pianist from the sea

Chapter 316 Picture Exhibition

This performance is also a new attempt for Fu Diao.

Because last year in 2016, most of his performances were still based on Chopin.

After all, this was the first time he successfully won the championship, and it was also the main reason why many people came to watch Fu Diao.

If the winner of the Chopin Piano Competition wants to attract audiences, he must add many Chopin elements to his concert works.

Normally, this time will usually be two years.

No, to be precise, it should be three years.

Because the year is almost over when the Chopin International Piano Competition ends, it does not count as a full year.

The most accurate time to really start to get involved in other pianists' works and add them to your own music library is two years after you win the competition.

That is to say, normally speaking, 2018 is the year when Fu Diao should really start to get in touch with the works of other pianists and try to transform them into his own characteristic works.

As time goes by, his personal characteristic works will become more and more numerous, and many people will no longer come to listen to his performance solely because of a Chopin award, but may come to listen to other works instead.

When a winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition can achieve such an achievement, then he can be regarded as successfully getting rid of the influence of the Chopin International Piano Competition and truly becoming a top pianist.

The same is true for Fu Tiao...

But he didn't wait that long.

Since 2016, the first year after successfully winning the Chopin International Piano Competition, he has already tried to play other works, just like everyone else.

But unlike those people, his most successful one was Beethoven's Piano Sonata, Passion.

This is what he can do, and many people can name it. It is the most successful work he has performed.

This is not enough for Fu Tiao.

Therefore, he decided to perform as many pieces from as many periods as possible in this concert in accordance with the requirements of the Hamburg authorities.

He plans to move the time forward, playing some national music pieces first, and then some romantic, classical, and baroque pieces.

And now he is preparing to perform the first piece.

Mossorgsky.

"Picture Exhibition".

It was the first piece he chose.

His fingers gently placed under the piano keyboard, pressing down extremely hard.

The sound of the piano slowly sounded.

When, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when, when...

stroll!

Promenade!

Continuous sound, continuous sound throughout the text.

The so-called sustained sound means that when the music sounds, try to play the entire note for as long as possible to maintain its intensity.

Let it create a continuous effect.

Fu Tiao's right hand moved slowly on the piano, softly playing the main melody at the beginning.

The gaps between sounds are almost inaudible. When you listen to Fu Tiao playing, you can only hear the lingering under the music.

And this lingering feeling is not delicate, but has a trace of emptiness.

Just like in an empty corridor.

You wander through it.

The opening of the exhibition opened the concert with such a stroll.

This is Fu Tiao's design.

Music always has to start, and since the preparation is to perform it in a way that pushes it from modern times to ancient times, why not just use the first piece of the picture exhibition, Wandering?

Just like the exhibition of pictures and the title of this work.

The scenery painted by Fu Tiao is also a stroll at the exhibition site.

Calm, steady, and calm.

Aimlessly.

A small detail used by Mossorgsky in his work was taken advantage of by Fu Tiao.

Irregular opening.

Normally, walking should be a relatively regular walk, and music seems to be regular as well.

but……

If it is too regular, a stroll ceases to be a stroll and becomes a march, a march.

The rotation of five-beat and six-beat beats makes the music as a whole particularly interesting.

Wandering, just strolling, without any purpose.

Watching all the scenery in front of you appear in front of you, feeling the flow of music, and experiencing the details in the music.

No need to think too much, no need to think.

This is also the main idea of ​​​​walking created by Fu Tiao and Mossorgsky.

The main melody ends, and the music is layered at this time.

Fu Tiao's hands were placed on the piano together at this time.

Chord resonance.

Pull the lines of the main melody, layer them on top of each other, and the music resonates.

The single line of the main melody interacts with the resonance of the harmonies in the same question-and-answer manner.

It is obviously in an exhibition, but it can give people an inexplicable sense of ritual.

But I don’t know who is talking to whom.

A hint of fog gradually emerged in the music.

"Interesting..."

The eyes of some artists from other directions who were invited over in the distance couldn't help but light up, and they whispered to each other.

"Fu...he actually chose this piece, which is really interesting."

"Is it a picture exhibition? A self-question and answer with a hint of religious overtones, and a writing technique that allows music to depict pictures as much as possible. The most famous piece of Russian music in the history of music, Fu actually chose this one?"

"I always thought that Fu was the kind of person who played more classical and romantic music. By the way... I haven't heard him play other works?"

"He also plays a lot of modern music, right? As for the modern jazz music, I remember someone said that he is actually a jazz pianist."

