The world's number one pianist

The main competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition officially began to be promoted only two or three days after the preliminary competition!

The whole city, every corner, is marked with the Chopin International Piano Competition!

At the same time, the tickets for the Chopin International Piano Competition are officially available for purchase by audiences all over the world. It is no longer like the previous preliminary competition, where only audiences in the industry can buy tickets.

In addition to these external performances, there is another thing that deserves everyone's attention, that is...

All the powerful pianists in the world have now officially joined the judging panel.

The previous preliminary competition was just a very basic list of judges. In addition to the professors of the world's top music academies, the other judges were some of the top six contestants in the Chopin Competition.

After successfully winning the title, these contestants did not choose to participate again like the one in Japan to see if they could get a higher ranking.

They chose to give up directly, and just kept their rankings to see if they could get a higher ranking in other competitions.

After all, the Chopin International Piano Competition is not the only piano competition.

No matter how high the level is, it is just one of the four major piano competitions in the world.

Therefore, there is no need to hang on to a tree.

Those who did not continue to compete for a place in the Chopin International Piano Competition finally came back this time to see the new generation of players and see how strong they are.

Argerich, who had only given He Shen a little score before, appeared directly on the scene as a judge of the main competition, as well as Deng Songshan and others who had come to watch before.

Even Zimmerman, who was a little gray-haired, came to the scene!

These most famous pianists in the world, all appeared on the judges' seats as judges of the main competition.

Even China has a judge.

However, this judge is not Li Diyun, the previous champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, but Chen Sa!

As the fifth place in the Chopin International Piano Competition that year, Chen Sa also has the qualifications of a judge.

In addition, she has been working hard in the classical music industry and still holds concerts in various places around the world, trying to find her own way of music.

Without any doubt, she came directly to the scene of the Chopin International Piano Competition. In this place where she had fought hard more than ten years ago, as a judge, she came back to see how powerful the new generation of contestants is!

Unfortunately, He Shen didn't care about this. After he confronted the high school sophomore who came from nowhere yesterday and had a head full of strange music understanding, he put all his energy on the selection of the main competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition!

He sat in his piano room, quickly flipping through the two Chopin etudes that were almost worn out.

The selection of the main competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition is the same as the previous preliminaries, and even the previous preliminaries video selection.

A total of 30 minutes of works need to be played, and two Chopin etudes need to be played. You can choose any two from the op10 and op25 collections.

He Shen didn't hesitate at all in this place and directly chose the two most famous Chopin etudes!

Winter Wind Etude, and Third Etude.

There is no need to talk about the Winter Wind Etude. In everyone's consensus, this piece is very difficult and very abnormal!

In terms of difficulty, it is basically the top level among Chopin's etudes. There is basically only one piece that is more difficult than this one.

That is Chopin's Op25, No6, the third degree etude.

The difficulty of the third degree etude is directly at the top level of the entire Chopin etude.

This difficulty can even be directly compared with Liszt's "Wisp".

After all, He Shen's Chopin etudes have basically all been practiced to the master level, that is, the level of Lv10.

Maybe it's still a little bit away from the peak of Lv10...

But in this world, it can be regarded as a rare high-level performance.

In addition to these two rare works, He Shen hesitated for a while and chose Chopin's Nocturne, which was the nocturne that Dan Yi had told him before, Chopin Nocturne

and a Chopin's Ballade, Chopin's Second Piano Ballade.

These works are basically very powerful works in He Shen's repertoire!

He Shen even dared to use these works to compete with everyone for the first place!

The first place in the first round of the Chopin International Piano Competition!

If he can get the first place in the main competition, then his future path will be much easier, much easier.

After all, the final result of the Chopin International Piano Competition is not just based on a Chopin Ballade.

To be precise, the score of Chopin's Ballade in the overall final result is not particularly high, it is just an ordinary work.

The competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition is to look at all the works, all the scores gathered together, and calculate the player with the highest average score.

This is why in recent years, those players who are very stable and not very outstanding in every game can win in the finals.

They just sit back and take advantage of the second and third place results in each round to reach the first place in the overall score and secure the final victory.

