pianist from the sea

Chapter 207 The Unique Fu Diao Ballad
It is not the first time that Fu Tiao played Chopin's first piano ballad. In his memory, he seems to have played it more than once. He also played it at the Chopin International Piano Competition before, that is, in the second round .

The Chopin he decided on this time is divided into two batches, the first half is all Chopin's ballads, from the first ballad to the fourth ballad.

Among them, he played the first ballad in the second round, and he played the third ballad in the qualifiers.

Although he recalled that the third ballad he played at that time always felt a little naive and full of the feeling of flying bricks, but this work helped him get the qualification to enter the main round of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

He hasn't played the second ballad and the fourth ballad yet, but in his spare time, he read the score slowly and tried to practice it.

As for putting it on the stage for everyone to appreciate...

He hasn't done that yet.

This is especially true for the complete set of Chopin etudes Op25.

Compared with the previous concerts, these works are more challenging for Fu Diao.

It's just that this challenge is just a challenge after all. The moment Fu Tiao dropped his finger on the piano keyboard, an extremely heavy, sad, painful, and confused feeling, like the feeling of loneliness in the deep sea, slowly flowed from his fingers. out.

This sense of beauty directly shattered everyone's imagination of Chopin's No. [-] Piano Ballade. Everyone looked at Fu Tiao who was standing on the stage in a little surprise, and couldn't believe what they just heard. all of these.

The combination of emptiness and silence, you can hear countless apparently contradictory feelings from Fu Tiao's No. [-] piano ballad.

It is not a simple traditional interpretation. You can hear from Fu Tiao's performance that his thinking about Chopin is not simple.

Many people would think that the beginning of Chopin's first piano ballad is a very simple sadness, but this is not the case.

Normally speaking, as a ballad, when Chopin is writing a new work, he does not use music to interpret his own story, but uses music to interpret long poems.

In other words, what he creates is more like a soundtrack to poetry than an analysis of himself.

To a large extent, the thought of this work should be the feeling that this poem should contain.

but……

Fu Diao didn't think like this.

He is not thinking about what this piece of work is expressing in the way of reading long poems by himself, but thinking in the way of Chopin, who thinks what this piece of work should express.

After constructing a complete Chopin's logic, he will use his own way to present Chopin's thoughts again.

As a result, Chopin's No. [-] Piano Ballade, which is full of Fu Tiao's personal characteristics, is presented in front of everyone.

Zhao Chengzhen sat there listening to Fu Tiao's performance, her body froze involuntarily, then trembled slowly, her pupils brightened.

Sure enough, just as he thought before.

Fu called him a monster.

A constantly evolving monster.

It may have been more than a month since Fu Tiao performed Chopin’s Piano Ballade No. [-] in public, which was the version Fu Tiao played in the second round of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

What concept is this?
Normally speaking, more than a month for a professional pianist may be the time to hone one or two pieces of work, and their level will not change drastically in this month.

To prepare a set of works that can be used on tour, normally it may take half a year or even a year to prepare.

As for the works that participated in the competition, they basically started in two years.

In other words, the works they present for everyone to see are basically the best state they can achieve after more than half a year of preparation.

It can even be said that they are sure that if they practice for a few more months, they will not grow any more.

This is the end!

This is why many champions of the Chopin International Piano Competition, or other champions, have to recuperate after the competition, and deposit everything they have harvested. If they are lucky, they will come back after half a year or more. years, until a heavy rain ruined his art dreams.

And now...

The music of Fu Tiao proves Zhao Chengzhen's imagination of Fu Tiao.

In the beginning of the flow of the Neapolitan sixth chords, among the musical expressions that Zhao Chengzhen heard, there are three or four completely different ways to understand, and each of them can perfectly fit the performance of Fu Tiao.

It's not that he has a strong ability to associate, but that these... are all the imagination space given to them by Fu Tiao.

Everything they could think of was under the control of Fu Tiao, and was played by Fu Tiao at will.

This feeling directly made Zhao Chengzhen's goosebumps rise, and he rubbed his arm involuntarily.

Fu Diao is improving. The Chopin in the Chopin International Piano Competition before was not the strongest Chopin in Fu Diao, and even now...he is not the strongest Chopin in Fu Diao.

Even if Fu Diao's Chopin is already in the first echelon, he may be only a few steps away from the top ones.

But now Fu Tiao's Chopin is still very likely not his strongest state.

Because... Fu Tiao is still changing and evolving.

Since the end of the Chopin International Piano Competition, Fu Tiao has been walking on a very correct path without any stop, and rushed forward crazily as if out of control.

Lingering, soft, desolate, docile...

His fingers flowed slowly on the piano, like weeping, and the softness of each sound was far beyond everyone's imagination.