"Jazz...I can feel that there is a strong sense of freedom in his music."

"The beginning of the stroll is indeed played very well. To be honest, the stroll is the most important song in the entire picture exhibition. It feels really good that he can play it like this."

"..."

Many artists were whispering in the background, looking at each other.

Compared with those big names in the piano industry, they are actually not particularly familiar with Fu Diao.

At most, I heard Fu Tiao's name and knew that such a figure had emerged in the piano world.

When there is relatively little collaboration between everyone, it is actually normal for the musicians to be unfamiliar with each other.

Unless this person is special and crazy, in other words, he is relatively "knowledgeable", otherwise he will not be particularly familiar with him.

A few days ago, Fu Tiao had a few chats with them, and they were all about music, praising some people for their great performances.

This made their impression of Fu Diao a little deeper.

Now it's the turn of the live performance, and I heard what Fu Tiao showed when he was at the scene.

Now they really knew what Fu Diao's strength was.

A very good new generation pianist.

Let’s not discuss his piano skills for the time being. After all, the gap between the first-tier players and the top players is actually not that big.

Only Fu Diao's ability to understand and feel music is discussed.

This ability does not only exist on the piano, but is an ability that is common to all musicians.

If we only discuss this ability...

Fu Tiao's level of strength can definitely be on an equal footing with them.

This is a judgment made based on their own feelings and overestimation of their own strength.

The walking clip of the picture exhibition that Fu Tiao just showed has already begun to impress some people.

"I have to say, this stroll is really beautiful, even I can feel the feeling of stroll."

"Who isn't, but it would be nice if music could only be so simple..."

Some people shook their heads: "Although the most important thing about the picture exhibition is the expressiveness of strolling. After all, strolling is a skeleton that runs through the entire music and is the core theme of the music. But the real test of musical ability is the pictures in the picture exhibition." Bar?"

"That's right. Many people can't play well at the Picture Exhibition because they don't have the sensitivity for art."

"But the music played here is really beautiful."

"..."

The main theme of the stroll seems to gradually come to an end.

But before anyone could react, the speed of the music suddenly increased to a higher level.

Buzz...dang!

A series of notes suddenly broke out from the previous steady stroll.

The tranquility in the music was instantly broken.

Weird, weird, fantastic.

It's like being at a painting exhibition, and suddenly an indescribable painting hits your eyes, taking away all your thoughts, leaving you to stare at that painting.

dwarf.

This is the name of this piece of music.

A... very, very dark name.

Fu Tiao's fingers suddenly pulled out a chord breakdown on the piano, but the next second it stopped on a single note.

The direction of the music gradually became confusing, shrouding everyone like a mist.

They could even feel that a deformed monster appeared in front of them.

It was crawling awkwardly on the ground.

He looks ugly and has weird body proportions.

Sudden rapid jumps like a seizure, and deliberate interruptions.

Make music mysterious and interesting.The visual sense of music also gradually emerges.

Not an orchestra, just a piano.

How can it actually make the picture in the music so three-dimensional?
The group of artists behind the stage who were a little worried that Fu Diao would not be able to perform perfectly gradually became stunned.

Then his eyes couldn't help but light up.

Some even slapped their thighs fiercely and roared in a low voice.

"it is good!"

He controlled his voice to prevent himself from being so excited.

The sense of picture interpreted in this place is really sufficient.

Just like you saw at the beginning.

They really felt... a short and weird dwarf appeared in front of them.

The heavy bass and the dissonant chords specially drawn out by Fu for emphasis are the source of the dwarf's own pain.

It's obviously not that harmonious, nor is it normal beauty.

But I don't know why, but I can feel another strange sense of beauty.

This kind of beauty echoes in everyone's hearts, giving everyone a strange feeling.

And Fu Diao seemed to want to make this strangeness even more shocking.

A series of rapid musical scales burst out from his hands.

Finally, the most bizarre chord crashed down, ending this picture.

The music was steady and the sound of strolling sounded again.

This time I walked around feeling a little uneasy, as if I was intimidated by the pictures I just saw.

In some small details, Fu Tiao also gave the music a little hesitation, making the irregularity of the strolling part more intense.

But as the stroll continued, Fu Diao quickly calmed down this uneasiness and turned it into expectation.

So what kind of scenery will the next painting look like?

None of these emotions are explicitly written out in the music.

But Fu Diao was able to understand it and played it in his own way.

The feeling of this suite is... very interesting.

