Dr. Sun Yat-sen's birthday actually has activities every year, but this year it falls on October 1, so there are more activities and more lively.
This kind of anniversary usually happens every five to ten, and when every fifty to one hundred, it should be held more grandly.
It stands to reason that the centenary of the birth should have been the most grand event in the past. However, in 1966, the domestic situation was complicated, so nothing was done.
In the next thirty years, there have been situations like this, but nothing has been done about them, so this year is actually the most lively one.
The symphony competition is just one of many activities. There are many more activities later. Compared with other activities, the symphony competition starts earlier.
It stands to reason that Mr. Sun's birthday is on November 12th, which is nearly two weeks away. However, there are many activities and it is impossible to put all the activities on that day. Naturally, some of them will be earlier.
When it comes to birthdays, as long as you don’t postpone it, there’s nothing wrong with celebrating it a little earlier.
Today’s event is said to be a competition, but it is actually a collection activity. There are many other collection activities of the same type.
All walks of life have shown enthusiasm for this matter. There are academic seminars in the academic world, novel essays, poetry collections, and calligraphy and painting collections in the literary community.
However, offline activities are rarely held for solicitation of other projects.
For example, Chinese poetry collections are originally organized by non-governmental organizations, and some magazines will also start their own collections, with generous bonuses.
Many folk poets are willing to submit their works to magazines, as there is nothing shameful about money.
Whether it is an official solicitation or a solicitation by a non-governmental organization, basically it is to find a time to announce the results of the solicitation, and the private magazines can just publish the selected works in their magazines. The official will put the selected works together into a booklet for sale or as a gift.
If it is a collection of poems and paintings, there may be a painting exhibition.
Compared with other forms, the symphony solicitation site obviously 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 speaking, shortlisted works for poetry collections will be announced in advance, and then selected based on the opinions of all parties.
Although the jury may not listen to the opinions of the general audience, this process still exists.
Unlike the symphony solicitation event, the shortlisted works are not announced in advance, and the list of winners is announced directly on site.
Of course, there are ways to judge whether you are a finalist.
The simplest thing is to see if you have received an invitation from the organizing committee. As long as you have received an invitation, there is a high probability that the representative has been shortlisted. If you have not received an invitation, there is a 100% chance that you have not been shortlisted.
This year marks its 130th birthday, and there are 130 shortlisted works.
After these 130 works are shortlisted, theoretically all of them will receive prizes, and the rest will depend on the prizes.
The awards are divided into five categories. In addition to the first, second, third and fourth prizes, there is also an additional excellence award.
The so-called excellence award is just a consolation prize, so that your trip will not be in vain.
Excellence awards are the most numerous. Half of the 130 works were awarded excellence awards.
Of course, there is no way for the Excellence Award to be exhibited, and even the name will not be mentioned at the scene, let alone a group photo.
Think about it, for sixty or seventy works, just signing up will waste a lot of time. If the authors are allowed to take a group photo on stage, the time of today's concert will be increased by at least half an hour. .
The Excellence Award and the Fourth Prize do not have medals, only a small certificate without a case. After getting the certificate, I go back and spend money to get a case and put it in it.
Only when you reach the third prize, you can be considered to have some status. Not only will you have a certificate, but the official will also prepare a bronze medal for the winner.
People in the industry are very enthusiastic about this selection. As long as you are shortlisted, no matter what the award is, it is a good honor. There is no shame in mentioning the excellence award.
After all, for laymen, they don’t know what the Excellence Award is, and they think it is quite lucrative.
Zhou Yan sat down at 6:20. After saying hello to Guo Wenjing, he sat still and relaxed.
Others nearby were talking to each other, which was in sharp contrast to Zhou Yan.
Many people at the scene came from out of town. It was not easy for them to come here. Naturally, like Shen Siyuan, they wanted to mix up their connections. This is human nature.
After sitting for about twenty minutes, the man sitting on the left side of Zhou Yan turned to Zhou Yan and smiled, "You are Zhou Yan, right."
This man looked to be about thirty years old, and he was considered relatively young at the scene. He had actually seen Zhou Yan several times, and had always wanted to talk to Zhou Yan, and it was only now that he mustered up the courage.
Zhou Yan turned to look at him, nodded with a smile, "Well, I am Zhou Yan, who are you?"
Seeing a smile on Zhou Yan's face, the other party introduced himself with a smile, "I It’s Huang Canwen, who came from Shanghai.”
Huang Canwen just saw Zhou Yan sitting there expressionlessly, and thought that Zhou Yan was difficult to contact, so now he saw the smile on Zhou Yan’s face, and he was relieved. Take a breath.
