Chapter 432 Goodbye Yangtze River

There are actually activities every year for Mr. Sun Yat-sen’s birthday, but this year it falls on the 10th, so there are more activities and it is more lively.

This kind of anniversary is usually held more grandly when it falls on the 5th, 10th, 50th, or 100th.

In theory, the 100th anniversary of his birth should have been held most grandly, but in 1966, the domestic situation was complicated, so there was no event.

In the past 30 years, there have been various situations, and nothing has been done, so this year is the most lively one.

The symphony competition is just one of many activities, and there are many more to come. Compared with other activities, the symphony competition is held earlier.

In theory, Mr. Sun’s birthday is November 12, which is nearly two weeks away, but there are many activities, and we can’t put all the activities on that day, so naturally some of them are held earlier.

As long as you don’t postpone it, it’s okay to celebrate your birthday a little earlier.

Today’s event is called a competition, but it’s actually a collection activity. There are many similar collection activities.

All walks of life have shown enthusiasm for this matter. The academic community has academic seminars, the literary community has novel essays, poetry collections, and calligraphy and painting collections.

However, for the collection of other projects, there are few offline activities.

For example, the collection of Chinese poetry, there are many non-governmental organizations that have organized it, and some magazines will also start their own collections with generous prizes.

Many folk poets are willing to submit their works to those magazines. There is nothing shameful about looking at money.

Whether it is an official collection or a collection by a non-governmental organization, basically, they will find a time to announce the collection results. Those non-governmental magazines will directly publish the selected works in their magazines, and the official will put the selected works together to make a booklet collection for sale or gift.

If it is a collection of poems and paintings, there may be an exhibition.

Compared with other forms, it is obvious that the scene of the symphony collection looks more high-end and classy, ​​and the families of cadres are more willing to participate.

However, poetry collections are closer to the general audience. Generally, the shortlisted works of poetry collections will be announced in advance, and then the opinions of all parties will be combined for selection.

Although the jury may not listen to the opinions of the general audience, this process still exists.

Unlike symphony collection activities, the shortlisted works are not announced in advance, and the list of winners is announced directly on the spot.

Of course, there are ways to judge whether you are shortlisted.

The simplest one is to see if you have received an invitation from the organizing committee. As long as you receive an invitation, it is likely that you have been shortlisted. If you don’t receive an invitation, you are 100% not shortlisted.

This year is the 130th birthday, and there are 130 shortlisted works.

After these 130 works are shortlisted, in theory, they all have awards, and the rest depends on what award they are.

The awards are divided into five categories. In addition to the first, second, third and fourth prizes, there is also an excellent award.

The so-called excellent award is just a consolation prize, so that you don’t make a wasted trip.

And the excellent award is exactly the most, half of the 130 works are excellent awards.

Of course, the Excellence Award winners will not be exhibited, and their names will not even be mentioned on the spot, let alone take a group photo.

Think about it, sixty or seventy works, just the registration list will waste a lot of time. If the authors are asked to take a group photo on stage, the time of today's concert will be at least half an hour longer.

The Excellence Award and the Fourth Prize winners do not have medals, but only a small certificate without a shell. After getting the certificate, the winners have to spend money to get a shell to install it.

Only when you get the Third Prize can you be considered a winner. Not only will you get a certificate, but the official will also prepare a bronze medal for the winners. That is, you can only be considered a winner if you get the Third Prize.

People in the industry are still very enthusiastic about this selection. As long as you are shortlisted, no matter what award it is, it is a good honor, and it is not shameful to say that the Excellence Award is out there.

After all, for outsiders, they don't know what the Excellence Award is, and they think it is very powerful.

Zhou Yan sat down at 6:20, and after saying hello to Guo Wenjing, he sat there and let his mind wander.

Others around were talking to each other, in stark contrast to Zhou Yan.

Many people at the scene came from other places. It was not easy for them to come here, so naturally, like Shen Siyuan, they wanted to mix up some connections. This was also human nature.

After sitting for about 20 minutes, the man sitting on Zhou Yan's left turned around and smiled at Zhou Yan, "You are Zhou Yan, right?"

