"Sure enough...... It's very impressive. ”

Fu Tiao looked at the building in front of him and nodded as well.

Indeed, as the man said, the first time the building was built, it already had the capital to become a new landmark of the city.

This building is also worth everyone to come and take a special look.

Such a building, really beautiful.

It's just that the person in charge looked at the building in front of him, and his mood didn't seem to be particularly excited.

He spoke with a little emotion.

"Although the building is beautiful and can become a landmark in Hamburg, it is worth visiting from all over the world, and it can even attract countless top orchestras to play here, but ...... He's too expensive. ”

He didn't say anything about this place.

The building, which was originally expected to cost tens of millions of euros, was still a building that was renovated from an old building, but it took a full 800 million euros to build.

It's still a pure concert hall, and even if there are some restaurants and water bars in it, it's not that expensive.

This kind of building belongs to the kind of building that has no way to return to its original cost, and even makes it a resident welfare without much qualification, and it is purely loss-making.

So as a Hamburg staff member of the city hall, he looked at the building in front of him and didn't know what kind of emotions he should use to face him for a while.

After all, he is not a member of the council of the city of Hamburg, and this achievement is not on his head.

He was an ordinary citizen of the city of Hamburg, an ordinary middle class, and nearly half of his monthly salary was taxed to support the huge project.

In other words, as a staff member of the city hall to the outside world, I have a sense of accomplishment when I discuss this building with others.

Other than that, there was no other special emotion.

He didn't even know if he should love or hate the building.

After all, after all these years, there have been people marching there every year, saying that they want to cancel the subsequent construction of this building, make it an unfinished building, and don't let the federal money be spent here in vain.

He also participated in such parades.

Therefore, when I saw that it was actually built, my emotions were still quite complicated.

The staff member coughed lightly, threw the matter aside, smiled at Fu Xuan, and spoke.

"So Mr. Fu Dior, now go directly to the Elb?"

"Okay."

Fu Tiao has no opinion, if you want to visit this city, you can go back and visit after the performance.

So the most important time now is to go inside the concert hall to see what the situation is like.

Fu Tiao, following the staff's vehicle, soon came to the downstairs of the Elbe Concert Hall.

I didn't get a ticket at the ticket hall on the side, but I took the elevator directly from the staff elevator on the side to enter the concert hall.

Looking at the straight appearance of everyone's suits, some passers-by who were about to come over to visit were slightly curious.

Some people even recognized Fu Tuo, covered their mouths in a little surprise, picked up their mobile phones and began to click to take pictures.

Fu did not refuse, smiled at them, accepted their photos, and entered the elevator towards the concert hall.

The elevator is running very fast, I don't know if the elevator is running so fast on the German side, from the bottom of the building to the concert hall, Fu Diao didn't even wait for more than thirty seconds, and he has already arrived at the backstage location of the concert hall.

This place is basically free of any tourists.

The place is closed to the public unless those tourists buy tickets for tonight's concert hall.

Visitors can drink some water and eat snacks on the viewing platform outside, as well as in the water bars, cafes, small restaurants, etc., but there is no way to enter the concert hall.

Not at all, after all, the Berliner Philharmoniker is no different.

You can wander around the outside of the Berliner Philharmoniker to see what the building looks like, but you can't get inside the concert hall without a ticket.

That's why when Fu Tune enters the concert hall, the surroundings seem extremely empty.

Fu Tiao and the staff were all in the backstage walkway of the concert hall, and the collision of leather shoes with the ground even brought a hint of echo.

This staff member is still familiar with the scenery of the city.

He walked backstage in the concert hall with Fu Tiao, while introducing the city landmarks that could be seen from this side.

As for the interior of the concert hall, he only knew a little bit of where the backstage was and where to get in.

The rest of the ......

He took Fu Tiao to the person in charge of the concert hall, knocked lightly on the door of the person in charge's office, and knocked the bearded man out of the door.

"Baros, this is the performer who needs to come over tonight, Dio Fu, you should have a record over there, right?"

Fu ...... Dior? ”

The head of the concert hall named Barros looked at Fu Diao, and his eyes lit up visibly.

He took two steps forward sharply, stretched out his hand and said excitedly.

"Dior! I've listened to Ling's performances, I've heard your Chopin albums,"

He didn't just have a record and knew that Fu was coming.

He is also a fan of Fu Tune's works.

He reached out to hold Fu Tiao's hand and said with some excitement.

"I especially like your Chopin's ballade, your Chopin's ballade should be one of the best versions of the ballade I have ever heard, and over time, it will definitely become the memory of a generation! Definitely not inferior to Zimmerman's version! ”

Zimmerman's version is what is now a textbook of ballades.

The most perfect version of the ballade.

The reason why he said this is because when Zimmerman recorded it, it was too impressive.

