"When does the rehearsal start?" Zhou Yan asked.

Now that he has decided to take this job forward, Zhou Yan is concerned about the rehearsal, and it is best to arrange the time well to avoid conflicts with his other work.

In fact, in addition to the joint rehearsal, the time of the general rehearsal is relatively easy to adjust.

Yang Dongsheng said with a smile, "If you have no problem here, I will take you to meet with the Chinese orchestra, and the rehearsal will start at any time." ”

"Who is in charge of this show?"

"He Jianguo commanded."

Hearing that He Jianguo was in charge, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Oh, it's Senior Brother He." ”

"I will definitely borrow again, but how much to borrow and how to borrow is uncertain now."

"Everything is going to get better and better."

He didn't know what the situation was like today, so he must have brought the guy with him.

"You'll catch up later." He Jianguo smiled, "Zhou Yan, let me introduce you to the members of our folk band, Tang Feng won't talk about it, you know, this is Wang Ciheng next to him, the bamboo flute solo of the band." ”

In this regard, Zhou Yan was very calm, he never thought that he could compare to Wang Ciheng.

"Understood." Zhou Yan also expressed understanding.

Of course, good-looking is secondary, Wei Yuru's Zhongruan level is very high, and it can be said that Zhou Yan has come into contact with the highest level of pipa players in reality.

……

Yang Dongsheng smiled, "I'm sorry, Director Zhou, it's really inconvenient to disclose this information now, but you can see it when you rehearse later." ”

After taking out a bamboo flute, everyone began to play a piece with their own instruments.

At this time, not only Wang Ciheng was stunned, but everyone else present was also stunned, and when they saw each other for the first time, Zhou Yan actually began to ask them to borrow people.

"Zhou Yan, you are still too modest." He Jianguo smiled, "Since they are all practitioners, then let's not talk about it, play and sing, let's get started, do you want me to prepare a bamboo flute for you?" ”

"No, I brought my own."

However, he did not leave the Chinese orchestra, but followed He Jianguo to find the troupe leader Yu Songlin. After sending Zhou Yan to him, He Jianguo didn't stay and left directly.

"Senior Brother Zhou has an overreputation."

"By the way, Director Zhou, I have to sign a confidentiality agreement when I go back."

Zhou Yan waved his hand again and again, "I don't dare to ask for advice, I can only say that I am learning from each other, although the music is written by me, but in terms of performance, you are the experts." Director Yang called me and said, let me cooperate with our troupe to produce a program, I am personally honored and afraid, some friends may not know, I myself have been learning bamboo flute since childhood, since I was a child, I have been entering the Chinese orchestra as my goal, but later went to the composition department, this dream can not continue. Being able to enter the Chinese orchestra this time can be regarded as another form of dream come true. ”

……

"As for Wang Ciheng, although we don't socialize, I've heard of his name."

And Wang Ciheng is the person with the highest level of playing this piece so far.

He Jianguo nodded, "Later, we still have to look at the layout of the Spring Festival Gala studio to determine the position." ”

Zhou Yan definitely doesn't have much time to spend on these instruments, so it shows that Zhou Yan is extremely talented in musical instruments, and he can become familiar with a musical instrument in just a short time.

Yu Songlin waved his hand, "She still has something to learn, I hope Teacher Zhou will spur her more." ”

In the face of Zhou Yan's praise, Wei Yuru hugged the pipa and owed a debt, and said with a light smile: "You have won the award." ”

Wang Ciheng was naturally very pleasantly surprised, after all, he was able to perform abroad, which was a good opportunity for him.

"Yu Jia?" Zhou Yan was stunned for a moment, and did not react immediately.

"Thoughts Through Time and Space" was played by her in Zhongruan, and the atmosphere came out at once.

"In December, the Piano Youth Orchestra plans to have two performances in the United States, and I would like to borrow Senior Brother Wang to play this piece of "Floating Fragrance in the Dark"."

"Well, Senior Brother Wang is still quite active."

"yes, we'll meet once after I graduate."