This man looked to be about 30 years old, which was relatively young at the scene. He had actually seen Zhou Yan several times and had always wanted to talk to Zhou Yan, but only now did he muster up the courage.

Zhou Yan turned his head to look at him, smiled and nodded, "Yes, I am Zhou Yan, who are you?"

Seeing Zhou Yan's smile, the other party smiled and introduced himself, "I am Huang Canwen, from Shanghai."

Huang Canwen saw Zhou Yan sitting there expressionlessly just now, and thought Zhou Yan was difficult to approach, so when he saw the smile on Zhou Yan's face, he was relieved.

"From your accent, you don't sound like you're from Shanghai, do you?"

"Yes, yes, my hometown is Luzhou. I studied at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and stayed in Shanghai after graduation."

"Then you've been in Shanghai for quite a few years."

"Yeah, in the blink of an eye, I have been staying in Shanghai for more than ten years. In a few years, I will stay in Shanghai longer than I stayed in Luzhou." Huang Canwen said with emotion, and then Then he said with a smile, "Teacher Zhou, your family is from Jinling, right? Our hometowns are not too far away."

Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, it's not far. Which Shangyin class are you from?"

"I am level 84." Huang Canwen replied.

"Level 84..." Zhou Yan thought for a while and asked, "Then do you know Li Honggang?"

Huang Canwen's eyes lit up, "Of course I know Senior Brother Li. He is a celebrity in our school, but we don't have much contact because when I entered the school, he had almost finished his graduate studies, and at that time, their Shanghai Quartet often went out to perform. Not much at school.”

"Li Honggang is also my senior brother. I worked with him before when I was in school."

"You and Senior Brother Li actually cooperated?" Huang Canwen said in surprise.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It's not surprising, after all, Senior Brother Li is also the first batch of students after our Yangyin resumed enrollment."

He glanced at Guo Wenjing, who was in the same row, and said, "The guy who greeted me just now is our professional senior brother Guo. He is in the same class as senior brother Li Honggang. They have more contact with each other."

Huang Canwen knew that Li Honggang studied at the Central Conservatory of Music for his undergraduate degree. He was surprised because he did not expect that Li Honggang and Zhou Yan had collaborated even though they were ten years apart.

If Zhou Yan had collaborated with Li Honggang after graduation, he wouldn't be surprised. After all, Zhou Yan had become famous after graduation. But Zhou Yan was talking about collaborating with Li Honggang while in school.

While Zhou Yan was in school, Li Honggang had already made a name for himself abroad, and there was a huge identity gap between the two.

The Shanghai Quartet that Li Honggang belongs to is very famous in Shanghai, especially in their school, and it is a benchmark.

The Shanghai Quartet was officially established in 1983. Its members are all students of their school. The group became famous not long after its establishment.

Huang Canwen remembers that when he was a sophomore, the Shanghai Quartet won second place in the Portsmouth International Quartet Competition in England.

This incident was quite sensational in their school at the time. After all, it was an international award, and the second place was very valuable.

Since the establishment of the Shanghai Quartet, Shangyin has successively established many orchestras of the same type, among which quartets are still the main ones, but there has never been one with the level of the Shanghai Quartet.

After all, students like Li Honggang are hard to find. Even though Li Honggang and the others are all current students, their resumes are extraordinary, especially Li Honggang's younger brother Li Weigang, who went abroad for training in his early years.

"Senior Brother Li should have been abroad in the past two years. Do you still keep in touch?" Huang Wencan asked.

Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, we haven't been in contact since we cooperated that year. I just heard you say you were at level 84, so I remembered."

Huang Canwen secretly sighed. Sure enough, geniuses don't appear suddenly. It seems that Zhou Yan was already a celebrity when he was in school, otherwise it would be impossible to cooperate with Li Honggang.

"Has the work you submitted this time been performed before? I have seen your concert video, and I know many of the works."

"The piece submitted this time has not been performed before and is a new piece."

