world number one pianist

Chapter 255 Returning to China, and the target: Beethoven!
Jiangzhou, Ningcheng International Airport.

A team of about three or four people is waiting at the exit of the airport.

On Wednesday, Ji Mengting, and Qu Shi.

Wednesday's hair has completely disappeared, and the affairs of the Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music have troubled him so much that he hasn't had a rest for a long time.

Therefore, before you know it, the hair has completely fallen out without any residue at all.

But fortunately, since his hair had already fallen out, he no longer worried about his hair loss, but liked the smooth feeling of touching his bald head.

Ji Mengting and Qu Shi have not changed much from the previous few years.

Just a little more mature.

Qu Shi is okay, she is short and small, not particularly eye-catching.

But Ji Mengting's changes can be regarded as relatively large.

The three of them stood at the exit of the airport, looking at the flight information above their heads, chatting casually and boredly.

"By the way, is your time really accurate? Will Teacher He Shen really come over at this time?"

Ji Mengting glanced at the time on the phone in her hand, she could hardly stand up anymore.

Ever since she learned that He Shen was coming back, she had been waiting every day, and it even felt like years.

If you do the math, the two of them haven't seen each other for almost four years.

Qu Shi didn't care, she just lay on the railing in front of her, her eyes casually glanced at the passengers leaving the station in front of her, and said casually.

"Probably, but I didn't expect that He Shen would become angry before he came back..."

"Now a lot of people know that He Shen is coming back for a concert, and then I don't know how many people want to ask for tickets, and even ask for my side."

"I'm just an ordinary piano teacher. I'm a piano teacher from Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music! Where do I get so many tickets?"

Speaking of this place, Qu Shi glanced at Zhou San, who was standing aside, pretending nothing happened, and rubbing his head with a resentful expression, and complained.

"Principal Zhou, can't you get us more tickets for He Shen? Isn't He Shen from our own family? Why can't we get tickets for He Shen?"

"Ahem, um, this..."

Zhou San scratched his bald head in embarrassment, feeling the incomparably smooth feel of his hands, he couldn't help rubbing them a few more times.

He said helplessly to Qu Shi and Ji Mengting who was standing aside.

"I didn't arrange this. If I arranged it, I would give you a little more tickets..."

"But this is actually a concert jointly organized by Jiangzhou Musicians Association, Huaguo Musicians Association, Huaguo Piano Association and other associations. It is already very good that our school can get so many tickets!"

"For example, other schools in our Jiangzhou, such as the School of Music of Nandong University, those schools only have two or three tickets for the entire music department. It's coming out soon!"

"Then there are other places, such as Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music and Wuzhou Conservatory of Music. Only these conservatories may have more tickets. Probably every piano teacher and a few top students in the piano department can share one ticket." ticket."

"Our Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music already counts as the most! Basically, freshmen to seniors, as well as all professors, associate professors, lecturers, teaching assistants of the piano department, about [-]% to [-]% of the people, can get a ticket! "

"You said there are few votes, you have to see, with whom to compare!"

Speaking of this place, Ji Mengting and Qu Shi shut up.

Wednesday was right.

The level of this concert is very high, and this concert is not open to the public.

Most of the audience inside are the senior management of Huaguo Music.

And this concert is equivalent to a stepping stone, or...

Invitation card?

In this concert, He Shen needs to prove to everyone that he really wants to make music when he comes back, not just to make money.

His piano level in these four years has not degraded due to time.

His level is constantly improving.

If this one of his concerts proves that his level is not good, then it's very simple...

All music colleges and universities will ban him.

No music school will stand for him.

After all, a good classical music environment has been established with great difficulty, and no one hopes that it will be destroyed by other inexplicable people.

That's why, they wanted to get more tickets to give away, but they couldn't find them.

Everyone glanced at each other, then sighed together.

It's really hard to find a ticket now!
Even they couldn't get more tickets.

"The plane from Berlin to Ningcheng has already landed. All those picking up and dropping off passengers are requested to stand outside the yellow line and wait."

Just when everyone was silent and didn't know what to say, a huge voice sounded.

Everyone's eyes lit up suddenly.

It seems that He Shen's plane has landed.

And He Shen is about to return to China!
Therefore, the three of them immediately cheered up their spirits, looked at all the people who were coming out very seriously, and looked for all the people who were similar to He Shen.

They didn't make them wait too long, but after a while, He Shen walked out of the crowd wearing a black windbreaker and a simple travel bag.

Behind him, there was also Zhao Zitong in a black jacket.

Because he stayed in Europe for too long, He Shen has long been used to wearing black clothes.

On the European side, basically, at a glance, except for children who might wear a little brighter clothes, almost all of the other people's clothes are mainly black and gray.

Occasionally a little brown may be seen.

However, brown is already considered very rare!
When He Shen was in Europe, he didn't bother to think about so many collocations, so he just bought a few sets of the simplest black trench coats and kept changing them.

Zhao Zitong might still be thinking about buying popular clothes at the beginning.

