The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 86 Thunderous Means
Chen Qiu just thought about what Li Tian said for a moment before he understood what Yu Tu meant.

Yu Tu asked Li Tian to disband his orchestra, help him collect his members, and asked him to come to Haicheng from the Huaguo Philharmonic to find a new job. He did not want his members or seek power and usurpation. What.

But there is a very simple reason.

In addition to being able to conduct his own orchestra well, a conductor also needs to have sufficient influence and command ability for an unfamiliar orchestra that he has never had any contact with.

Although if he stays in his band, he can gradually move his band from a relatively backward position to a higher position through running in with his band.

But such conductors are not particularly popular in the conducting world, or the classical music world, or the orchestra world.

In fact, many people can understand it by giving the simplest number.

Nowadays, the top orchestras in China start from almost the top 20, and many orchestras behind them do not have the position of conductor.

This does not mean that they have no commanding intentions.

Rather, they do not include money for conductors in their orchestra's salary package.

This is especially true for the vast majority of orchestras, especially those that follow local trends and are funded by the government.

Many symphony orchestras, philharmonic orchestras, or orchestras with other names in certain places do not set up a separate conductor position in addition to the most basic configuration of players.

Their conductors are basically all top conductors from other places who come as guests to lead the orchestra in performances.

They would prefer the money they get paid once for a performance, rather than choosing a professional conductor who needs to be paid once a month.

Therefore, for many conductors, going to a completely unfamiliar orchestra, rehearsing with them, and then performing with them, and then leaving with a little money after the performance is actually a skill that must be learned.

Take Wang Hai for example, he is the most typical mercenary type commander.

In addition to serving as chief conductor in the top three orchestras in Haicheng, he also serves as a part-time guest conductor in many other orchestras.

Not only that, he also gives conducting lessons to student orchestras in universities.

Take them to compete and run around the country.

certainly! Wang Hai is someone who is keen on working hard to make money and finding various part-time jobs to increase his salary. Not all conductors are like him.

Yu Tu sent Li Tian from the capital to Haicheng in the hope that Li Tian could grow up and elevate the five dimensions under his command to a higher level.

If he blindly pushes his band forward, no matter how hard he works, it will actually be difficult for him to continue to develop after reaching a certain point.

Only by being exposed to the characteristics of different orchestras can we better understand the weaknesses of our own orchestra, what direction we should develop in, and how we should use our strengths and avoid weaknesses.

When accepting a new member, how should he quickly integrate the member into the orchestra's music?

Chen Qiu knows this, Li Tian knows it, and Yu Tu also knows it.

but……

Compared to Li Tian, ​​Chen Qiu actually does not need this experience.

Because he had already done a lot of similar work when he was working at the Berlin Philharmonic.

The first was the student orchestra in the school, and he was practicing with the conductor at that time.

Then there are some other orchestras in Berlin, such as the Opera Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra, Radio Orchestra, Senior Citizens Orchestra, etc. He doesn’t know how many various orchestras he has experienced.

Without so much orchestra experience, it would have been impossible for him to go directly from an ordinary conducting doctorate to the Berlin Philharmonic II as deputy conductor.

The Berlin Philharmonic is considered one of the top orchestras in the world. If a conductor with a PhD degree could get into the orchestra, then the Berlin Philharmonic would have been overcrowded long ago.

Chen Qiu thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and then asked Li Tian.

"By the way, I have a question, that is, I feel that many people have different opinions about Commander Yu Tu. For example, Wang Hai hates Yu Tu. You and Commander Yu Tu are relatively close, so what do you think about Commander Yu Tu? How do you feel about Commander Tu?"

"Me? I'm his student. Are you sure what I said is really suitable?"

Li Tian stirred the meat in his bowl, mixed it with sesame sauce and put it into his stomach, then said to Chen Qiu.

"But since you asked me to say it, I will tell you clearly. In fact, I don't know much about Commander Yu Tu."

Chen Qiu questioned: "Didn't you come to practice with Commander Yu Tu? Why do you still don't know much about Commander Yu Tu?"

Li Tian said helplessly: "Because of Commander Yu Tu, he rarely communicates with us. If you stay with Commander Yu Tu for a long time, you will find that he actually has some... communication difficulties?"

"Communication barrier?" Chen Qiu was stunned.

He never thought that the number one conductor in China would actually have communication difficulties?
But the next second, he directly questioned Li Tian: "Are you sure? If he has communication difficulties, how can he lead an entire orchestra? How can he become the number one conductor in China now? If you say I believe he has other diseases, but you said he has communication difficulties? Sorry, I really can't believe it."

"Actually, how should I put it? I also searched online and found out that this may be called communication disorder."

Li Tian sighed, ordered himself another plate of meat, and explained to Chen Qiu.

"Actually, if you communicate with Yu Tu normally, it will be difficult for you to find Yu Tu's problem, because he is no different from ordinary people in normal times. He communicates with other people normally, manages the orchestra normally, and leads the orchestra to rehearse normally. The conductor, everything seemed like a normal conductor.

