The world's number one pianist

For the balanced development of all music schools in China, and for the healthy development of the entire Chinese classical music community. Read М

After the first round of the Chinese Music Higher Education Competition, when it advances to the second round, the top 30 teachers from the ten schools with the most students will be invited to give speeches.

The subjects of the discussion speeches are all students who have passed the first round.

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Perhaps for the Chinese Conservatory of Music, this speech is a good opportunity to show off their strength and muscles.

For teachers like He Shen, it is not an opportunity to show off their muscles.

It is a real opportunity to give those students a class.

The teachers of their ten representative music schools came to the stage to answer questions from the students or teachers below.

Help everyone improve their professional level.

For the entire Chinese music community, it is a great thing.

Those students who passed the first round are also looking forward to tonight's class.

Especially, He Shen's class.

They had too many questions to ask He Shen.

They really wanted to see this teacher who could bring out two top 30 and one top 3.

What kind of strength does he have!

Time soon came to the evening.

Each instrument of each music college went to the concert hall of its own instrument.

For example, piano students went to the concert hall of the piano major.

Wind instruments went to the wind instrument concert hall.

String instruments went to the string instrument concert hall.

Vocal instruments went to the vocal concert hall.

Go and listen to the thoughts of these teachers at the forefront of education.

The people of Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music also divided into four groups.

Each went to their own concert hall.

He Shen and Qu Shi, with the team of freshmen, sophomores and juniors who advanced to the second round, walked towards the concert hall of the piano group.

This year, there are a total of four freshmen from the Conservatory of Music of Jiangzhou Normal University who entered the second round.

In addition to Ji Mengting and the other three, there is another student led by another teacher, who is said to be the second place this year.

However, in this competition, he did not get a score higher than the last two people, but he passed the first round of tests and was allowed to enter the second round.

The sophomores and juniors were even worse off.

Last year, their scores were average, and only about five or six people could enter the second round.

This year, only three people from the sophomores and juniors could enter the second round.

I have no idea what happened, they failed for no reason.

Therefore, only the last seven people from the Conservatory of Music of Jiangzhou Normal University were able to enter the second round.

When they walked to the concert hall, they found that people from other schools were even worse off.

Most schools had only one teacher, sitting alone in his seat, looking at his colleagues around him awkwardly, too embarrassed to speak.

Occasionally, teachers from a few schools could be followed by a few people, about one or two.

Those teachers who could bring one or two students could hardly suppress the smiles on their faces!

The seven people from Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music who were able to enter the semi-finals are already a very strong team.

There are only eight conservatories that are stronger than them.

Even the people in the eight conservatories may not be as strong as them.

The first place is Huaguo Conservatory of Music. Their school is indeed a well-established conservatory of music and the top conservatory of music in China.

Perhaps there is also a little bit of geographical advantage in it.

There are 18 people from their conservatory of music who can enter the second round of the competition in the first, second and third years!

Five freshmen, six sophomores, and seven juniors.

If we only look at the number of places, it can be clearly felt that Huaguo Conservatory of Music is showing a weak posture.

But you have to know that Huaguo Conservatory of Music is the host, and other schools have to come to them to compete.

Therefore, those strong sophomores and juniors from many schools actually don’t come often.

Some people who are particularly well prepared have been preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination since their sophomore year, and they went directly to prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination in English during the winter vacation.

So they will not come to participate in the competition at all.

Not to mention the juniors, basically those who were still a little hesitant in their sophomores have also taken action in their juniors.

And Huaguo Conservatory of Music does not need to care about this at all, and these sophomores and juniors do not need to go to other places to compete.

They just need to practice the piano while reviewing.

Therefore, their sophomores and juniors have much more students participating in the competition than those from other schools.

This is also the reason why the majority of them are sophomores and juniors with good grades.

There is not much surprise in the second place, which is Haicheng Conservatory of Music, with six freshmen, six sophomores, and five juniors, a total of seventeen people.

After that, it is Zhongzhou Conservatory of Music, which also has a geographical advantage, and other conservatories.

Zhongzhou Conservatory of Music has fifteen people, and because of its geographical advantage, it occupies the third place.

The people from other conservatories are basically around a dozen, not particularly many.

And Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music...

The quota of their seven people is just the ninth place.

The tenth place is Yuezhou Conservatory of Music, which also has seven people, but their first letter is Y, while Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music is J, so they can only be ranked behind Jiangzhou Normal University

Yuezhou Conservatory of Music is too far away from Zhongzhou Zhongcheng, so few people are willing to come.

In addition, they don’t care much about the fact that teachers can send videos to international competitions later.

So even fewer people want to come.

If they don’t have to stand up, it means that they are still a state-level conservatory of music.

Maybe they will just be a lazy guy and no one will come.

He Shen took the seven people from the school to the fixed position of Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music, greeted them, asked them to sit down, and then went directly to the backstage.

