This star is wrong

Chapter 184 The lowest and highest scores of "Lark"
The Grand Theater of Genoa.

When the contestants played the competition pieces, the audience listened quietly.

When the contestants finished their performances and the judges began to score, the audience began to discuss in a low voice.

After all, it is a competition, and the audience always likes to evaluate which player's performance is good, which player's score is high, and which player is low.

After Chen Wenhan played Paganini's Violin Concerto No. [-] in B minor, the audience generally felt that his performance was very good.

However, the scoring standard of the Paganini International Violin Competition has always been the strictest among major international competitions, so although Chen Wenhan's score is high, it still cannot reach the score of the gold medal.

Chen's mother was a little disappointed, but at least her son is still the player with the highest score in this competition.

If you don't get the gold medal, you can still get the first place in this competition.

Followed by.

The fourth player came on the stage, with a final score of 90.12, which was lower than that of Chen Wenhan.

Soon, it was the fifth player, Patrick Pater.

What they played was Paganini's Violin Concerto No. [-] in D major. This piece is among the many Paganini's famous pieces, the one most often played by violinists.

Patrick Pater's level is indeed very high, he has achieved the best technical level, and began to pursue a higher level.

Chen's mother also won awards in international violin competitions when she was young, and her violin level is very high, so when she heard Patrick Pater's performance, she knew that it was extraordinary.

She began to get nervous, knowing that the Austrian player was her son's rival.

After Patrick Pater finished playing, Chen's mother became nervous.

Because in her feeling, Patrick Pater's performance in this game is comparable to her son.

She was worried that this was due to the family filter, which caused her to make a mistake in judgment.

She turned her head and asked Lu's mother, "What do you think of this Austrian player's performance?"

Mother Lu froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Although Lu's mother has a certain ability to appreciate music, she can't reach the professional level, so she can only follow what Chen's mother said: "It sounds good, but I'm not a professional, and I don't know what level it is."

In the low voice of the audience.

The judges gave the final score, 95.07 points.

As soon as the score came out, Mother Chen was stunned.

Because this score is 94.60 points higher than her son's 0.47 points.

There are not many high scores, indicating that the gap between the two is actually not that big.

After all, the scoring is related to the subjective feelings of the judges, and the difference is a few tenths, which really can't prove anything.

However, Patrick Petter's 95.07 points reached the score line for the gold medal in the Paganini Competition.

This means that this year's Paganini International Violin Competition, the gold medal will not be vacant.

What Chen Wenhan couldn't get, Patrick Pater got.

Mother Chen's expression sank, her mood was complicated.

Mother Lu on the side froze immediately, not daring to speak, and not daring to look at Mother Chen.

At this time, the more comfort you have, the less suitable it is, and the two of you are actually not that familiar.

Immediately afterwards, the sixth player appeared on the stage.

The order Lu Xianger drew was number six.

After the judges gave Patrick Pater's score, the live accompaniment orchestra began to exit.

A new symphony orchestra takes the stage, and the tuning of the instruments begins.

The audience at the scene expressed their doubts when they saw the replacement of the accompaniment band.

Under normal circumstances, in order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the accompanying symphony orchestra is hired by the organizer.

Most of the audience who came to watch the Paganini International Violin Competition are from the symphony circle.

So there are spectators who know the rules of the game and explain them to the people next to them.

The symphony orchestra responsible for the accompaniment of the Paganini International Violin Competition is indeed hired by the organizer of the competition, but there is a special situation where the symphony orchestra can be replaced.

That's when the symphony orchestra hired by the organizers couldn't complete the accompaniment.

In fact, this rarely happens.

After all, the repertoires selected by the contestants are usually world-renowned songs, and it is impossible for a well-known symphony orchestra not to play them.

The repertoire submitted by Lu Xianger this time is rather special.

The symphony orchestra hired by the organizer cannot provide accompaniment.

Therefore, this rule is enabled in the competition, and the contestants can independently arrange the accompaniment symphony orchestra.

This rule, at first glance, seems to have loopholes that can be exploited.

If there is enough financial resources, the contestants can hire the world's top symphony orchestra to accompany them, and the effect will definitely be better.

But there is a prerequisite for this, that is, players must choose a brand new violin piece to use this rule.

However, it is impossible to choose a brand new violin piece to beat the world famous one.

Therefore, no player has ever achieved good results by relying on this rule.

……

The No. [-] Symphony Orchestra of Donghai Conservatory of Music made its debut.

