The world's number one pianist

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Xiao Sai Qualification Qualification Competition requires all performers to record videos of participating in the qualifying competition in advance.

The program lasts for half an hour.

That is, two etudes.

One nocturne (three slow etudes also fall into this category).

Choose one from Ballade, Barcarolle, or Fantasy.

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Mazurka…

These works include two etudes. He Shen already has a Level 6 etude, so there is no problem with this.

Nocturne, which one He Shen chose was a Level 10 nocturne.

Chopin Nocturne, Op27No1.

He Shen was placed at the end.

The same goes for ballads. He Shen also has a Level 10 ballad, Chopin's First Piano Ballade.

He Shen put it at the forefront.

Mazurka, although He Shen does not have a particularly powerful Mazurka, but similarly, his Mazurka has a Peak Level 5 Mazurka.

This was a mazurka he had practiced before, so there was no problem.

Therefore, although He Shen's etudes and mazurkas are a little weak, they are wrapped in nocturnes and ballads to make them as inconspicuous as possible and not attract other people's attention. It is easy for people to ignore He Shen's etudes. Weaknesses, only focus on strengths.

This is He Shen's performance strategy.

Although, basically all of these works can meet the requirements for competition.

Even the trashiest mazurkas are the same.

This level of Mazurka is at the peak of Level 5, close to Level 6 Mazurka.

There is no problem in passing the Chopin International Piano Competition pre-qualification review and successfully entering the preliminaries.

He Shen can completely process these works again in the remaining time and perform them again when he enters the preliminaries.

When He Shen can become one of the 160 players who enter the qualifiers, He Shen will be more than half successful.

The last note fell from the air, and He Shen's hand slowly left the keyboard in his hand. He nodded to the people outside and stood up.

Wow...

The owner of the recording studio stood up instantly, stopped the audio and video recording, and then looked at He Shen who had just walked out, with a look of great admiration in his eyes, and gave He Shen a thumbs up.

"Brother, I have to say, you are this! Top-notch, very powerful!"

"I have been in this recording studio for so long, and I have never seen many people who can play like this!"

"I have to say, you are really strong!"

"Thank you."

He Shen nodded to the boss and responded briefly, but his eyes were not on him, but on the people around him.

The vice-principal of Haicheng Conservatory of Music, Fu Diao of Haicheng Conservatory of Music, and his own principal, Zhou San.

The opinions of these people are the most important.

Zhou San smiled and narrowed his eyes. He did not speak directly, but looked at the people around him.

Fu Tiao ignored the strange look on the vice principal's face next to him. He nodded slightly to He Shen and spoke directly.

"Yes, there will definitely be no problem in the first round of the preliminaries. If your other works can reach your level of Chopin's No. 1 Piano Ballade and Chopin's Op. 27 No. 1 Nocturne, you will basically be guaranteed to advance to the finals!"

"In the finals, it will depend on how well you play the Chopin Concerto."

"But I heard that you won the domestic Golden Piano Award for your Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1, so I think you can still get a ranking if you want."

After that, he took a step back, sat back on the stool, and returned to his previous cold state without saying a word.

The vice-principal of Haicheng Conservatory of Music, who was standing aside, was a little bit confused.

He didn't expect that his teachers would rebel so quickly.

Shouldn't he usually be like a stone and not say a word?

The vice-principal of Haicheng Conservatory of Music was a little confused for a moment, but he looked at He Shen and touched his chin. No one knew what he was thinking.

Everyone looked at him, waiting for his speech.

After a while, the vice-principal of Haicheng Conservatory of Music spoke slowly.

"Your works need to be improved. Your Chopin etudes are average, and your mazurkas are a bit behind. So you have to strengthen your etudes and mazurkas. These two are very important! There must be no mistakes."

"The structure of the Chopin International Piano Competition is different from other competitions. The Chopin International Piano Competition will look at your previous results and your total previous scores for judgment."

"For example, in the previous competition, his performance of Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 was average, but his overall score was relatively high, and the concerto was not particularly good, so he directly won the championship of the Chopin International Piano Competition. ”

"So, if you want to win the championship, you'd better pick up the mazurkas and Chopin's etudes quickly!"

"The point is Mazurka. Your Mazurka now seems to me to be your biggest weakness!"

"Then you have already found a way for your Chopin etudes, so I won't talk about it anymore. What are you going to do with your other works?"

"For example, Chopin's waltz or something like that..."

He Shen looked at the vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music, and was obviously a little surprised.

He originally thought that the vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music should be displeased with him, or opposed to him or something.

Unexpectedly, he had no such intention at all, but followed him very seriously to analyze his current problems.

The vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music saw He Shen's surprised eyes, and couldn't help but snorted, grinning at Zhou San who was standing aside pretending to be innocent, and said lightly.