Obviously just sitting on a chair, obviously just listening to Fu Tiao's performance, but for some reason, they always feel like they are about to water.

I felt like ants were crawling all over my body.

Even to put it in a very old saying, Fu Tiao's music can make their ears pregnant.

Why does someone play such a beautiful tone?Why do some people play music with such a strong sense of aesthetics?

What the hell is an ordinary pianist, not one of the top guys in the world?

Beside Zhao Chengzhen, that is, the person who was a little suspicious of Fu Tiao before, his eyes almost popped out when he heard it at this moment.

"Wait? This is Fu? Is this the champion of this year's Chopin International Piano Competition? Isn't it the one before? Not the champion in 2005 or 2010?"

"of course not."

Zhao Chengzhen seemed to be able to feel the excitement of the person next to her, and didn't care about his previous rudeness, but chuckled lightly, rubbing the goose bumps on her arm, and said casually.

"His current level is much better than his level in the second round of the Chopin International Piano Competition nearly two months ago. At that time, he just found his own way. Now he has run wild on his own music. .”

"So...how strong was he before?" The man couldn't help but hesitated, and asked Zhao Chengzhen hesitantly.

Zhao Chengzhen didn't care, and said directly: "Probably... it's [-]% of the current price."

"Eighty-five percent..."

The man didn't know what to say, he looked at Fu Tiao who was playing on the stage in disbelief.

At this moment, Fu Diao had already played Chopin's No. [-] Piano Ballad in the middle of the back position, and the throbbing in his heart became more and more intense.

He couldn't even imagine how Fu Diao managed to make such beautiful music.

No matter in Paris or other concert halls, he feels that he has not heard Chopin like this for a long time.

You know, compared to other schools, their French school is best at the soft music of Chopin.

This is one of the main reasons why Zhao Chengzhen was considered by so many people to be the favorite to win the Chopin International Piano Competition before.

First of all, Zhao Chengzhen is already strong, and he belongs to the top French school of Chopin. How could he fail to win the championship?
As a result, a Fu Diao was born.

That person originally thought that it might be because of Zhao Chengzhen's abnormal performance that caused Zhao Chengzhen to lose the title of champion.

But he never thought that it turned out that Fu Tiao was too strong.

So strong that he even felt that he and Fu Tiao were not necessarily comparable to Chopin.

Thinking of this place, he couldn't help but cast a glance at Zhao Chengzhen, who was seriously looking at Fu Tiao, and suddenly whispered.

"Zhao, I'm sorry..."

"Huh? What's the matter?" Zhao Chengzhen turned around in confusion: "What are you sorry for?"

"I didn't expect Fu's strength to be so strong, to such an extent."

He couldn't help but tremble when he said this.

A small chord solution played by Fu Tiao just now directly resolved into his heart, and he almost peed out of it.

That painful, desolate and icy tone is like sinking into the ocean and losing my own existence.

It's just a wife...

so beautiful!
He swallowed involuntarily, patted Zhao Chengzhen on the shoulder, glanced at him with a sympathetic expression, and quickly added.

"It's really hard work for you. You actually need to compete on the same stage with such a monster. I really don't blame you for losing. It's just that Fu He is too strong."

After finishing speaking, he quickly returned to his seat, and sat looking at Fu Tiao nervously.

Seeing this man's behavior, Zhao Chengzhen was taken aback for a moment, and then almost laughed angrily.

Although he lost to Fu Tiao, he wasn't as powerless as he imagined, was he?At any rate, I was able to fight Fu Tiao back and forth back then, and even the first half was not inferior to Fu Tiao's.

In the first round and the second round, I can even be regarded as a voltage regulator.

That is, the beginning of the third round and the fourth round...

Thinking of this, Zhao Chengzhen couldn't help but pause for a moment, and then she was a little muttered in her heart.

Being counter-suppressed in the third and fourth rounds can be considered a head-on confrontation, right?

Zhao Chengzhen shook his head quickly, too lazy to think about it, and continued to immerse himself in Fu Tiao's music.

He was already too lazy to talk to his colleagues.

Now everyone with ears can hear how strong Fu Diao is.

This is Chopin's first piano ballad, just a beginning part.

There are second, third, and fourth piano ballads in the back.

Later, they will know what Fu Tiao's full strength is.

It's definitely not that I was weak back then, I was also very strong back then, it's just that Fu Tiao was a little out of character, that's all.

Zhao Chengzhen convinced himself in his heart, and turned his gaze to the teacher who was sitting in the middle. In fact, he wanted to know what his teacher thought of Fu Tiao.

Especially after analyzing the content of Fu Tiao's performance with him before, what is his thinking when he hears Fu Tiao's performance for the first time this time.

