"Sir Simon?"

Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect to see Sir Simon in this place, and the body that was originally sitting couldn't help but get up, took two steps forward, and asked Sir Simon.

"Sir Simon, why are you here?"

"Me? Hahaha, don't you know that I'm a native of England? Now there is not much time left before Christmas, so I will come back for Christmas and reunite with my family, just like your Spring Festival in China, there is not much difference. ”

Sir Simon laughed.

Probably because he was in a good mood when he returned to his hometown, his body was obviously much tougher than when he was in the Berlin Philharmoniker before, and he couldn't help but grin when he looked at Fu Tuo.

"I've been negotiating some details with the London Symphony Orchestra recently, I will let go of the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2017, and many global symphony orchestras are handing me olive branches, I thought about going for a long time, and finally decided to go back to my hometown first to see if there was a chance, and then I chose the London Symphony, and after I took a little rest in my hometown, that is, in a few years, maybe around 2023, I may return to the core of the World Orchestra."

Although he didn't say it explicitly, Fu Tiao knew that he should be talking about those big European orchestras.

For example, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Amsterdam Royal Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra and so on.

It's not that the orchestra on the English side is not strong, it's just that because of the island, there is always some gap between it and the European continent, and even if the transportation is much easier, it is not completely smooth.

Sir Simon spread his hands and said: "There is no specific repertoire to be played yet, but there should not be many problems overall, they have already sent a notice in March, haven't you noticed?" ”

"No ......"

Fu Tune shook his head.

He had no idea about it.

"I was probably preparing for the Chopin International Piano Competition, and I didn't know much about the details, so I didn't have much time to care."

"Well, that's normal."

Sir Simon nodded.

Just behind him, a group of people sneakily poked their heads out and cautiously surveyed the classroom.

Looking at Sir Simon, who was standing at the door and chatting with Fu Tuo, he was stunned for a moment, and then saw Fu Tuo standing near the podium, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and he quickly rushed to the remaining place in the room and sat down.

They are the group of people who were reminded by Lin Xuan before.

They originally wanted to come to chase stars to see Fu Diao, but they didn't expect that it was not only Fu Diao who was here, but also Sir Simon.

Compared to RCM, RAM people are more familiar with Sir Simon, because Sir Simon is a RAM graduate himself.

In 1971 he entered the Royal College of Music (RAM) of the University of London to study piano, percussion and orchestra conducting, graduating in 1974 and winning first prize at the John Pryor International Conducting Competition in the same year and being appointed assistant conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Prior to his appointment as Principal Conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in 1980, he was a guest conductor with orchestras around the world.

The subsequent takeover of the Berliner Philharmoniker from Abbado was a glorious moment in his career.

Sir Simon's illustrious resume has given him a very high position on the RAM side.

Although Sir Simon has hardly ever given a resident masterclass with them, he does have occasional lectures.

Now Sir Simon has come to the RCM to play, and judging from his current performance, he actually has such a good relationship with Fu Tuo, which makes their RAM students a little shocked.

They whispered to the RCM person in front of them and couldn't help but ask.

"What's the matter, how did Sir Simon come?"

"I don't know, we just got the key, everyone sat down, and when Fu was about to start speaking, Sir Simon knocked on the door and came in......"

"Huh? How could it be so coincidental? Do Sir Simon and Fu have a good relationship? ”

"I don't know, maybe it's just a simple understanding?"

"You look at this look, it's obviously not as simple as a simple understanding, it seems that Sir Simon admires Fu Tune very much, Sir Simon, one of the world's top conductors, the pianist he admires, is not so simple as a promising future, right?"

"Fu Tune itself has a bright future, the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, he doesn't need Sir Simon to raise his value, but the relationship between Sir Simon and Fu Tune seems to be a little too good, have they worked together before?"

"I'm so envious, I really want to talk to Sir Simon, I don't even have Sir Simon's signature......"

"It's as if you have Fu Tune's signature."

"Huh? Won't you be able to ask Fu Tiao for an autograph later? I wonder if Fu Tiao will be able to convince Sir Simon to sign an autograph for us. ”

“……”

The crowd was chattering below, watching Fu Tune and Sir Simon fill their minds with gossip.

And Fu Tuo was chatting briefly with Simon.

Sir Simon is here to meet his old friends at RCM today, mainly to talk about their recent situation.

When I was at the door of the secretariat before, I seemed to hear Lin Xuan's words, saying that a top pianist from China wanted to come to discuss with them, and wanted to rent a room for everyone to communicate.

He thought about it for a while, and felt that this person might know him, and then he came over curiously to take a look, but he didn't expect to see Fu Tuo.

It had been almost two months since he last saw Fu Tuo, which seemed to be more than a month ago.

