Chapter 634 Another Erhu Secretary?
"Let me introduce you, Conductor Xu Longxu, artistic director and chief conductor of the China Philharmonic Orchestra!" Feng Dagang stood among the two and introduced them to them with a smile.
Although he was anxious, no matter how anxious he was, he would leave this program. Chu Yang was no better than those famous pianists. For example, Lang Lang was here. He would definitely omit this program because both sides had cooperated for many times, so there was no need for him to introduce it. The tacit understanding was also cultivated. One was an experienced pianist, and the other was a conductor who had directed thousands of symphony music. The two of them didn't need to get in touch at all and could perform on stage!
But Chu Yang is different. Although he claimed that he was fine, it was his first time working with the Philharmonic Orchestra, and necessary communication was still needed. Moreover, this is also a very important link. When the two parties communicate, they can basically see Chu Yang's artistic cultivation. Xu Long is so old that he is. If Chu Yang cannot do it, he can tell at a glance that he can make timely adjustments.
Although Feng Dagang knew that this program was very important, he was not a person who was so stupid that he didn't care about anything. Despite Minister Sun's recommendation and Chu Yang's own affirmative answer, it would be more appropriate to check this kind of thing with one more professional.
"Conductor Xu, I have long admired Daming!" Chu Yang smiled politely at Xu Long and shook hands with him. His words were not socializing, but Xu Long's daming, he was really familiar with him. Anyone who likes music, especially those who have studied symphony, cannot not know this person. He can be said to be the number one person in the Chinese conductor family. Sei-r Ozawa, who is famous, is world-class, only under Karayan!
Xu Long shook hands with Chu Yang. He did not show off his airs or be reserved. He just shook hands while looking at Chu Yang with a very serious look.
Although Feng Dagang did not formally propose it to him, he also knew the purpose of the two people coming. To be honest, he was a little disgusted with Director Feng's temporary decision. He had decided to cooperate with Lang Lang, and the orchestra was also familiar with his style. This suddenly changed another person and had a great influence on the performance. Moreover, Chu Yang had no reputation in the piano industry. He had never even heard of it. What if the bullet hit him? He didn't want to be face Xu Long and the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra wanted face!
"Conductor Xu. This is Chu Yang, deputy director of the Music, Dance and Acrobatics Department of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture!" Feng Dagang could not see Commander Xu's concerns. When introducing him, he deliberately put Chu Yang's position at the beginning. He knew that Chu Yang's little fame in the entertainment industry. Xu Long looked down on him at all. If he wanted to pay attention to it in his heart, he had to rely on Chu Yang's identity.
Sure enough, after hearing Feng Dagang's introduction, Xu Long's eyes changed a little when he looked at Chu Yang. He probably knew something about this person in the entertainment industry. Although he was engaged in serious music, Xu Long would also study some things in the entertainment industry in his spare time. After all, he could make a splash in the mountains. Chu Yang just won the annual championship of China's Voice and made a splash in the entertainment industry. He still knew him. He just didn't know that Chu Yang was actually a person in the system or a deputy director.
Xu Long was puzzled and did not understand why people in the system could still participate in such competitions. But he was not a gossiper, and knew that some things should not be asked, and he could not ask. Especially the other party was a real deputy in the Ministry of Culture, and his business was in opposition to him. Although he had no direct leadership relationship, strictly speaking, the other party was also the leader of him. So after Feng Dagang introduced Chu Yang's identity, Xu Long immediately became much more polite to Chu Yang.
Chu Yang naturally captured this small change and was sighing in his heart the magic of power, the play. Even this famous Chinese conductor cannot escape the vulgarity.
"The situation is urgent, so I'll tell you a short story. Conductor Xu, I believe you have also received news. Lang Lang had a severe cold and could not participate in the performance. I contacted several pianists, and they are not in Beijing at present. This program is very important. I believe you understand. Chu Yang was recommended to me by Minister Sun. His piano skills were also very professional. I have communicated with him just now. He said that he played "Yellow River" and that it should be fine to cooperate with the orchestra. Now it depends on your meaning. Please communicate. If there is no problem, just go on!"
Feng Dagang expressed his meaning directly, and then watched the performance of the two people.
After hearing Feng Dagang's words, Xu Long obviously hesitated for a moment, but he imagined that he was still resistant to this matter. But on the one hand, he just knew Chu Yang's identity, so it was not good to directly refuse. On the other hand, he also heard from director Feng Dagang's words that people were recommended by the deputy minister, so this was more important. A deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture would not speak casually, but once he spoke, he must attach great importance to them.
After thinking about it, Xu Long decided to communicate well with Director Chu. Of course, he would not let go. If Chu Yang really couldn't do it, let alone he was a deputy director, even if he was a minister, he would definitely not let Chu Yang go. This is a matter of principle!
