pianist from the sea

Chapter 102 Chopin Glory
What exactly is Chopin? For players, what exactly is the Chopin International Piano Competition?
Is pure Chopin really wrong?

No one can tell.

There is nothing wrong with pure Chopin, just as Zhao Chengzhen told him, if a pianist can't even recover what the musician wants to express,

Then, his music does not deserve to be called the interpretation of that pianist.

Everything he played was not the work of that pianist at all.

There is nothing wrong with it, it's just a relationship between suitability and inappropriateness.

Fu Tiao got up, rubbed his wrists, got up from the stool he was sitting on, and walked to the front of the preparation room.

He stood there and took a deep breath for a long time, and only when he heard the applause on the stage, he slowly opened the door.

The staff members were standing at the door chatting casually, smiling and looking at the monitoring screen in front of them, but they didn't hear anything from Fu Tiao, and they didn't notice Fu Tiao until Fu Tiao was standing beside her.

"Contestant Fu, it's not your turn yet, you are now..."

"I'll stand behind the door and listen."

Fu Tiao said softly, just walked to the door of the concert hall, stood quietly, waiting for Zhao Chengzhen's performance.

This moment is the stage.

As the applause gradually extinguished, Zhao Chengzhen had already sat on the piano bench, looked up at the orange light above her head, and slowly closed her eyes involuntarily.

Chopin Piano Ballade No. [-].

Chopin has a total of four ballads. Except for the third ballad, which is a slightly satisfactory story, the other three all end in tragedy.

The music connected by this work has been debated by many people. Many people think that Chopin’s second piano ballad should really be connected with Mickiewicz’s long poem "Lake Svechezi". Many people do not agree with this answer, and they think that the true counterpart should be Mickiewicz's long poem "The Maiden of Lake Svechezi".

It seems that only three words are missing, but... the direction of the story is completely opposite, forming two completely different directions.

One tells the story of Lithuania being invaded by aliens. Young warriors took up arms and charged towards the light raiders, trying to fight the invaders to the death and win the last one.

But... Absolute strength cannot be erased by belief. Their charge and battle are meaningless. They were quickly killed by the group of people and retreated to their homes, and the city gate was about to be broken.

They have no power to return to heaven, they can only pray for God's mercy, hoping to die together with the enemy.

God promised, a miracle appeared, and the flood destroyed the city and all the people, turning it into a lake, and no one knew the secrets under this lake.

The girly version is completely different, he tends more towards sad romance stories.

There was a young hunter on the banks of Lake Svechezy. He met an unknown girl. On moonlit nights, they met more than once in the forest on the shore of Lake Svechezy. He expressed his love to the girl, but he But not true to his vows, and at the same time in love with the nymph floating from the lake of Svechizy.

It was only when he was in the surging lake that he recognized the fairy as the forest maiden, who punished the hunter and dragged him to the bottom of the lake without hesitation.

No one can be sure which long poem it is from, but everyone is sure that this work is definitely inspired by these two long poems.

Therefore... the interpretation of this song is also divided into two factions, one is resistance and the other is romance.

Zhao Chengzhen slowly opened his eyes looking at the ceiling. He lowered his head and looked directly at everything in front of him. He raised his hand and stood in mid-air without dropping it.

At the moment when his body moved, everyone noticed his behavior, and they couldn't help but concentrate their attention, staring at Zhao Chengzhen in front of them, waiting for the start of his performance.

In the eyes of everyone, Zhao Chengzhen lowered his hand, as if it was placed on the keyboard of the piano without any strength at all.

With the pressure of gravity, his fingers lightly touched the keys.

dang dang...

dang dang...

dang dang...

The color of lake light slowly flowed out from his keyboard, and the eyes of everyone around couldn't help but widen at the same time, a sense of trembling moved from their tailbone to the brain.

The beauty in music directly breaks everyone's ability to think about the beauty of music.

Three groups of tones, two in each group, six single tones.

Every single note has a calmness that makes people tremble from the heart.

His hand is like a cat, just slightly moving the keyboard of the piano, it seems that there is no strength, but the tension in the music has become extremely huge at this moment, like a hammer.

Every phrase is like speaking, he is so clear, speaking to everyone with a smile.

Ups and downs, ups and downs.

Every sentence makes people's hearts tremble.

At this moment, what you see in front of you seems not to be Zhao Chengzhen, but Chopin, who is reciting a long poem.

His timbre is pure and transparent, and no one can find any flaws.

Everyone can see that under his music, there is a light as clear as a lake, which makes people's hearts warm and peaceful.

This is Zhao Chengzhen's music, and this is Zhao Chengzhen's understanding of music.

