The world's number one pianist

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The Chopin International Piano Competition, no matter who it is, is a very, very dehumanizing competition.

Even for the world's top pianists, this is true!

No, it’s not just the Chopin International Piano Competition, but other competitions as well!

All large-scale competitions are full of dehumanization.

What these competitions want is not a performer who can express himself. What they want is a performer who can very, very well represent this competition.

This is why many people say that this competition is the grandest, the Chopard Spree Competition!

This feeling of losing oneself makes many people, especially many pianists who want to participate in competitions, dislike it.

But they had no choice but to endure their inner discomfort with this kind of competition, work hard to overcome themselves, and participate in the competition.

Because if you don’t participate in competitions, it will be very, very difficult to make a name for yourself in the classical music world.

No, this can even be said to be almost impossible!

There are very few people who can come out of the music festival like Lang Liangyue! Almost nothing!

And if you can't make a name for yourself in the classical music world, you don't have any chance of establishing yourself in the industry.

With so many factors mixed together, they could only accept this extremely inhumane game and allow themselves to participate in it.

Just like the previous generation winner of the Chopin International Piano Competition, Zhao Zhencheng said that after winning the Chopin International Piano Competition, what he wanted to do most was nothing else but to relax and have a good time all over the world. of concerts.

Allow yourself to feel your own music.

Don't worry about those inexplicable games.

This is also an idea shared by many pianists who have participated in international competitions.

Therefore, no matter who it is, after they win a certain award, it will be difficult to see them continue to fight in other competitions, but you will see them begin to turn to their own career development.

It is for this reason.

He Shen was the same as everyone participating in the competition these days. He followed Zhou Sandanyi and others, and after finding a piano room where he could practice, he officially entered the game.

He began to focus all his energy on the game, constantly checking his own problems, or constantly thinking about his understanding of music.

No longer give up any extra time, let your spirit be completely concentrated!

Everyone except He Shen also quickly found a good piano room in this city, and then started preparing for Xiao Sai in the piano room.

No one dares to relax at this time.

They were all in the piano room, quickly exploring their own end points and finding a balance between themselves and music.

See what kind of state you have reached in the last little time!

Soon, the time came for the preliminaries of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

As the preliminaries of the competition officially began, everyone became more nervous, and the eyes of every contestant became extremely gloomy, as if they had lost their luster.

There is no other reason but one reason.

That's fatigue and tension.

In the qualifiers, half of the people will be eliminated directly.

Almost no one is sure whether they can successfully enter the main draw.

No matter who it is, there is no way to be sure.

Even those who are at the top of the list cannot be sure.

Even those who entered the last round of finals in the previous session have no way to be sure!

The reason is simple, that's one thing.

It's just that they have no way of determining what kind of works the judges like.

When they reach this state, it is no longer a competition about whose basic skills are better, but really a competition about whose understanding of Chopard can be more in line with the judges' ideas.

Whoever can find his own understanding of Chopin more accurately will have an advantage in music.

And this is the most important thing in music!

He Shen is also looking for this, to find the balance between himself and Chopin...

Time passed slowly through the fingers of He Shen's constant practice.

Unknowingly, He Shen raised his head and suddenly realized that the time had come for his competition day.

That is, the day when I need to step on the stage and officially show my level to everyone!

This feeling made He Shen feel a little dazed for a while. He always felt that the time had come before he had even prepared...

He Shen raised his head and looked at the sky outside the window.

I don't know if it was due to artificial interference, but He Shen suddenly discovered that there was no bad weather in Poland during the few days of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Even cloudy days are very rare!

All the weather was very beautiful and sunny.

But on this sunny day, there was no way to make the people on the playing field feel comfortable.

The faces of all the contestants, without any exception, were all filled with serious expressions. They were very serious about everything, and they didn't even smile much.

After all, this is the preliminaries of the Chopin International Piano Competition!

As long as they can successfully pass this preliminaries, they are only a little bit away from success!

Being able to successfully enter the preliminaries does not count as entering the Chopin International Piano Competition. This is just a very simple threshold.

Only those who really successfully enter the Chopin International Piano Competition are qualified to enter the Chopin Competition.

Entering the main competition is considered a carp leaping over the dragon gate!

Otherwise, it is still an ant after all...

He Shen looked at the sky outside, shook his head slowly, put his hands on the piano, and ran around casually.

He has not played all his works completely all day.

The most important thing now is to ensure that his heart is normal and not to be too nervous.

This is the routine operation of the competition.

On the day of the competition, if you continue to play your own work, it is easy to make your mood fluctuate.

For example, when you are playing a certain piece, you suddenly find that you are not as good as you played yesterday, so what should you do?

Continue to play like this? Or try to save it?

As long as you choose to save, then unfortunately, you will fail.

There is no surprise.

Because your save may cause the overall balance of your music to lose control.

Make the emotions in a certain place inconsistent.

Therefore, few people will play their entire work completely on the day of the competition.

As for watching other opponents' performances in advance?

This is even more unnecessary.

Watching other opponents' performances in advance will only affect your mood more, resulting in some unnecessary fluctuations.

In addition to affecting yourself, there is no other effect.

