pianist from the sea

Chapter 85 The most suitable one

The test piano before the competition is a stage for all contestants to play freely.

On the field you don't have any time to experiment with the piano, but here, you can experiment at will without worrying about anything else.

This is the best place for all players to test the field before the game.

Everyone came to the concert hall one by one according to the appointment given by the organizing committee. The four pianos had been perfectly opened and placed on the stage.

Each piano is a particularly pure black, extremely elegant and sexy.

The glossy black paint makes people feel the elegance and dignity of those pianos just by looking at them.

In fact, each of these four pianos is indeed as noble as they saw.

The selling price of each unit is about 200 million RMB.

Those are all basic models, the most basic artificial pianos.

The four pianos on the stage are all pianos made by the fathers of top luthiers from various piano companies. Except for the most basic structure, every detail has been polished by those top masters There are almost no flaws to be found.

This kind of piano that is like a work of art cannot be bought directly and thrown into the concert hall like ordinary pianos, and then taken out when it is used. Exposure time reduces the risk of human damage.

After all, not to mention how much these art pianos are more expensive than other ordinary pianos, at least...these four pianos on the stage together cost 1000 million RMB.

Even if it is converted into US dollars and euros, it is more than 100 million.

Incredibly expensive.

It may sound like nothing to those top rich people, but you must know... Many pianists, especially those who have not yet become famous, are actually not particularly rich.

You can say that their family is rich, well-to-do and above, and they can barely provide for an idler to study music.

But let them spend 200 million RMB casually to buy a piano on stage, unless they are the rich second generation, no matter who they are, they will feel a little bit difficult.

But those rich second generations... who would learn the piano without any problems, and learn it so deeply that they can become the world's top pianist?
Learning the piano is not a particularly fun thing. It takes four or five hours of practice every day, or even seven or eight, and ninety hours are common.

A person devotes most of his time to music and art, and has no time to take care of other things.

If you are a rich second generation, and you have money and leisure, isn’t it better for you to spend all this time running around the world picking up girls than staying at home and poking around at the piano all day?Be happy?

If you want to be stronger, it may be much better for you to learn some other financial management than to spend all your time on the piano.

So if you think about it carefully, in fact, most of the players who come to participate in the competition cannot afford these pianos.

If they don't have the opportunity to become professional musicians later, become those professional pianists who tour the world.

Then... the top pianos on the stage are likely to be the best pianos they can touch in their lives.

This is why many players are so excited to come here.

They quickly ran to the stage, touched the pianos, felt the trembling of each sound in the strings, and the corners of their mouths crazily raised.

Only when you really touch these top pianos, you will know... what is a real good piano.

What is called... perfect acoustics!

The same goes for Fu Tiao.

No matter where he came from before, he had never come across such a top-notch piano.

Therefore, according to the schedule given by the organizing committee, when he arrived at the concert hall on time, there were already many people standing at the door.

And among them all, there was someone whom he had never thought of.

How deep.

Holding a bottle of mineral water, He Shen was standing at the entrance of the concert hall talking with people from other places, with a very serious expression on his face. Listening to what those people said, he nodded from time to time and occasionally added a few words.

Look at He Shen's position, and then take a look at his appearance among the crowd.

It is obvious that He Shen has established a firm foothold in the piano field in the beautiful country.

When He Shen was about to continue chatting about the piano with other people, he suddenly noticed Fu Tiao who was standing aside, his eyes lit up, he put the mineral water bottle in his hand on the table, and quickly walked towards Fu Tiao. Tiao came over and hugged him suddenly, his voice was extremely excited.

"Wow! Fu Tiao! I didn't expect to meet you in this place! I originally thought that my official meeting with you might have to wait until the main match, so that we would have a chance to meet."

He Shen held Fu Tiao's shoulders tightly with both hands, pursed his lips, and looked deeply.

"It's not easy, Fu Tiao, it's really not easy. What's this? Is it counted as meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land? Or a fellow meeting a fellow? No, it's definitely not a fellow meeting a fellow. If a fellow meets a fellow, you have to be stabbed in the back. This is called Meeting an old friend in a foreign country! It's really... not easy."

Seeing He Shen's extremely excited appearance, Fu Tiao couldn't help feeling a little dazed, and said blankly, "Teacher He? You...why are you here?"

"I?"

He Shen pointed at himself, and immediately turned around to point to the group of Western faces behind him.

The group behind them immediately smiled and waved to Fu Diao and He Shen.

"Of course I came here with the school team. This is a world-class event. Some people from our school are also coming to participate, so our school sent us here as a teacher think tank. I thought you were here too , I applied for it.”

After all, He Shen patted Fu Tiao's shoulder vigorously, raised his eyebrows slightly: "Are you choosing the violin today? How many times will you play?"

"I chose the violin today." Fu Tiao was unclear, so: "I am F, I chose B, so I am the first day, the second group, and the third place."

"Although the location is not particularly good, it's not bad."

