Congyu Liao: A pianist from Yichang! (Reporter Yang Jing) Congyu Liao is a post-90s pianist and educator. He has visited Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United States, Japan, South Korea and Singapore. Like Chopin, he is called the "cannon in the grass" in today's classical music world.
Over the years, Congyu Liao has repeatedly avoided the public eye and devoted all his energy to teaching. Today, he has traveled to more than 50 large and medium-sized cities across the country to help people in need learn piano. At a young age, he has long been hailed as a "superstar" rising from Ran Ran in the music industry! 1990 In August, Congyu Liao was born in an artistic family in Yichang. He is an uncle who sings Beijing opera, an aunt who dances, a sister who performs ... More importantly, he has a mother who teaches music. "I didn't learn piano at first because of interest, but I was quite conscious, at least I didn't feel very painful." Congyu Liao told reporters with a smile that most children who study music have no childhood. Since the age of three, their family has had a giant piano, and the piano has become their only partner.
Perhaps because of his talent, Congyu Liao soon stood out as a local star and role model. But what puzzles Congyu Liao is that 90% people will ask, "What is your piano level?" But in fact, Congyu Liao never took any piano exam at that time. "Even if you get the tenth grade, it is only the starting point for professional piano students. I really want to take the road of piano major, and there is still a lot of room for improvement. " Congyu Liao said that he didn't know much about it at that time, so he often asked his mother why others had ranks and he didn't.
With all kinds of questions and pressures, Congyu Liao took the piano exam at the age of 8, easily got the tenth grade certificate, and got the "excellent" evaluation result of the first grade. Moreover, at the age of 1 1, Congyu Liao won the second place in the National Xinghai Cup Piano Competition.
Music performance is very impressive, and cultural performance has been in the top three in the class. Which way should we take in the future? "Of course, the sooner you learn art, the better. Your grades are good. You should go to the capital Beijing to major in the Conservatory of Music. " Agnes, the first teacher, reminded Congyu Liao. After a little hesitation, Congyu Liao and his family decided to try it according to the teacher's idea.
This decision made Congyu Liao suffer a lot. Before being admitted to the middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music, Congyu Liao, who was only 12 years old, took an overnight train with her mother to Beijing to find a piano professor to make up lessons and practice piano almost every Friday after school. After returning to Yichang by train on Saturday night, she must finish the homework assigned by the school. On the eve of the exam, my mother even rented a small house of 20 square meters next to the middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music to prepare for the exam. "Sometimes I suddenly feel very sad and painful, but my mother keeps me going, and I don't want to disappoint my parents, so I try my best to adjust my mood and concentrate on my studies." Congyu Liao is a lucky man. Soon, his piano playing level made a qualitative leap, and he entered the middle school attached to the Central Conservatory of Music as he wished. Perhaps in the eyes of many people, twelve or thirteen years old is still a spoiled and ignorant age, but at that time, Congyu Liao had already started his own life, living on campus, washing clothes, practicing the piano, finding a teacher to make up lessons, and planning how to use the monthly living expenses.
Congyu Liao said with a smile that in order to improve his quality of life, he went out as a piano tutor at an early age, traveled around Beijing and made a lot of money. More importantly, he accumulated rich experience in basic piano teaching in a subtle way, which laid the foundation for future music education.
/kloc-At the age of 0/6, royal academy of music, Birmingham Conservatory of Music and Juilliard Conservatory of Music all went to Beijing to enroll students, and Congyu Liao, who is still a sophomore, also joined in the fun. Surprisingly, he not only passed the exam, but also won a full scholarship from one of the schools.
May be reluctant to part with his parents, may be yearning for the Central Conservatory of Music, may be inseparable from the cultivation of his motherland, after careful consideration, Congyu Liao gave up the opportunity to study abroad and formally entered the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music at the age of 17.
Congyu Liao who entered the university was not "quiet" at all. Every time piano master or his favorite symphony orchestra holds a concert, he will definitely go to the scene to watch it; He will also sign up for master classes and advanced classes in any well-known foreign conservatory of music. Not only that, Congyu Liao also seized the opportunity for every foreign conservatory to recruit advanced students to study abroad. "Piano art has spread from the west to China. If you want to get more improvement, you must go abroad. " Congyu Liao said.
Foreign countries are another world. Almost every family there has a piano, and everyone can play the piano. They have a good sense of music and music-related qualities. They are good at enjoying every concert, but they may not necessarily take the road of professional music. Congyu Liao said frankly that when he first arrived abroad, he was often afraid of not learning enough and didn't dare to go on stage.
Until an academic exchange meeting, Congyu Liao was invited by German organizers to play China's piano works such as "Chasing the Moon in the Clouds", "Yellow River" and "Birds in the Phoenix Club", which shocked foreign artists who had been immersed in classical music since childhood.
