pianist from the sea

Chapter 197

Listening to Fu Tiao's performance, Zhao Chengzhen no longer had any intention of confronting Fu Tiao.

He wanted to fight Fu Tiao at the beginning, but in fact, he lost to Fu Tiao in the Chopin International Piano Competition. The gap didn't make much difference either.

After all, based on the results at the time, the gap between him and Fu Tiao was only 0.01 points, that is, Fu Tiao just surpassed him by a little bit and won the championship.

And this score is just a reference, not an absolute scoring standard, but this also explains a lot.

That is to say, at that time, the gap between him and Fu Diao may not be that big. The most important thing is that Fu Diao's performance is getting better and better, his level and strength are getting higher and higher, and his interpretation of Chopin is getting better and better. This The feeling of improvement is obvious, which made the judges give Fu Tiao a much higher score.

If there is another comparison, I and Fu Diao really don't know who will win or lose.

This is what he thought before meeting Fu Tiao, especially after he and his teacher reviewed all the videos of Fu Tiao's performances at the Chopin International Piano Competition.

But he never expected that Fu Diao's progress would be so great.

After shedding Chopin's outer shell, Fu Tiao seemed to be a different person. Not only was his skill level beyond everyone's expectations, but even his music improvisation was terrifying.

This is no longer something that an ordinary young pianist can do. As far as the technical work shown by Fu Tiao just now, if Fu Tiao is said to be the world's first-line pianist, he will believe it.

He even believed in the top pianists.

After all, for the second-tier, first-tier, and top pianists, simply discussing the technical gap is about the difference between 100 points and 110 points plus 10 additional points.

As far as Fu Tiao's relaxed and easy attitude in showing the technical level of a first-line pianist, some people will believe that he is very extra points.

Specifically, what level does Fu Tiao's technical level and strength reach...

Zhao Chengzhen is really hard to say.

After all, Fu Tiao's technical level is really much higher than his. He can't see through the depth of Fu Tiao, and can only hear the simple information that Fu Tiao's performance is very good.

As for Fu Tiao's melodic improvisational ability...

He can't even understand this stuff.

Although learning classical also needs to be able to improvise, you need to be able to play more classical improvisation skills, but those improvisations are all very simple improvisations based on a theme, for example, in the middle section, you use a lot of threes and twos forward A scale with some ring fingers.

But I never asked you to improvise a song directly.

When he was creating the current piece, he only had one very simple thing in mind, which was to expand it according to the content of the previous part of improvisation, and then play a fairly good variation.

But what did Fu Tiao do?
Not only has it been expanded as a whole, but it has even been subdivided to make it smoother and make the music more like music.

As long as you have a little ear, you can hear the difference between him and Fu Tiao.

Listening to Fu Tiao's performance, Zhao Chengzhen even felt a little embarrassed, and wanted to slip away along the crowd.

What kind of confusion did he commit at the time, that he would think of competing with Fu Tiao?
My own damn competitive heart.

But unfortunately, the people around were already crowded, and he had nowhere to move. He even wanted to cover his face, hoping that others would not recognize him.

But no matter what, if you lose, you lose, there is no excuse, Fu Tiao is better than him.

Even though it has been less than two months since the Chopin International Piano Competition ended, Fu Tiao seems to have completed another upgrade, which is much better than when the Chopin International Piano Competition was held.

What else can this say?

Zhao Chengzhen took the lead and took two steps forward. Without any hesitation, she applauded vigorously and shouted loudly.

"Bravo!"

The rest of the crowd who were watching suddenly woke up as if they had just woken up from a dream. They couldn't help but get excited when they saw Fu Tiao, and they also started to shout loudly.

"Wow, Bravo!"

"Oooo!!!!!"

"Perfect!"

"Great!"

"Bon! très bon! Chouette! (French, good! Awesome!)"

“Formidable! Extraordinaire! (French, excellent! Extraordinaire!)”

“Fantastique! (French, shocking!)”

"..."

English, French and Italian are mixed here, and those who know a little will call Bravo over there, and praise Fu Tiao's performance in Italian.

Those who didn't understand at all, used French to join in the fun at that place, loudly praising Fu Tiao's performance.

As for the rest of the people, they looked at Fu Diao as a foreigner and probably couldn't understand French, so they praised him in English.

There are even some Turkish, Spanish and other voices around, but those voices are too small, drowned in Italian, French and English, you can't hear them at all.

The girl from the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels who had been standing next to Zhao Chengzhen was even more excited.

As she shouted, she said in French to the people around her with glowing eyes: "Did you hear that? Did you hear that? This is Fu Dior! He is the world's top pianist! He has played with me before. A concert! He is so perfect! He is a god!"

And Zhao Chengzhen's senior, who had been sitting on the edge and was ready to replace Fu Tiao at any time, shook his head slowly, patted his hands lightly, and applauded Fu Tiao.