He Shen nodded thoughtfully, waved to the group of people behind him, shouted to them, told them that he was going to the concert hall first, and then pulled Fu Tiao into the concert hall.

"By the way...you come to the competition alone? Is there no one else?"

"Yes, I'm alone, what's wrong?" Fu Tiao was puzzled.

"There's a problem, and it's a serious problem!" He Shen helplessly spread his hands, pointed at the other people in the concert hall, and said to Fu Tiao: "Look at the people around and see if any of them have come to participate in the competition." ?”

After hearing He Shen's words, Fu Tiao turned his gaze around.

Sure enough, as He Shen said, no one came alone in the concert hall.

The least is two people.

If there are many, a whole group will come to test the piano, just like the F1 racing car, there is a whole team behind one driver.

Fu Tiao frowned slightly, not understanding why this happened.

"Why are there two of them all, and more than two?"

"The reason is simple, because you can't control this concert hall alone, or... the time it takes you to control this concert hall alone is much more difficult than finding a team to listen together."

He Shen took Fu Tiao to the staff's seat in front of the concert hall, and asked Fu Tiao to follow the staff to register there, and the two sat down in a random place, waiting for the test of the previous contestant to end.

He Shen patted Fu Tiao's shoulder, pointed to the contestant in front, and then pointed to the position on the high platform behind, which is where the judges will be, and said softly.

"Look behind you, do you see those people in the first row of the high platform?"

"I see..." Fu Tiao nodded.

"Not to mention other places, at the very least, you have to stand alone in your position to listen. You have to know that although the Chopin International Piano Competition is played for everyone, the judges in the audience will give you the score in the end. , they are the ones who ultimately decide your grades.”

He Shen spoke very seriously.

If he hadn't come to stop Fu Tiao, then Fu Tiao would probably have started playing by now.

The competition didn't start on October [-]rd, but it had already started at this time.

"So when you come to the stage, you go to find the piano you like first. If you can't find it, you can find it according to what I told you."

"Remember, Steinway represents the ultimate mediocrity. Every ability of him is top-notch without any bias. If you can't find a piano you like, you choose Steinway. This It is definitely not a wrong choice.”

"Fazioli represents the pinnacle of Italian pianos. It is much better than other pianos in terms of sound transparency and spirituality, but correspondingly, if this piano is not well mastered, it will Make your tone too crisp, sharp, and disgusting."

"The two pianos from Dongying, kawaii, just like their name, are a little kawaii, or sweet, the sweetness on the touch keys, this sweetness does not bring a floating feeling like cream, It's a cake-like thickness, which is very interesting."

"As for Yamaha, Yamaha has a different feeling, it has more of a light feeling, between Fazioli and Kawaii, I can't say this feeling, it is actually more It's like a modified version of Fazioli."

After He Shen finished speaking, the previous contestant had already chosen his piano.

When the two were communicating just now, they didn't pay attention to the performance of the person on the stage.

After all, there is nothing to pay attention to. Not many people will use their full strength to play the piano when they are testing the piano, so as to impress other players.

Most of them are the kind that flick and withdraw.

Among the few exceptions, the most prominent representative is Li Diyun.

He was extremely prominent in the selection of pianos in the first round of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

He went directly to the stage without any preparations, and started playing directly after finding a piano he liked.

He didn't play a short section like others, but played a concert very seriously, and played the whole repertoire he was going to play in the first round.

He didn't even choose the piano he wanted to use, just finished playing, turned around and left without any pause.

Shan Yi chatted with him a little at the time, but it didn't seem to be much?
He Shen watched the man finish playing, and immediately pulled Fu Tiao up, patted his back, and said with a smile.

"Okay, come on stage, I'll help you listen to how you feel, and I'll tell you later."

"it is good!"

Fu Diao nodded, and after signing his name with the staff, he walked to the stage and looked at the four pianos in deep thought.

A good piano is to pianists like them what a good sword is to a swordsman.

If you use a sword as a metaphor, Steinway is a sword that can't go wrong no matter how you use it.

Fazioli is a double-edged sword with strong lethality, but it is very likely to accidentally injure himself.

Kawaii is a bit like a thick sword, simple and without a front, but it has very strong power.

As for Yamaha, it is actually more like a rapier, more flexible and compact, and can play more things.

Every piano has its own characteristics, which one do you need to choose?

At this moment, He Shen was already standing behind the judges' seat, and made a gesture to Fu Diao who was on the stage.

It's a pity that Fu Tiao didn't see it, he was still looking at the four pianos in front of him, and couldn't help but ponder.

He took the lead to walk up to Kawaii on the far side, pressed his hand on Kawaii's white and pure keyboard, and pushed it slowly.

hum...

When the piano sounded, Fu Tiao was a little disappointed.

The sound of the piano was not what he wanted, but this one was just monophonic.

Fu Tiao didn't think much, sat on the piano bench, raised his hand, and pressed it down slowly.

hum!
Chopin Etude, OP10-1, Psalm Fugitive.

This work is not his choice, but purely used as an experiment.

