pianist from the sea

Chapter 330 Gently Waking Up the Sleeping Mind

All the music critics present had to admit one thing.

That is, Fu Tiao has basically reached the level of the top group of people above Chopin.

Now it's really like that...

As long as Fu Tiao plays Chopin, it means one thing.

That is stable!

steady!

Chopin played by Fu is simply a guarantee of stage completion!
You can say that Fu Diao's performance in other aspects is relatively average and not up to the level of the world's top.

For example, Mozart played by Fu, Brahms played by Fu, no matter how you calculate Fu's tune, it is probably just above average, top-notch, but definitely not top-notch, and not as good as those who specialize in playing a certain music. Home people.

But when it comes to Chopin played by Fu, then you have to admit one thing.

That is, there are almost only a handful of people in the world who can compete with Fu Tiao and Chopin.

You even bring up some of the top pianists of the older generation to discuss, just discussing their Chopin. Almost none of them can simply compete with Fu Tiao live.

If you insist on discussing the god-level albums and god-level live performances of the older generation of top pianists, then you may still be able to fight back and forth, but it is not necessarily who can occupy the position of the strongest Chopin.

But just discussing the scene.

Look at how everyone performs on set.

Fu Tiao's current Chopin is basically the No. 1 position in the god-level scene.

There's nothing bragging about it.

Now for that group of music critics, Fu Tiao's performance is so powerful that it is irresistible.

Even, even say something that is not so pleasant.

The god-level performances performed by some people, as long as there is no way to ensure that the entire work is a god-level performance, if it returns to normal levels later, then the content they show...

Maybe not even as good as Fu Tiao.

Because compared to the flawed god-level scene, they are actually more willing to hear works with greater integrity.

For example, they are now hearing the Don Juan Variations performed by Fu Diao.

The momentum of Chopin when he was young was completely brought out by Fu Tiao's performance.

Because he had just become famous in the European classical music circle, and he wanted to compete with Liszt and others for fame and fortune.

Chopin used many cool techniques in music to compete with the dominance of Liszt and others in the classical music piano circle.

There was anger in his heart.

The softness of the music itself is only a characteristic of Chopin himself.

The splendid techniques in music are the release of Chopin's emotions.

Fu Tiao perfectly conveyed the feeling of Chopin just becoming famous on the world stage.

What he played directly shocked everyone present.

Whether you are very familiar with music or not so familiar with music.

Some familiar music critics sat together. They communicated with each other with shocked eyes, and couldn't help but whisper.

"The level shown by Fu is very impressive! I'm a little shocked. I never imagined that Fu could show such content today."

"Yes, me too……"

Another person also whispered.

While listening to Fu Tiao's performance, he covered his mouth and muttered.

"Fu Tiao's performance in music exceeded my imagination. Let's just say that among all the Chopin International Piano Competition champions, no one has a better growth performance than Fu Tiao."

"Previous competition champions..."

The man wanted to refute, but after thinking about it, he didn't have any point to refute.

Basically, previous champions will choose to sit back and settle down for a few years after winning the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Those who settle quickly take a year, while those who settle slowly remain unfamous until their death.

As for Fu Tiao, he basically didn't settle down for a year, and he had already established his own reputation.

Best of the Year at the Ruhr Piano Festival.

He received this award almost in July and August last year. It was still three or four months before Fu Diao won the Chopin International Piano Competition for the first time, and he still had three to four months to complete the one-year deadline.

In other words, it took Fu Tong less than ten months to successfully settle and complete his transformation.

What they are hearing now is Fu Diao that has completed transformation.

This speed is not to say unprecedented, at least it can reach an unprecedented level.

And this one will never come after...

No matter what they think, they all feel that it is a little bit difficult for those who come after them to reach Fu Tiao's level.

The people behind him may be able to learn from Fu Tiao, give concerts everywhere just after the competition, and become a second-rate or even first-rate musician.

But he wanted to become a top player in ten months and compete with Lang Liangyue and his group.

Is this really possible for humans?
Without Fu Tiao, they wouldn't even believe that anyone would be able to achieve such an achievement.

As far as this Chopin performance is concerned, they are completely shocked.

When they saw the report about Fu Tiao before, they might have thought that the group of people were talking about something superficial. Because of the pressure exerted by Fu Tiao and even the brokerage company behind Fu Tiao, they had no choice but to praise Fu Tiao like this.

But now.

They fully believed Fu Tiao's previous performance in other places that shocked everyone present.

Because they were shocked too.

Just this Chopin, Chopin's second work, Don Juan Variations.

It is truly a masterpiece, a version worth pondering over and analyzing.