There is no superfluous content, and no expression of self-seeking.

What he wants to express is the purest Chopin, the purest music.

He is no longer himself.

He is now Chopin, just like Chopin representing the world!

No one dares to speak in this place, and you can even feel your breath, which seems to be a blasphemy to music.

Soft and docile, like a breeze blowing through the tip of his nose, the warm sunlight sprinkled on the lake surface, blown away by his pure tone, his heart is peaceful, and there is no room for any impurities.

Zhao Chengzhen's eyes have been closed, he no longer pays attention to everything other than music, he listens to his own music with his own heart.

Everything outside has gone away from him.

In his heart, only the purest Chopin, the purest music remained.

Fu Tiao stood at the backstage of the concert hall, with his head down, without saying a word.

He can't say anything now, and any word he says now is blasphemy.

He couldn't bear to let what he said break the tranquility.

This is a work that is definitely worth shouting "bravo". The beauty of the music makes everyone tremble.

In the first round, Zhao Chengzhen caught a cold, and his body was able to reach the level at that time even under extremely weak and tense conditions.

But now, Zhao Chengzhen's body has recovered, and his mood has become calmer after participating in a game.

He can watch his music very calmly without making any unnecessary movements.

Under such circumstances, Zhao Chengzhen, who was already extremely terrifying, has become even more terrifying now.

In other words, he has become a real big devil, a big devil who can really compete against everyone by himself.

Instead of discussing whether his music is correct, whether it is an appropriate way of understanding to let oneself strive to become Chopin.

At the very least, his basic skills, his understanding of the aesthetics of music, even if he was poor, were almost as good as Fu Tiao.

The times are advancing, and for the top group of people, the gap in basic skills between them has reached a very, very small point.

For example, a top boss at the standard level may have a basic skill of 100. Then the top bosses, such as Lang Liangyue and Argerich, may have a basic skill of around 107 or 108. The highest is 110.

Fu Tiao's basic skills are about 103, 104, which belongs to the more powerful group among the big guys.

As for Zhao Chengzhen's basic skills, judging from his current level, he has at least reached the level of 100, which is the level of a standard pianist.

When the gap in basic skills is not that big, the gap in musicality is not that big.

Even if the two are added together, it is impossible for the judges to give a low score because of this gap.

Zhao Chengzhen's strength was already so strong that if Fu Diao was a little weaker, Fu Diao might be in despair.

Fu Tiao clenched his fist with his left hand to prop up his chin, and couldn't help but take a few steps back, looking at the surveillance camera on the side, and at the camera among the group of concert hall contestants.

Everyone is there, and their expressions are all not very good-looking.

Only a few players who felt like they got into the second round by luck would relax a little bit, but not much.

After all, Zhao Chengzhen, his strength is really terrifying, directly amazed everyone!

Let most of the players realize that the person in front of them wants to charge for the championship, and... he has enough strength to charge for the championship!

Fu Diao didn't speak, but his eyes gradually became serious.

There is not much difference in basic skills between the two, and there is not much difference in musicality, so the biggest gap between the two is their philosophy.

The difference in ideas is greater than anything else.

……

Zhao Chengzhen didn't care what the people around him thought at all. He only had one thing on his mind now, and that was playing the piano...

What should I care about?He just needs to use all his understanding of music to play the piano, right?
Why care what other people think?

Release all the energy in your body!

The tenderness at the beginning of Chopin's Piano Ballade No. [-] has ended, and the rage in the music instantly blew up the scene.

In Zhao Chengzhen's small body, for some reason, an extremely strong force burst out, and this force instantly broke everyone's stereotype of Zhao Chengzhen's performance at the beginning.

There is not only pure gentleness in music, nor is there only gentleness left in music.

Everything is in the service of music.

As long as it can make the music better!
Zhao Chengzhen opened his closed eyes suddenly, and the muscles in his arms instantly swelled up, and the suit that was tightly attached to his body even felt like it was bursting under the violent movements of his body.

He unleashes all his strength into the piano.

Regardless of the flood that destroyed empires and towns.

It was the hunter who was punished by the goddess of the lake for his betrayal.

All of this requires a force that transcends all emotions!

Zhao Chengzhen's music is like a torrent, letting his own strength push the piano forward, wave after wave.

He is using his best to express his understanding of music.

The audience was silent, and some people even felt dry mouthed.

Zhao Chengzhen's performance is beyond everyone's imagination.

From this moment, they have forgotten everyone's performance before Zhao Chengzhen today.

Whether it's Bydny who was the first to play conservatively, or Michelle, Luigi, or even Galina who just finished playing.

Everyone's performance became overshadowed in front of Zhao Chengzhen, and there was no room for comparison.

