Chapter 299 298. Improvisation on the spot? Questions from the world's top artists (Subscribe)

It can be said that none of those who sat in the venue and listened to Wang Qian's lecture were ordinary people.

They are all either rich or noble.

In Europe and the United States, those who can become artists, or those who can persist in art as a hobby for a long time, are not ordinary people.

Whether you are studying art or just loving art, it is a very expensive activity. Going to a high-end concert is much more expensive than watching a movie or a concert.

Most of the people at the scene are engaged in music and art professions, either performers of various instruments or composers!

but.

No matter what kind of person they are, they all know it deeply.

The pipa piece that Wang Qian just played was definitely a very successful piece!

Although, it seemed to end very suddenly, as if it had not been completed yet.

However, the many changes and foreshadowings at the beginning of the song are very complete, and the artistic conception and pictures expressed are also very clear, so that everyone can hear that this is a song describing a war. At the same time, there is a bit of tragic meaning at the end, indicating that one side has failed and may have died unusually.

A song like this that everyone can understand is absolutely a rare work.

It already possesses the qualities of those classic masterpieces in the history of music. What it lacks is wide dissemination and long-term accumulation of heritage.

But Wang Qian said that this piece of music was perfected on the spot, and he performed it while perfecting it? Many people still instinctively don't believe it! Especially those who have experience in composing music, they don't believe it at all.

It takes their composers several years to create a piece of music, which then needs constant revisions and even longer time to be polished until it is gradually perfected. It may even take about ten years before it can be actually performed publicly.

Who would dare to take a song that is not yet perfect and perform it while perfecting it? No one would dare!

Even the great music masters in history wouldn't dare to do so.

This is almost like live creation and improvisation.

If they fail, it will be a huge blow to them who have already achieved fame, and if things go wrong they will end up in disgrace.

Therefore, the songs that have been performed publicly are basically songs that have been polished and cannot be semi-finished products.

Many eyes turned to Wang Qian, and many people expressed doubt and disbelief about his evil deeds.

The doubts of top music artists such as Dawson, Kalman, Max, Malone, David, Murphy, etc. are even stronger. They have rich life experiences, they are top performers themselves, and have personally participated in many creations. They know very well how much time and effort it takes to create a song that can be performed publicly!

In addition, there are fewer and fewer people working in classical music, so the number of excellent songs has become fewer and fewer over the years, and now it is entering a real era of decline.

Christine, who is also a creator, looked at Wang Qian with some doubt, but she did not say it directly.

Because she knew that she was not a music artist, but just a pop singer. Even if she was a world-class queen, she was just so-so in the eyes of those big artists and did not have much face here.

So, she came very low-key and was more careful with her words at this moment.

At that moment, Christine smiled and said, "I have to say that your impromptu creation is very perfect. This piece of music brings me nothing but surprise and novelty. May I ask, what is the name of this piece of music? What story does it tell?"

Many people pricked up their ears, wanting to hear Wang Qian's answer.

Wang Qian did not answer directly, but asked: "What do you hear from this song?"

Christine did not hesitate and directly expressed her intuitive feelings: "Danger, intensity, war, grandeur, death, very compact and exciting, like a fast-paced movie, which makes the ears unable to stop."

Many people at the scene nodded and agreed with Christine's feelings when they heard her words.

This is the same feeling that many people have! This pipa piece is very exciting. From the beginning, everyone is nervous, as if they are in danger and may die at any time.

The grand and exciting war scenes and the climax of death that follow are unforgettable for everyone.

Wang Qian smiled and nodded: "Your feelings are correct. I wrote this song based on the Chu-Han contention in our Chinese history. It tells the story of the final battle between the two sides for the victory of the dynasty. Whoever wins will become the emperor. One side was surrounded by the other side, and there were ambushes all around, so the atmosphere was very tense and critical. In the final battle, the surrounded side was completely defeated. The leader refused to escape and committed suicide by the river. It was very tragic."

Wang Qian briefly tells the core of the story.

Everyone at the scene understood and immediately burst into applause.

The teachers and students from the Chinese Music Delegation were the most excited.

He Chaohui smiled and said, "It turns out to be about the Chu-Han contention. I thought it was a war melody, but I didn't know which war it was about. Maybe there was no clear direction! It turns out to be about the struggle between Xiang Yu and Liu Bang for supremacy."

Peng Donghu: "This piece of music is really well written. When I think about it, every rhythm in it echoes the details of the Chu-Han contention. Professor Wang's cultural and musical background is amazing."

Yang Jiansen and other teachers and students also nodded in agreement.