Most of the musicians use their own instruments, but some instruments cannot be brought.

For example, pianos cannot be shipped from the East China Sea.

Therefore, after Fang Xing came on stage, he sat in front of the piano, played a set of arpeggios, and then began to fine-tune the piano.

When Mother Chen saw that the symphony orchestra had been replaced, she frowned, looked at Mother Lu, and asked, "Mrs. Lu, isn't your daughter the next one to appear?"

Mother Lu nodded and replied, "Yes, it will be Xiaoxiang's performance later."

Chen's mother pointed to the symphony orchestra that was tuning more on the stage: "What's going on?"

"Uh, this is Dongyin's symphony orchestra. They came with us to accompany Xiaoxiang." Mother Lu explained casually.

Chen's mother subconsciously felt that the Lu family was playing tricks.

However, she glanced around and found that the symphony was all black-haired and black-eyed, not a world-renowned symphony orchestra.

The replacement of the symphony orchestra will not have a big impact on the game, and may even have a negative impact.

In fact.

The judges of the competition are very professional. When scoring, they pay more attention to the performance of the main instrument, the violin.

The contestants don't play the violin well, and it doesn't matter what kind of symphony orchestra they play.

After the symphony orchestra adjusted the instruments, the conductor He Zhaolin told the organizers that it was time to start.

The host read out Lu Xianger's name and invited her to come on stage.

Wearing a beige evening dress, Lu Xianger stepped onto the stage, bowed to the audience, the judges and the orchestra respectively, and then exchanged a glance with Fang Xing.

Fang Xing smiled slightly and gave her an encouraging look.

Lu Xianger took a deep breath, looked at Professor He Zhaolin, and nodded to indicate that it was time to start.

He Zhaolin picked up the baton and hit it in the direction of the piano.

Fang Xing pressed the piano keys and played first.

Due to the relatively short rehearsal time of the symphony orchestra, the most important part of the accompaniment is done by the piano.

The melodious sound of the piano spread in the Genoa Grand Theater.

The broad and melodious sound of the piano, in front of the audience, played the picture of blue sky, white clouds, grass growing and warblers flying.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xianger's violin began to join.

The appearance of a "skylark" suddenly made the music more vivid.

Subsequently, the addition of cello and double bass immediately enriched the whole piece.

The audience at the scene are all from the music circle, and they have heard most of the world famous songs, but they have not heard this piece.

However, the quality of the audience was very high. Although they were puzzled by the piece, they did not comment aloud, but listened with a slight frown.

They don't know the origin of this piece of music, and they don't know which famous artist made it.

But the music literacy is there, and the audience at the scene can hear that the extraordinaryness of this piece of music is definitely at the level of a famous piece handed down from generation to generation.

When Mother Lu heard the melodious and melodious sound of the piano, a faint smile appeared on her face.

The purpose of her accompanying her daughter to participate in the competition this time is not to win any awards.

For her, if her daughter can come to participate in the semi-finals, it is already a success, so the psychological burden is not so heavy.

Therefore, she was very happy to hear her daughter's piano playing, and it sounded very pleasant.

Chen's mother on the side reacted a little bit wrong.

The moment she heard the beginning of the song, she suddenly turned her head to look at Lu's mother. She wanted to ask a question, but the words stopped when she reached her mouth.

Because, this piece of music is very familiar to her.

Chen Wenhan once played this piece of music at home for Chen's elders to listen to.

The elders of Chen's parents are very satisfied with this piece of music, so they have the idea of ​​buying this piece of music.

However, at that time, Chen Wenhan only said who composed the piece, but did not say who had performed the piece.

Therefore, Chen's mother never knew that this song "Skylark" was Lu Xianger's entry.

She was very puzzled and wanted to question Mother Lu, but it was time for the contestants to compete.

As a violinist, she still has this quality, so she can only hold back.

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on the stage.

Lu Xianger continued to play, the bowstring of the violin became faster and faster as the bowstring was drawn, especially the vibrato of the E string, as if a group of "skylarks" uttered the loudest chirping in the night after the heavy rain.

The sound is pleasing to the ear and extremely vivid.

The audience at the scene seemed to have really heard the cry of "Skylark", and all of them raised their eyebrows and showed surprise expressions.

Not only the audience at the scene, but also the judges on the judging panel showed surprise expressions.

Some judges even looked at each other, expressing their surprise to hear such a unique violin piece.

Of course, some judges didn't like it.

