When David stood up.
There was applause around. Everyone knew David''s experience and understood and sympathized with his wailing just now.
We are all artists or people who like art. We all know that our emotions are very sensitive and it is easy to cry and laugh.
At the moment, David bravely stood up and communicated with Wang Qian, which was recognized by everyone.
Perhaps, because of the poem just now and the performance of Wang Qian, the violin professor of Eastman college, who was immersed in grief, walked out of the shadow of losing his beloved?
Everyone has more recognition and expectations for Wang Qian.
Applause broke out for a while
Two old men on both sides of David stood up and gave him a gentle hug as a sign of comfort.
Wang Qian on the podium seems to have suddenly become a supporting role.
Although David is not well-known in the European and American music and art circles, he has not held a world-class tour recognized by the world, nor has he performed in the Golden Hall in Vienna. He has only taught in Eastman College for decades, and occasionally held a small-scale concert in a small theater in New York. All his relatives, friends and students were present.
However, David has been teaching in Eastman, the world''s top school for decades. His accumulated reputation in the circle and hundreds of students have made him a highly respected presence in the field of music and art, especially the students who graduated from Eastman Conservatory of music.
Moreover, people who know and are familiar with David in the circle know that his violin performance level is definitely the world''s top master level, but he doesn''t pursue fame and wealth so it doesn''t spread widely.
This is a very common phenomenon among the top famous schools. It can be described as crouching tiger, hidden dragon. Many people are very focused on their own fields and don''t like to be in the limelight.
That is, the outside world may not have heard of this person, but others are really the world''s top winners in their professional field.
Wang Qian also clapped his hands to David to show respect.
Although, he doesn''t know who the other party is, where he comes from and what representative works he has.
But when everyone applauded, he applauded.
The applause lasted a few seconds and then slowly stopped.
Taylor studied at Curtis college and is familiar with several top music colleges in New York.
Eastman, Julia, Manhattan and other three top classical music schools, together with Curtis, formed the world''s first New York classical music art alliance.
These four colleges almost always rank among the top five or even the top four of the world''s famous classical music schools. The ranking of the top few is to flow back and forth among their four colleges, with incomparable foundation, which is beyond ordinary people''s imagination.
Therefore, the four colleges have more exchanges with each other. As a talented piano girl of Curtis, Taylor has studied and communicated in the other three colleges, and has a better understanding of some famous professors and talented students.
Taylor whispered to Sophie and Qin Xuerong: "Professor David is a violin professor at Eastman college. Among all the violin professors in Curtis, Eastman, Julia and Manhattan, he can rank the top two. He plays the violin very well. I have heard it twice and have a deep memory."
"Peyton, one of the world''s top ten violinists, is the student he taught more than 20 years ago."
Sophie, Qin Xuerong, Qin Xuehong and others were all respectful to the old man who had just cried.
Teachers and students such as he Chaohui, Yang Jiansen and Peng Donghu from three famous music schools in China respect the old professor David. He is a real old artist.
Although the violin is far less popular than the piano, it is more difficult to practice than the piano, and it is a music art that the poor can''t afford to play.
Now China''s economic development has risen. Many people have money and are willing to spend money on the cultivation of children. Most children will learn one or two art courses, dance, music, singing, musical instrument painting and so on!
Ten or twenty years ago, primary and secondary school students would play a guitar. Everyone would feel powerful. If they could play the piano, it would be more awesome. Zither was also rare. One or two people in a class could play it. As for Violin and Cello, many students had never seen it at that time, and the whole school might not find one.
However, now many rich families will let their children learn violin and even cello to increase their artistic cultivation and improve their level with other children learning musical instruments!
In the musical instrument training circle, there is a contempt chain!
The harp is at the top of the contempt chain, followed by the big violin, followed by the piano, zither and so on!
In the past, parents thought it was very expensive to learn the piano. An ordinary piano cost tens of thousands of dollars. They invited teachers to class. It''s not that rich people can''t afford to play a class at all, but practicing the piano for a year and a half can achieve initial results. They can simply play some music. It''s not often suitable for learning as interests and hobbies. They can also take their hands as talents.
However, compared with the violin, it is cheap and simple. It costs tens of thousands to buy a slightly better violin, and there are few violin teachers. Thousands of violin teachers are preferential in a class. However, the violin needs to practice for a longer time and more difficult. It may not be able to find the sound even after practicing for a year or two. If you want to play serious music, It is impossible to practice for more than a few years. This is still a good talent. Ordinary people may not be able to really play a song after practicing for ten or eight years.