The scale ran quickly, but halfway through, Fu Tiao immediately raised his hand.

It doesn't feel right.

The feel of this piano is indeed very heavy. There should be many people who like this kind of thickness, but he doesn't like it.

This kind of thickness is a bit like the earth, or the feeling of soil.

It gives people a feeling of taking root and sprouting and standing on the earth, but it is not comfortable enough.

Fu Tiao shook his head and walked to the second piano.

Yamaha.

This time he used Chopin etude 10-5, which is the traditional black key.

This time he played a little longer, playing a whole page, but finally stopped.

It was too smooth, so slippery that he felt a little bit unable to grasp the music, and even felt that the piano was leading his hand forward instead of himself leading himself forward.

Before he realized it, his fingers had already pressed down.

This feeling made him even feel out of control.

As a pianist, when on stage, you absolutely cannot allow any out-of-control existence.

You can let your own hands follow the muscles of your body, but you have to know what you are playing.

But what is presented to Fu Tiao now is that the hands follow the muscles, and his mind is still thinking about the content in the middle of the first page, while his hands have already played to the end of the first page.

Some dexterous players may choose this piano, and they will be very suitable for those fast pieces.

But I... don't like it.

Without any hesitation, Fu Diao went straight to the third piano, Fazioli.

However, when he just pressed the first note, his hand stopped.

He doesn't like the sound of this piano.

Too bright, too sharp, too psychic.

This piano is too difficult to control.

If the Yamaha just now may be regarded as the easiest to control among the pianos, then this piano is definitely the most difficult to control among all the pianos played by Fu Tiao.

What level is it difficult to control?

That is, Fu Diao knows very well that this piano can add points to his works if he plays it well, and the points he adds are not one or two points.

Very typical high risk high reward piano.

But Fu Tiao was also very sure that he couldn't control this piano.

His playing method and playing ideas are completely different from this piano.

It can even be said that it runs counter to it!

If he wants to play this piano, he must have been in contact with this piano from the beginning and know this piano very well, so that he can barely use this piano.

But the problem is...

From Fu Tiao's waking up to the present, plus the piano he encountered in the Haicheng Conservatory of Music, he has never touched any Fazioli.

This piano is very powerful, but what's the use?
All of this has nothing to do with him, he can only watch this piano show enough dazzling brilliance.

Fu Tiao sighed slowly, and turned his gaze to the last piano.

To be honest, he really didn't want to choose this piano.

Because of what He Shen told him just now, Fu Tiao had a little prejudice against this piano.

The ultimate mediocrity, wouldn't it bring nothing out of the ordinary?

If you choose He Shen's words, Fu Diao might not even look at this piano.

But now that the first three pianos have been played, none of them meet Fu Tiao's expectations, and now there is only the last piano left.

So what else can he do?

Fu Tiao was a little helpless, so he could only go to the last piano, pulled the piano stool away, sat down, looked at the keyboard in front of him and couldn't help thinking, then gently raised his hand and put it down.

when……

Crisp and soft, just as Fu Tiao expected, the piano sound slowly sounded from the piano.

Fu Diao's regretful eyes could not help but disappear, followed by doubts.

This piano is not as weak as He Shen said?
Fu Tiao couldn't help turning his head, and looked at He Shen behind him, with a trace of inquiry.

But the distance was too far, and He Shen couldn't receive Fu Tiao's message at all.

Fu Tiao could only turn his eyes back, looked at the piano in front of him, raised his hand again, and pressed down.

hum...

The sound of the piano sounded in everyone's ears in a clear and soft state. This sound made Fu Tiao involuntarily close his eyes and let his attention be completely immersed in his feelings.

He couldn't help laughing.

Yes, as He Shen said, this piano is not a particularly outstanding piano, and you can even say that this piano has no bright spots.

but……

The absence of any bright spots is the only shortcoming of this piano.

There is nothing wrong with what He Shen said, the ultimate moderation, which brings about the ultimate balance.

There are no downsides!
Steinway does not have the uncontrollable characteristics of Fazioli, but it has a clarity that is only slightly inferior to Fazioli.

The Steinway doesn't have the over-speed characteristic of the Yamaha, but it has only a touch less handling than the Yamaha.

Steinway also does not have the thick characteristics of Kawaii, but it has a depth that is only slightly inferior to Kawaii.

It has no characteristics, but it is the biggest characteristic of this piano.

He embraces all things just like the sea, allowing every kind of music to show its most perfect expression through it.

At this time... the ultimate moderation, is it still important?
Obviously, for Fu Tiao, it is not important anymore.

After all, this piano was not tailor-made for him, but he has already found the one that suits him the most among the four pianos in front of him!
　I have a concert on the 23rd, and it should be possible on the 24th...can it be [-] more?Not sure, but I'm trying.

　　In addition, let me tell you in advance that I have to take a break in April. I have to go back to China. There is no way to update so much. It should be about 4k words per day. If it continues to explode, it is more likely to be May.

　　
　
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