Gongtian Peng and small waves
of: Gong Tianpeng
To all Chinese music students and parents: brother find you.
Dear compatriots, fellow students, and parents: How are you!
It is one o'clock am New York time.When finished writing this letter, I would like also to two or three more of it.My name is Gongtian Peng, born in 1992 in Nanjing, China, now studying at Juilliard American piano and composition major.I know that this letter finished, I may make some people like me, some people hate me, some people want to support me, some people think I'd kick me.I do not care, I have a bunch of garbage in front of them the books and music, and I asked him originally intended to finish tonight, the music score, but something happened recently that I simply can not enter the work state.
Speaking of things from these two months.Juilliard some friends who know something about these two months is probably aware of the mad Sheng stage of entrance examinations.From February 28 ~ March 6, a week, I really do not know the tears, the laughter, the name, or the head against the wall.I did my undergraduate scheduled interview time on February 28 afternoon at 3 o'clock.Morning, carrying the manuscript to the library composition, and later because it was in class, like the seat I had not, and I went to the opposite find a piano room.After settling down for ten minutes, someone knocked at the door.I looked back and saw a four or five-year-old Chinese man is my face close to the piano room of the small window, as if to see the monkey in the zoo like looking at me.I opened the door, his face stretched like a child takes a kidney asked me: Death Peak oil of tea you are willing to Sri Lanka?
I was too nervous to answer YES.And then he did not say hello to play said: My daughter Julia prepare for next year exam, you are here, students?
I said yes.Then he's asked a lot of questions Jiliguala, the last one is actually: I think your school is just a catchy title bar.Otherwise, how come you are seven years, you do not have a name it? Lang Lang, you see people, to the Curtis had so many years before becoming the world's great musicians.
I did not answer, slid into his pocket, the phone rang the bell, pretend to answer the phone, and then went to the toilet.Impatient, and actually ran into the ladies room.
Came back, that people actually wrote in my manuscript the words, but also use black ink, which led the night I had to write the first draft thrown into the trash band.He writes: This is my mailbox, you go back and tell me your mother's contact details and I want to ask her about the visa issue.
Indecent assault of this person I do not care, and even he destroyed my manuscript I think it is followed.But I Xinrudaoge is why the pursuit of classical art students and parents every day and that are doing the opposite and artistic content.
The next day, I am holding a music score from the school under the elevator to the lobby later, a middle-aged woman, came over to me asked me: you are not asked to Gongtian Peng? I said yes.She said she and her daughter in June I went to a concert, they are affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music.Although the previous meeting this person who people feel comfortable little number, but did not last long.Her daughter out of another elevator, she saw, he exclaimed: how did you get down now? ! ? !
The name does not matter, I'm scared manuscripts falling on the ground, almost has been ruined out.That girl said: I am a little tired in the afternoon to test, while sleepy.
Her mother answered: What is sleep sleep! I ask you to give you practice the piano! I tell you, if you get the job today, I will give you nice!
Then she saw the manuscript in my hand and asked me if I was also composing, and I said yes.Then she asked what's the use Composer, you can more than Beethoven? Money? She asked me in the end would like to perform or compose, I said:
In order to create, I want to survive.In order to survive, I want to play.
As a player, our only duty is to spread the composer's inner world with the greatest efforts to make us use our experience of Reiki to the composer's voice as much as possible.Because the music's essence is to give people a gift such as the fairy world, a life in the real world does not exist, even if the works reflect the human life are also blocks and blocks of a strong light was shrouded yearning.I know the temptation virtuoso, because I have also cursed by it.Virtuoso applause and screams after the people are very pleasant indeed.But we know where, Virtuoso thunderous applause after the shadow and the scream, in countless shadow of money and fame, the fans and the fans rushed the fight to get the signature, photograph of the shadow, we have lost got to be worth more than a thousand times.
First of all, when we are carried away by fame and money when the office received flowers thrown when really happy, but we have not thought about a love for performers and a responsible player is the same thing? Of course not.Not only no, but the opposite.Of course, we have to love, but love the premise must know that we are a great philosophy to the world the spirit of communication, rather than spread ourselves more Niubi.We should always hold the music of each film, its meaning in our hearts, and how to inspire us to love life, to love people around you.Music is to the human in an imperfect world, trying to create a more wonderful planet.It is human nature to reflect on the basis of life and across time and space to create the outcome.However, if the parent is the child trapped in the piano room, ten hours, do not want to have to practice the abuse, then you do not court death Arts? Sorry, I speak very straight.Some of you want to scold me to release the curse, wanted to hit me on the beat.
However, like how to create these sacred realm of art? Not in need of friendship and affection of people around it? You do not feel this way than to more than a day to go get the job of others to laugh, a new famous people took their children to stimulate their own very naive it? Music is the essence of human emotions, ups and downs of world, and only suffered everything possible to create it on the basis of a new world and works of art.But others take a day comparisons yourself, you do not have friends, you lose two inner happiness, 95 percent of the true essence of lost, studying not court death it?
Success is not always money, fame is not never, never is more than who you are, you are strong.Only be called a successful human word, only peace of mind.World peace because there is no more difficult than the heart to do things.Inner happiness than ordered by the difficulties under the flames do not know how many times.The Chinese nation is such a great nation, our people work hard, how much better our feelings hidden inside, we need to help each other, because we are all injured.Not others, but their injuries.We took the knife his own flesh, his blood flowing.We help each other it, heart to heart, one day you will know, to support the success of others and enjoy the happiness of others, often are much happier than their own success.Because, you become a part of the art.
I'm just a 17-year-old feather boy, I do not pretend to be precocious.I just want to ask you one thing is not hard to do: Do not over, look at the people around you, their hearts how fragile, how much they need help, we struggle between themselves and their own need for how to adjust we call him a stay on a par
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Well, do not tell you, I want to sleep.Good night.
Gong Tianpeng April 1, 2010.Am 2:20 pm.