“Your accent doesn’t sound like someone from Shanghai, right?”
"Yes, yes, my hometown is Luzhou. I studied in Shangyin and stayed in Shanghai after graduation."
"Then you have stayed in Shanghai for many years."
< br>"Yes, in the blink of an eye, I have been staying in Shanghai for more than ten years. In a few years, the time I have spent in Shanghai will be longer than the time I spent in Luzhou." Huang Canwen said with emotion , and then said with a smile, "Mr. Zhou, your family is from Jinling, right? Our hometowns are not too far away."
Zhou Yan nodded, "Well, it's not far. Which class of Shangyin are you in? ""
"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 have contact Not much, because when I entered the school, he had almost finished graduate school, and at that time, their Shanghai Quartet often went out to perform and was not often at the school."
"Li Honggang was also my senior brother, and I was there before. I collaborated with him when I was in school.”
“You actually collaborated with Senior Brother Li?” 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 Senior Brother Guo from our major. He is in the same class as Senior Brother Li Honggang. They have more contact." Huang Canwen knew that Li Honggang studied at the Central Conservatory of Music as an undergraduate. Yes, the reason why he was surprised was that he didn't 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 would not 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 gap in status 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 a sensation 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. Although Li Honggang and the others are all current students, their resumes are all 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 level 84, so I remembered."
Huang Canwen sighed secretly. , Sure enough, geniuses do not 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 your works.”
“The work you submitted this time It has not been played before, it 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 and said, "No, it just happened to be a suitable subject, so I handed it over."
"I'm still envious..."
Huang Canwen just spoke, A voice came from the speakers at the scene, "Hello everyone, the concert is about to start. Please try to keep quiet."
The host spoke, and the scene immediately fell silent. Huang Canwen could only say nothing. He held back the words he spoke.
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 Old Summer Palace burned down by the British and French forces were still there. have dispersed, the Taiping Movement that swept half of China has just subsided, and the Manchu and Qing government is still trying to make its final struggle through the Westernization Movement..."
The host prepared a long paragraph, which basically summarized Sun Yat-sen's life Summarized.
Seven or eight minutes have passed since I finished reading this sentence.
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 song "Jinling Nostalgia" that won the second prize. This song..."
Although it only won the second prize, However, "Jinling Nostalgia" 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’s already great to get the second prize. A total of more than 3,000 symphonies were received in this solicitation, and there are only six places for the first prize and the second prize combined.
Three thousand works were submitted, which sounds quite average, especially compared with the Chinese Excellent Poetry Selection. 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 of poetry.
No matter how poor the quality of symphony works are, they are still written by professionals. Unlike poetry, as long as you know Chinese characters, you can submit the works.
Because of the large number of works participating, and the participation of many well-known composers in the industry, the gold content of this session is quite high.
Zhou Yan had heard "Jinling Nostalgia" before, and it was performed live today by the Yanjing Philharmonic Orchestra. However, the performance was average. After all, they must not have rehearsed this piece for a long time, which is understandable.
After the performance of this piece, Hu Zhaoyuan, another vice chairman of the Music Association, came on stage and announced all the winning pieces for the third prize.
When Hu Zhaoyuan announced the list, Zhou Yan noticed that Huang Wencan sitting next to him was very nervous and kept mumbling under his breath.
There are twenty-four third prizes in total. As more and more songs are submitted, Huang Wencan becomes more and more nervous.
When Hu Zhaoyuan finished reporting the twenty songs, Zhou Yan shook his head secretly. I'm afraid Huang Wencan's hope was not great. There were only four songs left.
Of course, there will be second prizes and first prizes later, but the probabilities of first prizes and second prizes are too low.
There are only six first and second prizes in total. Now that Xu Zhenmin’s "Jinling Nostalgic" has taken up one spot, there are only five left.
I guess Huang Wencan also knew that he had no hope of winning the first or second prize, so he kept staring at the third prize.
At this time, Huang Wencan was actually a little frustrated. He couldn't get the third prize, and there was no difference between the fourth prize and the excellence award for him.
But at this moment, Hu Zhaoyuan announced the twenty-first winning track.
""Goodbye Yangtze River", Huang Wencan."
"Okay!"
Zhou Yan heard Huang Wencan whispering next to him. He was very forbearing and made a sound that even Zhou Yan could not hear. Very clear.
Hearing Huang Wencan's name, Zhou Yan also raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that Huang Wencan would actually win the third prize. (End of this chapter)