However, cellos are more expensive. There are tens of thousands of better cellos, almost 100000. It''s easy to buy tens of millions of better cellos. Most of the time, you can''t buy them in stock. You need to book in advance and wait a long time to get them, and there are fewer teachers who can teach cellos, In a small city with a population of one million, there may be only a dozen or twenty teachers who can teach cello, and there may be only one training institution. They come out to class for thousands of yuan a class, not alone, but several students together. If they want to achieve something, they need to Practice for a longer time.
As for the harp, you may not be able to buy it if you want to buy it. Many musical instrument companies do not want to sell it to you. If you can buy it, the price is frightening. More importantly, even in super big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, it is very difficult for you to find a teacher who can teach the harp. Thousands of yuan per class are normal and smaller cities, Maybe the whole city can''t find a teacher who can teach harp!
Therefore, although the piano is recognized as the king of musical instruments in the world, it is not rare in China, and it is a popular musical instrument in Europe and America.
If there is a junior middle school class in China that wants to do literary and artistic performances, the teacher counts the number of musical instruments in the class. There may be more than ten or twenty people who can play the piano and zither. However, if you want to find someone who can play the violin, it may not exceed the number of hands in a grade. If you want to find someone who can play the cello, it is estimated that one or two in a grade will be good. They can play the harp, There are basically no ordinary schools. There are only one or two famous schools.
In fact, this situation is the same all over the world.
The same is true in North America.
You say you can play the piano, people just smile, because maybe many people present can play a paragraph.
However, if you say you can play the violin, others may see it and think it''s very good!
However, if you say you can play the cello, others may instantly look at you and immediately think you may be an artist.
When you say you can play the harp, you are definitely a giant panda with an artist aura.
Rare is precious.
The Piano Department is the largest department in almost all classical music colleges.
Violin, cello, harp, trumpet, horn and other instruments are relatively small compared with the piano.
So!
There are fewer artists who have made achievements in the field of violin than in the field of piano.
This is why he Chaohui and others respect David very much!
Not to mention, Professor David is also a violin professor at Eastman college, the first classical conservatory in the world. His status is absolutely high in the field of classical music.
The teachers and students of the Chinese delegation also sincerely applauded Professor David.
Stop the applause!
Everyone looked at Professor David and looked forward to what kind of music sparks could collide between David and Wang Qian.
Wang Qian looked at David and asked, "what''s your name, sir?"
Professor David took the microphone handed over by the staff and said solemnly, "David, you can call me David."
Although Wang Qian didn''t know David''s identity, he knew that David''s identity might not be ordinary from everyone''s applause and respect for him. Those who could sit in the first two rows were heavyweights in the field of classical music and art in the world. At present, he said with a little respect: "hello, David, you can talk about your ideas."
Professor David thought for a moment and said, "I like your poem very much. When you get old, this poem is almost a true portrayal of my life and my wife''s life. We have lived together for a lifetime. Unfortunately, one person will go first, and that person is not me."
The scene was silent and the atmosphere was relatively low. Everyone expressed sympathy for David''s experience.
Wang Qian said apologetically, "I''m sorry, the person left may suffer more pain."
David stared at Wang Qian with brilliant eyes. He knew that Wang Qian really understood him and said movingly, "yes."
His voice choked again and had the impulse to cry.
Two people who love each other until they are old. The one who leaves first must be the happier one. He won''t bear a lonely cry. He can see his lover before he dies.
Therefore, the person left behind will bear more pain, the pain of loneliness and the pain of losing his lover. When he finally leaves the world, he will go alone and can''t see the last side of his lover.
Only those who really understand love will understand this pain.
Many emotional people at the scene, as well as those who have unique ideas about love, have great respect and kindness for Wang Qian.
Such as Christine et al.
Because they feel that Wang Qian really understands them and love.
David quickly controlled his emotions, his voice became hoarse, looked at Wang Qian and said, "Mr. Wang Qian, you are a really talented and powerful artist. I like your music and your poem very much. Your expression of your emotions is God level."
"I''ve taught violin for decades. I''ve never seen a performer like you who can play music so clearly. Whether it''s violin, piano or other musical instruments, I''ve never seen anyone achieve your live performance level."
Wang Qian smiled and said, "thank you for Mr. David''s approval. I''m honored."
There was a slight applause at the scene, but many people recognized Professor David''s words.
Similarly, this is the recognition of Wang Qian''s performance level just now.
