Cui Dayou, Wang Feng and Gao Xiaobai were all silent.
Chinese music is being belittled like this, and musicians are the most angry, because it's like poking at their spines.
But they really couldn't refute it.
No matter how popular their music is in China, it has never made a name for itself internationally and has not made much of a splash.
Only with strength can you slap others in the face, but they have nothing to show for it.
Langlang continued:
"The reason for this is that the Vienna Music Center was compiling a collection of world classical music records, and they collected representative music from almost all countries.
“Except for those countries that are particularly turbulent, even African countries have collected a large number of representative folk music.
"Japan, in particular, accounts for half of the famous songs in the East Asian chapter. Therefore, Japan is praised by the industry as the cradle of composers and the crown of East Asian music.
"And in our country, China, there is only one famous song in the collection."
"Why is there only one song?" Jiang Xinhai asked in surprise, "Isn't this deliberately targeting us?"
"There's only one song." Langlang smiled bitterly. "Their inclusion criteria are quite strict. They'll calculate the popularity and quality of the songs. In short, according to their method, there's really only one Chinese music.
"China is such a big country, but it only has one song, while neighboring Japan, a small country, has several. This stark contrast has led to the widespread saying that 'China has no music.'"
After saying this, the live broadcast room immediately became angry.
It’s fine to say that “China has no music”. Chinese people enjoy their own music and don’t need foreigners to tell them what to do.
But people can't stand the fact that they praise one and put one down, and make Japan the crown of East Asian music.
You should know that during the Tang Dynasty, Japan sent countless envoys to China to study and took away various Chinese musical instruments. Their national musical instruments evolved from the popular musical instruments in China during the Tang and Song dynasties.
The Japanese royal family has been absorbing Chinese Gagaku, and the nobles are proud to appreciate Gagaku. Gagaku occupies a very important part of Japanese music history.
Later, during the war, the Japanese stormed into the Forbidden City and burned the Chinese classical music that they had not been able to take away. Countless rare and valuable books, musicians and craftsmen were destroyed and slaughtered, resulting in the loss of classical music.
The famous song "Prince Lanling's March into Battle", which has been popular in China for more than a thousand years, was introduced to Japan during the Tang Dynasty, but this song was lost in China.
It was during the honeymoon period between China and Japan in the 1980s that a Japanese professor from Nara led a team to perform this song in the birthplace of the song, allowing this famous Chinese song to return to its homeland.
This incident is also known as the "HD Return Song" incident.
Anyone who understands the history of Chinese and Japanese music is well aware of this history.
China was once a weak country, and even its music and art have suffered the same ill-fated fate as the motherland.
However, the historical perpetrators not only did not receive punishment, but were even openly hailed as the "Crown of East Asian Music"!
Anyone who knows this history will understand what a huge insult this is.
Wang Feng's face flushed with anger, and Xu Xiangxiao quickly asked:
"And what happened next?"
"Later..." Langlang said, "Later, JX came."
"Then, no one dared to mention this sentence again."
Everyone was a little confused.
Is it that simple?
They really want to stare at the math teacher and ask:
What about the process?
Langlang also guessed their reaction and said with a smile: "It was in this environment that JX pulled me to make Chinese music resound around the world in Vienna's Golden Hall, the music center in the minds of Westerners!
"So, JX took me to the Golden Hall to apply for 20 concerts.
“When we made this request, the person in charge of the concert hall was stunned.
“You know, it was the music season at the time, and famous musicians from all over the world flocked to the Golden Hall and were invited to give concerts.
"It was a really big-name gathering, with even world-class musicians like Parovati and Domingo there. Even my face wouldn't work, let alone us trying to join the ranks of other big names.
"After much persuasion, we finally got the green light to host a concert and rented the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
"After this concert, the entire Western music world was shocked."
Having said that, Langlang paused and took a sip of water.
"What happened next?" Jiang Xinhai was extremely anxious. "How did the concert go? Why did it become such a sensation?"
"Because Karajan was also at that concert," Langlang said. "Karajan is the most famous conductor alive today. You could say he was there because we joined his apprentice Masaki Ozawa."
Gao Xiaobai said, "Oh, yes! Masaki Ozawa, he's a very famous conductor."
He didn't need to say this, and everyone in the live broadcast room knew about it.
This person is often used as material in college entrance examination essays. Not only is it widely used, but the number is also large. It can be said that he is inexplicably well-known in China.
"If Masashi Ozawa is famous, Karajan is even more famous because he was the one who taught Masashi Ozawa," Lang Lang said. "Not only Karajan, but also his apprentice Masashi Ozawa and the world-renowned soprano Angela George are here."
His voice was a little nostalgic as he said:
"That concert featured Beethoven composed by JX, and it broke the history of the Golden Hall.
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