But soon, she discovered...

It's the end of fashion here in Europe. Basically, all the clothes sold on the street are black and gray clothes.

In addition, it is particularly prone to rain here.

Therefore, within half a year, Zhao Zitong gave up the idea of ​​buying clothes, and instead concentrated on buying jackets.

After all, this thing is cheap and easy to use, and it is also resistant to dirt!

He Shen walked out of the station slowly, and stopped for a while in the passenger flow area.

Looking at everything around him, especially the extremely familiar mother tongue, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

Four years, four full years...

I haven't returned to my country for four years, and I have been concentrating on learning everything about music.

Now, I finally came back!

And I am about to announce my return to everyone.

He Shen looked around, looking for a familiar figure.

However, before He Shen could find them, a loud call came out from his ears.

"Teacher He! Teacher He! Teacher He, we are here!"

Qu Shi waved the name tag in her hand vigorously, and shouted at He Shen.

Ji Mengting was just about to shout, but found some people around her looking at her, she couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed, so she stood behind Qu Shi, lowered her head slightly, pretending not to know her.

It was precisely because of her huge movement that He Shen immediately noticed them, nodded slightly, and walked towards them.

Zhao Zitong followed closely behind He Shen, refusing to take half a step away.

Everyone looked at He Shen's figure and couldn't help being extremely excited. Zhou San took the lead a few steps forward and gave He Shen a hug.

After a while, Zhou San let go of He Shen, looking at He Shen's more mature face than four years ago, he couldn't help but click twice.

"Not bad, He Shen, it seems that your four years have not been in vain? How do you feel about these four years?"

He Shen couldn't help but nodded when he heard what Zhou San said, and said casually.

"It's okay, normal progress, probably all the works of the romantic period have been raised to the level of specialization."

"Professional... level?"

Zhou San froze for a moment, he didn't have He Shen's system, and had no idea what He Shen was talking about.

But looking at He Shen's expression, it seems that this specialization level should be a very powerful thing.

Therefore, Zhou San directly patted He Shen's arm vigorously and praised.

"Not bad! Very good! I'm already looking forward to your performance at the Jiangzhou Concert Hall!"

"At that time, countless top professors and teachers will come to the scene to watch your performance."

"I really don't know what kind of work you can interpret in this performance!"

After all, Zhou San patted He Shen again, and then stepped aside, giving up the position to Ji Mengting who had been standing by the side, waiting extremely anxiously.

When Ji Mengting saw that Wednesday gave way, she immediately rushed up to He Shen, opened her mouth, and was about to say something.

But I don't know what she suddenly thought of, her face suddenly turned red, and then she coughed lightly, tidied her hair a little bit, and said embarrassingly.

"Well, Mr. He, how have you been for the past four years? I remember you said you went to the Berlin University of the Arts to study, but I went to the Berlin University of the Arts to look for you, but I didn't find you. You..."

"I didn't stay in Berlin." He Shen explained: "I was just studying, and I didn't fully enroll! Further study is different from enrolment. Although I follow the same courses as the students in the school, the courses are free for me. dominant!"

"And after less than a year of studying at the Berlin University of the Arts, I left from the Berlin University of the Arts and moved on to other places for further studies."

"For example, the Paris Conservatory of Music, which gave birth to the three major schools of music, the Chinese and French schools!"

"The Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Russian music was born."

"And, the Munich Academy of Music and Drama, which gave birth to the German-Austrian School..."

"I went to many, many places, and didn't stay in one place all the time."

He Shen shook his head, looked at Ji Mengting in front of him, and touched his chin involuntarily.

I may not have felt anything when I just returned home.

After all, Zhou San's hair has always been so short, and it seems that there is nothing particularly strange about suddenly becoming bald now.

Qu Shi is still that small. After so many years, she has not grown up, so it is easy to ignore.

But Ji Mengting, her changes simply exceeded He Shen's imagination.

Originally, he thought that Ji Mengting looked like a little girl.

It is the kind of little girl who has just come out of the care of the family, and still needs the care of the family.

After all, most of the students, especially music students and art students, are only children, and before they enter university, they are basically taken care of by their families, and it is almost impossible for them to encounter some social problems. dark side.

In other words, I have never experienced the beatings of society.

As a result, they'll come across as goofy and occasionally make some high school kid mistakes.

The vast majority of freshmen who have just entered college are mostly like this.

And this kind of situation, usually after they enter the freshman semester and find that no one in the school cares about them at all, they will be well relieved.

But Ji Mengting was not in He Shen's impression.

However, it may be because of her better tutoring, she has always been quiet in school, and she is more elegant in front of her.

It is precisely because of this that he seems to be quite popular in school?

He Shen touched his chin, he couldn't remember clearly.

When I was in school, I was always anxious about the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Although he tried his best to guide the students, he didn't pay special attention to it.

That's the kind, you come to me for a class, I will definitely teach you very seriously, and then ask your questions.

However, I'm probably just writing your question briefly in the lesson preparation notes to make a basic concept.