It was at the end of October.

It didn't take long, but it seemed like a long, long time.

After all, in the past month or two, Fu Diao's growth rate has been too fast, so fast that it is even a little outrageous.

Every performance can cause a bit of a commotion, and it can even get people in the industry to talk about it.

In his time in Berlin, he had heard more than one person discussing Fu tunes.

Even in the Berliner Philharmoniker, some people will occasionally bring out Fu Tune's name when they are talking about gossip.

Compared with the previous Fu Tune, who was just an ordinary champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, now Fu Tune's reputation has spread a little bit in it.

And now, when he arrived in London, when he got off the train, he found that Fu Tune's posters had been posted everywhere in London.

He was fully aware that Fu Tiao's influence was gradually expanding.

The Chopin International Piano Competition is a Mars, and the subsequent tour is a gust of wind for Fu Tune's appearance in the classical music center here in Europe.

This gust of wind fueled the rise of Mars.

Let it gradually grow from a little spark that no one notices, to a flame, and even a bonfire, a flame.

Sweeping the globe.

Seeing Fu Tune like this, Sir Simon even had a little doubt, wondering if he had traveled to five or six years later.

Even the previous champions of the Chopin International Piano Competition have not been able to achieve such a point.

Is Fu too strong?

Still is......

Is he old?

Looking at Fu Diao, he didn't know what he should say as he spoke, so he could only sigh helplessly, patted Fu Diao's shoulder, and praised him.

"Fu, you played very well, and recently, even around me, people have begun to talk about your concert."

"Is that so?" Fu Xuan smiled, not realizing what grade the people around Sir Simon were, just chatting as friends: "Then it seems that my efforts are still effective." ”

"Of course it works! And it's not usually productive, you're just one step away from becoming the world's top pianist. ”

Sir Simon smiled suddenly, and glanced inside the room.

At this moment, the room was actually full.

No, or it doesn't mean that it's as simple as sitting full, there are already some people in the back seat who are standing there watching Fu Diao.

And it's not just the Chinese, but also the people of many other countries.

It could be England, it could be France, it could be Germany.

There are only a few students in the entire Royal Conservatory of Music, and there are about 1,000 students, or the number of about four grades combined.

Maybe even less.

If it's the piano's turn, there are probably only a few hundred people.

However, now that there are more than 100 people gathered here, it is obvious that the piano students of the entire RAM and RCM schools, whether they are freshmen or seniors, and even graduate students and doctors, have gathered to Fu Diao's side.

Get ready to see what Fu Tune, the legendary winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, was like.

Seeing the people around him like this, Sir Simon nodded and smiled at Fu.

"Okay, I'm just here to chat with you, and then you can get busy here, I wish you all the best for your concert, and then ......"

He paused, then stretched out his hand.

"Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas."

Fu Tiao also stretched out his hand, shook it with him, and nodded very solemnly.

Sir Simon, on the other hand, took two steps forward, hugged Fu Tuo, and reached out to pat him on the back.

After doing all this, he let go with a smile, waved goodbye to everyone in the room, and turned to leave.

Watching Sir Simon's departure, everyone in the room couldn't help but sigh.

They were expecting Sir Simon to talk to them and get an autograph or something, but they didn't expect to just come over and catch up with Fu Tiao, and after a few words, they withdrew.

But...... Anyway, although Sir Simon may not come to discuss music with them, at least there is a Fu tune here.

Even if Fu Tune's achievements are not as high as Sir Simon's, they can't compare.

Therefore, everyone's eyes looked at Fu Tiao again, looking at him with great anticipation, wanting to see what he would say.

Under their gaze, Fu Tiao packed up his things, turned around and returned to the house, looking at the men and women in the room, he couldn't help but spread his hands helplessly and apologized.

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect Sir Simon to be at your school, we just happened to meet, we talked a little, didn't delay your time?"

"No, no!"

"There was absolutely no delay, we benefited a lot!"

"That's it, Mr. Fu Tiao, you can talk to Sir Simon a little more!"

“……”

Everyone immediately said loudly, seeing that they were so excited, Fu Tiao couldn't say anything, so he could only return to his seat and face everyone.

"Anyway...... Where did we just go? ”

"Tour contents! But before he could begin speaking, Sir Simon came. Lin Xuan, who was sitting at the front, spoke.

"Oh yes, touring ......"

Fu Tiao nodded, looked at the appearance of everyone sitting there seriously, couldn't help laughing, and waved his hand: "Don't be nervous, this is just a very simple chat, don't be too nervous, you don't have to put away your mobile phones, you can take it out to take pictures and videos, it's no problem." ”

"Can I take pictures and videos? Can it really be? One of the people sitting in the back asked excitedly.

