Chapter 278 Violin Concerto "Butterfly Lovers"

After the performance by Chen Wenhan and Zhou Mingqiao's team ended, applause broke out from the audience.

Most of the audience who come to watch the show are industry insiders.

After all, it is a participation performance for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. It is not a formal performance, so it is semi-public.

Since most of the audience are industry insiders, they all have a good level of music appreciation.

The piano played by Zhou Mingqiao, coupled with the violinist who won the Paganini third prize, is naturally of high quality.

Moreover, the symphony orchestra they cooperate with is a top symphony orchestra hired by Chen Jiahua with huge sums of money, so their hard power is indeed very strong.

Wait until the show is over.

Chen Wenhan was very satisfied with the performance. He came down from the stage and shook hands with Zhou Mingqiao. Then the two of them sat in the first row of the auditorium, preparing to watch the next performance.

Since the exhibition is to select performances for the Olympic opening ceremony, although it is competitive in nature, it is not essentially a competition.

The Office of the Director of the Olympic Opening Ceremony has arranged consultants from various fields to score the works on display and use them to select outstanding works, but the scoring results are not announced.

Only the list of candidates for the next round of performances will be announced.

The Chen family has a wide network of connections, so as soon as Chen Wenhan and Zhou Mingqiao's symphony orchestra finished playing, someone from the Chen family went privately to ask for feedback from the opening ceremony director team.

After two more performances, Chen Lipeng's secretary came to the auditorium from the backstage and whispered in Chen Wenhan's ear: "The chairman has already asked someone. The director team is very satisfied with today's performance. I should ask questions."

Not big."

Chen Wenhan's eyes darkened and he said: "It means it's not a big problem, but it's not 100% sure yet. Is that what you mean?"

The secretary of the chairman explained: "Today's performance is not over yet, and the final results have not yet come out. After the performance, the opening ceremony director team will have a meeting with the advisory group, and the results will not be known until tomorrow at the earliest.

"But Mr. Chen can rest assured that the chairman and many consultants on the advisory team are familiar with each other. Since the problem is not big, it is indeed not a big problem.

"Besides, this time we invited a top-notch symphony orchestra in China, and there is basically no competition."

For a performance like this to compete for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, excellence does not necessarily mean you will be selected. You often need to stand out among competitors.

In other words, the symphony orchestra formed by Chen Wenhan and Zhou Mingqiao does not need to be better than all the programs, it only needs to be better than other works of the same type.

Chen Wenhan thought for a moment and then asked: "Does the director team have anything else to say?"

For a performance like this to be selected for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, in fact, it is not enough for the work to be excellent, but also to find the direction in which the director team selects the work.

After all, the Olympics are being held in China this time. In a sense, the opening ceremony of next year's Olympics is a window for the country to show its culture and national strength to the world.

Therefore, in terms of the format of the opening ceremony performance, the country must have content and formal requirements.

The secretary nodded and replied: "I have indeed asked. According to internal information revealed by the director team, they hope to select works that can promote national culture.

"So what the chairman means is that if we can incorporate more national culture into our performances, it will be easier to stand out."

When Chen Wenhan heard this, he couldn't help but sneer and cursed: "How does the symphony integrate into the national culture? The director team is really funny."

It was hard for the secretary to answer this, so he could only keep smiling.

Chen Wenhan heard that the results would not come out today, and since he asked someone at home and said it was not a big problem, he was basically admitted.

Now that everyone has entered, he has no interest in staying here to watch any performances.

After all, this is only the second round of performances, and the level is still somewhat uneven.

He stood up, pulled the collar of his suit, and said to Zhou Mingqiao: "Mr. Zhou, I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."

Zhou Mingqiao made a gesture to please help himself, did not speak, but prepared to quietly watch the performance below.

Chen Wenhan was about to walk out.

Just then.

The show host on the stage read out the name of the next show: "Please invite today's show number 12, Fang Xing, Lu Xiang'er, the First Symphony Orchestra of Donghai Conservatory of Music, Violin Concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai"."

When Chen Wenhan heard the names of Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er, his steps suddenly froze.

He never expected that he would hear the names of these two people here.

