Chapter 1203 "Silk Road"

"No, since they are tired of listening to "The Butterfly Lovers", let's change to another song!" Shen Long said calmly, and continued to write quickly on the paper with his head down.

"Didn't you say that Dvořák and the others are tired of listening to it, and the level of our domestic music is not enough?" Guo Yan asked suspiciously, didn't you veto me when I said to change the music?

"Domestic music is really not good enough." China started to learn Western classical music late, coupled with wars and turmoil, it was not until these few years that domestic and foreign exchanges began to resume on a large scale, and naturally good music could not be born. However, such miracles as "Blessed Lovers" do not happen often.

"So I wrote a song myself, take it and have a look!" At this time, Shen Long finished writing, and he got up and handed the score to Guo Yan; if he doesn't have it now, it doesn't mean he won't have it in the future, and he started to be a copyist again. Yes, it's just that the previous few times they copied novels, scripts, and popular music, but this time they replaced serious music.

"It turns out that you have been busy with this these days, so you have to show me." Guo Yan took it over and hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help persuading, "Qiming, I know you like music, but we can't It’s too ambitious, good songs are so easy to come by, how much effort was spent by Chen Gang and He Zhanhao to write "The Butterfly Lovers", and it was not easy for Beethoven and Tchaikovsky to write songs, even the genius Mozart , that’s not something you can write if you want to…”

She didn't believe that Shen Long could come up with a good song in such a short time. Only real professionals know how difficult it is to create a good song. Genius and hard work are indispensable, and the two She didn't seem to see it in him at all.

"You watch it first, I'll go wash your face, watch TV and practice your English listening." It is difficult to write a good song, but it is not difficult at all to copy it. After speaking, Shen Long got up and went to the living room. Bottle of beer, snuggled up on the sofa and watched TV.

Guo Yan thought for a while and didn't follow. After all, it was his hard work, so Guo Yan went back to her desk and sat down, and looked at it carefully, fascinated by it.

After a long time, Guo Yan rushed out of the piano room, waving the score excitedly, "Qiming, you really wrote this piece? What's the name of this piece? Why haven't I seen you have this ability before?"

"I used to be in China, practicing the piano every day, and then performing. I didn't have much chance to think about these things. At that time, I was busy studying the works of Western masters. I didn't realize until I arrived in New York that our ancestors left us so much. Good stuff, it turns out that foreigners like these too; so I thought about extracting these essences, trying to write some tunes myself, and then I came up with this thing." Shen Long said flickeringly, "Oh, yes, you still Didn't you say how about this song?"

"This song is great!" Guo Yan hugged him excitedly, "Qiming, you are such a genius!" After staying in the United States for two months, Guo Yan also learned the exaggerated tone of Americans.

"Oh, by the way, you haven't said what the name of this song is?" After getting excited, Guo Yan remembered this, "I can feel an ancient sense of boundlessness from the song, which reminds me of the desert."

"This piece is called "Silk Road." Shen Long took the score from Guo Yan, returned to the piano room, picked up a pen and wrote the words "Silk Road" on the top.

Speaking of the cello, there will be an insurmountable mountain in the future, that is Yo-Yo Ma, a Chinese cellist master; when talking about Chinese musicians who have succeeded in the West, many people first think of Tan Dun, and this "Silk Road" is Tan Dun Composed and played by Yo-Yo Ma.

Later, when Ang Lee was filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he put this song in the movie to express the emptiness and desolation of the Silk Road. Tan Dun also won the award for his outstanding performance in the soundtrack of this movie Oscar for Best Original Score and Grammy for Best Original Film Album.

Ever since he started performing at the Lincoln Center for the Arts, Shen Long has been thinking about what song to copy. A few days ago, when he met Ang Lee and his wife, he finally made up his mind to start copying from "Silk Road". Bar.

The successful performance of "Blessed Lovers" has strengthened his belief that the nation is the world. No matter how much a Chinese musician learns Western music, he will never be able to comprehend the essence of it and write music with a purely Western cultural background. Come, but China's long history has left us precious wealth, and there are countless music materials to be excavated. Combining Chinese music elements with the West is the right way.

This is how Tan Dun achieved success. Since there are such examples before him, why hesitate? So there was this song "Silk Road".

And Shen Long's ambition is not just to make some money in the United States. If he wants to satisfy Wang Qiming's wish, he must enter the family and enter the serious music circle in the United States.

It's not easy for an unfamiliar and exotic musician to enter the mainstream circles in the United States; take the example of Yo-Yo Ma's Tan Dun.

Yo-Yo Ma has been in this circle since he was born. His father, Ma Xiaojun, is a doctor of music education. He is also a composer and conductor. He used to be a professor at National Central University; Yo-Yo Ma started learning piano and cello at the age of 5, and began performing in front of audiences at the age of 5.

At the age of 7, he moved to New York with his family to settle down in the United States. In the same year, he met Pablo Casals, the greatest cellist of this century. With the help of Leonard Bernstein, he met with The younger sister Yo-Cheng Ma participated in the charity tour concert for the preparation of the Washington Cultural Center, Bernstein served as the conductor, and the Kennedys and other celebrities attended the gala. After the performance, the siblings were highly praised by the New York Times.

Later, he entered the Juilliard School of Music and studied with the master Leonardo Ross. He began to give solo concerts at Carnegie Hall at the age of 17. Now he has enjoyed a high reputation in the music industry.

Although Tan Dun was not born into an artistic family, he also took the orthodox route. He first studied at the Central Conservatory of Music, and then came to the United States to study under Seiji Ozawa. With the introduction of Seiji Ozawa, he was able to enter the mainstream smoothly. circle.

Wang Qiming came to the United States rashly like this. He didn't know anyone in the circle. If he wanted to enter this relatively closed circle, then there was only one way to go - to show the talent that others can't match, and to break through with absolute talent. The barrier between him and Carnegie Hall!