He knew that Fu Tiao was awesome, that Fu Tiao could defeat Zhao Chengzhen, and was stronger than Zhao Chengzhen.

But he never thought that Fu Tiao was so much stronger than Zhao Chengzhen in hard power.

Perhaps the reason why Zhao Chengzhen was able to compete with Fu Tiao at that time was that the Chopin played by Zhao Chengzhen was more like Chopin, and the style of the music was purer and more in line with the audience and judges' thoughts on Chopin.

Otherwise, no matter what he thought, he didn't think that what Zhao Chengzhen showed in school could touch Fu Tiao's wrist.

This is too strong, too outrageous, so strong that he can't find words to describe Fu Tiao's performance.

He looked at Fu Tiao's slightly complicated expression, and after a long sigh, he backed away.

Originally, he wanted to wait for people to relax a little bit before playing a few works to pretend to be aggressive, but now he has no such idea at all.

Just kidding, whoever is behind Fu Diao now will die.

In the current situation, who can play?

Not only will it not attract the audience, it will not be able to pretend to be forceful, and it will even be compared with Fu Tiao, which will give rise to the idea that this person is weak.

Come on, is it shameful to be weaker than Fu Tiao?How many people are stronger than Fu Tiao?Taking him and Fu Tiao is too flattering to him.

The only ones who can be on stage now are those old grandmas and grandpas who can’t play well. People don’t care what they play, as long as they are on stage, they will be encouraged.

Thinking of this place made him even more depressed, and he turned and left without any hesitation.

Fu Tiao looked at the dense crowd around him, couldn't help smiling, stood up and bowed to them very gracefully.

And this elegance made everyone's applause much stronger, and even some old people applauded too hard, and it was clear that their hands were blushing.

Seeing all this, although Fu Tiao was still saluting and thanking everyone, he was still a little embarrassed.

There are too many people, and I always feel that if we continue to squeeze like this, some bad things may happen.

In particular, there are a lot of old people here in Paris.

But fortunately, at this moment, the radio on the side seemed to have discussed it, and began to announce the latest train delay information.

"Ladies and gentlemen, from Paris to Berlin, the train operated by Deutsche Bahnhof has been transferred from platform 7 to platform 2 for special reasons, and the departure time has been delayed by one hour."

"The train to Mons is about to leave, please get on the train as soon as possible for all passengers who have not boarded yet."

"..."

Three or four announcements in a row dispersed many people who were still applauding Fu Tiao over there. Fu Tiao couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief. He went to Zhao Chengzhen, who was still applauding softly, and the royal from Brussels. Beside the girls from the Conservatory of Music, they smiled at them and asked.

"How is it? My performance this time? I feel a little pity. The preparation this time was relatively hasty, and some musical details have not been done well. Many things are purely for the sake of showing off skills rather than music. Just get ready and come back.”

"There is no need to prepare any more, this is already very good."

Zhao Chengzhen didn't know what to say when she heard Fu Tiao's words, so she could only smile wryly and raised her hand to beg for mercy: "Fu, please stop talking, if you keep talking, I don't think I'm worthy of playing the piano anymore, I really didn't expect that You have improved so fast, what have you done during this time? Why has your strength improved so quickly?"

"Progress in strength?"

Fu Tiao was stunned for a moment, puzzled and said: "My strength has not improved much recently, and my Chopin seems to be still the same. Compared with the previous Chopin International Piano Competition, there is not much room for improvement in level and strength, but I am more skilled. .”

"And the one you just played?"

"The ones I just played?"

Fu Tiao listened to what Zhao Chengzhen was referring to, and suddenly realized, and explained: "I understand what you mean, but the ones I just played... can't be regarded as progress, right? These things are some very basic skills. I was already very familiar with these skills before the competition, and the content I just played is also some relatively basic variations, which are not particularly difficult."

"Ah? Then you were at the Chopin International Piano Competition..."

"This kind of playing is not allowed in the Chopin International Piano Competition. The Chopin International Piano Competition belongs to the kind of propositional composition. It is necessary to play the feeling of Chopin, not just playing it casually. The Chopin International Piano Competition is much more difficult than normal performance. too much……"

Speaking of this place, Fu Tiao even felt a little bit embarrassed.

He thought of his previous performance at the Chopin International Piano Competition, and the experience of working hard to find the best fit for Chopin, and he felt tired for a while.

The Chopin International Piano Competition is too difficult. If Fu Tiao were allowed to participate in this kind of competition again, he would definitely give you a forfeit at the beginning.

This kind of competition feels like those pianists said, it is very difficult and stressful, and those who can get out of it are geniuses, but this does not mean that all pianists have to get out of this competition to go to classical music this road.

You can learn from people like Lang Liangyue, see if you can try your luck, maybe you can stand out at a certain music festival or other activities, and be favored by those classical music companies.