It's true that when you think of Chopin's ballades, you think of Zimmermann.

Even so, when Zimmerman's recording first came out, the Chopin ballade that everyone was talking about was not him, but someone else's version.

Fu's version currently feels the same way.

In the opinion of the person in charge of the concert hall, if the time can be longer, for example, it can be more than ten years.

Then the memory of a generation may really be modified like that.

Chopin's ballade in Fu tune is the best in the world!

It's definitely possible.

So the head of the concert hall spoke with great enthusiasm.

"In addition to the ballades, your other works, such as Beethoven's Sonata No. 57 and Brahms's two rhapsodies, are actually quite good, and I personally like them...... So, I'll show you the concert hall? ”

"Trouble!"

"No trouble, no trouble! After all, you'll need to play later. ”

Baros, the person in charge of the concert hall, happily patted Fu Tune on the shoulder, put his arm around Fu Tune and walked into the concert hall.

Then he suddenly thought of something, and said to the city hall staff member behind him.

"What, I'll take Dior to visit the concert hall first, and you'll leave first, right?"

"Okay, if you have any questions when you go back, remember to contact."

The town hall staff nodded, and turned to leave.

Fu was brought to the concert hall by Barros.

After Barros turned on all the lights backstage and looked at everything in the concert hall, Fu Tune was shocked.

The concert hall has a bit of a vineyard feel like the Berliner Philharmoniker, but it has a different feel.

Everyone was scattered around the orchestra pit in the middle.

The piano in the middle of the concert hall is particularly sacred in the light of the light.

You can sit in any position and listen to the center stage playing.

Fu Tune just thinks about it, and he can imagine that here, the audience in every place seems to be able to get the most perfect sound effect.

Because......

Fu Tiao looked at the hole in the wall beside him, touched it slightly, and asked Baros.

"Is this an acoustic device?"

"Well, this one was specially designed by someone for us, normal concert halls are the same as you see, basically those shoeboxes, the sound of music crashes behind the wall, and then bounces back to everyone in the concert hall, but we are different......"

Baros walked down with Fu Tune, and soon reached the very center and bottom of the orchestra pit.

Standing in the very center of the moon pond and looking around.

Fu noted very clearly that the walls were not flat, but bulging one after the other.

These bulges reflect the sound around the concert hall, and it seems that it can directly hit the holes at the back of the concert hall, and then propagate through the holes, enveloping the entire concert hall?

There are many, many more complex designs that Fu Tiao can't see.

He didn't study acoustics either, so he could only get a rough idea.

This was learned from his previous experience in concert halls.

This is how the shoebox-like concert hall is designed, and the same principle may be the same.

The head of the concert hall, Barros, didn't seem to say anything special, he just groped his chin and hesitantly explained.

"I don't quite understand why it's designed, but according to people who have played here before, they have the best performance in the Hamburg Concert Hall so far, and I'm a musician myself, I play the violin, and I feel pretty good, so if you want to, you can give it a try?"

With that, he pointed to the piano in the middle of the concert hall and spoke to Fu Tune.

"Steinway, we are made in Hamburg, you can try it, if you don't feel good, I can call the Steinway and Sons master to come over and make some modifications to help you improve some feel."

"I'll give it a try."

Fu Tiao nodded, walked to the piano, reached out to touch the piano in front of him, opened the lid of the piano, and pressed a few notes casually.

The feel of the piano is slightly hard, which is not a special habit for Fu tunes.

But the piano sounds good and seems to be specially tuned?

Under such a piano sound, Fu Tune even felt that the piano was almost connected with everything in this concert hall.

Let the whole concert hall flow with the fluctuations of his fingers.

This feeling......

It's a bit like when he played a god-level live before, and that feeling of being in control of the entire concert hall.

Feeling this voice, Fu Tiao looked at the person in charge beside him with a little surprise.

"The acoustic structure of this concert hall ......"

"Pretty good, right?"

The man said cheerfully.

"As you can hear, many people who play here are amazed at the vibrancy of this concert hall, and they even feel that this concert hall is a living musical monster, and they are the manipulators of this monster! How to play...... It's cool! It's like being a cheater and playing games! ”

"Yes, the feeling of this concert hall is really impressive, and it deserves to be ......"

Fu Tiao hesitated for a moment, thought about the words for a while, and then spoke.

"Worthy of ...... 800 million project mega building. ”

“……”

Baros, who was still proud in that place, couldn't help but freeze his emotions, coughed twice in embarrassment, and whispered.

"Don't talk about this 800 million euros, it's really a bit embarrassing."

"I'm sorry."

Fu Tiao suddenly realized that this 800 million was not a praise for the Elbe Concert Hall, and immediately apologized, and then changed the topic and asked.