This prevents confusing that student's question with other students' questions later in class.

Probably that's all.

After all, the winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition is more important than teaching students.

It is precisely because of this that when He Shen looked at Ji Mengting in front of him, he felt as if he had passed away for a while.

It even feels like the little girl in my own home has grown up.

For a moment, He Shen didn't know what to say, but just smiled at the crowd and walked towards the exit.

Everyone immediately followed behind He Shen, while Zhou San stood in front of them and led them towards the school bus.

He Shen followed Wednesday's pace, walked halfway, and suddenly asked Ji Mengting.

"It's been a long time since I heard you play the piano. How are you doing?"

When Ji Mengting heard that He Shen was caring about her, she immediately became agitated, and immediately took a few steps forward, separating He Shen from Zhao Zitong, and said in a low voice.

"Recently, it's okay. Since the establishment of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, I was admitted as a graduate student of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, and then I became a teaching assistant just like you, teacher."

"Everything is moving in a better direction."

Zhao Zitong was slightly displeased when he saw Ji Mengting standing between him and He Shen.

However, when she heard that Ji Mengting was still calling Teacher He Shen, she couldn't help but smile and happily followed behind them.

He Shen didn't notice Zhao Zitong's expression, he just shook his head slightly.

"I didn't ask what your current work is, I just want to know, what is your latest work?"

"Huh?" Ji Mengting was stunned for a moment, then immediately said: "It's Chopin!"

"Chopin?"

"Yes! Chopin! I have been practicing Chopin recently. My postgraduate direction is to follow Teacher Qu Shi's analysis of Chopin's composition theory, which is in this direction."

"And the main reason for this direction is that I was in Warsaw and listened to your performance..."

When He Shen heard Ji Mengting's words, he couldn't help looking at Qu Shi, who was easily overlooked, and nodded slightly.

"Qushi's music theory direction is very strong, especially the harmonic content on the piano. It's really good for you to follow her."

"But, sir, I think..."

Ji Mengting looked at He Shen, her eyes could not help flickering, standing behind He Shen, said in a low voice.

As a result, before she finished speaking, Zhou San turned her head, looked at He Shen, interrupted Ji Mengting with a smile, and asked.

"He Shen, I haven't asked you yet. What are you going to do for your first concert back in China? What are your piano selections?"

Ji Mengting looked at He Shen in front of her, and Zhou San who was a little far away from her, and immediately swallowed her own words, and followed He Shen obediently without speaking.

He Shen didn't have any abnormal differences. Hearing Wednesday's question, he didn't think too much, and just spoke directly.

"The overall selection of the concert? I plan to sort it out according to the schedule, and at the end I will announce my main strategy for the next period of time."

"Schedule?" After hearing it on Wednesday, he was obviously interested, and immediately asked, "Works from four periods?"

"Yes, works of four periods." He Shen nodded: "Baroque period, classical period, romantic period, modernist works, works of four periods."

"The works of the Baroque period, Bach's works, currently I plan to play the Goldberg Variations, but it may be because there are too many variations, so I plan to cut them down."

"A work in the classical period, Beethoven's Passionate Sonata, this piece symbolizes the culmination of Beethoven's sonatas, and the strength of the performer, that is, the strength of the performer, can be clearly seen."

"The works of the romantic period, the current idea is Chopin's works, but it has not been confirmed yet. After all, there are too many works of the romantic period. It may be ballads, mazurkas, nocturnes, all possible."

"As for modernist works, this one is also more difficult to choose."

"For example, although it is a piano work in the [-]th century, it belongs to the modern school, but it is divided into Debussy and Ravel of impressionism."

"There are also Rachmaninov of the Russian school, Stryabin, a whole bunch of pianists."

"If I had to choose, I might choose Rachmaninoff's piano works. The current idea of ​​selecting music is probably a set of music and picture etudes."

"In this way, the overall time is about two hours. Although it may be a bit long, there will be an intermission of the concert. For the audience, it will not be particularly exhausting."

As they talked, everyone arrived near the minivan provided by Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music for Wednesday.

The driver was sitting on it and taking a nap. When he saw Wednesday coming, he immediately got up and opened the side door for Wednesday. After everyone was seated, he immediately started the car and walked towards the school.

After the car was completely running smoothly, Zhou San looked at He Shen and asked with a hint of curiosity.

"You just said that you will have a specific strategy direction next. What exactly is the direction you mentioned? Has your Chopin stopped doing it?"

"Chopin will definitely continue to practice with me, but Chopin will not become my main practice direction in the future."

He Shen shook his head, looked at the rapidly changing scenery outside the window, and said slowly to the crowd.

"Chopin has almost practiced now, and my next goal is to focus on the music of the classical period."

"The current target is the person who created an era!"

"With my own efforts, let the music of the classical period gradually move towards the romantic period."

"Let the harmony in the music become richer and the colors more colorful."

"The person known as the saint of music!"

"Ludwig van Beethoven!"

(End of this chapter)