At the backstage, teachers from several schools all stood there.

The school near the north is headed by Pei Qi.

For example, the teachers of Zhongzhou Conservatory of Music and the teachers of Beizhou Conservatory of Music.

The three of them stood together/

The teachers of the two conservatories of music in Zhongzhou and Beizhou stood behind Pei Qi.

Then on Yue Li's side, there were teachers from the west.

For example, teachers from Chuanzhou Conservatory of Music.

Teachers from Zhejiang Conservatory of Music stood behind Fu Diao from Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

Teachers from Yuezhou Conservatory of Music were extremely calm and had no desire to stand in a line.

In addition to these eight conservatories of music, there was also a teacher from Huaguo University Conservatory of Music, who was completely isolated by these eight people.

No...

Perhaps he isolated the eight people from the conservatory of music.

When He Shen walked to the backstage, all these teachers turned their heads and looked at He Shen.

Yue Li happily straightened his extremely strong chest muscles and waved at He Shen, with the muscles on his arms clearly visible.

"Hey, He Shen, you're here."

"Yes, I'm here."

He Shen nodded, and did not walk directly to Yue Li, but stood near the teachers from Yuezhou Conservatory of Music.

He did not get close to any faction.

Pei Qi from Huaguo Conservatory of Music and Fu Diao from Haicheng Conservatory of Music, when they heard He Shen's name, they immediately looked at him, their eyes full of interest.

After all, He Shen alone pulled out three freshmen who could enter the second round.

Nearly half of the quota for Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music was obtained by him.

So, no matter who it was, they were all a little interested in He Shen.

Although Pei Qi and Fu Diao were slightly hostile, they still walked to He Shen's side at the same time and stretched out their hands to him.

"Zhongzhou Conservatory of Music, Pei Qi."

"Haicheng Conservatory of Music, Fu Diao."

He Shen glanced at the hands stretched out by the two, ignored them, and nodded lightly.

"Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music, He Shen."

After that, without waiting for the two to react, he pointed directly at the backstage door in front of him and asked everyone.

"Why don't you go on stage?"

"..."

Fu Diao put his hands down directly, without any ripples on his expression.

Pei Qi put his hands in his pockets, smiled gently, nodded indifferently, and spoke to everyone.

"Since everyone is here now, let's go on stage now, let's go."

After that, Pei Qi pushed the door open directly.

Wow...

The originally extremely noisy concert hall disappeared immediately when the stage door was opened.

Then came the extremely warm applause.

On the stage, ten chairs had been placed according to the ranking of each school.

Pei Qi sat directly in the middle of the stage, while Fu Diao frowned at his position.

He sat next to Pei Qi with a little reluctance.

Then, each school sat down in order of left and right.

He Shen and Yuezhou Conservatory of Music were assigned to the left and right sides, the most side positions without any surprise.

After everyone sat down, the staff immediately brought the microphone and handed it to Pei Qi with great respect.

Pei Qi took the microphone, glanced at the audience, and was extremely relieved in silence. He couldn't help but smile at everyone.

"Why are you so quiet? Are we so scary? Don't be nervous, smile."

A burst of good-natured laughter came from the audience, making the tense environment a little more pleasant.

Pei Qi looked at the people in the audience with satisfaction and spoke directly.

"Well, since everyone is here and no one is late, don't be too nervous. Our teachers are actually not much older than you, so don't be too nervous."

"For example, the one next to me, the star teacher of this year, He Shen, Teacher He Shen, how old are you this year?"

He Shen glanced at Pei Qi, not quite understanding what he meant, frowned, and said lightly.

"24."

"24! Did you hear that? Our teacher He Shen is only 24 years old, and I am only 28 this year. I remember Teacher Fu Diao of Haicheng Conservatory of Music and Teacher Yue Li of Wuzhou Conservatory of Music. They seem to be about the same age as me, right?"

Yue Li of Wuzhou Conservatory of Music and Fu Diao of Haicheng Conservatory of Music didn't quite understand what Pei Qi wanted to say, so they nodded.

"Right."

"Yeah."

"Yes, so this is just a simple discussion, not a class, everyone must relax and don't be nervous."

Pei Qi smiled, waved to the staff next to him, and said, "Come on, help me, pass a microphone down. If you have any questions, raise your hands and ask questions. Let's just have a normal discussion."

A large group of staff immediately came out from behind the scenes, holding several microphones and walked to the vicinity of the concert hall. They stood in the most convenient places to walk, ready to pass the microphones in their hands at any time.

Looking at this extremely orderly scene, Pei Qi couldn't help but feel a little satisfied.

He had been rehearsing these staff members before, and now he finally rehearsed them out.

Just when everyone stood still, someone raised his hand.

Pei Qi immediately took a look and saw that it was someone from the Yuezhou Division.

The person from the Yuezhou Division raised his hand vigorously, and the staff next to him immediately passed the microphone in his hand to him.