Therefore, He Shen did not even go to the Chopin International Piano Competition in the past few days.

He just kept practicing in his piano room and exploring his own ideas about music.

He Shen glanced at the time hanging on the wall. Now it is the time for the first contestant to go on stage to prepare for the Chopin International Piano Competition that day.

And at this time, there are still a few hours before he goes on stage.

He Shen looked at Dan Yi beside him, nodded slightly at him, and spoke.

"Professor Dan, shall we set off now?"

"Yes, let's go, but you just need to relax a little. Don't worry about anything else and prepare for the competition peacefully."

Dan Yi looked at He Shen with a satisfied look in his eyes, and nodded slightly to He Shen.

"The competition will start soon. In the preliminaries, there will be few other people who can be your opponents. Don't be too nervous. Just play normally."

"Yes..."

He Shen nodded slightly, put away the music score in front of him, and put it neatly in his bag.

He Shen did not carry the bag directly on his back, but put it directly in the storage compartment and locked it.

Before going on stage, He Shen did not plan to read the music score again.

There was no need.

Reading the music score would only make him more nervous.

He had already done everything he could do, so there was no need to continue reading the music score.

Therefore, He Shen did not need to carry the music score with him to the Chopin International Piano Competition.

He Shen stood up and picked up the performance clothes hanging on the wall. He hesitated a little, but still put it on himself.

When He Shen put on this performance clothes, his whole temperament instantly rose!

That temperament like the real Chopin.

He Shen pushed open the door and walked out of the piano room, followed by Dan Yi.

The two quickly walked towards the scene of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

At this moment, a lot of people have gathered at the gate of the competition concert hall.

All of these people stood at the door and followed the staff's instructions to walk into the concert hall.

He Shen followed the flow of people and handed his ID to the staff in front of him. After the staff checked it, he quickly went to the fourth floor.

After the previous contestant finished playing and the music stopped, the two walked inside after the staff stretched out their hands to open the door of the concert hall.

Creak...

The door slowly closed, making everything completely closed from the outside and isolated from the world!

The moment He Shen walked into the concert hall, an extremely oppressive atmosphere surged towards him.

The entire concert hall was filled with this tremendous pressure.

All the people sitting in the concert hall were wearing black performance clothes, and there was no expression on their faces.

Like a funeral procession, they looked at the stage in front of them with cold eyes, waiting for the next performer to come on stage.

The extremely dim light above their heads hit everyone's faces, making their expressions even more indifferent.

This extremely depressing feeling instantly filled the hearts of all the people who had just entered, making these contestants not know what to say for a while, and they could only sit down with the environment.

Like these people, they looked at the performers who came on stage one after another expressionlessly, without any expression in their eyes.

They did not dare to have any extra expressions.

Behind these expressionless contestants was the judging panel.

Even though everyone knew that there was a panel of judges behind them, no one dared to turn around and look at these judges.

The faces of these judges were all covered with cold frost.

They look at the players in front of them and won't give any encouragement.

All they give is pressure.

Let your own momentum suppress this concert hall, making the entire concert hall become extremely depressed.

He Shen looked at everything in front of him, couldn't help but pursed his lips, and tentatively looked at Dan Yi beside him.

Dan Yi saw He Shen turning to look at him, and instantly understood what He Shen was thinking. He just shook his head slightly, reached out and patted He Shen on the shoulder, asking He Shen not to be too nervous.

Dan Yi looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

This environment is exactly the same as the environment more than 20 years ago, without any changes...

Everyone is extremely serious, looking at the performers in front of them with extremely high standards, demanding their artistic level and psychological quality.

If a person with poor psychological quality is even just looking at this scene, he may be frightened and cry, let alone perform in this place.

He Shen also sighed slightly. He really didn't like this scene.

He also doesn't like playing in this environment.

After all, music is meant to give people pleasure, not pain.

Unfortunately, in this place, in the competition arena, the most important thing is to perform according to the judges' ideas, not according to your own ideas.

This is a place that is extremely destructive to human nature.

He Shen walked to his seat, closed his eyes, and kept thinking about what he was going to play next in his mind to calm down.

Soon, He Shen became completely quiet. He closed his ears and stopped caring about everything around him. He only had himself in his heart now...

Let your music always exist in your heart!

Time passed very quickly, from afternoon to evening.

The people playing on the stage gradually took their turn.

A staff member came over and patted He Shen on the shoulder. After He Shen opened his eyes, he waved to him and signaled.

"This player, it will be your turn in a moment. You can go aside and wait!"

He Shen looked at the staff in front of him, nodded slightly, stood up from his seat, looked at Dan Yi who was sitting in his seat, nodded to him with great respect, and whispered.

"But Professor, I'm on..."

"Um……"

Danyi squeezed his fist hard at He Shen, nodded with a smile, and mouthed.

"come on!"

"Um!"

Without any hesitation, He Shen immediately followed the staff to the side of the stage.

At this moment, there were not many people on the side, and there were only the last two people in front of him.

Both of these people were very nervous, and even a trace of sweat could be seen on their foreheads.

This is very normal, and it can be said that this is a normal game situation.