Moreover, these two people even went on stage to perform.

His originally very happy mood suddenly sank.

A month ago, he kicked Lu Xiang'er out of the school's symphony orchestra and then participated in the first round of performances.

However, that performance was a complete waste of time.

But, that's not important.

After failing in the first performance, he decided that the school's symphony orchestra was too rubbish, so he didn't advance to the second round.

He decisively changed the symphony orchestra he was working with, and as expected, he successfully entered the second round of performances.

However, he never expected that Lu Xiang'er and Fang Xing would also sneak into the second round.

Since he was participating in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games this time, he did not pay attention to the other competitors in the second round at all. Before the performance, he did not even take a look at the list of performances.

That's why I was so surprised when I heard the names of Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er.

Seeing that Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er were about to go on stage, Chen Wenhan didn't intend to leave at this time. He sat back in his seat and prepared to see how embarrassing Fang Xing and Lu Xiang'er were.

Seeing Chen Wenhan sitting back again, Zhou Mingqiao asked doubtfully: "Isn't something wrong, Mr. Chen?"

Chen Wenhan casually pointed to the stage and said, "Look at their performance."

Zhou Mingqiao also heard a little bit about Chen Wenhan, Lu Xiang'er, and Fang Xing.

After all, they are all people in the music circle, and those who compete in the Paganini International Violin Competition have a high reputation in the music circle.

Although Zhou Mingqiao is a piano professional, he is also familiar with violin awards.

After all, pianos often need to work with violins and other musical instruments. Only when you get to know emerging violinists can you choose a partner.

Therefore, when he saw Chen Wenhan sitting down again, he knew that he wanted to watch Lu Xiang'er's performance.

Zhou Mingqiao said: "I often saw Lu Xiang'er and Fang Xing working together before, but I didn't expect to meet them this time."

This is not the first time that he has become a competitor with Fang Xing.

Last year on the "Singing" program, I was already my opponent.

Of course, he only went to help Li Siqi play the piano, so he was not a direct opponent.

Chen Wenhan didn't want to talk about this topic, so he sat there without saying a word.

Zhou Mingqiao also felt the low pressure around Chen Wenhan, so he said nothing and watched the performance quietly.

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On stage.

The show host began to introduce the works that will be performed next: "The next work to be performed is the violin concerto "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai."

"This violin concerto is based on the folk legend 'Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai', and also draws on Yue opera tunes as material, which very well promotes the national culture.

"Now we invite the performance team, Fang Xing, Lu Xiang'er and the First Symphony Orchestra of Donghai Conservatory of Music to come on stage."

On Earth.

"Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai" was composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang, and is based on folklore.

The work premiered on May 27, 1959 at the Lyceum Theater in Shanghai as a tribute work from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

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The requirements of the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony Office for the opening ceremony performances do include the promotion of national culture.

Since the Chen family can find out the direction of the director team's selection of works, Fang Xing is already familiar with the opening ceremony program team, so naturally he can also find out.

Therefore, this performance went directly to the classic violin concerto "Butterfly Lovers".

After the show host introduces the show works.

Fang Xing, Lu Xiang'er and the Dongyin First Symphony Orchestra came on stage together and began to adjust the instruments.

Most of the instruments are brought by the musicians themselves, but not the piano.

So, after Fang Xing came on stage, he sat in front of the piano and played a set of arpeggios to check the piano's scales.

Because this performance is very important.

The leadership of Dongyin attaches great importance to it. The principal personally issued a message and asked the symphony orchestra to win this performance.

Therefore, many of the orchestra leaders in this exhibition are Dongyin professors.

Normally, when the Dongyin First Symphony Orchestra goes out to perform, it is basically composed of undergraduates and graduate students. Professors rarely participate. At most, one or two professors lead the group.

This time, the principals of most of the instruments are professors, so it can be said that the lineup is strong.

After a few minutes of adjustments, everyone was ready to go.

Professor Li Xiuqin, the leader and conductor of the symphony orchestra, signaled to the judges, and after receiving confirmation, officially raised the baton.

Professor Li Xiuqin glanced around to confirm that everyone was in the right state, then pressed down on the baton.

The performance officially begins.
To be continued...