Do you take Fu Tiao's growth for granted?Still feel...shocked?
Or... dismissive?
Zhao Chengzhen couldn't figure out what her teacher was thinking, so she could only withdraw her attention, put it back on Fu Tiao, and listened to Fu Tiao's music carefully.

After all, there are not many opportunities to listen to music seriously like now, without thinking about anything.

It's just that he didn't notice that his teacher's hands under the sleeves were constantly shaking, making fists, relaxing, fisting, relaxing.

Try to restrain your inner emotions.

……

Fu Diao didn't know that Zhao Chengzhen and others were already sitting in the audience watching his performance.

He only knew that his teacher He Shen and his object Zhao Zitong would come today.

As for other people...he didn't know much about it, and he didn't bother to care about these things.

Therefore, when playing Chopin, in addition to what he wants to play, Fu Tiao has more in his mind, that is, the idea of ​​showing his own things to his teacher.

After all, wealth and honor do not return home, just like brocade clothes walking at night.

Even though Fu Diao didn't pay much attention to fame and fortune, he still cared a little about making people who valued him appreciate him.

After he landed the last note on the piano, he raised his hand gracefully, nodded slightly to the audience, and pointed to his throat.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and the sound of coughing and clearing phlegm also sounded at this time.

There were also the sounds of chairs being moved and papers being pulled from bags.

This is a very short intermission for everyone to adjust their status. There will be such a break between works in every concert.

It's just that this time Fu Tiao's rest sound seems to be slightly louder than other concerts.

Many people have not come out of the shock just now.

It's just Chopin's first piano ballad, everyone has heard it countless times, even the recordings of those great masters have heard it countless times.

But those recordings are not as good as the live performance after all. Even if the master's live performance may not be as good as those recordings, the feeling it brings is completely different.

This is how Fu Tiao gave them the feeling, a unique and strange feeling.

They can rarely hear such a feeling in Chopin's first piano ballad.

Then, the next one is Chopin's Piano Ballade No. [-]. What kind of changes will Fu Tiao make?

Everyone quickly silenced their voices, sat quietly in their seats, stared at Fu Tiao in front of them, and waited for his performance.

And Fu Tiao didn't make everyone wait for a long time. After everyone quieted down, he raised his hand and watched the piano in front of him slowly stop, adjusting his emotions.

Chopin Ballade No. 2 in F major, Chopin Ballade No.38 in F major, op[-]!

6/8 time, Adantino andantino, sotto voce, try to lower the sound.

sweet, quiet.

Fu Tiao's hand was slowly pushing on the piano, the strength was not strong, and it was very gentle.

Just like the sea on a sunny day, you can't even feel any waves while sitting on the boat.

All you can feel is peace and tranquility, as if the boat is completely still and solidified with the sea.

This emptiness gradually calmed down everyone's slightly hot hearts.

Although there were still signs of goosebumps emerging, their hearts were indeed much calmer.

This serenity made the corners of everyone's mouths involuntarily raised.

Yes, this is Chopin's Piano Ballade No. [-], exactly as they thought.

It's just that this work has more of the feeling of the sea than the version played by others, rather than a small lake.

Obviously the performance is very delicate, but inexplicably, you can always feel a trace of roughness and power in it.

Listening to Fu Tiao's performance, the corners of many people's mouths couldn't help but twitched, and their bodies even became a little bit limp, wanting to lie down on the chair and fall asleep just like that.

The feeling of Fu Tiao music is really comfortable and perfect.

Even though I was just listening to music, I somehow felt like I was having a Thai massage.

From the bottom of the soles of the feet to the top of my head, it's like an electric current is swimming.

They don't know at all why the Adagio movement played by someone can be so soft and beautiful.

Just like what is presented in the picture scroll depicted by Chopin.

The moonlight shines on the water calmly, everything is so quiet and peaceful, without any disputes, it is like a fairyland on earth, which makes people intoxicated.

Quiet, like pastoral, simple and innocent.

Everything depicted in the music is so beautiful, everyone is living and working in peace and contentment, growing and multiplying comfortably on their own land.

This softness almost relaxes everyone's will, and almost makes everyone forget about the development behind.

They just want to listen to Fu Tiao's performance, so quietly listen to Fu Tiao's performance and fall asleep.

In Fu Tiao's description, those people who grew up on this land or on the boat have extremely romantic desires and expectations for the future.

This desire and expectation is perfectly reflected in the hearts of everyone off the stage, making them also look forward to the future development.

What kind of future will the people who grow up on this land have?
After all, everything is so beautiful.

It's just that they have completely forgotten everything that this piece of work represents.

This is not a hymn.

This is an epic poem from ancient Lithuania.

When everyone's spirits were almost completely relaxed, Fu Tiao couldn't help but smile slightly, his fingers moved slightly, lifted up half a minute, and then slammed down.

boom!
(End of this chapter)