Yu Songlin suddenly heard Zhou Yan's voice, "Meaning, you have to borrow it later?" ”

"Okay, I see." Zhou Yan smiled, looked at Wei Yuru next to him, and said, "Sister Yuru's "Thoughts Through Time and Space" played by Zhongruan just now also surprised me very much. ”

In recent years, the Chinese orchestra has basically not had the opportunity to perform abroad, although the troupe has always had this idea, but it is difficult to implement.

Wang Ciheng is still somewhat famous in the bamboo flute world, and he seems to have studied with Lu Chunling for a while.

They also sighed in their hearts, sure enough, a genius composer like Zhou Yan has special abilities.

Yu Songlin smiled, "Yu Jia is my daughter. ”

He's not just going to be able to play the sound, but the kind that can really play the tracks, to say the least.

Zhou Yan and Wang Ciheng both played a piece of "Dark Fragrance Floating", and it turned out that Zhou Yan was indeed inferior to Wang Ciheng, not a little worse, but a grade worse.

……

The next morning, Zhou Yan went to the Central Chinese Orchestra.

After that, Zhou Yan discussed a lot of things with the performers on the scene, and with so many masters present, if he didn't take the opportunity to learn something, wouldn't it be a waste of opportunity?

"Well, I'll go check it out first. By the way, what is the structure of this year's program? What is the ratio of language to singing and dancing, and are there any other performance programs? ”

"No problem."

Therefore, everyone didn't feel any pity that Zhou Yan didn't continue to move forward on the road of playing.

There are talented people from generation to generation, and the performers have changed one after another, but the classic compositions are still those.

"This is Wei Yuru, Si Zhongruan plays."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, I'll go back to the Chinese Orchestra." ”

On the one hand, he is more reserved, and on the other hand, as a member of the orchestra, he cannot decide what he does at work.

As a student of the composition department, he has too much knowledge to enter the classroom on a musical instrument, and he must not be comparable to a person like Wang Ciheng who has been immersed in the bamboo flute for many years.

"No wonder Yu Jia's Zhongruan level is so high, it turns out that he has a family education."

After introducing them all, He Jianguo said, "I have already told you about the general situation, and we will rehearse "Memories of the Forbidden City" together for a period of time, Zhou Yan is the author of this piece, and having him join us will definitely be of great benefit to our rehearsals." If you have any questions, you can also ask Zhou Yan for advice. ”

After Wang Ciheng finished playing, he couldn't help but applaud, "Although I wrote this piece, today Senior Brother Wang let me reacquaint myself with it." ”

"Seems like so."

"Hello, hello."

Therefore, it is very difficult for the Chinese orchestra to perform commercially, let alone make money, and it is impossible to keep the salaries of the performers, who themselves are a loss-making unit.

Zhou Yan greeted with a smile, "Hello Senior Brother Wang." ”

And because of his advice, everyone at the scene also found that Zhou Yan had such a wide range of knowledge, and he knew every musical instrument on the scene.

Zhou Yan comforted, and then followed He Jianguo to the concert hall.

The people present were also very face-saving, and they all played Zhou Yan's tunes.

"I know Tang Feng, one year higher than me, he cultivates erhu."

After communicating with these people in the orchestra for nearly two hours, Zhou Yan got up and took his leave.

At the same time, he also sighed, now the most nourishing in the country is the folk band of the Piano Youth Orchestra.

He Jianguo glanced at Tang Feng, "Zhou Yan is now staying in the school to teach and educate people, aren't you digging the foot of the school wall." ”

Zhou Yan smiled, "I definitely don't have to borrow so many people this time." ”

He was not familiar with Zhou Yan, and he had only taken a few photos, but after this contact, he found that Zhou Yan was a broad-minded person, and he was very calm in dealing with the world, neither publicizing nor deliberately doing so.

It is also difficult for them to raise their own funds, and the audience for their own traditional music performances is small, and most of them are still more willing to listen to Western symphonies than to spend money on folk music performances.

Hearing that Zhou Yan wanted to borrow someone, Yu Songlin was very happy, just asked for an approximate time, and then made a decision directly.