To write a piece of music that has such a rich historical and cultural heritage and can express it accurately, one must be a true Chinese cultural artist.

In this regard, all the musicians from China present were far inferior to Wang Qian.

This is true for both teachers and students from the three major colleges, as well as Chen Xiaowen, Liu Shengnan and others.

Liu Shengnan looked at Wang Qian with admiration and said, "I think that Professor Wang is probably the only one in China who has such strength and background. I don't know who else can do this."

Liu Shengnan graduated from Zhejiang University and the Central Conservatory of Music. She is knowledgeable in both the fields of literature and music, and she is indeed qualified to make such an evaluation.

She had never seen any musical artist in the field of music with such a profound literary background, nor had she seen any great figure in the field of literature with such a high musical background!

No top achiever is the best of both worlds.

Therefore, over the years, there have been no more folk songs with strong Chinese cultural elements, and the few widely circulated folk music are classic pieces handed down from hundreds of years ago.

In their opinion, Wang Qian's pipa music is almost as good as those well-known classic folk music pieces and will surely be passed down in the future.

After listening to Liu Shengnan's words, Xiao Dongmei and Ru Ke nodded in agreement. One of them was the youngest writer, and the other was a rock newcomer from the national team. They both had in-depth understanding of these two fields, so they knew that what Liu Shengnan said was indeed the truth.

Everyone looked at Wang Qian on the podium, and they felt that Wang Qian had a unique aura in the world.

The applause lasted for more than ten seconds and then stopped.

Christine asked, "Did you name the piece? Or is it still called an etude?"

There were some laughs.

As everyone knows, Wang Qian likes to name the pieces he composes as Etudes.

The previous piano pieces were all called Etudes before they were officially released and named.

This is a naming style that only true great music artists or even music masters would have.

Before today's class, many people sneered at Wang Qian's naming style and were very disdainful of it. They thought Wang Qian was being mysterious and pretentious, and that he was not qualified to name things like that.

Now……

Everyone laughed good-naturedly after hearing what Christine said.

No one thought that Wang Qian was pretending anymore. Everyone believed that Wang Qian had the qualifications and ability to do so.

People have created so many pieces of music and are too lazy to name them one by one, so isn't it normal to just call them Etude No.

Even Max, Malone and other world-class music artists smiled at Wang Qian.

Wang Qian also laughed at himself and replied to Christine: "It already has a name. It's called, Ambush from All Sides! Translated into English, it means being surrounded and having nowhere to escape."

Kristen thought about it carefully, and said to Wang Qian seriously: "This name is very appropriate. I have finished my question. Thank you."

After saying that, Christine bowed slightly to Wang Qian and then sat down.

In fact, she also wanted to discuss pop music with Wang Qian, but it was obviously inappropriate to talk about pop music here.

There are so many people here, but I guess not many of them are interested in pop music.

If Christine were to discuss pop music with Wang Qian here, she might be met with hostility from many of the old-fashioned artists at the scene.

Christine didn't want to cause public outrage, so she asked some information about the piece and sat down.

Wang Qian nodded to Christine, then looked at everyone present and said, "This class has already lasted quite a while. I will now write down a few pieces of music other than the pipa piece Ambush from All Sides, and then talk to you in detail about the specific details of these pieces of music."

Wang Qian breathed a sigh of relief and felt inexplicably grateful to Christine.

The pop queen didn't make things difficult for him.

Taking this opportunity, he could quickly grasp the rhythm of this lesson and finish it quickly! Wang Qian turned and walked to the blackboard, ready to start writing the music.

I will write about "Shen of Luo River by the Water" and "Butterfly Lovers", the two piano pieces he played in this class, as well as the violin piece. I will explain these two pieces of music for mainstream European and American instruments, and put the pipa piece aside for the time being. It will be more meaningful to return to it when I give a lecture at the Central Conservatory of Music next time I return to China.

but……

Obviously! Today's class cannot proceed according to Wang Qian's wishes.

As soon as Wang Qian walked to the blackboard and before he picked up the pen, arms were raised again.

Although there are not as many as the thousands of people just now, there are at least hundreds of people.

Many people at the scene actually didn’t want to listen to Wang Qian’s explanation of the two pieces of music. Anyway, they would be able to see the music scores afterwards. They felt that with their musical attainments and artistic level, it would not be a problem for them to understand the two pieces of music, and they would be able to practice playing them smoothly.

Therefore, they thought that listening to Wang Qian explain the song was a waste of time and opportunity.

What is the most valuable opportunity today?