They all heard Wang Qian''s performance of this level for the first time, which shocked each of them. At the same time, they also highly recognized Wang Qian''s strength.
Professor David looked at Wang Qian and continued, "the Luoshen by the water you just played is like a picture, not a piano song. In this regard, I would like to ask Mr. Wang Qian how you do this? I have studied music performance for decades and really want to go further to reach the level that Mr. Wang Qian just played. I hope you can give me some advice."
Professor David looked at Wang Qian with great seriousness and longing.
After losing his lover, he only focused his whole heart on music and was determined to pursue the most perfect realm of violin playing.
He had no specific concept of this realm. He only believed that he had certainly not reached that realm, and there was still a lot of room for improvement.
Today, I came to Curtis for a lecture just to relax and see if the so-called music genius from China is a real genius
I didn''t expect such a harvest.
The Luoshen by the water just played by Wang Qian showed Professor David what the really perfect state of performance is
It is to let the listener forget the music, the notes, the musical instruments, and even the people who forget to play, only see the pictures.
This is how Professor David felt when he heard Wang Qian play piano music just now.
He was completely pulled into that picture, saw clear pictures and everything the song wanted to express.
However, he wanted to recall the notes and rhythm of the song afterwards, but he found that it was not very clear, as if he had never heard of it.
However, the pictures I felt and saw when listening to the music are still kept in my mind.
This made him extremely shocked.
He vaguely felt that maybe this was the perfect realm of music performance he pursued.
The purpose of music performance is to let people hear the music clearly and let the listener feel the essence of music.
And what is the perfect ultimate music performance?
If it was in the past, David couldn''t say it, and he didn''t have a specific concept about it.
And now, he wants to say.
Perfect extreme music performance is to make people forget music!
This is the inspiration brought to him by Wang Qian''s performance just now.
He thought of a sentence in the Oriental philosophy he had studied. When things reach the extreme, they will turn back!
Therefore, the ultimate performance of music is no music!
He didn''t expect that when he didn''t know what the ultimate performance of music was, there was a young Chinese who had reached this state and made him feel it clearly on the spot.
Therefore, regardless of his status, occasion and just collapsed emotion, he insisted on getting up and asking Wang Qian how to achieve this state, how to make the audience forget the music itself when playing music, but clearly remember the pictures expressed by all the music.
Many music artists at the scene heard Professor David''s questions and looked at Wang Qian with some longing.
Almost no one at the scene did not understand music, and most of them were a small group of people who knew music best in the world.
They all know that Wang Qian has surpassed all their pianists in piano performance, and more than everyone present in music expression.
So now they also want to know how Wang Qian did it?
Can they also reach that level?
Many people''s eyes become longing and hot.
Even max, Malone, Dawson and Kalman looked at Wang Qian with expectant eyes and looked forward to whether Wang Qian''s answer could help them, because they also wanted to reach that realm, which was also the realm they pursued.
When Wang Qian heard David''s words, he thought carefully, and then asked, "Mr. David, you said you taught violin. Where do you teach?"
David answered truthfully, "at Eastman Conservatory of music."
Wang Qian''s heart was slightly shocked. Although he guessed that Mr. David''s identity may be unusual and may be from a top famous school, he still didn''t expect that the other party was from Eastman Conservatory of music, which is now ranked first in the world.
However, Wang Qian''s face was very calm, as if the other party said that Eastman college was no different from other ordinary music colleges.
Wang Qian asked, "how many years have you taught violin?"
David thought, "forty six years."
Wang Qian: "can you play the piano?"
David said seriously, "I can play a few simple songs a little. That''s all. I focus on the violin."
The scene was restored to extreme silence again!
Everyone looked at them carefully, listened to their dialogue, looked forward to their final answers, and looked forward to Wang Qian''s inspiration and progress.
Wang Qian looked at the other party and frowned gently and said, "you don''t know much about the piano, and what I just played is piano music, so if I explain this song and the piano, you may not listen very deeply. Moreover, your problem itself is difficult to express in detailed and objective language, and it''s difficult for me to make it clear."
"The best way is to play a song to show you, and the piano is not in line with your major. You have studied the violin all your life, and your attainments in the violin must be very good."
"So, who lent me a violin?"
After Wang Qian''s words, everyone is still looking forward to his answer!
But at last he asked a question!
It made the whole audience more silent. Even, many people couldn''t hear their breathing.
Both eyes stared at Wang Qian again, with obvious doubts and question marks——
I beg your pardon?
What do you want?