And when the high chords gradually floated in the air...

Fu Diao raised his left hand and pressed the first chord heavily and gently.

hum...

The piano sounded.

It's like an ancient castle perched on the top of a mountain.

Calm, ancient, and...shabby.

Everything seemed so heavy.

All these images, under Fu Tiao's hand, gradually changed from an abstract concept to a three-dimensional one.

He looked at the black and white keyboard under his hands, his eyebrows raised slightly, and his fingers slowly brushed across the piano, leaving a string of steady single notes.

It seems like a minstrel singing.

The old castle has been abandoned, and the cold wind howls in the hollows of the castle, bringing endless sadness.

A combination of elegiac and pastoral.

It comes from the unique feeling of sorrow for things in the hearts of Westerners.

The people off the stage became silent.

They also seemed to be able to imagine the destruction of a castle.

On the top of a hill that was not particularly big, a small castle stood there. The walls were damaged, revealing the rooms inside.

There has long been no maintenance by anyone, and only the broken stones tell people what has happened here.

I don't know if my steps have become heavy or confused.

The main theme of strolling sounded again.

The melody of every stroll seems to be the same, but...

Fu Diao gives these walks a completely different feeling.

The details in music are always changing.

The same melody, with different speeds, different intensity, and different emotions show different feelings.

These are the details of music.

And Fu Diao...

Perfectly mastered how to play the details in music.

He put his hands on the piano, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled.

Chapter 3, Royal Garden.

The mood changes again.

This is a very simple and small painting.

Children and their nurse are playing in the royal garden of the Tuileries palace.

Bright, pure and lively.

Fu Diao easily outlines the sunny feeling with such music.

The children were playing rapidly, with occasional quarrels, shouts, and willful and mischievous play.

This is a very typical, elegant, light and realistic picture of life customs

There is nothing special to say here, because the whole thing is very short and does not give everyone a lot of emotions. The music has ended.

But the next second, before anyone could react, a heavy chord sounded.

This time, there aren’t any wandering sections as transitions.

Immediately after the imperial garden, there was a heavy and low chord.

"Ox Cart"

This is the name of this part of the melody.

It sounds like it is exactly what it says on the surface. It is a depiction of an ox cart transporting goods.

But actually...

Everyone vaguely felt something was wrong.

Normally, the oxen in the oxcart should be diligent and hardworking.

But in this low chord, you can't hear much diligence at all.

All you can hear is heaviness, pain, and helplessness.

These huge cows and those huge wheels seem to have a hidden meaning in addition to what they are drawn on the surface.

Agricultural workers.

Or...slave?
Agricultural workers in name only, slaves in reality.

They are oppressed by the pain of life. They want to change but are unable to do so.

They could only continue to be oppressed in pain, dragging bags after bags of goods, carrying them on their spines that had long been unable to stand upright, and transporting them to distant places.

Overloaded.

Pain, grief.

All this is in sharp contrast to the children who played wantonly in the imperial garden before.

Children in the Imperial Garden can play with their friends without any worries.

The old cows behind the Royal Garden can only accept the oppression of fate helplessly and continue to move forward slowly.

After the sound reaches its loudest level, it begins to change.

The sound started to get quieter, and quieter, and quieter.

Finally, after reaching ppp, the most extreme whisper, the music gradually dissipated.

Just like a group of people walking slowly towards the top of a mountain where they have no hope, they eventually disappear into the distance and can no longer be seen.

There is no way to leave the last trace in this world.

What can be left to everyone is only what remains in the heart, which represents painful suffering...

emotion.

Everyone under the stage didn't know what they should say.

When they listened to Fu's music, all they thought about was shock and emotion.

They don't know how Fu Diao can actually make the layers of music so...rich?profound?

The musical emotions echoed in their hearts, and until the main melody of the stroll sounded, they were still unable to break away from the ox cart and the imperial garden just now.

The combination of the two makes the pain and image in the music clearer.

It seems that everything in the Royal Garden was created for this bullock cart.

They even want to listen to it again.

They felt like the details just went beyond that.

but……

The music continues.

Fu Diao raised his hand again, and the sound of strolling sounded again.

The music is only half way through.

The mysterious, ritualistic dialogue in the music also sounded again.

Only this time, the emotions in the music gradually became heavier.

Even the slow steps were like this, becoming extra heavy.

But the heaviness of this place is like a stroke of genius, gathering all the emotions in preparation for the next scene.

A weird, fantastic...

Dance of the chicks.

(End of this chapter)