"Don't worry, I don't have any bad feelings towards you, I just hope that Chinese classical music can get better and better!"

"Only by making this cake bigger can people in our industry make money!"

"If this cake gets smaller and smaller, and the soil for survival becomes worse and worse, even those of us at the top will be affected."

"Therefore, don't worry, I have any thoughts about you."

He Shen was a little surprised when he heard this, but he still bowed his head to the vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music and whispered.

"Sorry."

"No, this is normal. After all, you can also feel the malice between me and your principal."

The vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music waved his hand, then looked at He Shen seriously and asked again.

"Then I ask you again, you..."

"What are you going to do with the other works?"

He Shen touched his chin and said slowly.

"Practice!"

"If I want to break through from Lv5 to Lv6 for one of my works, it may take about a month."

"If you want to reach Lv8 from Lv6, it won't take long, about one and a half months."

"As for whether you can reach Lv9, it depends purely on the previous accumulation..."

"So, what I need now is just time. I need enough time to complete these works."

The vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music was stunned, his eyes widened obviously.

He didn't understand what He Shen said at all, what Lv6, what Lv8.

He could only understand that He Shen said that he could complete a work in about one and a half months.

If this Lv9 refers to the nocturne and the narrative music that He Shen played before...

This speed is very fast, very fast!

Therefore, he reluctantly nodded, hesitating a little.

"Are you short of time?"

"Unfortunately, there is not much time..."

"In October, it will be the first round of the competition..."

"In September, it will be the preliminaries..."

"The time you have now may be enough for you to complete several works!"

"So..."

The vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music glanced at He Shen, lowered his head and thought for a moment, patted his shoulder, and spoke with great care.

"Come on, find the right goal, you don't have much time!"

"Well..."

When He Shen nodded and was about to discuss other things with Zhou San, the boss behind him suddenly spoke.

"Um, excuse me, your audio is ready, what should we do now?"

He Shen looked at Zhou San.

The vice president of Haicheng Conservatory of Music looked at Zhou San.

Fu Diao was indifferent.

The studio owner saw everyone looking at Zhou San, so he also turned his sight to Zhou San.

"Well, what about this video and audio? Should I give it to you first? Or what?"

Zhou San stood up, walked a few steps forward, walked to the front of the studio, looked at the completed video and audio in front of him, and smiled slightly.

"Just release it directly."

"I'll take care of the rest!"

After that, Zhou San did not hesitate at all, stood up and operated the console in front of him, uploaded the video of He Shen's performance directly to the Internet, then logged into Weibo on his mobile phone, copied the link of this video, and circled a lot of people.

Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music...

Jiangzhou Art University Conservatory of Music...

Haicheng Conservatory of Music...

Wuzhou Conservatory of Music...

Huaguo Conservatory of Music...

Zhejiang Conservatory of Music...

All the conservatories were named one by one by Zhou San.

He quickly edited it on his mobile phone, smiled at everyone, and spoke.

"Before, they always ridiculed me and thought that He Shen was not strong enough."

"Now, it's time for us to fight back with public opinion!"

"We will fight back in the same way they said before!"

After that, Zhou San pressed the send button in his hand.

In less than a second, the progress bar of the sending progress bar went from zero to full...

A Weibo that shocked the classical music world of China was sent out from Zhou San's hand.

This symbolizes that the first contestant who represented China to compete in the Chopin International Piano Competition has stood up and is ready to go!

The reason why this contestant stood up was because he was questioned by everyone and those people questioned too much, so he chose to stand up.

Although it is not clear what the specific situation is, since He Shen has stood up, then open it and see how strong He Shen is.

One person opened He Shen's video...

Two people opened He Shen's video...

Five people opened He Shen's video...

One hundred people opened He Shen's video...

One thousand people opened He Shen's video...

Under the promotion of all music colleges, more and more people choose to open He Shen's video and watch He Shen's performance.

As He Shen's video was released, the videos of some other contestants followed He Shen's steps and were also circulated and spread on the market.

The contestant video of Huaguo Conservatory of Music...

The contestant video of Haicheng Conservatory of Music...

The contestant video of Wuzhou Conservatory of Music...

...

After He Shen's video was released, the contestants of various conservatories also submitted their videos online, and then submitted their videos to the Chopin International Piano Competition Organizing Committee.

These are obviously premeditated.

Before this, someone should have made preparations and waited for He Shen's video to be released before releasing the video together.

It's not for any other honor or proof.

They just want to tell everyone that no one who can participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition is a weak team!

Questioning the fairness of domestic selection is to slap all of them in the face!

Therefore, all of them released their videos to tell those who questioned.

Let them take a good look at the strength of those who can participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition!

Soon, someone made a collection of all the contestants' videos to guide everyone.

[Chopin International Piano Competition, China Regional Qualifying Competition Video]

"Note, the following are the registration requirements for the Chopin International Piano Competition."

