pianist from the sea

Chapter 67 Letter from Japan (5K)

Fu Diao was brought back to school by He Shen, and under He Shen's arrangement, Chopin's practice was suspended, and he continued to study steadily. He no longer completely immersed himself in Chopin, but started to get in touch with some other things.

Such as club activities, and some lectures.

Club activities are basically similar to other schools, such as animation club, vocal choir, etc. It seems that sports clubs have to borrow venues from other schools.

The only one that is quite different from other schools should be the Modern Music Research Society, which, as a branch of the Composition Department, studies modern music.

Of course, this modern music is not pop music, but a music society pursuing the latest composition techniques.

However, after Fu Tiao just glanced at these contents and stopped caring about them, he focused his attention on those lectures.

Only at this time did he realize that the Haicheng Conservatory of Music is really interesting.

In addition to the previous large-scale event, the International Piano Teaching Conference, there are basically various concerts and lectures held in the school every day.

It was Chopin’s lecture before, and he heard many lectures of other composers’ works later, such as Beethoven, Bach, Schumann, Mozart, etc. These lectures almost filled every small concert hall of Haicheng Conservatory of Music. one day.

In addition to these lectures, there are also courses on performance skills, performance ideas, composer biographies, and the expression of musicians in the Romantic period.

These are also very interesting and helpful for future career development.

Especially when He Shen told him before, let him rethink the question of why he plays the piano.

Studying classical music is really interesting, and it feels good to go deep into it, but you must not go too deep into a composer's horns and get out of it.

If he didn't study Chopin, Fu Tiao would not know what to do for a while.

When I saw the jazz club before, he wanted to join and didn't want to. After all, to be honest, most of the people who can discuss jazz with him are teachers. The things that students play are not particularly interesting when he glances at them. The one before him, Jazz for Jazz's sake.

But now, some doors outside of classical music have been opened for him. Since this is the case, it is better to look at other composers and see the development of music in other periods.

Just then this time, let yourself relax.

Therefore, after Fu Tiao came back to reconfirm the registration with the teacher and admitted some mistakes of skipping classes, he continued to pay attention to those lectures and concerts directly.

Squeeze out a little bit of your own time to listen to some other teachers' speeches, and see if what their teachers say can be used by you.

Fu Tiao is no longer immersed in Chopin, and his whole temperament is no longer sharp and indifferent, but has become round again.

Like the gentleness of the sea gradually calming down.

Fu Tiao calmed himself down and waited for the next opportunity for Chopin to practice.

After He Shen came back with Fu Tiao, he sank into the piano room by himself. Apart from the normal concert rehearsal, he devoted all his time to the Chopin International Piano Competition.

He was actually thinking about what he said to Fu Tiao before.

He has been looking for his Chopin with Fu Tiao to help him complete his own performance.

But... the path he set for Fu Tiao was a bit too wide. It was just purely helping Fu Tiao find Chopin, but it didn't help at all, and it might aggravate Fu Tiao's anxiety.

After all, I saw that I still have a lot of tasks to complete, and the competition will start in about four months.

Even if you are yourself, you will be anxious and nervous.

In particular, Fu Tiao didn't have many works in his hand, only a few pieces. This sense of oppression made Fu Tiao even more anxious.

I had been paying attention to Fu Tiao's professional level at that time, but forgot this, which almost caused Fu Tiao to go into a rut, and He Shen couldn't help but reflect on this.

Now he wants to find works that are more suitable for Fu Tiao. Since Mr. Wang of the Central Academy said that Fu Tiao was transferred to him, he naturally needs to be responsible for Fu Tiao. He also needs to start thinking. Works performed at international piano competitions.

What kind of work is he good at teaching, Fu Diao is good at playing, and can bring out all the advantages?
He Shen fell into deep thought and locked himself in the piano room for a long time.

Time passed day by day like this.

He Shen is still preparing the repertoire for the Fu Tiao competition. He flew directly from Haicheng to the capital by plane. After discussing with the teachers of the Central Academy for a long time, he got a general direction, but that direction is a bit too old and not suitable for the first time. Get Fu tune.

The only interesting point is that the two people said that the progress of Fu Tiao is completely different. The Central Academy said that Fu Tiao's Chopin is actually very good, even among the students of the Central Academy, it is considered one of the best. Although that person didn't have a thorough understanding of Chopin, he was indeed extremely well behaved.

Just like a ruler, he would never play without thinking through it thoroughly.

And the Fu Diao that He Shen saw was invincible in technical music, and Chopin felt that although he was looking for it, he didn't have the kind before.

He doesn't wait until he thinks thoroughly before playing, but plays when he finds a feeling, and plays until the feeling is clear.

So the two of them talked for a long time, and finally found a vague practice direction.

Fu Tiao continued to practice, and soon finished playing all Chopin etudes, and began to look at other works.

However, when both of them were working hard towards the Chopin International Piano Competition, something happened on the NHK TV station.

NHK, Dongying Radio Station, is the exclusive documentary producer of the Chopin International Piano Competition. In many cases, the Chopin Academy, that is, the Chopin International Piano Competition Organizing Committee cannot do the publicity, and NHK will publicize it for them.