Although Chopin's "Don Juan" is not that influential around the world, there are not that many people who have recorded this work.

But this does not affect their love for this version played by Fu Diao at all.

The feeling of playing Fu Diao is amazing.

Therefore, they couldn't help but take a deep breath and said softly.

"I plan to go back and do a special interview with Fu. I'm really curious about how he did it."

"Do you want to do a special interview with Fu? If I can do the interview, will it be your turn?"

Another person sneered.

"Didn't you realize that almost no one can do a special interview with Fu? Do you still want to do a special interview with Fu? I think it's better for you to stop dreaming."

"What do you mean, are there any taboos in Fu's interview?"

"No, it seems that Fu just doesn't have much time, that's all."

The man sighed and explained in a low voice.

"Fu is still studying for a doctorate at the University of the Arts in Berlin. He has always been busy, especially compared with last year. Last year, when he enrolled in the first year, he had nothing to do, so he basically spent most of his time running around outside. But this year he will not It’s the same, he has classes scheduled, so after every performance, he needs to go back to school to attend classes.”

"You mean... Fu's concert was held after extra time was spared between studies?"

"Although it may be a training plan that was jointly decided through special arrangements, such as communication between the brokerage company and the school, but as you said, it doesn't seem to have many problems."

"hiss……"

"If you want to catch up with Fu, I personally think it's better not to think too much. None of the music critics I follow can communicate with Fu, let alone you."

"You are right, but I still want to give it a try. After all, I am someone who can contribute to three or four magazine departments."

"If you say so, I also want to have a chat with Fu Diao. After all, Fu's performance this time is really, really amazing."

"..."

They were communicating in low voices, and their eyes gradually became greedy as they watched Fu Diao.

In fact, there are not many people who can write in the classical music world. In fact, everyone's music criticism has tended to be somewhat synchronized. It depends on who writes better, not who chooses the topic better.

To put it simply, it is more involution.

Although the number of music reviews about Fu Tiao is also increasing, there are still many fewer compared to other big stars.

For them, Fudiao is actually an untapped blue ocean market.

I feel like I can write Fu tunes in many different directions, rather than writing flowers in a single direction.

This type of music stars are the most worthy of attention no matter who they are.

This is the main reason why the group of music critics in the concert hall focused on Fu Tiao.

But Fu Tiao didn't care about this group of music critics.

He didn't know that there were music critics in this place.

For him, playing music well is enough, and the rest doesn't matter.He pulled out the last chord with all his strength, drawing a gorgeous arc in the air before retracting his fingers.

Everyone in the audience burst into applause, thanking Fu Tiao for his performance.

Fu Tiao also smiled and nodded at everyone, and then continued to look at the piano in front of him.

Chopin's "Don Juan Variations" is a short work, only 8 or [-] minutes long.

The first half of the concert still needs a work of a similar type to shorten the duration.

So the concert isn't over here yet.

What kind of works do you need to perform?

Fu Diao had actually expected it.

For him, this concert hall is relatively depressing, so he will also choose more dazzling and depressing works to perform.

And he actually had an ingenious idea for this concert.

He planned to make a mirror image comparison between the first half and the second half of the concert.

Simply put, what he plays in the first half should be as similar as possible to the second half.

It’s not that the songs are similar, but the themes are similar.

For example, he played Chopin's "Don Juan Variations" in the first half, and in the second half, he planned to play a work with the same dazzling skills.

Liszt, The Memories of Don Juan.

And because there was Chopin in the first half, the second half also needed a Chopin song as the anchor.

Chopin, the glorious Polonaise, was the work he chose for the second half.

At the same time, since there is Liszt in the second half, he plans to play a piece by Liszt in the first half as well.

This piece cannot be too short, it also needs to show off your skills, and the overall mood needs to be relatively suppressed.

When Fu Tiao was doing concert construction before, he actually considered many works.

But in the end he only chose that one piece.

That is Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody, No. [-]"

That's the Tom and Jerry episode.

Lang Liangyue often said in interviews that his musical inspiration was Tom and Jerry. He was completely shocked when he watched Tom's Hungarian Rhapsody in Tom and Jerry, and then began to choose piano as his future career direction.

The second Hungarian Rhapsody, referred to as "Rhapsody II", became Lang Liangyue's artistic enlightenment.

And how did Fu Tiao come into contact with the Hungarian Rhapsody No. [-]?

Simply put, that's Klaus.

During his studies with Kraus, in addition to answering his doubts for Fu Diao, Kraus actually spent more time broadening Fu Diao's repertoire.