"1. You need to download the registration form from the official website."

"2. A brief personal biography."

"3. Birth certificate."

"4. Personal photo."

"5. Art activities in the last three years."

"6. 2 letters of recommendation."

"7. Video recording."

"8. 100 euro registration fee."

"Ps: If you can get two letters of recommendation from the competition recommenders, you can also register. It's really simple. Look at the above conditions. None of them is particularly difficult."

"Even the registration fee is less than 800 RMB~"

"So, please cheer for everyone~"

All the spectators who came to watch, no one could ignore this slightly sarcastic introduction.

The above introduction seems to tell them how to participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition.

But in fact, it is telling them not to mock a contestant who can impact the Chopin International Piano Competition!

Basically, no one who can represent China in the Chopin International Piano Competition is weak.

Let’s not talk about those requirements for now…

The most important requirements are three.

Art activities within three years, two letters of recommendation, and video recording.

Only if you can get these three, you can submit the video to the organizing committee.

Remove the two more common ones, such as art activities and video recording within the last three years.

These two can be made worse…

But how do you get two letters of recommendation?

In other words, if your ability is not up to standard, why would others write you a letter of recommendation?

There are only so many people in China who have the quota to write letters of recommendation, and each one is carefully selected.

No one is weak.

This is the first stick for those who doubt He Shen’s ability!

And when everyone saw the video, it was the second stick that was extremely fierce!

Everyone was extremely shocked to find that He Shen’s ability was so terrifying that they forgot everything.

Yes, forget everything...

They forgot what they thought when they listened to He Shen's music, and forgot that they came to check He Shen's level, to see if He Shen's level was up to the level of participating in world-class competitions.

This is what they thought when they came.

But soon, when they heard He Shen's music again, they were completely immersed in the music.

Music is something that makes people feel beautiful, not everything else.

It is not for showing off, not for showing off, and not to bring pain to people.

Music, after all, is to make people feel beautiful.

This is called music.

Therefore, when everyone listened to He Shen playing the piano, although they did not know the so-called timbre, light and dark contrast, color and other special terms.

But they were able to fully feel the beauty conveyed by this music.

"Fuck, this music? What kind of music is this? I feel it's better than that, Für Elise, yes, it's much better than Für Elise!"

"Für Elise is a piano piece, this is a very big piece of piano music, called a ballade! I have to say, He Shen's ballade is basically the best in China!"

"And the nocturne at the end is also great. He Shen's nocturne gives me the feeling of a very hazy night, which is really super super great!"

"I also I feel like I can feel the charm of classical music now. Even Diablo by the Water cannot compare to the shock this piece brings me! "

"It's called Adidas by the Water, what Diablo by the Water? Have you played too many Blizzard games?"

"Huh? Isn't it Amsterdam by the Water?"

"Fuck, I seem to have forgotten my original name, Angelina by the Water?"

"Angela by the Water?"

"Rosalia by the Water?"

"Katyusha by the Water?"

"..."

Soon, the passers-by who came to watch immediately tilted the building, and they didn't know where it went.

However, none of the professor-level figures who came to watch were leaning towards the building.

They looked at He Shen's work in front of them in great shock, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but twitch.

A professor of music theory at the Huaguo University School of Music suddenly stood up and spoke to everyone online.

"I have to admit one thing, that is, I made a mistake..."

"I have listened to rumors on the Internet before and feel that He Shen is actually a very ordinary person. He is not qualified to represent China in the Chopin International Piano Competition."

"But now, I was wrong..."

"It can be clearly seen from this video that He Shen's playing level is very, very strong. It was so powerful that it was difficult for me to tell whether this was a work performed by an ordinary young man of only 24 years old, or by a Works performed by a piano master who is in his forties and fifties and has experienced half of his life. "

"And the overall feeling He Shen gives me is that he is transparent..."

"Very, very, very transparent!"

"There is only one thing expressed in his music, which is beauty, so that everyone can feel the beauty of classical music..."

"This is the main idea that He Shen wanted to express when he played this piece!"

"I can feel from every sound what He Shen was thinking when interpreting this piece of music."

"What exactly does he think is pain in this place, why is it painful, where is the pain, and how should this pain be resolved..."

"He Shen took out all these things one by one and displayed them in front of everyone."

"This is what I call transparency."

“The beauty of everything unfolding before you!”

"This beauty, I have to say, I am addicted to it."

"Actually, I don't particularly like Chopin. After all, I always feel that he has a lot of bitterness and hatred, so there is no need..."

"However, when I listened to He Shen's performance, I felt that I could understand Chopin's feelings."

"That feeling of sadness amid beautiful things..."

"..."

The professors at the Conservatory of Music of Huaguo University said a lot. After the professors at the Conservatory of Music of Huaguo University, there were also some people who said similar things.