The opportunity to communicate directly with Wang Qian and to make requests to him is the most precious! After today...

It would probably be very difficult for them to find another opportunity like this to talk about music with Wang Qian.

so.

Almost no one at the scene wanted to listen to Wang Qian explain the song.

They all want to hear something deeper and more direct.

for example!

Live performances beyond their imagination! This can bring them inspiration in playing techniques.

for example!

Play new music they haven't heard before! This can bring them novelty and creative inspiration.

for example!

Ask questions that may be difficult for Wang Qian!

This brings them happiness.

These are what they want to see and expect.

so.

As soon as Wang Qian finished his conversation with Christine, hundreds of people raised their hands.

Wang Qian saw this scene and smiled bitterly. He looked at everyone present and said calmly, "It seems that no one wants to listen to my explanation of the song. That's right, such basic things are only for students to hear. Everyone present has long left the category of students, so naturally they don't need to listen."

"So, what do you want to hear me say?"

Wang Qian wanted to find a familiar face among the expectant eyes at the scene, so that he could communicate with Christine in a friendly and harmonious manner like he had just done.

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But, what a pity.

Among those who raised their hands this time, there were no faces familiar to Wang Qian.

There was one! In the front row, Sophie's father, Mr. Malone, also raised his hand! Max, who was sitting next to Malone, also raised his hand, but Wang Qian didn't know him.

These two are truly world-class music artists. One is one of the top ten pianists in the world, and the other is the dean of the piano department at Juilliard, one of the world's top classical music schools. Both are top music artists standing at the top of the piano field.

In fact, Wang Qian looked carefully and found that the people who raised their hands this time were almost all sitting in the front rows. These were a group of people with relatively high status in the field of music and art, and they could almost represent the upper-level voices in the field of music and art in Europe and the United States.

In the previous few times of raising hands, most of the people who raised their hands were from the middle and back rows, with only a few people in the front row.

Because, at the beginning, most people still didn’t recognize Wang Qian, and they were disdainful and questioning, thinking that Wang Qian was not qualified to communicate with them face to face about music. This was especially true for the top artists, who naturally would not lower themselves to raise their hands to communicate with Wang Qian face to face.

And now.

Wang Qian conquered everyone present with his real strength and was recognized by all the top artists in the front row.

so.

Even these top music artists put aside their status at this moment, or recognized that Wang Qian was equal to them, and chose to raise their hands to strive for the opportunity to communicate with Wang Qian face to face.

As a result, some people who had raised their hands at the back slowly put down their hands, thinking that at this time, they should give the opportunity to the seniors in front and the truly top music artists.

So, under Wang Qian's gaze, one arm after another was lowered, and finally only hundreds of people in the front row were left with their hands raised, all with their eyes fixed on Wang Qian.

Wang Qian stood in front of the blackboard and casually extended his hand to a gray-haired old man in the front row and said, "Sir, please stand up and speak. What do you want to hear me say? Or, what do you want to say to me?"

All eyes at the scene were focused on the gray-haired old man.

Taylor explained to Sophie and Jiang Yu, "He is Terry, the vice dean of the composition department at Eastman College. He is also a famous composer in New York. He has created many famous piano and violin pieces. The song "Whisper of the Wind" released ten years ago won the Golden Piano Award, the highest award in the world of classical music!"

Sophie looked at Terry who stood up and said, "I know the song 'Wind's Whisper' and I have practiced it for a long time. This song is a good piece, but compared with Wang Qian's work, there should be a little gap. That is the difference between a good piece and a classic!"

Taylor glanced at Sophie. She was a little surprised by Sophie's great admiration for Wang Qian today. She said calmly, "Wang Qian's music has only been out for less than half a year. It is far from being a classic. For classical music, it takes at least fifty years to settle before it can be considered a classic."

Sophie smiled and said, "It will be the same fifty years from now!"

Jiang Yu agreed and said, "Sophie is right."

Jiang Yu is also a genius in the field of piano and feels that he has a say in this matter.

The others all looked seriously at Wang Qian and the composer Terry who stood up.

Many European and American music artists around saw Terry stand up and applauded. Many of them had worked with Terry before, and almost most of them had played Terry's songs.

Although Terry is only famous for his piano piece "A Language of Winds", he composed no less than 20 pieces of music in his lifetime, which is considered very productive in the field of classical music. Among them, five of his pieces have been performed publicly and recognized by the world.

This ranks him among the top five contemporary living composers in the world.

However, Wang Qian is almost about to surpass his number now.

