Chapter 1194 Axes and Axes Are Different

Lincoln Center for the Arts is the world's largest art venue; as the center of New York's classical music industry, it is the stage that all artists dream of, and it is also a New York cultural center that brings together theaters, opera houses, concert halls, and outdoor concert halls.

There are many world-renowned art institutions here: the Metropolitan Opera House is the residence of the Metropolitan Opera and the American Ballet; Alice-Duley Hall is the center of the Lincoln Center Chamber Music Association and the New York Film Festival; The theater is home to the New York City Ballet and New York City Opera; Avery-Fisher Hall is home to the New York Philharmonic, Lincoln Center Principal Performers, Mozart Concerts, and Lincoln Center Jazz; The Academy is a world-renowned drama and music school that has cultivated many stars.

Not to mention Carnegie Hall, which is only the oldest large concert hall in New York; the New York Philharmonic played here until it moved into Avery-Fisher Hall, and on the day of its premiere in 1891, it was composed by the Russian composer Tchaikovsky personally acted as the conductor and performed his own works; famous conductors such as Toscanini, Stokowski, Bruno Walter and Bernstein once spent their golden years here.

The soloists, individual performances or group performances that have performed here are all figures who have had a profound and huge influence on the music scene in the past century; up to now, the only Chinese artist who can be invited to perform here is Mei Lanfang. Mr. is only one person, even if the time is delayed to the time when Shen Long traveled over, there is only one more female singer from Yimeng Mountain.

It can even be said that this is the center of classical music in the world. When Guo Yan followed Shen Long to visit here two days ago, but with a pilgrimage mentality, Shen Long now wants to perform here. Isn't that just playing tricks?

"Yeah, this place is pretty good." Shen Long took it for granted, "Even if you search all over New York, the whole of the United States, and even the whole world, there is no one who understands classical music better than the tourists here. , so if you don’t perform here, can you still perform there?” The status of the world’s classical music center is both a pressure and an opportunity.

"Here, don't you see that there are people performing next to you? Since they all dare to come over, why don't I dare?" Shen Long pointed to the street performers next to him, some of them were holding violins, some were playing clarinet , and even someone brought a piano, and they were all performing attentively, surrounded by more or less audiences.

Judging from their expressions, they undoubtedly understood it, which surprised Guo Yan again. After all, in China, classical music is only reserved for a few people.

This is the gap between the different levels of social development. Chinese people have not yet fully filled their stomachs, so how can they have the time and energy to train their artistic accomplishment? The United States has been the most developed country in the world for many years. The long time and super-high economic level have enabled many Americans to cultivate their musical literacy from an early age. They may not necessarily be able to become artists, but appreciating music is a must. It can be done.

only,

Most of the street artists here are white, and there are some black people occasionally. Guo Yan saw no one of yellow race from one end to the other, let alone a Chinese.

Listen to their performance again, it is Beethoven's Violin Concerto, the third movement, the sound is pure, beautiful, and the technique is good, at least Guo Yan is not as good as it, have all the street performers in the United States reached this level? At first, I thought about finding a symphony orchestra to do my old job after I came to the United States. Now, I don’t think I will be treated differently here as a Chinese. In terms of playing skills alone, I am afraid that I am not qualified.

Guo Yan is flustered here, but Shen Long has already started to get busy. He made gestures with a street artist who was taking a break during the performance, then went to the nearby cafe, and moved out a chair after a while; Guo Yan was taken aback, "You know a few English words, how did you do that?"

Yes, Guo Yan and Wang Qiming didn’t have time to make much preparations before going abroad. They didn’t even know English very well. Looking forward to the beautiful vision of the United States, he gave up his domestic life without hesitation and came to this strange country.

You can say they are reckless, but isn't this kind of recklessness what China lacks today? In the past, there were crossing the Guandong, going west, and going to Nanyang, but now there is a craze for going abroad. The Chinese people's desire for a better life is unstoppable.

"I pointed to my cello, and then to his chair, and he pointed me to the cafe next to me, and then I went to borrow it, and when someone saw my cello, he gave it to me! I thought about it Ah, there are more people performing here, and the business of the cafe will be much better, so people are willing to borrow it!" Shen Long said.

"Actually, the Americans are not that scary. It doesn't matter if we don't know English. If you have the courage to find a way, you can always communicate." Shen Long took the opportunity to teach Guo Yan. Going north, I made a lot of money with the same simple communication method. Since I want to come to the United States to make money, I have to be brave.

"I'm going to start working, you can't just stand here all the time, I ordered you a cup of coffee, just sit there and watch me make money for you!" Shen Long pointed to the place under the sun umbrella outside the coffee shop, That location is not far from here, and the line of sight is not blocked. Guo Yan can just see herself sitting there.

"Don't go, I gave you all the money, and the Americans won't give us our money back, so don't just waste it!" Seeing Guo Yan standing there, Shen Long urged again.

So Guo Yan had no choice but to go over, and the waiter brought her a cup of coffee. She said thanks like Shen Long did two days ago, and then looked at Shen Long with a smile; he seemed to have begun to adapt to life in the United States, maybe Can he really make our lives better?

It's just that Guo Yan is still not completely relieved. Seeing those highly skilled street artists, she has lost a lot of grudges about street performances, but she doesn't have much confidence in his playing skills. This is the Lincoln Center for the Arts. The appreciation level of tourists must be very high, right? Can he make money at his level?

Shen Long slowly adjusted the position of the chair, opened the case and took out the cello, put the case in front of him like other street artists, and started tuning.

Heh heh, this is of course an axe, but an ax is still a bit different from an axe!