At 8 o'clock, Curtis Concert Hall 1, Concert Hall.

The seats for thousands of people were packed, and the huge crystal chandeliers were crowded with people under the warm and bright lights, and flashes lit up from time to time, making the atmosphere seem warm and solemn.

On the stage of hundreds of square meters, there were more than 90 chairs in a fan shape, which was the size of a standard symphony orchestra. On the center of the fan shape, a black Stanway nine-foot piano lay quietly prone there like a king.

Grafman, wearing a black evening dress, walked out of the stage with a smile, and thousands of audiences under the concert hall immediately applauded spontaneously and enthusiastically.

"Dear ladies and gentlemen, good evening!", bowed gracefully to the audience below, Grafman made a gesture to everyone's quietness, and then spoke the opening remark in a loud voice.

"I'm very happy to be able to gather here with you at the turn of the century. In a few hours, the New Year's bell will ring. Let us use the most beautiful and beautiful music to welcome the arrival of the new millennium together!" Grafmann said not much, but it was extremely sensational, which aroused the applause of teachers, students and the invited audience from time to time.

After the short opening lyrics, the Curtis Conservatory of Music symphony orchestra came up. The huge team of 96 people, wearing the uniform Curtis Conservatory of Music, was warmly welcomed by the audience as soon as they came on stage. In addition to Curtis' teachers and students, the guests invited to attend the concert were all famous musicians and celebrities in the music industry who had once walked out of the Curtis Conservatory of Music, as well as the mayor and councillor of Philadelphia. This was not the first time they participated in Curtis Conservatory of Music.

The concert at the Academy of Music is so that although this symphony orchestra is composed of students who are still studying at Curtis, any of these people can already be regarded as a performer in the music industry. All of them can go to Curtis to study are elites among the elites in the music industry. The level of this symphony orchestra is no less than that of any first-class symphony orchestra in the international world. It is precisely because of this that they have received such warm applause from this symphony orchestra.

After the symphony orchestra sat down, Grafman walked off the stage and went straight to the center of the audience to watch the concert with everyone. There was no host or preview of this New Year concert, and of course there was no program list to be distributed to the audience. If a person who did not know the classical music at all came to watch the performance, he would probably not even know what the orchestra played from beginning to end. However, all the sitting here were experts who were proficient in classical music. It can be said that they knew everything about any of the songs played by the band, and even knew the good and bad performances.

Without real weight, you can't play in front of these people at all. You must know that there is no vague music in their ears.

The conductor in a black tuxedo came to the center of the stage. Lu Wei recognized this guy as a second-year student in the conducting department of the academy. Ralphman from Germany. Although he had not been in Curtis for a long time, he had always been the conductor of the academy symphony orchestra in several concerts he had heard. Lu Wei was quite impressed by him. This tall German young man, who was named as the famous composer Schumann, but came from the country of the great musician Beethoven, had a unique rigor of the Germanic nation on his face. Even when he bowed to the audience, his expression was still serious and no smile. However, such Schumann brought people a sense of professionalism and a slight slight silence unique to the music. Many viewers nodded secretly and praised Schumann in his words.

After greeting the audience, Schuman turned around and shook hands with the first violin and the second violin. Lu Wei found that Schuman shook hands with the first violin. A smile that was rarely seen on his face was a gentle and humble smile. He couldn't help but sigh. Xue Ni's charm in the academy is indeed unstoppable. Even Schuman, who has always been known for his seriousness, cannot be avoided.

Walking up to the podium, Schumann pulled the baton to his chest with his right hand, signaling the orchestra to prepare. The concert hall suddenly became quiet. Thousands of audiences, and no one made a sound.

Suddenly, the baton was raised, and a passionate look appeared on Schuman's serious face.

As Schumann's baton was pulled to the first strong position, the entire orchestra played a powerful theme neatly. The string group and brass group played a passionate rhythm like a war horse. Against the powerful sound of the percussion group's marching drums, the audience's passion instantly mobilized! It was John Traustra's "Radzky March". This classic piece almost became a must-play at the opening of the concert. Both the musicians and the audience were already familiar with this song. Lu Wei noticed that these musicians did not turn the score in front of them at all. Everyone's face was filled with a happy and excited expression.