"Director Chu, first of all, I am very grateful to Minister Sun for his recommendation and welcome Director Chu to work with our Philharmonic Orchestra. If this is an unofficial occasion, I would be very happy to be able to discuss with Director Chu. But this is a formal performance and the level is relatively high. I believe Director Chu must play the piano very well, but the biggest problem now is that we have never worked together before, and the concerto is different from solo. I would like to ask, has Director Chu ever had any experience in cooperating with the orchestra before?"
Xu Long said very politely, but anyone could hear it. He was worried about Chu Yang in his words!
Chu Yang smiled and looked at Xu Long and said, "This is it, Commander Xu, I just said it without saying anything. I believe you will definitely not believe it. I just asked Director Feng that there is a small piano room in the backstage. Why not play a piece for Commander Xu personally?"
"Since that's the case, that's the best!" Xu Long breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Chu Yang's words. He had actually had this meaning for a long time, but he was embarrassed to say it directly. Because this seemed to seem to be unable to believe Chu Yang. But now the other party took the initiative to ask for it. That's fine.
Xu Long enthusiastically invited Chu Yang and Feng Dagang into a separate piano room in the backstage. He was more familiar with this auditorium at Renmin University than his office. There were at least twenty performances here in a year, and he was familiar with every corner of the place!
This small piano room is for the actors to practice voice alone before they go on stage. There is a small vertical piano inside. However, most pianists rarely use it to perform "hot hands" on stage because the feel is too poor. The function of that piano is just a vocal practice, which can only ensure basic pitch. The tone and feel are very poor.
But this is not important. He just needs to look at Chu Yang's piano strength to make a conclusion. At this level, he doesn't need to watch Chu Yang finish playing a long paragraph. As long as he sits in front of the piano, stretches out his hand and plays a few sentences, he can immediately determine the other party's approximate level.
"By the way, I have the orchestra who is accompaniment for "Yellow River". Director Chu, you can listen to the accompaniment, which makes it more comfortable!" Xu Long said as if he suddenly remembered something, and then without waiting for Chu Yang to say anything, he called a musician in the orchestra and took a convenient CD machine.
This is naturally to make Chu Yang listen to the accompaniment. His piano level and tacit understanding with the orchestra were all tried out, killing two birds with one stone.
The musicians of the band watched the conductor, director Feng, and the young man walked into the small piano room. They all knew what they were doing and immediately started to talk in a low voice.
"It depends on what this means. We really need to cooperate with this young man."
"I have heard of this Chu Yang. It seems like a singer. Can he play the piano?"
"No, I remember he seemed to play the flute."
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No one noticed that in a corner, Jimmy, the cellist of the band, secretly turned on his phone and updated his own meager.
"A deputy director, who wants to play "Yellow River" with the top Chinese symphony orchestra, has never encountered such a ridiculous thing! Some time ago, there was a county party secretary who played the erhu with a provincial symphony orchestra, but it turned out to be a bunch of shit! Now there is another deputy director, and I don't understand. Is it popular that Chinese officials are now wasteful of art? You know, this is a serious party, such a high standard, such a rare opportunity, and no musician who has been practicing hard for many years is still not on the way..."
Below this passage is a picture, which is the scene where Chu Yang chatted with Feng Dagang and Commander Yu at the scene.
As soon as this meager was released, it was immediately reposted on Weibo. Now is an era of media explosion. Cellists like Jimmy in the Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra are themselves performers and naturally have a large number of fans. This meager was immediately followed by many of his music fans, and then forwarded them and quickly fermented on the Internet!
Of course, this meager can become popular so quickly, which is related to another similar incident some time ago. A county party secretary named He from a county party secretary in a southern county collaborated with a provincial symphony orchestra in his province to play a song "Jiangshan" at a local New Year concert. As a result, Secretary He was seriously out of tune and was ridiculed by netizens as "the magic sound is permeated"! The county party secretary named He was also exposed to be dismissed due to bribery shortly after the video was released. Before the aftermath of this matter had passed, a "officials collaborate with the symphony orchestra" appeared. Moreover, this time the symphony orchestra was of higher level and national level, which of course attracted the attention of many netizens!
Within five minutes, nearly a thousand messages appeared in Jimmy's meager post.
"Haha, it's Mr. Guan again. By the way, this deputy director is so young. Check his backstage!"
"Working with the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra? Playing "Yellow River"? I'm so envious! I've been learning piano for twenty years, but I don't have such an opportunity! I want to pk with that deputy director!"
"Why does this deputy director look familiar? Does Chu Yang, the champion with a good voice, look like he has?"
"You must be dazzled upstairs. How could Chu Yang become the director? It's not like this."
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While the Internet was in full swing, the closed piano room door was pushed open.
Xu Long took the lead and walked in front. His expression was a bit strange, as if he was excited and serious. In short, it was very abnormal!
Feng Dagang couldn't hide his excitement, and he didn't know why!
Only the young "Director Chu" had a normal expression. He followed the two big names in the music entertainment industry calmly without saying a word.
Xu Long looked at the musicians who looked at him and said, "Everyone comes here, I have something to announce!"
