haoran's true biography, and his poker face is extremely natural.
It's like he's everyone.
Xu Hongqin and Cheng Xiaoyu continued: "And those students who are not called geniuses. You can't be presumptuous, talent and innate conditions are never the most important thing in piano learning!"
"Who can tell me what is most important in piano learning?"
Xu Hongqin looked around and asked questions.
Someone whispered, "Perseverance and persistence!"
"That's right, perseverance and persistence are essential. Is there an answer?"
Wu Di said: "Control zhì." ”
"Control is the most important thing in performance, and the process of piano learning is to constantly strengthen the sense of using the brain to control the strength of the music with the brain and the shape of one's own hands. ”
Xu Hongqin pointed to Cheng Xiaoyu, who was numb, and said, "Tell me what is the most important thing in piano practice?"
As soon as Cheng Xiaoyu was about to stand up, Xu Hongqin said, "Don't stand up, sit and say." In the future, if I ask you questions, you don't have to stand up and answer them casually. ”
She has been Westernized for a long time, and she does not have the habit of making students stand up and answer questions.
Cheng Xiaoyu's buttocks just lifted up and sat back down.
After thinking for a moment, the quiet and silent classroom was full of eyes on him, and he said slowly in a melodious and emotional voice while thinking about the organizational language: "To put it simply, every time I play the piano, I can be consistent in one phrase. It is exquisite, pure, with its own rotating orbit, serene disdain for the destruction of us (Rilke), independent of the singular existence of this world, which is simply tearful. Bechkov commanded Shostakovich the fifth of the Cologne broadcast. When I first listened to it, my life suffered a little setback. When I heard the first three movements, it felt very patterned or a typical tragic image, and I couldn't move me on a deeper level. But when the first note of the last movement sounded, I burst into tears. I don't know why so many people still think that Xiao Wu's theme is revolution. The last movement I heard was a monologue, a monologue of a man who was knocked down by life but forced to laugh, or rather a clown. Someone beats you with a stick and says, "Your task is to rejoice, you have to rejoice." Then you yourself are beaten and mutter: My task is to rejoice~~ is a core proposition of rejoicing in Nietzsche's "The Birth of Tragedy" is that art makes the originally hidden tragic nature of the world visible. The huge amount of information contained in classical music allows every player to intuitively feel it, and every time I listen to or play it, I feel differently. Playing such classical music, they should not be called cultural relics, so many magnificent and beautiful chapters are in your eyes, in your hands, sitting on the piano and hanging your hands can play. To get to know the Mona Lisa Greatness you have to buy a plane ticket to France, and to experience Beethoven's greatness, you just need to open the lid, step on the pedal, and start playing the Symphony in C minor (Destiny). Piano playing really resonates with the deepest part of the human soul. This kind of emotion and impulse is the motivation that has always supported me to continue in piano playing, and I think the most important thing in piano learning is the love of music!"
After Cheng Xiaoyu finished speaking, the applause in the class sounded like thunder, Duanmu Linsha felt that Cheng Xiaoyu was simply in her heart, she insisted on practicing piano for so many years, and she did not win any important awards, nor did she want to learn a tool for a living, just because she loved it.
And it is difficult for students who can be admitted to the theater to get to this classroom if they can find a decent job just because they want to learn a high-level survival skill.
Even Wu Di resonated with these words.
Xu Hongqin also applauded and said, "This classmate said very well, the most important thing in piano learning is diligent practice and love for piano performance. The reason why I got to where I am today is definitely not because of my genius, but because of my love for music and the piano. ”
"This is the first lesson I will teach you, and I will tell you that in addition to hard work and love, how should we go on the road to the advancement of musicians. Basic skills are always the most important, don't think that when you enter the play, you should learn more gorgeous skills, and you should learn more difficult tunes. My attitude is that it is absolutely not advisable to blindly pursue difficulty in piano playing. Especially at your age, your mind is still unstable, and it is easy to go crazy when you delve into this kind of tune. A master is not called a master because he can play a difficult repertoire. The master connects the mind with his ears, not with his fingers to the keyboard. ”
Xu Hongqin said that his expression was stern here, and his voice was sonorous and powerful, changing his previous gentleness and kindness.
"Bach's 12 equal temperaments, Chopin's etudes, Czerny's etudes, Moshkovsky's technique, Krementi's mastery of the hand, these foundations have always been the most important content in piano learning, even if you are a genius, without systematic basic exercises, it is impossible for the fingers to be dexterous and powerful, let alone perfect performances, so strengthening the basic exercises is the most important thing. Finger exercises, scales and arpeggios, and etudes are the three major pieces that we need to reinforce over and over again. ”
Xu Hongqin had already returned to the podium with a very charming step at this time.
"The average piano student is in dire need of reliable fingering skills to improve their musical performance. But if you want to become a pianist during your college years, you need to work on the following aspects: 1. identify the main pieces of music you are playing, and 2. overcome the technical hurdles that arise in playing them. 3. Delve into the study to stimulate their multi-faceted talents and originality. 4. Have at least one relationship. ”
Speaking of this, the whole class burst into laughter, thinking that this teacher was really sharp and funny.
Xu Hongqin also smiled here and said, "If you are not in love, don't use Chopin as your main performance! ”
(1st update) (To be continued.)
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