Chapter 416 Two Awards in October

The young man didn't seem to plan to finish playing "Eternal Night". When he finished the third motive and was about to turn to the fourth motive, he finished the song.

After playing, the young man saw that the onlookers around him were very excited and bowed to greet him. The audience also applauded as if they were on the stage.

But soon, the young man found Zhou Yan and the other three, because the other onlookers were standing at a distance from them, making them very conspicuous.

To be able to practice "Eternal Night" so well, the young man must know Zhou Yan. He didn't even recognize Wang Zuxian wearing sunglasses at the first time, but recognized Zhou Yan first.

"You are..."

The young man opened his mouth and made a sound that only he could hear.

Although he didn't hear what the young man said, Zhou Yan probably knew from his expression that he recognized him, so he smiled and said, "You played this song very well. This is the first time I heard this song on the street."

"You are really Zhou Yan." The young man said excitedly.

"Authentic." Zhou Yan walked to the piano with a smile, "What other pieces of mine do you usually play besides "Eternal Night"?"

The young man scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly, "I mainly play "Eternal Night" and "Flow·Wind". I occasionally practice "Morning·First Snow·Red Sun", but I don't play them very well."

For professionals, Zhou Yan doesn't need to spend a lot of time practicing most of his pieces, especially pieces like "Secret Joy" and "Reunion", which they can play as soon as they get their hands on.

"Croatian Rhapsody" is a little more difficult than "Secret Joy" and "Reunion", but it is not difficult enough.

"Morning·First Snow·Red Sun" is not very difficult either, basically the same as "Croatian Rhapsody", and they are not at the same level as "Eternal Night" and "Flow·Wind".

The previous pieces can be played by ordinary enthusiasts, but "Eternal Night" and "Flow·Wind" are beyond the reach of enthusiasts.

Not to mention enthusiasts, it is also difficult for professional students to master them.

"Are you a pianist in the orchestra?" Zhou Yan asked.

The young man shook his head and said, "I am a sophomore student of the Chinese University of Hong Kong majoring in music."

Hearing that he was still a sophomore, Zhou Yan was quite curious, "Do you have time to practice "Eternal Night"?"

For music students, the study tasks in the second year are quite heavy. If we only talk about classwork, it is a bit more tiring than the composition department, because music students have to practice instruments for several hours almost every day.

The rest of the time, they have to learn music theory. Basically, they have to learn everything that the composition department learns.

The young man smiled and said, "Because my research topic is Chinese modern music, studying "Eternal Night" is also within my research scope."

This made Zhou Yan a little confused.

A sophomore student of music has a research topic? Could it be that the teaching model of the music major of the Chinese University of Hong Kong is completely different from that of other schools.

It is normal for each school to have different teaching models. Those well-known colleges and universities in the mainland basically have their own exclusive models.

And even in the same school, different teachers at different times have different teaching methods.

But Zhou Yan had never heard of any school's piano students starting to research topics in their sophomore year. In fact, piano students mainly focus on live performances.

For piano students, playing the piano well is the first priority, which can be seen from the name of the major.

However, Zhou Yan did not ask in detail, after all, this occasion is not suitable for talking about these things.

"If you want to study "Eternal Night", you can listen to the latest version. There are many differences between the latest version and this version. Perhaps comparing the differences between the versions can help you in your research."

The young man showed an embarrassed expression again, "I heard that the version you played in your first concert in Hong Kong last time was changed, but I didn't buy a ticket for that concert at that time, and you didn't play "Eternal Night" in other performances. I'm waiting for the live CD now, but I haven't waited for it yet."

Zhou Yan smiled, "Then I'm afraid I have to wait until next year."

"It takes so long to wait." The young man said with some regret, "In fact, I mainly study your and Tan Dun's works. Compared with Mr. Tan Dun, your works circulating outside are relatively less."

If outsiders hear this, they will definitely be surprised, because in terms of the number of songs and the popularity, Zhou Yan is definitely better than Tan Dun.