Fu Tiao nodded: "Yes, but if you upload it later, don't take my words out of context as much as possible, everyone is just chatting and communicating, not preaching and teaching, don't think too much." ”

"Okay, okay!"

Everyone immediately nodded, and immediately took out their mobile phones from their pockets and school bags, and pointed them at Fu Tuo.

Fu Diao looked at these cameras and was stunned.

Originally, all he thought was that everyone occasionally took out their mobile phones, just like in the concert hall before, but he didn't expect everyone to hold their mobile phones and scare him.

It was completely different from what he expected.

But......

Forget it, it doesn't matter.

Fu Tuo exhaled lightly, not paying attention to these screens, but looking at everyone, leaning on the back of the seat, and said softly.

"But since there are so many classmates and so many people from other countries, why don't I talk to you about Chopin?"

"Good!" When the crowd heard this, their eyes lit up and they cheered loudly.

Compared with the tour, they wanted to hear how Fu Tiao, the champion of the Xiao competition, understood Chopin.

Seeing everyone like this, Fu Tuo smiled and continued.

"In fact, playing Chopin's works is different for everyone, there is no one perfect answer, all the answers can only be said to be similar, not absolutely the same, because Chopin's works are just a framework, a framework for you to show yourself, not an answer."

Everyone didn't understand this sentence, but it didn't prevent them from recording what Fu Tiao said.

What is a framework? What is the answer?

I always feel a little vague, and I don't seem to understand.

But soon, Fu Tiao explained.

"Many of you must have competed in the competition, right? If you have participated in the competition, you should know that music is actually a subjective and objective thing, objectively you can know the mistakes of a work and how much you understand the music, and subjectively, you need to listen to know what the performer wants to express.

As I have played before, there are a few people in the finals of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and you may all know that Kobayashi Aishi, Hamelin, Cho Sung-jin, and me, Chopin has a different understanding of each of us, and Kobayashi Aishi is a typical example of subjectivity and objectivity in music.

The reason why I say she is typical is...... You can hear in her music that her skills are the worst compared to the three of us in the first tier, even worse than one of those in the third round, but why was she able to make it to the fourth round, which is the final round, and not the others? ”

After a pause, Fu Tiao gently tapped the piano on the side, and said very solemnly.

"It's because of her musical performance! Be able to poke all the judges' ideas! ”

"And her performance is a perfect expression between Cho Sung-jin and Hamelin!"

Fu Tiao said very seriously, everyone sat there and listened to Fu Tiao's discussion, and no one dared to interject at this time.

This is the winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, the understanding of the competition, the understanding of Chopin, and a little bit of the inside story of the competition.

Whoever disrupts the classroom at this time will really become a sinner for the ages.

Fu Tiao continued to say softly.

"In fact, we all knew from the beginning that Chopin's overall path should be only two, for example, Zhao Chengzhen's pure description, let himself be a part of Chopin, when playing Chopin, he will be more inclined to start from Chopin himself to understand Chopin, and then make himself Chopin.

It's a good path, I've tried to go through it before, and I'm not a success or a failure, but I'm just reminded that I don't feel like me anymore, so I chose to give up on this path.

There is also a way, which is to summarize Chopin with a specific concept, then it is the softness and love for his hometown, which is the core of Hamelin's playing, and the most important thing in this path is the romance of playing, the performance of Chopin, and the analysis of Chopin from the level of an era.

This is obvious, the first thing to analyze a person is to analyze this person from his own point of view, and the second is to analyze this person from the perspective of the times, which is the main driving force for Zhao Chengzhen and Hamelin to move forward.

It's just ......"

Fu took a long breath and slowly exhaled.

"It's just that I didn't choose these two paths, because neither of them suited me, and what suited me was the most important thing, so what I chose was my own path, a path that is rare in Chopin's arena."

"I believe that I can use 'me' to overcome the times and purity."

It's clear that it's pretending to be forced, and using the least common road to get the highest score, isn't this pretending?

But I don't know why, no one thinks that Fu Diao is pretending to be forced, but thinks that what he said is very reasonable.

Performing a piece is not about forcing oneself to lean towards music, but about making oneself able to fit in with the music.

It's the fit that counts.

But since Fu Tiao has said this, then the latter must be the most important.

That's how Fu Tiao found this path.

Is this path of Fu Diao suitable for him?

Thinking of this, everyone was highly focused, staring at Fu Tuo, waiting for his speech.

They really wanted to know how Fu did it.

Not only them, but there are also many people who are studying Fu Tune's music in the competition, analyzing how Fu Tune defeated Cho Sung-jin and Hamelin.

Fu Tiao looked at everyone and said slowly.

"The point of 'me' is what I have in common with Chopin."

"This is the core of the self-path."

(End of chapter)