After that, Congyu Liao tasted the sweetness. No matter where he plays, he will show the charm of China's new piano works to westerners with exquisite timbre, enthusiastic attitude and skillful performance, and he himself has won the headlines of many European media, and is called "the shining new star pianist from the East". Just when everyone was expecting the birth of the next Lang Lang and Di Yun, Congyu Liao unexpectedly returned to China and devoted himself to the "unpopular" piano education. "People's digestion of piano stars is limited. There have been excellent pianists like Lang Lang and Di Yun in China, which is enough. " In contrast, Congyu Liao thinks that domestic piano teaching is more worrying.
/kloc-piano teaching began at the age of 0/6, and now Congyu Liao has been teaching for seven or eight years. He is qualified to say this sentence.
Piano art is classical music, which needs long-term precipitation and accumulation. Nowadays, with the relaxation of family conditions and the emergence of piano stars, more and more parents are willing to spend a lot of money to buy pianos for their children. Perhaps because of this business opportunity, many people who have not received professional piano education, and even some teachers who have become monks halfway, have started to hold training classes to teach piano. "The deeper I get in touch with this industry, the more I feel sorry for some children." Congyu Liao told reporters that he started to teach piano in order to earn tuition, but later he found that many gifted students made mistakes when playing piano without the correct guidance of professional teachers in their childhood, missed the best training period and drowned their talents.
In order to benefit more students, after entering the university, Congyu Liao began to change his mind, ending the relatively "time-consuming" tutor era, teaching professional piano one-on-one on weekends, or being invited to hold open classes in various art centers to "train" grass-roots piano teachers. "Only in this way can more students benefit in the shortest time."
But this is not an easy thing. At first, Congyu Liao was also trying to find a suitable road. Later, he tried to communicate with the tutor of the Central Conservatory of Music, and tried to integrate the piano teaching ideas of professional conservatories and the piano teaching experience learned abroad into the usual piano teaching, and achieved gratifying results.
More information shows that in 20 1 1 year, Piano Fantasia, written by Congyu Liao himself, was created and published as an etude collection for students' finger skills. In 20 12, Congyu Liao led five young students to participate in the international piano competition for young people in william smith, England, and won a gold medal, a silver prize and three prizes for excellence, creating the best results since teaching. "I will go where I am most needed!" Congyu Liao said that he never regretted giving up fame and fortune, only hoped that he could teach all his studies to teachers and students who needed to improve, and cultivate more high-quality piano stars. This year, Congyu Liao held a tour in Europe, passing through eight countries: Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands. "Because the time is tight, the physical and mental pressure is also great, but I will relax a lot when I see the audience listening." Congyu Liao also proudly told reporters that every time he returned to the stadium, he would present some China music that foreigners also liked.
After traveling around the world, Congyu Liao will never forget China, nor will he change the habit he developed in Yichang.
He is used to eating a bowl of red oil noodles and drinking a cup of hope yogurt for breakfast. In hot summer, he likes to drink a glass of cool shrimp to quench his thirst; He likes to hold a hot radish jiaozi in the cold winter ... This is a habit that Congyu Liao developed in Yichang. Wherever he goes, he will never forget the smell!
During the interview, Congyu Liao also told reporters that he has a bigger dream, that is, to gather famous snacks in Yichang into chain stores, so that Yichang snacks can blossom and bear fruit in Beijing or all over the world. "How I hope that Yichang people will go to a distant foreign land and see that a store sells not hamburgers, French fries and coke, but red oil, noodles, radishes, jiaozi and shrimp!"
In addition to piano, Congyu Liao also participated in KFC advertisement shooting because of his versatility and outstanding appearance, recorded Zhejiang Satellite TV's "Turning to Meet TA" and filmed a series of micro-movies "The Musician's Growth Story". "In the year of the college entrance examination, I took the entrance examination of the Central Academy of Music and passed it." Congyu Liao said with a smile that if his mother hadn't insisted that he play the piano well and do classical music well, he would have become an artist. Later, because of work, Congyu Liao met many friends in the circle, such as Ouyang Liang Yong, a famous musician, and Yalan, a well-known agent. They also suggested that Congyu Liao switch to TV series or become a singer. "I have been tempted, but once I embark on this road, my piano teaching plan will be completely disrupted, which is not what I want."
For Congyu Liao, "serious business" is always the piano. On 20 12, Congyu Liao released a music album in Germany, including China's piano music works, Chopin's piano works and piano concertos. "This music album is a concert, and the audio cannot be paused, modified or re-recorded, which is very difficult." Congyu Liao said that he didn't have much hope at that time, but he didn't expect the result to be good.
At the end of the interview, Congyu Liao also revealed to reporters that the highest degree of piano major in China is a master's degree, and he is going to the United States to study for a doctorate at Juilliard next year. Recently, he is reviewing nervously. "I hope to study in the United States for a few years and then return to China to continue my piano education."