Even most people have never heard of Tan Dun's name.

Zhou Yan believes that it is basically impossible to know who Tan Dun is by just randomly picking up a crowd at the scene.

But Zhou Yan knew what the young man meant. He did have a lot of songs, but most of them were new age, popular, and even pop and rock. There were few big songs like "Eternal Night" and "Flow·Wind". Other songs were not worth studying for professional students.

Zhou Yan pondered, "If you want to study my songs, you can pay attention to them during this period."

The young man was surprised and asked quickly, "Are there any new songs to be released? In what form, will they be performed in music or directly released on record?"

"The record may be a little later, maybe we can hear the live performance in October."

The young man was confused and didn't understand what Zhou Yan meant.

What is "maybe"?

October passed quickly, is it still uncertain whether there will be live performances?

Zhou Yan smiled and did not elaborate.

"What's your name?" He then remembered to ask the young man's name.

"My name is Kevin Hu."

"Yes." Zhou Yan nodded, "I'm glad to meet you today. See you again when I have the chance."

After saying that, Zhou Yan gave Wang Zuxian and the others another look, and then walked towards the west again.

…

They walked along the coast, and the number of people around them did not decrease at all. Finally, they had no choice but to walk to the main road, hail a taxi and get in.

Mainly because they were really hungry right now and had to find a place to eat quickly.

Originally, Wang Zuxian was going back to the hotel, but Chen Derong said that he didn't have enough shopping, and recommended a claypot restaurant, and the three of them took a car there.

This time, Chen Derong was very careful. He wore his hat and sunglasses tightly and didn't even take them off when eating.

While eating, Chen Derong talked about what happened when he met Hu Kaiwen just now.

"I thought you were going to play a song for everyone on the spot. There were many people there who had the same idea as me, and everyone looked forward to it. But you left suddenly, and everyone was disappointed."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "The piano pitch problem is quite big. I don't want to play it. Besides, I don't have to show off my shame in front of professional students."

Chen Derong asked in surprise, "Is he better at playing than you?"

Zhou Yan shrugged, "Isn't this an obvious thing?"

Chen Derong curled his lips, "Obviously, this is not an obvious thing. I think you are better at playing the piano."

She turned around and asked Wang Zuxian, "Sister Xiaoxian, do you think so?"

"Maybe it's because he's on stage that he feels better?"

"That's true, maybe it's because of his good looks." Chen Derong bared his teeth and smiled.

"You just said there is new music, what do you mean?" Wang Zuxian asked.

"I'm talking about "Xu Sanguan"."

"Oh, it's this one."

Zhou Yan took a long time to write this piece, which took longer than his previous compositions, so Wang Zuxian was quite impressed.

It's just that it's been a long time since she heard Zhou Yan talk about this piece of music, and she hasn't seen this piece of music released, so she has forgotten about it.

"What is "Xu Sanguan"?" Chen Derong asked.

"It's a song that the third brother wrote out of inspiration after reading Brother Yu Hua's novel "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood"." Wang Zuxian explained helpfully.

"Is there anything special about this piece?"

"It's nothing special, it's just relatively long." Zhou Yan said with a smile.

"that's all?"

"that's all."

"Is this song going to be released?"

"Well, this piece was submitted to the Yanjing Symphony Competition to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Sun Yat-sen. If it wins, it will be played live at the party at the end of October. Of course, whether it wins or not, an album will be released later."

"Oh, that will definitely win the prize." Chen Derong was very confident in Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan pursed his lips and smiled, but said nothing more.

Chen Derong didn't understand these awards, so he subconsciously felt that Zhou Yan should go and win the award.

In fact, it is not easy to win an award in this selection of works. Sun Yat-sen's birthday held by Yanjing was very popular, so there were many entries sent in.

This type of competition has very few restrictions on the entries. No matter when you composed the music, or whether the work has been performed publicly before, you can participate in the selection.

Many people will submit their works that have been polished for several years and have even been market-proven, and Zhou Yan's competitors are not unknown people.