Of course, as NHK is the TV station on the Japanese side, they will naturally focus on the Japanese players.

After the qualifiers for the Chopin International Piano Competition in April, NHK has accumulated a batch of very high-quality materials. It took them more than a month and nearly two months to produce a preview.

Watch the qualifiers of the Chopin International Piano Competition from the perspective of several contestants, and at the same time attach the recent situation of many contestants to help everyone understand the progress of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

It can be regarded as an early warm-up for the main game.

It sounds like there is no problem, but... NHK, as the people from Japan, still focuses on Japan, so they will naturally exaggerate the situation of the players from Japan.

It is also very normal to give all players an exaggerated nickname.

Therefore, in the documentary, Kobayashi Aishi likes to mention the title of Dongying Piano Girl.

Well, of course, you can also call her the piano princess, after all, in Dongying, Ji has the meaning of a princess in it.

In this documentary, most of the players from Dongying were put in front of the stage, interviewed about their problems, and followed them to take many pictures of their piano practice.

Except for Aishi Kobayashi, Miss Dongying Piano Ji, who refused NHK to enter her piano room for shooting due to personal preference, the other contestants basically have pictures of their own piano practice.

Without exception, all of them were selected at their strongest performance, which fully demonstrated the strength of all of them.

At the same time, they also searched for many other foreigners who agreed to film and compared them with the players in Japan.

Although the difference was not clearly stated, anyone with better ears could tell that the players from Japan seemed to be stronger.

Dongpu had already started to show their muscles before the game.

Although it doesn't have much impact on the competition, no one knows if there will be some players from other places because they saw the strength of Dongpu, and they roughly calculated their rankings in their hearts, and felt that they entered the second round Hopeless, just give up the game?
In the beginning, the NHK documentary was circulated in Dongying, and soon some people uploaded it to domestic video sites, added subtitles and made it their own.

Jiang Ruijia is one of the few Vtubers on PiliPli who are doing Chopin International Piano Competition and has a relatively large number of fans. Therefore, when PiliPili just released a documentary about the Chopin International Piano Competition on NHK, her fan base was blown up. Countless people are surrounding her.

Lin Qingye: "@琴琴侠，华国琴琴姐, look! NHK's video has been released, and they have edited the video from the previous qualifiers! There is also information about some of the latest contestants!"

Stupid, stupid, don't say such things when doing that kind of thing: "Fuck, I'm dying of laughter, Xiaolin Aishi Dongying Piano Girl, Piano Man, you are Huaguo Piano Girl, right? We won't call you Piano Guy in the future Why don't you just call you Piano Girl?"

Priscilla: "Piano what? Piano girl what? Can you say it again?"

Zixu: "No matter how many times I say it, I will say it, let's call the group leader Piano Ji!"

Kong Ye: "Okay, okay!"

Lin Qingye: "Huh? The piano guy didn't break the ban on deleting comments? @琴琴侠, what are you doing? Didn't you just do it a little longer last night, you should be awake by now, right?"

Lin Qingye: "Get up, get up, Captain Qin, use your invincible Mad Duck Sword, and take us to watch the documentary together!"[email protected]"Piano Man"

Lin Qingye: "Where are you? @琴琴侠, get up, the piano guy, or I'll call you the piano girl~"

[Lin Qingye was banned by the administrator for 10 minutes]

[Lin Qingye was withdrawn by the administrator for three messages]

Jiang Ruijia looked at the group of people in the group playing around with a headache, but then glanced at the video that had just been opened in her hand, with an extremely serious expression.

She has already watched that documentary once, and there are so many things in it that she can't even watch it.

She thought about it, sighed, and sent a message in the group.

Piano Man: "@All Members, get on the account, start broadcasting!"

After Jiang Ruijia confirmed that there was no problem with the live broadcast, she clicked on the video, and a puppy appeared in the video. As the camera slowly zoomed away, a girl wearing a white striped gown like a hospital gown was sitting on a stool in the park On the bed, slender fingers hooked the dog's chain, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The sound of background interpretation also came slowly.

"Pianist Aimi Kobayashi."

"Xiao Lin-san stood on the world's most eye-catching piano stage more than a month ago, the qualifiers for the Chopin International Piano Competition held in April 2015."

"This is the peak of the international piano competition, and the age limit for participation is under 30 years old."

"Some people dream of making a leap to the world stage, and some people are attracted by Chopin's charm. Together, they come to this five-year competition."

"For all young pianists, this is the best opportunity, a real chance to jump the dragon's gate."

"25 contestants from Dongying successfully entered the preliminaries of the Chopin International Piano Competition."

"And among these 25 people, only 12 people entered the main match"

"They will represent Dongpu and march towards the whole world!"

The screen changed, and countless players who knew or didn't know appeared on the screen one by one.

Some are performing on the stage, some are leading the orchestra to rehearse, and some are sitting in the small piano room and meditating.

It's just that all of them have a common expression, that is...serious and serious.

There were 25 players at the beginning, many of whom were dissipating and getting faster and faster.