He took the microphone and spoke excitedly.

"Teacher He Shen, Teacher He Shen, I want to ask you something! Does Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music accept students who drop out? In other words, non-freshmen?"

"???"

Pei Qi, who was responsible for the overall rhythm control, was stunned and blinked when he heard the question from the Yuezhou Division.

He had never heard such a question before.

What is this question?

Why did you suddenly drop out? And then you have to go to Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music?

He Shen was also a little surprised, but he still stretched out his hand, and a microphone was immediately handed over, and he said to this person lightly.

"For specific details, please refer to the official website or the admissions office. I am not responsible for this matter."

"Okay, Teacher He Shen, thank you Teacher He Shen! I understand!"

The man suddenly became extremely excited, bowed twice vigorously, and sat down with a click.

Looking at the student who sat down, Pei Qi opened his mouth again.

What? What happened?

Didn't He Shen say that he was not responsible for this matter? Why was he so excited all of a sudden?

Pei Qi felt that everything that had just happened was beyond his understanding, and he couldn't help but pinch his eyebrows.

But no matter what, the atmosphere on the scene immediately became lively after the first contestant's speech.

Such strange questions can be asked, so can other questions be asked in the same way?

Thinking of this, everyone became more and more excited.

From the beginning, it was still related to music, such as what composers each teacher liked.

Gradually it became what each teacher liked, whether each teacher had a partner, etc.

Among them, He Shen was asked the most.

Just when they asked He Shen if he liked his female students, He Shen suddenly frowned, stood up, and said coldly to the people in the audience.

"You... that's it? Did you come here to discuss these things in today's discussion?"

"If this discussion is just to discuss these things, then I'm sorry, I will give up and leave this stage now."

"A group of music students don't even have the most basic love for music. They don't cherish such a precious opportunity. What kind of music works are they playing?"

After He Shen spoke, the originally extremely excited scene suddenly became cold.

Everyone immediately suppressed their desire for gossip and dared not say a word.

After a long time, someone raised his hand carefully and spoke to all the teachers on the stage.

"Well, teachers, I want to ask, what do you think about touch keys? How to use various touch keys correctly?"

"Huh..."

Pei Qi finally let out a long sigh, cleared his throat, and spoke slowly.

"This is a good question, this is a very good question, but to answer this question..."

"Rubbish question."

He Shen sat down and heard Pei Qi's words, saying without a trace of emotion.

"Empty, boring, no connotation at all, why do you ask?"

"Touching the keys, what does touching the keys serve?"

"Touching the keys serves the purpose of music. If you choose a way to touch the keys, you have also chosen a way to interpret music."

"Use various touches correctly? It's a joke."

"Music doesn't have a fixed answer. It tells you that this note needs to be played with this feeling, and that note needs to be played with that feeling."

"Since there is no correct answer, then where does the correct touch come from?"

"If you can tell me, then please tell me..."

"Do you think there is an absolutely perfect interpretation of music without any problems?"

Pei Qi: "..."

Pei Qi looked at He Shen's face, and the corners of his mouth twitched suddenly.

He really didn't know what to say.

He just said that this question was a good question, but before he could even say the word "but", He Shen slapped him in the face.

This...

Pei Qi sighed, put the microphone aside, and watched He Shen's performance quietly.

Forget it, let it be, I'm tired...

The student in the audience didn't expect He Shen's reaction to be so big. He opened his mouth but didn't make any sound.

After a long while, he lowered his head.

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I think it through..."

"Next student, when you think about the problem, ask a more specific question. If the next one is still like this, then I will have to think carefully about your understanding of music."

"Are you suitable for your current ranking?"

After that, He Shen sat down.

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes full of hesitation.

After a long while, the second person stood up and asked He Shen.

"Teacher He Shen, I want to ask about the pedal problem in the classical sonata!"

When He Shen heard this question, his face finally became a little better, and he explained to the student lightly.

"Classical sonata? If you aim to get close to the piano timbre of the classical period, I think you can try to replace the pedal with a simple finger break..."

"If you choose a modern piano to interpret classical works, you can try to use the pedal to give a little support to the timbre at the beginning of the phrase..."

"Take the third movement of Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata as an example, we can see..."

As He Shen continued to explain, the originally extremely tense atmosphere in the audience became extremely relaxed unconsciously.

Many people were listening to He Shen's performance seriously, and their brains were thinking frantically, thinking about how He Shen's explanation would help them.

The next person, based on the questions asked by the previous person, continued to ask He Shen a few questions, and He Shen also explained them one by one in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

As He Shen explained, more and more people began to have more and more ideas about the works they had played before.

They suddenly looked at the students of Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music sitting in the Jiangzhou area, and their eyes couldn't help but reveal a look of jealousy.

If, if...

If they also have such a teacher, then how great it would be!

However, they didn't realize it at all.

It was supposed to be a discussion for everyone, but it gradually turned into a solo show for He Shen.