Although the two have the same ending, it is obvious that no matter which one is very difficult, it depends on luck when one fights for strength and the other fights for strength.

Zhao Chengzhen can clearly feel Fu Tiao's feeling, but whether he can accept it is another matter.

Who would have thought that his rival, who fought life and death with him, would not use his best ability when fighting him, but fight him in a field that seems to have no experience at all.

Are you kidding me?
His strongest point is actually not as good as Fu Tiao's weak point?
This thought flashed through his mind, and his mood couldn't help but get worse.

Inexplicably, there is a very aggrieved feeling.

Obviously, he is also regarded as the proud son of heaven. From childhood to adulthood, he basically walked all the way on the heads of his peers. He even got the qualification of inheritor of the French School of Music and became a student of the current leader of the French School of Music. It is possible to lead the French School of Music to fight on a global scale.

It turns out that a person beats you, and then tells you that this is a point he is not good at, and he has worked hard for several months to reach this level.

Who can bear this?
The girl from the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels looked at Fu Diao reverently like a god.

Zhao Chengzhen looked away, exhaled a long breath, shook his head, pointed to the way out in the distance and said helplessly.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, let's go like this, let's go outside first, the people here are too crowded, I can't breathe... By the way, you are coming to Paris this time for a concert, right? How are your preparations going?" ?”

"good."

Fu Tiao and the girl followed Zhao Chengzhen to the outside, and said as they walked: "Actually, I don't have much preparation. I am basically very familiar with the content of Chopin. Even if the program list of the concert keeps changing, I am basically familiar with it." It can adapt to everything, so there is no problem with the main part.”

"Then what about Encore in the back?"

"Encore is just improvisation. I think that the jazz adaptations of Chopin's works I played before seem to be liked by many people, so I just pick a few and change the performance depending on the situation."

This time Fu Diao did not intend to let the students take the stage.

The students were asked to help before because the venue was in the Royal Academy of Music in Brussels, but this time the performance was in the Concert Hall in Paris, where there were not many students. If you want help, you must arrange it in advance.

As for Fu Tiao, it was obvious that he didn't have the time and connections to arrange someone to help with the performance in advance, so this time he still planned to play some jazz-adapted encores to fool around.

After all, if he really wants to prepare a pure work for an encore, he must prepare in advance, and it must not be as easy as jazz.

At the very least, you need to think about the work itself like you did before preparing for the Chopin International Piano Competition, and study where you and the work best fit.

Although many other works do not need to have a special feeling like Chopin, those works cannot be played casually.

"It's a pity, the preparations were too hasty, and many encores went directly to the stage without being ready..."

Fu Tiao thought that this place was the same as Zhao Chengzhen, and heaved a sigh of relief: "It would be great if I could prepare well. The next European or global concert tour may have to be considered more, and I can't be in such a hurry."

"..."

Zhao Chengzhen didn't want to talk, and was too lazy to talk to Fu Tiao, she took out her mobile phone from her pocket and silently looked at Fu Tiao's concert tickets.

It turned out that Fu Tiao's concert tickets were completely sold out.

Not only ordinary websites, but also those scalper websites have no tickets.

And there's a little more...

It is written on this website that the last ticket was sold two or three weeks ago.

That is to say, Fu Tiao may have sold out his tickets just after his performance in Berlin.

Zhao Chengzhen's heart was stabbed severely again.

Even if his previous concerts were sold at the main ticket warehouse in South Korea, they could not be sold out so well. Basically, they would have to be sold out two or three days before the performance at the earliest.

But Fu Tiao can sell so fast in Europe, which is not the main ticket warehouse.

The gap between people is really bigger than dogs...

Zhao Chengzhen's expression gradually became bitter.

When everyone walked outside the station, Zhao Chengzhen took the address given by Fu Tiao, and took everyone to the hotel with ease, helping Fu Tiao settle everything.

This is a business-oriented hotel, and the overall service is not bad, and this hotel is obviously helped by Deutsche Grammophon.

Looking at the hotel where Fu Tiao stayed, Zhao Chengzhen inexplicably recalled that he went to Dongying to play before, and the accommodation provided by Dongying Sony Music Company, which is his brokerage company, was a small room, walking from the door to the hotel. The end of the house was probably ten paces away.

Even if the place in Dongying is small, it is very good to be able to live in such a hotel, even if the prices of the two may be similar.

But when he unconsciously compared the hotel in Dongying to the hotel where Fu Tiao stayed, he felt another pain in his heart.

They may have been at a similar level before, but when they met again, there seemed to be a thousand rivers and mountains between the two of them.

Zhao Chengzhen, who originally planned to invite Fu Tiao to a traditional French dinner, could not help but gritted her teeth. Seeing Fu Tiao who had already tidied up the house, she suddenly said.

"Fu! Treat me to dinner!"

"..."

Fu Diao: "Huh?"

(End of this chapter)