This excited expression instantly spread to the audience below. After the majestic introduction, the string group lighted.

The first theme that the world is familiar with is played. It is like a team of infantry walking across the street in brightly dressed. The elastic melody conveys an extremely arrogant feeling to everyone. The audience smiles with a knowing smile on their faces and gently sways their bodies with music. Under the influence of that music, it seems that even everyone's eyes have a lively look.

Soon, the first theme entered a more cheerful and enthusiastic second repetition, and the bright brass instrument group joined in. The music felt from the lightness just now to the enthusiasm and enthusiasm, like a team of cavalry suddenly joined after the infantry yard, with bright armor and neatly raised their heads!

The audience's applause with the rhythm also rang at the right time, making the whole song more enthusiastically.

Schumann also turned around at this moment, facing the audience in the audience, waved the baton in his hand, and led the audience to clap.

"Wow, wow..." The clapping sounds of thousands of people were neatly arranged, and with the majestic first theme, the warm atmosphere even lifted up the roof of the entire concert hall.

When the last bar of the first theme was over, Schuman suddenly turned around, raised his baton high, and stopped at the position of the strongest voice!

At the same time, the string group, woodwind group, brass group and percussion group of the orchestra burst out with the strongest sound at the same time, playing a brilliant passage!

The clapping of the audience stopped at the right time, just like someone was directing him!

Then, the flute played a gentle second theme, which formed a sharp contrast with the first theme. Music with a distinctive gypsy style has a clear and smooth rhythm and a sense of jumping, which makes people relieved from the excitement just now, and the whole person becomes lighter as if he follows the music.

The first theme sounded again, and the audience's enthusiastic applause followed, perfectly integrated with the music.

Get up, the audience's habit of applause and beats was due to the Vienna New Year concert in 1987. When the cheerful melody of the last "Radetsky March" sounded in the golden hall, Karajan, a famous conductor who was already an 82-year-old man, was like a conductor emperor at this concert. All the listeners couldn't help but applaud to the beat. At this time, Herbert von Karajan turned around imaginatively and signaled that the audience would applaud with the strength and rhythm of the music. This concert was also the most perfect New Year concert considered by music fans. From then on, whenever the last "Radetsky March" in the concert was played, the applause scene of the musician and the audience became a repertoire of the Vienna New Year concert.

At the same time, almost all New Year's concerts of well-known symphony orchestras make this program a must-eat repertoire.

In a cheerful and enthusiastic music, Schuman ended the Radetsky March with a clean and decisive rest. Amid the audience's applause like thunder, Schuman gestured to the entire orchestra with gestures, and then turned around and bowed to the audience. This is the necessary etiquette for the symphony orchestra after each song is played. As the musicians bow, the audience's applause became more and more intense.

"Wow~~", the already extremely warm applause, as a person walked onto the stage quickly, he raised another wait, and the applause was mixed with the screams of many girls.

Lang Lang, who was dressed in a black evening ceremony, walked towards Schumann with a hearty smile on his face.

Looking at the enthusiastic reactions of the audience, Lu Wei couldn't help but sigh that the trajectory of history was still as accurate as ever. When he returned to China to attend the party to welcome Macau's return, a major event that could change Lang Lang's life and the direction of the world music scene also happened at the same time.

Half a month ago, at the star concert of the Lavenja Music Festival in Chicago, pianist Andrews was suddenly unable to attend due to physical discomfort, and the substitute was dropped on Lang Lang. At the festival, Lang Lang and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra successfully collaborated with the famous composer Tchaikovsky's "The First Piano Concerto". When the last note was finished, the audience stood up and cheered, and the applause like thunder continued for a long time! This successful temporary substitute performance was highly praised by the Chicago Tribune, one of the three major American newspapers, and praised "Lang Lang is the greatest and most exciting piano genius in the world"! This performance also became an important turning point for Lang Lang to enter the world music scene.

In the past two weeks, Lang Lang has participated in four concerts, all of which are collaborating with the top American symphony orchestra, including a performance with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in the Carnegie Music Hall in the United States. His sunny and handsome appearance and passionate performance made Lang Lang popular and became the hottest superstar in the piano industry recently!
Chapter completed!