Terry calmly and proudly accepted the applause from everyone around him. After the applause died down, he looked at Wang Qian and said in a slightly muddy voice, "Mr. Wang Qian, my name is Terry. I'm a composer. I think we can have some common topics to talk about."

Wang Qian smiled at Terry and said, "Hello, Mr. Terry, I also hope that we can have common topics to talk about. That must be very fun! What do you want to talk about, Mr. Terry?"

Terry stared at Wang Qian with a pair of slightly cloudy old eyes full of seriousness and said, "Let's talk about music creation."

Wang Qian extended his hand to invite, still smiling: "Okay, go ahead."

Terry nodded, accepted Wang Qian's invitation, and said, "You just said that the pipa piece you just played was improvised by you on the spot, right?"

Wang Qian was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, I mean, this is an unfinished piece I composed a few years ago, and then I perfected it on the spot and played it just now."

Terry stared at Wang Qian: "Isn't that a live composition? This piece of music was just composed by you on the spot. Is that what you mean?"

The atmosphere at the scene became quiet again.

Everyone could see that Terry seemed to have bad intentions. He stared at Wang Qian with great momentum and spoke very seriously, as if he was looking for trouble.

Many European and American music artists and art lovers watched this scene with great interest and expectation. They were not worried about Wang Qian, but only thought that Terry did a great job.

No matter how strong Wang Qian's musical ability and background were, even if they acknowledged Wang Qian's ability and background, they still would not regard Wang Qian as their own, and would still treat Wang Qian as an outsider. When Wang Qian made a fool of himself, they would still feel pleased and happy.

Especially now, Wang Qian has demonstrated his strong musical ability, and they will be even happier when Wang Qian makes a fool of himself in front of them with such ability.

Therefore, many people are expecting Terry, a world-class music artist, to stump Wang Qian.

Only the people on the Chinese delegation were very worried about Wang Qian.

The smile on Wang Qian's face also disappeared. He looked calm and said to Terry calmly, "Mr. Terry can also understand it this way."

Terry immediately asked again: "So, the song you just played was composed by you on the spot?"

Wang Qian knew that the visitor had bad intentions, so he simply said affirmatively: "Yes!"

Terry's expression was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "You are lying!"

Wang Qian said calmly: "I don't need to lie."

Terry: "But you are lying. I have been engaged in music creation for forty-five years, created more than twenty works, and met all the top music creators in the world. No one can do this. This is not the black hippie music, where just singing a few melodies and lyrics is improvisation on the spot. This is a serious musical art, a musical art full of national culture, which requires complete artistic conception and rhythm. No one can improvise like you said."

There was some discussion at the scene.

"Professor Terry is right. No one can do this. Wang Qian is lying. He said this on purpose to make himself look better than the rest of us."

"He shouldn't lie, especially about music. There are many people in the scene who can expose his lies."

"Chinese people really love to cheat."

"Although I was amazed by the pipa music just now, I also want to say that it is impossible to improvise a piece of music like that on the spot. No one can do it, no one!"

"He must have created it a long time ago..."

…

Many people agreed with Terry's words and expressed doubts about Wang Qian.

Wang Qian shrugged, walked to the podium, and faced everyone calmly, saying softly: "Just because you can't do it and other people you've seen can't do it doesn't mean I can't do it. I never lie."

Terry stared at Wang Qian and said seriously, "Then how do you prove this?"

Wang Qian shook his head: "I don't need proof, because I won't lie to you, it's meaningless."

No need for proof? Just say yes, then yes?

Many people at the scene were dissatisfied when they heard Wang Qian's words.

"If it can't be proven, then it's false."

Someone said loudly.

Wang Qian looked at the man and said calmly: "If you think this is fake and it can make you happy and satisfy some of your emotions, then you can think so. However, I will not admit it because what I said is the truth."

Terry stood tall and looked at Wang Qian, saying loudly: "If you can compose a piece of music on the spot according to what I said, it doesn't have to be as good as the pieces you just played, as long as it is a complete piece of music. Then I will admit that you are not lying, and I will apologize to you for my recklessness just now. Moreover, I will invite you to join the composition department of Eastman College as a professor..."

Terry's words spread throughout the room.

The scene suddenly became quiet.

Everyone looked at Terry.

Professor Dawson, the landlord of Curtis College, and Kalman both turned around and stared at Terry.

Max and Marlon also looked at Terry.

They all looked at Terry with some unfriendly eyes.

Terry seems to be constantly aggressive towards Wang Qian!

But……

Finally, the purpose was exposed.

This guy has bad intentions.

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