But Chopin in the background music became more and more emotional.

Perhaps it is the peculiarity of Dongying. It is obviously just a pre-match preview. With the addition of Chopin’s soundtrack, there are only a few pianists left among the 25 players who represent Dongying. In an instant, the music became extremely explosive.

All emotions are piled up to a climax.

"This is the most difficult war, a war that all pianists declare war on the whole world."

"In this war, only a few people can stand at the peak of this stage and accept challenges from all over the world."

"Before the game, what awaits them is endless pressure and tension."

"And... struggling."

"It's a fight with myself, a never-ending fight that doesn't see any way forward."

The screen played by countless performers gradually dissipated, leaving only the purest white on the screen, a touch of gold emerged from it, and the title of the NHK documentary emerged.

"People Who Challenged Chopin"

"Grass (a plant)..."

Jiang Ruijia touched her arm, and sure enough, goosebumps had arisen.

Even though she had already watched it before the broadcast, but watching it again now, she was still extremely shocked.

She cut the video back to the beginning and carefully looked at the player's information above.

She doesn't know many people, but she has heard of them before, in her own notes.

She immediately dug out her notes again, compared the characters in it one by one, and confirmed her judgment.

Chopin qualifiers entered the preliminary round, 160 people entered 80 people, and among the 80 people, Dongying entered the 12th place.

This amount is not bad, and it can be regarded as a percentage improvement. After half of it is wiped out, Japan still has half.

According to her own prediction, 14 players from Japan will enter the first round of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Among these players, the relatively late players were brushed off, and may have been replaced by other players.

Overall, the difference in numbers is not that big, but for the players, there are 5-6 mistakes?
Why does this happen?

And why did Dongpu have already mentioned Chopin's players who passed the competition, so what about Huaguo?
There should be many players from Huaguo who can enter the main match, right?Why has there been no statistics in Huaguo?Seeing Dongpu announce the number of its players now, Jiang Ruijia couldn't help but feel a little uncomfortable.

Among the 160 people in this year's qualifiers, Huaguo 26, Dongying 25, and South Korea 24 are all about the same number. However, for the first round players, Huaguo should be able to stabilize Dongying and South Korea. Wait until the second round and the third round It's hard to say.

I really don't understand why it isn't advertised.

Jiang Ruijia shook his head, and after crossing out the two people whose predictions were wrong, he reconsidered the weight.

The weight of Chopin in the music seems to be a little bigger, and the technical content of the players is slightly smaller?
Jiang Ruijia thought about it for a while, and temporarily put this thought behind her, and continued to watch the NHK video with noisy bullet screens.

The video continued, this time focusing on the players from Japan participating in the competition, simply tracking their itinerary.

"Aishi Kobayashi, the piano princess of Dongying, has already won a great honor very early."

"After returning from the Chopin preliminary competition, she devoted most of her time to practicing the piano."

The video follows Xiaolin Aishi starting from her home. After she and the dog she hugged were sticky for a while, she rubbed the dog's head, picked up the music score, and ran towards the piano room with coffee and bread.

The camera followed her all the time, with a trace of helplessness on her face, and she was slightly relieved until she reached the piano room.

After she put the sheet music on the shelf, she smiled and said to the camera.

"Okay, now I'm going to practice the piano, can you go out~"

After all, she closed the door, and the camera was blocked outside the door.

Soon the piano sounded in the room, and Jiang Ruijia's attention immediately tensed up.

The background interpreting sound slightly covered the music, but many Kobayashi Aimi's performances could still be heard.

Jiang Ruijia turned on the recording, carefully analyzed the comparison between Kobayashi Aishi and the previous one, and then quickly frowned.

Aimi Kobayashi...became stronger.

Just from the music just now, she can completely hear that Kobayashi Aishi's strength is slowly improving.

If it takes half a month to make a small documentary that is only ten minutes long, then Aishi Kobayashi only took one and a half months to complete the progress.

You know, Kobayashi Aishi's results on her side are players who have the opportunity to enter the final round of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Players of this level can still continue to improve, and it seems that they have not stopped. There is still so much time behind, and the improvement may be faster.

So on the day of the main match, how terrifying are all the players?
Jiang Ruijia suddenly fell into confusion.

Before, she felt that Fu Tiao was improving very fast, and she could hear Fu Tiao's practice in the piano room before. She felt that if Fu Tiao continued like that, there should be no big problem in reaching the finals.

But now, after hearing a pre-match documentary made by Japan's NHK for their players, she completely overturned this idea.

Fu Tiao is making progress, and other players will not stand still.

Everyone will improve, not just one Fu Tiao.

It is true that Fu Diao is talented, but Fu Diao is not the only one with talent in the world.

He ran so far ahead of Fu Tiao, Fu Tiao is now catching up, can he... can catch up?
Although Jiang Ruijia was full of confidence in Fu Diao, at this moment, her confidence seemed to be shaken a little.

The live broadcast room, which was supposed to be full of program effects, was extremely quiet at this moment, only the sound of NHK live broadcast remained.

(End of this chapter)