Zhao Chengzhen played the No.1 position in the first round, but at this moment, it became more solid, even firmly nailed in everyone's minds.

This is Zhao Chengzhen's strength, this is what No.1 should look like!
this!This is the Chopin International Piano Competition, the showdown that should really be seen!
The most powerful young pianists in the world have fought their way out of various music academies, struggling to get on the stage.

They are constantly fighting against others, showing their endless talents, and letting their music shine on this land!

Let everyone remember their music and make their music more perfect!
Numerous pressures and setbacks have no way to defeat the will of those who are advancing towards Chopin's highest peak glory. They will only become stronger, stronger, and stronger.

Fight to the last man.

Under the baptism of countless opponents, make your own music perfect, let yourself become a real pianist!
The sense of transformation that Zhao Chengzhen showed at this moment made everyone suffocated. They looked at Zhao Chengzhen in disbelief, their eyes filled with enthusiasm.

Fu Tiao stood silently at the back of the concert hall, with his neck against the wall and his back against the concert hall.

With his hands in his pockets and his head slightly raised, he looked at the light above his head without saying a word.

Zhao Chengzhen's performance shows what the younger generation of Chopin should look like when he plays to the extreme.

He has been completely obsessed, no, not only him, many players, especially those who choose to make themselves Chopin, they have a little bit of obsession.

Two years before the competition, they basically gave up playing other works completely. They put all their attention on Chopin, and played Chopin for two years without any pause.

They make their thinking logic closer to Chopin, trying to make themselves a part of Chopin.

As Zhao Chengzhen just said to Fu Diao, he does not look like Chopin when drinking coffee, and Chopin is just a shell in his music.

Fu Tiao almost fell into this situation before, but he quickly got out of it with He Shen's help.

Apart from the fact that this path is not suitable for him, there is another point... his time does not support him at all.

Others started to practice Chopin in 2 years, but he only practiced for half a year from the beginning to the end.

Zhao Chengzhen's second ballad was still playing on the stage, but Fu Tiao couldn't help but chuckled.

Zhao Chengzhen's performance is indeed very strong. His current level is so strong that he has changed his thinking about Chopin, making him wonder if his Chopin performance is wrong.

If you really listen to it, many players will start to doubt themselves.

Was what I played before really correct?Why does he play so well?And he played so badly?

Are your basic skills really that bad?
None of the contestants who made it to the second round of the Chopin International Piano Competition thought that their basic skills were inferior to other contestants, so they were easily influenced by Zhao Chengzhen and began to reflect on their own Chopin.

If those who are not firm enough in their belief in Chopin, he will soon fall into the music, and there is no way to continue to play his own music. He will try to absorb the advantages of Zhao Chengzhen's music and use it to improve himself music.

The vast majority of people are like this. They rarely think about whether others are better than themselves in this field. Is it possible that they are better than themselves in handling some other details and overall logic? And not just that place is strong?

Those who are not stable in their belief in Chopin, after absorbing Zhao Chengzhen's Chopin, let their original incomparably complete Chopin become like a rotten trousers that has been repaired countless times. No matter how gorgeous the stitching is, in the eyes of many people, it is still It looks so ugly and doesn't make any sense.

Even lost his original beauty.

This was not empty talk. Fu Tiao had heard Zhao Chengzhen's performance in the first round, and he had already started to waver at that time, and even began to doubt himself directly.

but……

I persevered, and with the help of He Shen, I thought for a long time, and finally managed to hold on to my relatively ordinary Chopin shell, ensuring its normal operation.

And what about the others?
Fu Tiao didn't know.

Zhao Chengzhen may be able to hear it, but he doesn't care who plagiarized his music.

He only cares about himself, he just wants to make his music closer to Chopin, more in line with his own understanding of Chopin.

Whether it is Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, or even other baroque, classical, romantic and modern composers.

He has the same idea.

If you want to become Chopin and play the feeling of Chopin, then you have to spend a few years to completely sink into Chopin and let yourself become Chopin.

The same is true if you want to be Liszt, Bach, Mozart.

Some might say that he spent too long on a composer, but...

Those who have spent as long as him, they play Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff, can he play better?

This is the reason why Zhao Chengzhen is so steadfast in her music.

He believes in his own music, and he firmly believes that as long as he continues to play, continue to study the details, and continue to think about everything the composers want to express in the music.

Then... I can keep improving, improve faster than others, and play better than others!

So, keep playing, keep playing, let the music become purer, let the soul become purer.

Let the Chopin in your own music become more Chopin.

There was a fire burning inside him, but he held back from letting it go.

He wants to prove that he is right!
(End of this chapter)