He Jianguo had already received the news from Yang Dongsheng in advance, so he naturally knew what Zhou Yan was here for, and when the two exchanged a few words, He Jianguo took Zhou Yan to meet the members of the Folk Music Orchestra.

"In December, except for the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, there is no other special work."

There were more than a dozen people at the scene, and He Jianguo was not too troublesome and introduced them to Zhou Yan one by one.

"That doesn't dare, that doesn't dare."

You must know that the concert hall of the Chinese Orchestra is open to the public, and there are performances on weekdays, but such an environment is really unacceptable. This kind of place holds a performance, and people buy tickets to come in, and they feel uncomfortable.

Zhou Yan is really not modest this time, although he is highly talented, and he has also learned the bamboo flute since he was a child, but since college, the study of the bamboo flute has been much lax.

When chatting just now, Wei Yuru said that she joined the Chinese orchestra at the age of 21 and has been 14 years now.

The others looked over one after another, and Tang Feng, who had more contact with Zhou Yan, said with a smile, "Yo, Senior Brother Zhou Yan is here." ”

This Yu Jia is too low-key, his father is the head of the Chinese orchestra, and he doesn't show any wind at all.

However, Zhou Yan didn't mention it on the spot, just praised it, and didn't say it again.

He Jianguo was first admitted to the Department of Folk Music to study Chinese and Western percussion, and later studied conducting under Wu Lingfen.

"There are a lot of people in the Chinese orchestra who are from the central sound, and you should be familiar with it in the past."

In the face of Zhou Yan's praise, Wang Ciheng was also very happy, although Zhou Yan was younger than him and was still his junior brother, but the song "Dark Fragrance Floating" was written by Zhou Yan, as a performer, it is a proud thing to be so recognized by the composer.

"I'm really flattered."

He went to find He Jianguo first.

The two chatted for a while, and Yu Songlin suddenly said, "Yu Jia is in your group, and I'm causing you trouble." ”

Zhou Yan shook his head secretly, it is one thing to apply, and it is another thing to approve or not to approve it, even if there are funds above, it must be possible to other units first, and then the Chinese orchestra can be thought of last.

The "Dark Fragrance Floating" suite is Zhou Yan's previous semester work, it is a bamboo flute concerto, the skill requirements of the bamboo flute are very high, and it is difficult to complete the level of the poor.

In addition to Wang Ciheng, Zhou Yan also had an idea about Wei Yuru, borrowing one is also borrowing, borrowing two is also borrowing, and if Wei Yuru is also borrowed to participate in a concert in the United States, it will also be a highlight of the concert.

"No problem."

If Zhou Yan doesn't follow the path of composition, even if he becomes a performer, there is a way out.

Zhou Yan came with a bag with two bamboo flutes in it.

Although Zhou Yan is the original author, there is no need to stretch out his head to rob He Jianguo of his job, he himself is not very familiar with the orchestra, and if he manages too much, he will definitely be annoyed.

He Jianguo also knew that their troupe's concert hall couldn't handle it, so he said with a smile, "We are already submitting an application to renovate the concert hall." ”

But this borrowing is a good opportunity for their orchestra.

The two soon walked to the concert hall, which is not only dilapidated, but also very small, which is far from the concert hall of CCTV, let alone other formal concert halls.

The folk band is not rehearsing at this time, a group of people are getting together to discuss something.

Of course, between composers and performers, most people still prefer to be composers, and many musicians will try to compose their own works in the middle and later stages.

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "It's not an exaggeration at all, after listening to your performance, I even have a bold idea." ”

That's why Zhou Yan has such feelings.

Zhou Yan exchanged a few words with Yu Songlin, and directly proposed that he wanted to borrow Wang Ciheng and Wei Yuru.

"Senior Brother Wang has been promoted, compared to you, I still have a lot to learn."

"Commander, please rest assured."

After all, everyone knows that a composer's work has the hope of being famous for a long time, but it is difficult for a simple performer to leave a name in history.

Hearing Zhou Yan's words, He Jianguo couldn't help but nod.

"Yu Jia has performed very well, and he is already the pipa principal of the band."