Watching people go up one after another in front of them, facing this competition that will almost determine their future life.

No one can avoid being nervous!

The same goes for He Shen. He Shen is also a little nervous, but He Shen doesn't have to show it.

He just looked at everything in front of him with an extremely calm expression, suppressing all the tension in his heart so that he would not be affected by the tension.

The people in front came up one after another and then stepped down.

Not long after, it was He Shen's turn.

He Shen closed his eyes, leaned against the wall, and stood at the side of the stage without saying a word, waiting. After a short while, the staff member responsible for announcing the curtain came onto the stage and faced everyone. He spoke.

"The next contestant is He Shen from China!"

"The performance works are the following works."

"Chopin Nocuturne Op27, No1"

"Chopin Etude, Chopin Etude Op10, No4"

"Chopin Etude, Chopin Etude Op25, No10"

"Chopin's First Piano Ballade, Chopin Ballade Op23, No1"

"Chopin Mazurka, 30 3"

"Chopin Mazurka, Chopin Mazurka, 30 4"

"..."

After the staff quickly told all the works that He Shen was going to perform next, he walked off the stage without any hesitation and handed the stage back to He Shen.

He Shen looked at the staff leaving the stage, nodded slightly to him, and walked quickly onto the stage.

boom!

Everyone applauded at this moment, and they quickly gave their applause to He Shen.

This is a kind of etiquette, the most basic etiquette.

Before playing, give He Shen a little encouragement.

It has nothing to do with his performance or him personally, it is just the most basic encouragement.

He Shen didn't care about the other people around him. He just quickly sat down on his piano bench, looked at the keyboard in front of him, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Let the tension in your heart quickly dissipate from your heart.

After the tension dissipated a lot, He Shen took out a lollipop from his pocket. He had already taken off the outer layer in advance, and only attached to the surface by the stickiness of the lollipop. He quickly tore off the outer layer and put it in his mouth.

Regardless of the strange looks of others around him, he just held the lollipop in his mouth.

The moment the lollipop was in his mouth, the tension in He Shen's heart disappeared without a trace.

Now, all that remained in his heart was calmness.

Incomparable calmness!

At this moment, He Shen became an extremely calm pianist, and everything around him was not in He Shen's attention.

Others around him looked at He Shen holding a lollipop, and they couldn't help but feel a little strange.

However, these pianists have many quirks, and everyone has long been numb.

Isn't it just holding a lollipop in the competition?

Although they have never seen it before.

But it seems that he didn't wait for the audience to be ready, and he started playing directly.

The kind who must poop before the game...

They have all seen people who pray before the game.

Eating lollipops during this kind of game is rare, but it is not unacceptable.

Therefore, everyone was just a little bit strange, but they didn't say anything.

They just watched He Shen's actions quietly, expressionless.

Like a steel tombstone.

Quiet, extremely quiet.

Quiet to the point of deathly silence.

This kind of uncomfortable deathly silence did not affect He Shen at all.

He put his hands on the piano keyboard, looked at the keyboard in front of him, slowly lowered his body, and let his body lie on the piano keyboard.

Chopin, the first piano nocturne.

Nocuturne Op27, No1

All the contents of this piece are engraved in He Shen's brain.

He was thinking about how he should interpret this piece when he played it.

He Shen closed his eyes, completely gave up his vision, and let his sense of touch and hearing be infinitely enhanced.

Let yourself be completely immersed in Chopin's state of mind at that time.

Music...

Nocturne...

Music that makes people feel comfortable from the heart!

How should this kind of music be played?

Unconsciously, He Shen forgot his own existence. He felt that he was Chopin now.

He was thinking about what Chopin thought in his heart when he interpreted this piece.

Thinking about how to interpret this piece.

Emotions are gradually rising.

The atmosphere is also becoming more and more depressed under He Shen's actions.

Everyone is looking at He Shen inexplicably.

He Shen has been waiting on the piano for a long time.

They have been waiting for He Shen's interpretation of this piece.

However, He Shen has not played it all the time. He just keeps this state, putting his hands on the piano, as if brewing something.

If it was just a normal brewing, it would be fine, but He Shen's mouth was still diao'zhe

"What does this person want to do?"

"Yes, why hasn't he moved?"

"What is he thinking?"

"If it's an emotion, his emotions should be elevated now, right? Why hasn't he moved yet?"

"He was eating lollipops during the competition before? What on earth is he thinking about? I can't understand..."

"Yes, I can't understand it either. How did this person enter the preliminaries? Why do I feel that he is grandstanding?"

"Yeah, I feel the same..."

Everyone looked at He Shen and couldn't help but discuss in a low voice.

Even the judges sitting in the back couldn't help but frown a little.

This atmosphere has been brewing for too long!

So long that they can't stand it a little bit!

Even they feel a little bit that He Shen may be putting on a show instead of interpreting the music.

Just when the judges wanted to open their mouths to remind him, He Shen's eyes slowly opened, looking at the black and white piano in front of him, letting his hands slowly sink.

Immersed in the piano...

A very rich sound filled with Chopin's feeling came out from the piano immediately.

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

Whether it was the audience or the judges sitting in the back.

They looked at He Shen in front of them and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

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