Because it is not suitable for some more rigid judges to use a new piece of music for the competition and change the accompaniment symphony orchestra.

However, most international competitions do not prohibit contestants from choosing new tracks to participate in.

Because the development of art needs to move forward slowly.

It is impossible to stay in the wheel of history and roll forever. Once the performance of the violin can no longer improve, it means that this instrument has no future.

Therefore, the International Violin Competition allows the selection of new pieces and encourages artistic progress.

The technical difficulty of "Skylark" is very high, and Lu Xianger relied on her talent and hard work to win this song solidly.

Fang Xing's piano accompaniment was just right.

In fact, when Lu Xianger played "The Skylark", she was not without flaws.

However, that's not entirely Lu Xiang'er's problem.

Because the violin is a bowed stringed instrument.

Bowed stringed instruments have unique timbres and unique playing skills.

Since there is only one bow, some melodies cannot be played.

Not just the violin, many instruments have similar characteristics.

It's not just any melody, it can be played by any musical instrument.

For example, melodies with exaggerated scale jumps are very difficult to play on the violin.

Therefore, there will occasionally be violinists who complain about composers who don't know how to play the violin, and the scores they compose cannot be drawn by humans.

One of the reasons why Paganini is a violin master is that he created many surprising playing techniques.

And these performance techniques are included in his 24 caprices.

Some of these playing techniques are simply rare for beginners to collapse.

Lu Xianger's performance is already very good, Fang Xing used the piano to help her make up for the remaining lack.

It makes the whole "Skylark" pleasant to the ear, almost perfect.

The brisk and flexible sound of the piano seems to have thousands of birds singing.

The audience at the scene went from surprise at the beginning, to surprise, and then to enjoyment.

The more musically literate the audience, the more they can hear the power of this piece.

in the audience.

Mother Chen's face was cloudy and uncertain.

She had heard this piece, but only Chen Wenhan's solo.

Moreover, Chen Wenhan only practiced a few times at that time, so the effect he played in front of his elders was mediocre.

Now Lu Xianger's performance is accompanied by the accompaniment of the symphony orchestra, and the level has improved too much.

The more Chen mother listened, the more complicated her mood became.

Because she was already sure that this piece of music definitely had a chance to become a masterpiece.

At that time, Chen Lipeng said that he couldn't buy this song, and Chen's mother thought it was fine if he couldn't buy it, but now she started to regret it.

This song is simply priceless.

As long as you can win this song, any price is worth it.

It's just that it doesn't make sense to think about it now.

Play continues.

The sound of the violin is like a lark in the sky, and the sound of the piano is like the clouds in the blue sky, complementing each other, creating a sense of hearing that begins with technology but is higher than technology.

The seven judges in the judges' seat began to nod involuntarily, showing expressions of admiration.

Even the old antique judge thought that the contestant who used the new song was too avant-garde, but he still agreed in his heart that the song was indeed very good.

End with the last melody.

Fang Xing withdrew his hands from the piano, raised his head and exhaled slowly.

During this performance, Fang Xing also exerted all his strength, wandering in the ocean of piano sound, both comforted and exhausted after exhaustion.

Lu Xianger also felt similarly. The fast playing technique consumed her a lot of energy. After the performance, she panted slightly and bowed to the audience, judges and orchestra.

At the end of the performance, the Dongyin First Symphony Orchestra began to slowly exit.

Seven judges began to score.

Because of this contestant, the piece for the competition is a piece of music that he has never heard before, so scoring is more troublesome than other contestants.

The slightly staid judge thought for a moment with a serious expression, and finally scored 80 points.

The scoring rule for the Paganini International Violin Competition is that the full score is 100 points, but the minimum score is not 0, but 70 points.

In other words, 80 points is an extremely low score, which also represents the attitude of this judge.

If it weren't for the excellent quality of the song "The Skylark", he would even score the lowest score of 70.

However, some pioneer judges liked this violin piece very much and scored very high marks.

When scoring, the judges cannot communicate with each other.

After the seven judges have finished scoring, remove the highest score and the lowest score, and finally calculate the average score.

The score was announced, 95.16 points.

As soon as the score came out, the audience immediately made a noise.

Because this score has surpassed Patrick Pater and has become the current highest score.

The two mothers in the audience were stunned at the same time.

One is wanting to be ecstatic, but worried about getting the score wrong.

One is that there are mixed feelings in his heart, and his expression is almost unbearable.

(End of this chapter)