For Krauss, a top musician must not be immersed in his own narrow repertoire and unable to escape.

Not only for Fu Tiao, but also for others.

Klaus is known throughout the Berlin University of the Arts as a repertoire maniac.

Every student who studied with Kraus was immersed in the pain of broadening his repertoire.

In one month, Krause memorizes the repertoire of a half-hour concert. This is Kraus's requirement for undergraduate students.

To be precise, it should take a week to memorize it.

There are four classes a month, and you need to memorize them in the first class, because this will give you enough time to make modifications and adjustments.

Many students are unable to complete their tasks and can only painfully delay their homework, and eventually drop out of school and go to other schools.

For graduate students, they are one-hour concerts a month.

As for doctoral students like Fu Tiao, there are no specific requirements, but they are only required to broaden their repertoire as much as possible.

Because the school itself has requirements, there are four concerts in a school year, three two-hour concerts, and one one-hour concert plus one hour of master class.

Each time the piece you play needs to be completely different from the previous one, you can’t be lazy.

So without any need for Klaus to say anything, the group of doctoral students eagerly came over to take classes with Klaus to increase the number of repertoires in their repertoire.

Fu Tiao was also exposed to a lot of other works besides Chopin during this period of time.

Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No. [-] is also included.

Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody No. [-] in C sharp minor, capriccio style Adagio.

This work was composed in 1847 and dedicated to Count Laszlo Teleky. It is the most famous Hungarian rhapsody. It is based on the Hungarian folk dance Csardas and consists of two parts.

The first part is called "Lassu" Lassan, which means "slow", and is the music for solo dance.

The latter part is called "Flisca", which means "fresh". It is fast and enthusiastic and is the music of the pas de deux.The work adopts free form and is not restricted by ordinary musical forms.

At the same time, this piece has great innovations in piano playing techniques.

For example, the piano octave legato technique has been used many times to vividly convey the performance effect of the Hungarian folk instrument dulcimer.

It may not seem particularly novel in modern times. After all, modern music is no longer limited to using piano keyboards to play music, but has begun to directly scratch the piano strings with hands.

He even uses other methods, such as smashing the strings, using a cup to pull the strings, and using a bow to grind the strings, to create sounds with completely different feelings.

But you must know that at that time, that is, at Liszt's time, using the piano to imitate folk instruments was definitely a bold exploration.

Liszt used this technique to add a lot of color to the music, and further enriched and expanded the expression methods and playing skills of the piano.

At the same time, because the works that Fu Tiao needs to perform are from Liszt, not Chopin.

Therefore, when he played his works, he was not as elegant as Chopin. He needed to release himself more.

According to literature records at the time, when Schumann evaluated Liszt's performance, he said that when listening to Liszt's performance, one must look at his gestures and movements. He must not be allowed to play behind the scenes, otherwise a large part of the poetic meaning will be lost.

Andersen said that when Liszt played the piano, the notes popped out of the blood; it was like being nailed to the piano and bleeding continuously; it was like a devil resurrecting from the dead and becoming a saint.

As for the audience who have heard Liszt play, every time they listen to Liszt's performance, they will focus on recording Liszt's movements.

Therefore, when playing this piece, you must not be too restrained.

Need to let yourself relax a little.

Let your emotions flow with the music.

Let your body flow with the music.

Although Liszt's performance requirements are not as demanding as Chopin's, many people have such high requirements for Chopin's feeling in music.

But at the very least, you can't play Liszt into Chopin, right?
Besides...

Fu Diao turned his head and glanced at the silent people beside him, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

Besides, this scene was just like what I had imagined.

Silence, repression.

Disturbing.

And if you play some too weak works in such a scene, it will inevitably be affected by the scene, and many particularly important things in the music will be lost.

Therefore, when he played the first work, Chopin's "Don Juan Variations", he had already set the tone of this concert.

That's cool!

Show off your skills!

Show off your skills as much as possible and make the music as cool as possible.

Never hide yourself.

Because what he was facing was not a normal concert hall, but a concert hall that was particularly depressing in design.

He couldn't just go with the flow, he had to fight hard and fight against this depression.

and so……

Show off your skills!
Use all your strength.

After Fu Diao took a deep breath, he whispered to the audience who were still watching him.

“Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2”

"Liszt, Hungarian Rhapsody, No. [-]."

As he finished speaking, he raised his finger.

With everyone's emotions of surprise, surprise and excitement, after staying in the air for a moment, it landed on the piano with great ease.

Plays a slight two-tone sound.

Just like Tom Cat who opened the door to Lang Liangyue's world of classical music that year.

It broke the hearts of the audience.

(End of this chapter)