But if he is alone, no, not when he is alone, but when he falls into his own world, he will start to like talking to himself, one of whom expresses doubts and denials, and the other One has to work hard to convince oneself who expresses denial. "

"Schizophrenia?" Chen Qiu asked curiously.

Li Tian immediately shook his head: "It's not schizophrenia. There is no second self in his mind. He is just talking to himself and looking for his own loopholes. To be precise, it is a bit like doing math problems. Check to see if you have made any mistakes.

It’s just that the normal inspection is more about doing it again to check your own process, but his inspection is to find mistakes and default to what you did wrong, so he needs to find his own loopholes and then let himself think about it again. , find a better way to interpret it. "

Chen Qiu nodded thoughtfully: "It's a bit like a teacher and a student?"

After hearing Chen Qiu's words, Li Tian was stunned for a moment, and then nodded vigorously.

"Well, yes, it's a teacher and a student. It's just that this teacher is a bit paranoid. He only focuses on finding mistakes and doesn't know how to teach. I saw him like this when I entered his office before. He seemed to be talking to another person. His speech was ordinary, but in just a few words, he found his direction, which was a terrifying feeling."

Chen Qiu didn't speak. He was thinking and constructing the image of Yu Tu in his mind.

He and Yu Tu had met before, but the two did not communicate, only making simple eye contact.

Now listening to Li Tian's words, you can probably guess what Yu Tu looks like.

A stubborn, self-centered musical genius who is immersed in his own world.

Very sensitive to music.

This is the image given by Li Tian.

But on Wang Hai and Zhao Yi's side, it's a little different.

Wang Hai said that Yu Tu was a fool. He always liked to go to the nine-school league as a conductor, suppress other schools, and monopolize the talents from the Central Conservatory of Music.

Get rid of Wang Hai's personal emotions and collect keywords.

Therefore, Chen Qiu feels that instead of saying that Yu Tu is suppressing the monopoly, it is better to say that he is discovering new musical talents in the nine-school league.

Then he put him in the country's number one orchestra to train him.

At the same time, Zhao Yi said that Yu Tu is difficult to communicate with, and it is difficult for you to understand what Yu Tu is thinking.

This just echoes what Li Tian said, a genius immersed in his own world.

There may be times when he is very approachable, but he will be self-absorbed and ignore others.

To sum up, Chen Qiu has set a basic image of Yu Tu in his mind. If he comes into contact with Yu Tu later, he won't be too unfamiliar.

He reached out and took a plate of mutton, poured it into the copper pot and stirred it. After thinking for a long time, he said to Li Tiandao.

"Well, I roughly understand what kind of person Yu Tu is. Let's go back to the question you asked me before. You asked me how to get along well with the conductor of the orchestra. Conductor Li Tian, ​​now I will tell you my answer. If you are unable to continue to control the orchestra in the future, then I suggest you fire the concertmaster directly."

"Huh? Fire the chief?"

Li Tian was originally thinking about Yu Tu, but he didn't expect that Chen Qiu would actually tell him this.

His originally calm mood immediately lost control. He leaned forward a little, looked into Chen Qiu's eyes, and asked him in disbelief.

"No, are you sure? Fire the chief? Are you sure it's something I can do? Wait, wait, wait, wait, I, look at me, I'm not a big boss? I'm just a commander who just came over. You asked me to directly Fire the chief?”

"Well, yes, since you have no way to control this orchestra and the chief has been causing trouble, then your best choice is to fire him."

Chen Qiu said with a calm expression. He took out all the mutton that had just been poured into the copper stove and threw it into his bowl. He lowered his head and stirred the mutton while explaining to Li Tian.

"First of all, you are the conductor, and he is the chief conductor. You are not a guest conductor, but the chief conductor of the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra. In terms of status and position, you are older than him. I don't think I should be required to do this. explain.

Secondly, as a conductor, the first person you need to be responsible for is the music director of the band. The music director’s task in recruiting you is to let you pull the orchestra to a higher level. If you are unable to accomplish this goal, you may not be able to pass it. One year, the band's music director will come to talk to you and start to persuade you to quit.

at last……"

Chen Qiu raised his head, looked into Li Tian's eyes through the misty copper stove hot pot between the two, and spoke to him very seriously.

"You are the commander. Although most of the time, the commander needs to have a good relationship with his team members and let everyone recognize him, but this does not mean that the commander needs to lose his dignity as a commander to please his team members. Therefore, you cannot Throwing down your own last sharp blade and relaxing it is the way to command."

Li Tian couldn't help but open his mouth when he heard Chen Qiu. He leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair. He reached for a cup of Coke and drank it in one gulp. Then he looked at Chen Qiu with a strange expression and said in confusion.

"No, how do you know so much? Why do you feel that you are more experienced than Zhao Yi and the others? Sometimes it feels really strange. Are you really a student?"

"Of course I'm a student. I'm not a student and I'm still here chatting with you?" Chen Qiu rolled his eyes at Li Tian angrily after hearing this.