They all praised He Shen and those who were also preparing to represent China in the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Praise them for their interpretation of Chopard.

Everyone has their own flavor.

No one is weak...

According to He Shen's calculation method, even the weakest among these people, the strongest piece he plays can reach the Lv8 level!

It is just one step away from the master level.

The weakest work among these people can also have a Level 5 level.

These people are all Chopin masters who are hidden in various music academies and rarely appear in public view!

Therefore, those conservatories, those conservatories in top universities, are the first-class conservatories under state-level conservatories.

Teachers in these schools, basically all of them, were extremely shocked by He Shen's nocturnes and ballads.

He Shen's nocturnes and ballades were so well played that they couldn't find any other words to describe He Shen's performance.

This is true for all teachers in any school.

They are really convinced...

And, I have to accept this!

There are many schools that do not want Jiangzhou Normal University School of Music to become independent and become a new state-level music school.

This time, they were convinced.

The reason why they don't want Jiangzhou to establish a music conservatory is simple.

Just a few words.

Stealing students and hindering development.

Just like why the Conservatory of Music of Jiangzhou Normal University should become independent and become Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music.

If they do not establish the Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, then all their teachers and students in Jiangzhou will be absorbed by the surrounding Zhezhou Conservatory of Music and Haicheng Conservatory of Music, and can only become the blood vessels of the surrounding conservatories.

But if Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music is established, there will be no surprises...

Jiangzhou will have the ability to retain teachers and students!

They will no longer give blood to other big conservatories, but suck blood to other big states.

While retaining its own students, it also attracts people from other major states to come to its own state.

In this way, the development of classical music in Jiangzhou will get better and better.

Many music conservatories in universities in other places have been absorbed by local schools. They can only survive by absorbing students from Jiangzhou.

Now Jiangzhou was about to close the blood transfusion channel again, which suddenly made them anxious. Without any hesitation, they went directly to confront He Shen from the Music College of Jiangzhou Normal University.

Pinning hopes on, He Shen is just a straw bag.

It's a pity that the research they did was not enough...

They did not conduct extremely detailed research on He Shen.

They just took it for granted. After watching He Shen's video, they felt that He Shen was easy to bully, so they came over to accuse He Shen of not being strong enough and committing fraud.

Now, He Shen showed his strength and proved something to everyone.

That is, he is not a fool, and he has not done any fraud at all.

His skills are enough to crush everyone!

Therefore, all the rumors were instantly shattered.

Zhou San brought others to support He Shen and made them give up any attempt to slander He Shen.

At this moment, in a music college of a certain university in Yuezhou...

"Damn it, damn it, damn it! Why did this He Shen have to help Jiangzhou Normal University Music College to become independent and become Jiangzhou Music College?"

"Damn it, if it weren't for this He Shen, Zhou San would have no chance of success at all! Not even a single chance!"

"A lot of talents, talents from various schools, violins, cellos, double basses, harps, clarinets, oboes..."

"More and more young teachers, capable but low-level ordinary teachers who are just lecturers, began to be poached by Zhou San..."

"More and more, more and more, so many that I I can't even count them all at once..."

"I don't even know how many people Zhou San has recruited!"

"How many people are waiting for the formation of Jiangzhou Normal University Conservatory of Music!"

"A school system is gradually taking shape!"

"A Zhou San who is good at management, a He Shen who is the most pioneering and represents the cutting-edge direction, and a string group that represents overall balance..."

"The overall direction is moving towards the direction of western classical music, not competing for the direction of Chinese classical music, and leaving the direction of Chinese classical music completely to the northern conservatories of music such as Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, Wuzhou Conservatory of Music, and Chuanzhou Conservatory of Music."

"Win over a group and attack a group..."

"Use He Shen as the main publicity outlet, let him help to block all the limelight, and poach people without anyone noticing!"

"The prototype of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music has become more and more obvious. Soon, it will be just a little bit away..."

"As long as He Shen can win the Chopin International Piano Competition, Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music can be established!"

"Damn it, damn it!"

"But..."

"You won't succeed!"

"Since suppression doesn't work, then I will praise you! I will praise your people and put them on the fire! Let's see how you do!"

"If He Shen succeeds, I will admit defeat. I admit that fate is not up to me. Jiangzhou's rise is unstoppable !”

“But if He Shen loses, then Zhou San, everything you have done will be wiped out!”

“Maybe, I can take everything you have done for myself! We can even set up a second music school in the same state as the Huaguo Music School!”

“No, that’s not right. We can even annex this music school in our state…”

“After all, the music school in our state can be regarded as the weakest one…”

“He Shen, Zhou San…”

“It’s really a good trick…”

This person stood by the window, looking at his students outside the window, his eyes trembling.

At this moment, He Shen, Zhou San and others also returned to the top floor of the piano room building of Haicheng Music School.

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