Just talking about his senior brothers, as far as he knew, Xu Zhenmin, Ye Xiaogang, Du Mingxin, and Tang Jianping all contributed to the work.

Moreover, Zhou Yan has heard all the works they submitted, and they are all of very high quality.

For example, Xu Zhenming's "Jinling Nostalgia" was performed in Nagoya two years ago. The response was very good, and it has been performed many times in the past two years.

The key point is that the name "Jinling Nostalgia" is very relevant in this competition, which can be regarded as an advantage.

Zhou Yan also thought about sending "Eternal Night" before, but after much thought, he still chose "Xu Sanguan". Compared with "Eternal Night", "Xu Sanguan" has a stronger narrative, especially in terms of historical narrative. , which is also consistent with the theme of this competition.

Of course, there are many awards in this competition, so the difficulty of competition has been slightly reduced. Zhou Yan’s requirements are not high, and he doesn’t want gold, silver, or bronze. After all, he is still young, so it would be great if he can get a third prize. Pretty good.

His teacher Shi Wanchun and principal Liu Lin had similar ideas. They all believed that it would be great if he could win the third prize in this competition.

It doesn't matter if he doesn't win the award. Anyway, he is young and will have many competitions in the future.

Wang Zuxian remembered something again, "Hey, I remember you said before that there was some kind of composition competition in October? Is this it?"

Zhou Yan shook his head, "That's not it. You're talking about the first national film and music awards."

"It's also October?"

"Well, the results will be out in two days."

"Is this award simpler?" Wang Zuxian asked.

Zhou Yan nodded: "It should be simple."

In fact, Zhou Yan was a bit conservative. Putting the two selections together, the difficulty gap is very large and cannot be compared at all.

Zhou Yan can say with great confidence that when the results of the National Film and Music Awards come out in two days, "Spring of the Cowherd Class" will definitely appear on the list of winners.

First of all, in terms of the number of participating works, the two selections are not of the same level.

The selection scope of the first national film and music awards is very narrow. Only films from last year and this year can participate, and the application for this award closes in July.

In other words, only films released last year and the first half of this year can participate in the selection, and they must be feature films.

Even if all the movies released in the past year and a half are signed up, there are actually not many, and ordinary commercial movies will not come to join in the fun.

"Springtime of the Cowherd" just won an award in Berlin at the beginning of the year. Even if it is to gain popularity at the Berlin Film Festival, the jury will definitely give this film an award. It depends on what award it is.

"The results will be available in two days, so you won't be able to attend the award ceremony?"

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Their selection is in Shanghai. I definitely won't be able to pass."

The organizer did send an invitation to Zhou Yan and contacted him more than once, hoping that he could attend the award ceremony, but Zhou Yan really had no way to go.

This is a new selection for them, and of course they hope that internationally renowned directors and composers like Zhou Yan will be present. No matter how you look at it, Zhou Yan's identity is very consistent with their selection.

In fact, Zhou Yan also knew that if he arrived at the scene, he would definitely take advantage of the award.

Of course, the organizing committee also hopes to award the awards to those who can be present. Otherwise, if one is absent and one is absent, the scene will not look good.

"It would be great if both of these awards can be won." Wang Zuxian looked forward to it. "How about the crew take two extra days off and let's go to Shanghai."

Chen Derong also said immediately, "I'll go with you."

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, "I don't have time to bother. I'm going out for a day today, and I have to work hard when I get back in the evening. In fact, there are many various awards every year. If I sign up for every one of them and show up for every one, At the end of the year, I didn’t have to do anything except attend the awards ceremony.”

"That's true, you didn't even come to the Academy Awards."

Absence from the Academy Awards can be regarded as Zhou Yan's "great achievement", but because he has been absent from the Academy Awards, and will miss other awards in the future, no one will gossip.

After all, he could even miss the Academy Awards, and even if he won the award, it would be understandable that he would miss other award ceremonies. (End of chapter)