Huang Wencan was slightly surprised, "Oh, it's still a new work, so I'm really looking forward to it. I have to say that you still have the confidence to directly submit new works. I think everyone else submitted old works, and some even I created it more than ten years ago and have been writing it for two or three years. I have a new work on hand, but I don’t dare to submit it. Isn’t your new work specially written for this competition? "

Zhou Yan smiled and shook his head, "No, it just happened to be a suitable subject, so I handed it over."

"I'm still envious..."

As soon as Huang Canwen opened his mouth, a voice came from the speakers at the venue, "Hello everyone, the concert is about to start. Please keep as quiet as possible."

After the host spoke, the scene immediately fell silent, and Huang Canwen could only hold back the unspoken words.

The two looked at each other and smiled, then turned to look at the stage.

After a while, a female host in a formal dress walked onto the stage holding a microphone.

"One hundred and thirty years ago, on November 12, 1866, a great forerunner of the democratic revolution was born. He was Mr. Sun Yat-sen. When he was born, the embers of the British and French allied forces burning the Old Summer Palace had not yet dispersed, sweeping half of the The Taiping Movement in China has just subsided, and the Manchu Qing government is still trying to make its final struggle through the Westernization Movement..."

The host prepared a long speech, which basically summarized Sun Yat-sen's life.

Just by reading this sentence, seven or eight minutes have passed.

But no one is in a hurry, after all, today's event is just for Mr. Sun.

After the host finished reading the opening remarks, Xu Cong, the vice chairman of the Music Association, also came to the stage to deliver a speech. His speech was much simpler. After a few words, he announced the official start of the event.

After the event started, the host announced, "Next, please listen to the second prize-winning track "Jinling Nostalgia". This song..."

Although it only won the second prize, "Jinling Nostalgic" can be used as the opening song, which is considered very impressive.

Xu Zhenmin, the author of "Jinling Nostalgia", was sitting in front of Zhou Yan's left. When the host announced that "Jinling Nostalgia" had won the second prize, people nearby congratulated him in low voices.

It is already very good to get the second prize. This solicitation activity received more than 3,000 symphonies in total, and there are only six places for the first and second prizes.

Three thousand entries may sound quite ordinary, especially compared with the selection of excellent Chinese poems. It is said that this year's poetry selection received more than 14,000 works.

However, three thousand is already very impressive. After all, the threshold for symphonic works is much higher than that for poetry.

No matter how poor the level of symphonic works is, they are written by professionals. Unlike poetry, as long as you know Chinese characters, you can submit your works.

Because there are many entries and many well-known composers in the industry have participated, the gold content of this session is still quite high.

Zhou Yan had heard "Jinling Nostalgia" before. Today, it was performed by the Yanjing Philharmonic Orchestra, but the performance was average. After all, they must have not rehearsed this piece for a long time, which is understandable.

After the performance of this piece, another vice chairman of the Music Association, Hu Zhaoyuan, came on stage and announced all the winning songs of the third prize.

When Hu Zhaoyuan announced the list, Zhou Yan noticed that Huang Wencan, who was sitting next to him, was very nervous and kept muttering to himself.

There were a total of 24 third prizes. As more and more songs were reported, Huang Wencan became more and more nervous.

When Hu Zhaoyuan reported 20 songs, Zhou Yan shook his head secretly, afraid that Huang Wencan's hope was not great, and there were only four left.

Of course, there were second and first prizes later, but the probability of winning the first and second prizes was too low.

There were only six first and second prizes in total, and now Xu Zhenmin's "Jinling Nostalgia" had taken up one place, leaving only five.

It is estimated that Huang Wencan also knew that he had no hope of winning the first and second prizes, so he kept staring at the third prize.

At this time, Huang Wencan was actually a little frustrated. If he couldn't get the third prize, the fourth prize and the excellent prize would be no different to him.

But at this moment, Hu Zhaoyuan announced the 21st winning song.

"Goodbye Yangtze River", Huang Wencan."

"Good!"

Zhou Yan heard Huang Wencan whisper beside him. He was very forbearing, and even Zhou Yan couldn't hear the sound clearly.

Hearing Huang Wencan's name, Zhou Yan also raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Huang Wencan really won the third prize. (End of this chapter)