But Li Tian's eyes were still full of doubts.

He raised his head and looked at the ceiling. After thinking for a long time, he asked Chen Qiu.

"So you will also use this kind of thunderous method in your orchestra?"

"Me? Why would I use this method?" Chen Qiu glanced at Li Tian, ​​also picked up a cup of Coke, took a sip, shook his head and said, "I'm not you. I handpicked the chief conductor in my orchestra. When I came out, my band completely trusted me, so why should I do this?"

"Hiss, that's what you said."

Li Tian sighed and continued to eat the hot-boiled pork, but his eyes kept looking at his spice plate, as if he was thinking about something.

Chen Qiu did not rush him.

The two fell into silence until Professor Li came back.

He found that both of them had finished eating the hot-pot meat on the table. In desperation, he went to add two more plates and paid the bill. Then Li Tian spoke to Chen Qiu again.

"Okay, I will consider your suggestion. In addition, I originally planned to go to other schools' performances with you this afternoon, but looking at the current situation, I probably won't be able to go. I need to find Teacher Yu Tu. Let's re-discuss my future career path with him. You can do your best. I will upload to you a school strength distribution map that is widely circulated here later. You can take a look for yourself, but don't take it too seriously.

In the concert hall this afternoon, there was a performance by the Eastern Normal University that is worth noting. After the Eastern Normal University performance, a little while later, there was the Central Normal University in the opera hall. Their performance was equally good. A little later, There is also Ningcheng Normal University, they are also in the concert hall, these three are worthy of note today. "

After that, he picked up his luggage, stood up and nodded to Professor Li who had just returned from the checkout, and then added.

"Then I'll leave now. I'll see you at dinner tonight. If I don't come, I will transfer the money for tonight's dinner to Professor Li Anguo in advance. Don't worry about money. Okay, that's it. , see you later.”

He waved to Chen Qiu and Professor Li, turned around with a smile and walked out of the door, disappearing from their sight.

Professor Li didn't feel surprised when he looked at Li Tian's leaving figure.

He didn't ask any questions, he just poured the newly arrived mutton into the copper stove and started scalding it.

Such a calm expression made Chen Qiu a little embarrassed, and he couldn't help but ask Professor Li.

"Professor Li, why didn't you ask me anything? Aren't you curious about what Commander Li Tian said to me when you left just now?"

"I'm not curious. What you two are doing has nothing to do with me. I don't want to hear it, so don't tell me."

Professor Li shook his head as expected, refused Chen Qiu's information sharing, and concentrated on eating the mutton in front of him.

"Tsk."

Seeing Professor Li like this, Chen Qiu had no choice but to support his chin with his hand, turned his head and looked through the glass on the side, looking out the window at the rare blue sky in Beijing, and suddenly laughed.

"But I feel that Li Tian's command is actually quite fun. Compared with Wang Hai and others, he is actually more like a student than a conductor. He always puts himself in the position of learning and rarely He thinks he has become a capable commander on his own, even if he is already among the top five in Haicheng."

Professor Li continued to eat meat without saying a word, as if he had not heard anything.

The two of them were just staring out the window in a daze, while the other was eating meat there. Everything seemed so harmonious.

After Professor Li had eaten, the two of them rested for a while and then walked directly towards the Beijing Grand Theater.

At this time, it was almost time for the next round of performances. When Chen Qiu and Professor Li entered the concert hall, the concert hall was already packed.

It was obvious that many people present were interested in the musical quality of Eastern Normal University.

They are very curious about what level Eastern Normal University can reach.

In such an exciting atmosphere, the host appeared on the stage and introduced to everyone present the judges who were in charge of commenting in the concert hall this afternoon.

Basically, they are all conducting teachers from universities in Beijing and top-ranked orchestra conductors.

Occasionally there are orchestra conductors from several places.

After the group had all settled into their respective seats, the doors to the backstage of the concert hall opened.

The people from Eastern Normal University, with serious expressions, walked to their respective seats in the concert hall and sat down, meticulously.

Then the leader, a young and handsome violinist, walked out of the crowd, took the lead to the center of the stage, and bowed to everyone.

After he finished bowing, Zhao Zitong appeared.

She is still as serious and serious as Chen Qiu saw during the competition in Haicheng.

But for some reason, her steps this time were not as steady as last time.

Even when she turned to look at her band, her movements were not as neat as before.

It was as if his hands and feet were bound by something.

This feeling was very strange. Chen Qiu frowned and looked at Zhao Zitong with confusion in his eyes.

The work performed by Eastern Normal University is Beethoven's Violin Concerto, which is Beethoven's only violin concerto and the most famous one among all concertos.

When Chen Qiu saw the information displayed on the electronic screen next to him, he recalled most of the information in this piece of music.

However, just as he was leaning on the back of his seat, ready to hear what kind of surprise Zhao Zitong could bring him, the performance from Eastern Normal University filled him with doubts.

Is their music not pure enough?
　There is another chapter tonight

　　
　
(End of this chapter)