After everyone was surrounded by him, Xu Long said: "I announced three news: First, Lang Lang was unable to participate in this performance due to physical reasons; second, the original piano lead was the pianist beside me. Let me briefly introduce to you, Chu Yang, Director of the Music, Dance and Acrobatics Department of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture. Director Chu has a high piano attainment, and I hope everyone will cherish the opportunity for cooperation. Learn more from Director Chu; the third news, the original fourth movement "Defend the Yellow River" was originally planned to play, and it was changed to the third movement "Defend the Yellow River" and the fourth movement "Defend the Yellow River", two movements were continuous. I am finished. Now Director Chu is welcome to tell us a few words!"
When Xu Long said this, he took the lead in applauding enthusiastically, and looked at Chu Yang with a eager look, with an unconcealed look of admiration and admiration inside!
Feng Dagang also cooperated to applaud!
Seeing the two big guys suddenly appear like this, the musicians were a little at a loss, but seeing these two applauding, they had to sing along. Fortunately, the applause was quite enthusiastic, after all, it was a central-level orchestra and its quality was still very high. However, many people still looked at Chu Yang with a little doubt because this guy was too young!
Chu Yang coughed, then stretched out his hands and pressed them to signal everyone to be quiet.
He secretly blamed Xu Long for being troublesome. He announced that he would just participate in the performance. What did he say? First, he was not the leader of the orchestra, but the second administrative level was just the deputy director. What kind of words did he say to a national symphony orchestra? He also learned from him. When did he agree to guide these musicians? He was simply playing the piano!
But when he said this, Chu Yang was embarrassed to stand there. He pressed his hands and signaled everyone to be quiet. Then he said, "I will correct Commander Xu, I am the deputy director of the Music, Dance and Acrobatics Department and have not been properly rectified yet."
Chu Yang's serious words immediately made more than a hundred people in the orchestra amusement. They did not expect that this young deputy director had such a humorous side.
Xu Long was also happy, but a hint of embarrassment appeared on his face. He just became excited and called Chu Yang the director. But this was pretty good. If he didn't call "Master Chu" directly, it means that his psychological quality was quite strong!
Except for him and Feng Dagang, no one knew what happened in the short few minutes in that little piano room! If I hadn't heard it with my own ears and beat Xu Long to death, I wouldn't believe it, "Yellow River" could actually be played like that! It's not a gap in skills, it's simply a gap in realm!
A few short verses made Xu Long tremble all over his body when he heard it, not because he was cold, but because he was excited! Under the impact of the piano like a torrent of steel, how could he, a great expert in music, resist it? If it weren't for the performance waiting, Chu Yang would have stopped playing, he would have almost turned against Chu Yang on the spot!
Didn't listen enough!
It was precisely because he saw Chu Yang's strength that Xu Long unconsciously brought a layer of respect when introducing him, so that the word "deputy" was naturally omitted. Xu Long even felt that with Chu Yang's level, why did he stay in that agency as the deputy director? This is a huge waste of talent! How can you not let such a great pianist play the piano on stage? That is a crime!
Feng Dagang is a little better. His musical attainments are not as profound as Xu Long, but when he goes down, he is also frightened by Chu Yang's piano level. This guy is silent. When did he practice the piano so strong? Is this still a human?!
Feng Dagang was embarrassed to say it, but he directly regarded Chu Yang as a monster in his heart. You know, it was not the first day he met Chu Yang. As early as when Chu Yang was still on the Internet, he uploaded a flute song on Qiandu Music. He also wrote a soundtrack for the movie that Feng Dagang was starring, called "The Love of Thousand Years". At that time, the song moved Feng Dagang so much. If it weren't for the busy filming, he would have wanted to meet this guy long ago. Such a powerful composer is simply the most suitable music director for all directors!
But today, he was still scared by Chu Yang's strength again. He knew that Chu Yang played the piano well, but he really didn't expect that it would be so good. As soon as the melody of "Yellow River" came out, he felt like he had passed the electricity! It seemed like he had returned to that era at once! He had heard this song many times and had never felt like this before!
"This guy is so cool, I have to keep an eye on you in the future. I must not let him run away!" Feng Dagang said in his heart.
Chu Yang didn't know what these two guys were thinking. At this moment, he saw a little joke and got close to many musicians. He continued: "I'm honored to be able to cooperate with the top symphony orchestra in China. I personally like this song very much. I have the confidence to play her well with everyone. Come on, everyone!"
After Chu Yang said these few words, he looked at Xu Long and signaled that he had finished speaking.
"Is that over?" Xu Long looked at Chu Yang and didn't react. This guy is too simple, just a few words?
"Okay, that's right! Let me add a few more words. Everyone has never cooperated with Director Chu before, so they may not be too careful with him. I hereby guarantee that Director Chu's piano attainments are definitely master level. I won't say much about anything else. The program will start soon. Come on, I'll treat everyone to dinner after the performance!" Feng Dagang added seriously, and everyone laughed again.
A few minutes later, the last program "Long March Group" ended, and Zhou Jun stood on the stage and began to report the show!
Chapter completed!