"Anyway...... Who will be the resident band here? ”

"NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchester, NDR Radio Elbphilharmonic Orchestra, formerly NDR Radio Symphony Orchestra, you should know."

"You know, one of Germany's top orchestras, about the same as the Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra."

"Yes, the strong repertoire of this orchestra is Bruckner and Beethoven and other classical and romantic works, as well as some modernist works, if you like, you can find them to play some modernist works."

Barros said lightly.

"This year I also happened to change the conductor, and I changed Alan Gilbert, a conductor from a beautiful country, born in New York, who won first place at the Geneva International Music Awards, and I don't know much about the rest, after all, I am only the head of the concert hall, and I am not in charge of the specific matters of the NDR Radio Philharmonic."

"Well, I see, thank you."

Fu Tiao nodded, indicating that he was clear.

Seeing Fu Tune like this, Baros happily introduced everything in the concert hall, and then left the concert hall with Fu Tune and came to the back of the concert hall.

This place also belongs to the backstage of the concert hall, but it is most accurate to say that this place should be the preparation room.

When Baros opened the door of the preparation room, looking at everything in front of him, Fu Tiao couldn't help but be stunned.

This prep room......

It's so beautiful!

This prep room should have been the prettiest and most perfect prep room he had ever seen, not even one of them.

Huge floor-to-ceiling windows hang from the edge of the room.

Gentle sunlight shines through the floor-to-ceiling windows on the piano.

Even if he hadn't walked in yet, Fu Tiao could still feel the warmth of the sun shining on his body.

And through the window, you can see very clearly the banks of the Elbe and the harbors, with the white sailboats rising and falling with the sea breeze and waves.

It's beautiful.

The beauty is relaxing.

Not to mention those small gadgets around, such as capsule coffee machines, fruit baskets, and gravity-free loungers.

If the preparation room in other places is purely a place for you to prepare and rest.

Then the preparation room of the Elbe Hall will give you a sense of home.

It even makes you want to lie in this place to practice, and you don't want to go out for ten days and half a month.

"This place...... Is it really a prep room? ”

"Of course, this is a room for you pianists, and there are other practice rooms next door for each instrument, after all, ......"

Barros couldn't help but smile awkwardly when he said this.

"After all, this thing has cost a full 800 million euros, so you can't make a lot of tofu scum projects to fool you, right? Otherwise, what if the other artists refuse to perform here? Think of this place as a pure attraction? ”

"That's right."

Fu Tiao couldn't help but smile when he heard this, and nodded in agreement.

As the man said, 800 million euros have been spent, and if you don't coax them a group of artists, what if everyone runs away by then?

Did you really waste all your money?

Although I feel that the probability of this 800 million euros being able to return to the cost is almost zero, but it can't all be wasted, right?

It has to be economical, right?

That's what their minds are thinking.

That's why it's so comfortable to do all these details.

After taking Fu Tiao to visit here, the person in charge asked Fu Tiao.

"According to the previous schedule, your performance is the day after tomorrow, is your hotel booked?"

"Not yet." Fu Tune shook his head: "It's not the peak season recently, so it can be set temporarily, I remember that the hotel in Hamburg is not expensive." ”

"It's good if it's not decided."

Barros couldn't help grinning when he heard this: "If it's undecided, then you can use the Westin Hotel upstairs in our Elbe Concert Hall, it just so happens that they have just opened, and it is just right to serve as a reception." ”

With that, he pulled out a room card from his pocket and scratched his head.

"I originally wanted to say that if you book a room, do you want to retreat, but fortunately you haven't decided, you can also use this room, and we pay for all the food and drink in the Elbe Concert Hall, don't worry, after all, this is the first time that the Elbconcert Hall is open to the public, and you are our invited guests, you deserve our hospitality."

"Multi-...... Thank? ”

Fu Tiao took the room card in Barros's hand a little surprised, looked it up and down, and scratched his head, feeling a little strange.

Is there a hotel above the Elb's concert hall?

He had always thought that the Elbe Concert Hall was a simple concert hall.

Watching Fu Tiao take over the room card, Baros smiled relaxedly, and whispered mysteriously to Fu Tiao.

"This room is very nice, I specially found you a room in the corner, I hope you like it."

After that, he patted Fu Diao on the shoulder, took Fu Diao to the guest elevator, and pointed to the button on the top floor.

"One of the best rooms with a view, and ...... Best neighbors! ”

Fu Tiao was a little puzzled at first, but when he took the luggage and room card in his hand and followed the hotel staff to his room according to Baros's guidance, he understood that there was no problem with what Baros said just now.

The view from this place is almost the highest point in the whole of Hamburg.

Just like the preparation room just now, the huge floor-to-ceiling windows bring all the scenery into Fu Tuo's eyes.

He will perform in the concert hall downstairs with several other invitees, representing pianists from all over the world.

(End of chapter)