"Today is your first time here, so let's not rehearse, let's get acquainted with each other first. In fact, many of your songs are very popular in our group, not to mention "Memories of the Forbidden City", and the tunes in "Mysterious Country", they have basically practiced. ”

He Jianguo looked at Zhou Yan again, "The score has not been decided now, but the orchestra has rehearsed a version of "Memories of the Forbidden City" before, and my idea is that it will be followed by that version, so that everyone is familiar with it, and there is no need to make more adjustments, what do you think?" ”

Zhou Yan nodded, "I know this, if there is no performance task in the troupe in December, I will go to the troupe to apply, after all, you can't delay your own work." ”

Hearing that Yu Jia was Yu Songlin's daughter, Zhou Yan was very surprised, because he didn't know about it at all.

"Daring thoughts?" Wang Ciheng was stunned for a moment.

Many of the Chinese orchestras from top to bottom have graduated from CCTV, and so is He Jianguo, who graduated from the Department of Folk Music at the level of 77.

On the way, He Jianguo said to Zhou Yan, "Many of the orchestra team are from our school, you may know Tang Feng and Wang Ciheng, they are very close to you." ”

It was He Jianguo who helped him open his mouth and said, "This is a good thing, but you still have to apply for it in the group." ”

Yu Jia is a member of the piano orchestra Folk Band, who is just in his third year of college this year, and is also the backbone of the Folk Band.

It is also easy to renovate this concert hall, and it should be possible to renovate the concert hall for one or two million, but the Chinese orchestra itself is not a unit that is as valued as the ballet troupe, and there is definitely no way to apply for funding.

Zhou Yan also replied with a smile, "Senior Brother Tang, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”

The folk band of the Piano Youth Orchestra can at least ensure stable performances, and now their personnel allowances can basically be filled by performance income, so that Zhou Yan will not have to put money on them.

"Borrow, don't say it's borrowing two, it's no problem for you to borrow our group."

He Jianguo nodded, "Yes, you also learned the bamboo flute, and you have a way with Wang Ciheng." ”

Yu Songlin narrowed his eyes, "No problem, if you want to borrow someone, just tell me in advance, don't catch us off guard." ”

"I was thinking, if you can write this piece to play, it means that your bamboo flute level is already very high."

Seeing Wei Yuru's smile, Zhou Yan couldn't help but sigh that the temperament of this pipa player is really extraordinary.

That is, she is thirty-five years old this year, but she looks less than thirty years old and looks very young. And her facial features are very upright, and holding the pipa has a feeling of an ancient beauty.

"Dark Fragrance Floating" is a bamboo flute concerto, he is the protagonist, and it is very revealing to perform, but he did not show this surprise.

In fact, not only the Chinese orchestra, but most of the music-related units in Yanjing have many alumni of Zhou Yan.

This piece was written by Zhou Yan to show off his skills, but to be honest, Zhou Yan himself did not tap the full potential of this song.

If they want to renovate the concert hall of their folk orchestra, I am afraid it is not something that can be completed in recent years, maybe when the economic conditions of the country are better and the popularity of folk music in China is higher, there will be hope for transformation.

"It would be best if you could connect directly." Yang Dongsheng said.

"Why don't you come to our orchestra and make a song?" Tang Feng joked.

He Jianguo coughed lightly, "Everyone welcomes Director Zhou." ”

At this time, Wang Ciheng smiled and said, "Not only that, but I have also practiced Senior Brother Zhou's "Dark Fragrance Floating", and it is very interesting to blow. ”

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I'm fine, I'm just a performer in this show, and I still have to worry about Senior Brother Lao He in terms of music score and orchestration." ”

Hearing Zhou Yan praise his daughter, Yu Songlin was still very happy, he said with a smile, "If Yu Jia hadn't become the chief, I would be really embarrassed to tell you about it." ”

Zhou Yan nodded, if Yu Jia was not the chief of the pipa, at this time Yu Songlin broke the relationship between them, then Zhou Yan would be muttering, did Yu Songlin have any ideas.

Now that Yu Jia is already the chief, and Zhou Yan has no way to give a higher "care", Yu Songlin said that breaking the relationship has become much more normal. (End of chapter)