Qin Jian's invitation first made Xiao Duanxuan open his oily mouth in surprise.

Then he quickly gave a reaction that surprised Duan Ran.

Xiao Duanxuan nodded without hesitation, and then asked Qin Jian what he needed her to do.

The tone is serious and the eyes are sincere.

She believed that she would not make any mistakes again this time.

However, she never expected that this time, Qin Jian would not need her to turn over the score.

"You have to put on a beautiful dress, hold your cello on the stage under applause and cheers, and play a song with me for the audience."

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At 8:37 pm the next day.

College Concert Hall.

As a set of soft piano chords floated through the audience into infinity.

The scene fell into a brief silence.

"Wow————————"

Neat applause followed.

The silence created by the music was broken. Qin Jian breathed a sigh of relief and put away his right hand that was pressing on the keyboard.

Standing up with his left hand holding the piano, he bowed to the audience, then turned and left the stage, leaving Steinway on the stage to absorb the aftertaste of applause alone.

The first half is over.

He needs to take a break backstage.

There were not many people backstage at this time. Seeing Qin Jian pushing through the door, everyone stopped their discussion and gave him applause and cheers that were no less than those outside the venue.

A Chinese international student who volunteered for the concert gave Qin Jian a clean towel.

"The last scene was great, Teacher Qin."

"Thanks."

Qin Jian took the towel and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked seriously, "Sounds good backstage?"

"It's so exciting!" the volunteer expressed his excitement again, "Looking forward to your second half!"

"Thank you for your hard work. Let's go and take a look later. There is a seat next to Professor Langton, with seats 8 and 7."

Qin Jian indicated with his eyes that the manpower here was enough.

The volunteer nodded gratefully, "Thank you!"

The seats in the middle area of ​​this concert have long been divided up.

There's no way around it. Even if it's just a small weekend concert for Chopin Competition winner Schubert, there will be people trying their best to secure the best seats in advance.

"Um, Teacher Qin, can we take a photo together?"

...

After satisfying the other party's small request, Qin Jian came to the first lounge on the left side of the corridor.

Duan Ran is braiding Duan Xuan's hair.

He leaned over and the little man in the mirror also looked at him, "Brother."

"Hey, hey, hey, don't move your head."

Duan Ran gently straightened Duan Xuan's little head, and then continued to braid.

Xiao Duan Xuan could only express his grievances to Qin Jian with his eyes. Qin Jian smiled and pointed at Duan Ran's back quietly, with an expression that seemed to say, "Let's not mess with her."

After a while, a delicate braid full of Chinese style appeared on the back of Xiao Duanxuan's head.

Duan Ran looked at his masterpiece with satisfaction, then looked at Qin Jian provocatively, "Learn a little more."

Qin Jian smiled, ignored him, turned around and said, "Come and have fun."

He called Duan Xuan to his side, pointed to the cello score on the music stand and said something else.

"Don't be nervous once you get on stage. If you make a mistake, just keep going. Leave the rest to me."

Leave the rest to me, this sentence has been verified once.

Duan Xuan nodded vigorously.

"Sister will remind you when it's time to go on stage."

After Qin Jian said that, it was time for the second half of the concert to begin.

Duan Ran walked him to the backstage entrance and gave him a sweet kiss.

After watching Qin Jian come on stage and listening to the passionate applause outside the court, Duan Ran turned around and returned to the rest room.

Xiao Duanxuan was already holding the cello and stroking it quietly.

She walked to the music table and sat down to listen.

After a while.

"Increase the vibrato strength of this note."

Xiao Duanxuan stopped and thought about what his sister said.

After a while, Duan Ran said again in a deep voice, "Let's do it again."

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The rain and clear fragrance are intoxicating, and the Rondo in D major floating above the stage is like a beautiful woman walking out of poetry and painting.

In front of the piano, Qin Jian's fingers were as familiar as ever. No matter how strong or indifferent his emotions were, his sincerity and devotion were just like the Schubert he understood, neither exaggerated nor gorgeous.

But the words in the work are full of free-flowing cohesion, giving people a high degree of purification.

At that time, the pure works included not only Schubert but also Beethoven.

However, during the twenty years he lived at the same time as Beethoven, Schubert chose another artistic path.

So the former became a milestone of classicism, and he became the originator of romantic attention.

Langton said that Schubert was a poet, and Chris commented that in Schubert's heart lived a girl who knew nothing about the world.

Qin Jian agreed with Langton and did not contradict Chris.

Based solely on the study of Schubert's sonatas, what both of them said makes sense.

From the perspective of a performer, Schubert's works inherit the already solid tradition of classical music, combine it with the spirit of the new era, and form a new musical style.

The most important feature of his creation lies in his lyrical writing expression.

Especially in the use of sonata form, Schubert's works set a precedent for later generations - using long-breathing lyrical melodies to replace the previous writing of the main theme that was very appealing and dynamic.

In the performance of the last sonata in B flat major, Qin Jian paid great attention to the expression of the inner psychology of the work in the performance of the lyrical melody.

Tracing is his unique specialty.

But this will inevitably break the tradition of dramatic contrast between the main part and the deputy part.

If the main part and the auxiliary part of the work are no longer completely opposite, but the emotions of the two are close to each other or even complement each other, is this considered a violation of tradition?

This may be the question Qin Jian left for the audience.

In his opinion, Romanticism's emphasis on the aesthetics of works is ultimately the individuality of art, and does not judge the value of art based on the heroic nature of the subject matter, the theoretical value, or the grandeur of the structure.

Therefore, he boldly insisted on his own personality and released himself unreservedly in the performance of the last piece.

In the fourth movement, which has profound connotations, his performance is sometimes moderately playful, sometimes graceful and lyrical, and sometimes exciting and dramatic.

Mixed in the stormy passages and chords, they are Schubert and Qin Jian.

At the closing moment, there seems to be a bit of Beethoven.

"Wow————————"

Put your hands away and stand up.

Qin Jian walked to the front of the stage in two steps and bowed.

There was an endless stream of people laying flowers. Langton twisted his fat body and moved to the stage with a bouquet of white flowers, and warmly hugged our protagonist.

As a professor, his behavior seems inappropriate, but when he considers that he is Langton, there seems to be no controversy.

And Frank, he also gave Qin Jian a purple bouquet with the name of the Gamma Piano Ensemble signed on it.

Qin Jian took the bouquet and bowed in the direction where Koch was sitting. Seven members of the ensemble, including Katya, are here tonight.

As soon as he got up, the Chinese representative in Vienna from the Vienna Art Center also came onto the stage and presented him with a bouquet of flowers and congratulations.

"grateful."

It wasn't until the corner of his piano was filled with flowers and no one came on stage that he bowed for the last time and left.
To be continued...