This is called making a fortune silently!

And He Shen didn't intend to do this...

There is only one thing he is thinking about now!

That is to use your strongest strength to directly crush all of them and win the final victory!

Therefore, He Shen focused all his attention on the piece he was going to perform next, without giving himself any chance to rest.

Let yourself be at your best and compete against other players from all over the world.

For example, the Maple Leaf countryman who studied with Deng Songshan and became a perfect hexagonal warrior without any weaknesses at all...

For example, the one from Japan, the last finalist, five years have passed. No one knows how much her strength has increased.

There is also the one from Xiong Country. Her performance is filled with the professional beauty of the Russian school.

There are many other players, and each player has their own special strengths. You have no idea where these players who seem to be lower than you are secretly hiding their tricks, and at a very critical moment, they will suddenly be defeated. Come on!

After all, no one who can enter the main competition of the Chopin International Piano Competition is mediocre!

All of them are the most powerful piano players among the younger generation in the world!

After defeating hundreds of thousands of piano boys in their country, they walked out into the world and represented their country in the war!

For example, there are more than 30 players from China who barely came out this year...

We need to know the number of piano children in China. According to calculations by the grading and review department, these piano children have exceeded 30 million, and they are rising at a rate of 3 million every year!

And among these 3 million people, only a few people can get out every five years...

1,500 people, 30 people come out...

Only one person like this can be born among 500,000 people!

This can already be regarded as one in a million!

And this is just to have the qualifications to embark on the professional path, the more difficult thing is behind!

He Shen slowly closed his eyes, trying to forget as much as possible the pressure on him from his surroundings, and to focus entirely on the music he wanted to play.

Let yourself be immersed in the music as much as possible, and feel the path you have in the music!

That path of giving up one's own existence and completely showing the feeling of Chopin!

Dan Yi sat aside, smiling and looking at He Shen, watching He Shen on the piano, vigorously interpreting what he was thinking, without saying anything, just looking at it.

It wasn't until He Shen accidentally reached a dead end that he reluctantly spoke a few words of reminder, asking He Shen to think back and think about his previous playing mistakes.

But even if Yi wanted to teach He Shen something new, it was too late...

The level of He Shen's current works is completely beyond the reach of teachers like them, no matter how hard they try, it is impossible to understand them thoroughly.

Previously, it was possible to get He Shen from Level 8 to Level 9, but this is still possible...

After all, they have seen a lot from Level 8 to Level 9, and these teachers can also complete several Level 9 works themselves.

From Lv10 to LvEX, let alone He Shen, these teachers have never seen a few of them, let alone mentioned them.

It's enough to stop He Shen from getting into trouble and let him set his sights back a little bit.

Apart from that, there is nothing else they can do...

Just as He Shen kept practicing, there was a sudden knock on the door of the piano room.

Dong dong dong...

He Shen paused slowly, raised his head and looked at the door on the side and Dan Yi who was sitting by the door, frowned slightly and asked in a low voice.

"who?"

After a short while outside the door, a slightly sassy voice came, and she spoke to the door very simply.

"Hello, is Teacher Danyi here? I am Chen Sa!"

"Chen Sa?"

He Shen didn't react for a while. After all, he didn't care much about celebrities in the classical music industry in China.

But Dan Yi, who was sitting on the side, reacted immediately when he heard Chen Sa's voice.

Dan Yi stood up, reached out and opened the door, nodded to Chen Sa outside the door, and frowned slightly.

"Chen Sa? Why are you here? You...won't you violate any taboos by coming here?"

"Breaking a taboo?"

Before Chen Sa could answer, He Shen frowned and said, "But teacher, what's the taboo? Also, this person is..."

"Chen Sa, a contestant in the same class as Li Diyun, ranked fifth in the Chopin International Piano Competition!"

When Chen Sa heard He Shen's voice, he immediately looked at He Shen. After looking up and down, he smiled very coolly.

"As for violating taboos, it actually doesn't matter. The main thing is that I am the judge of this Chopin International Piano Competition. But, I am not even qualified to give you scores, so how can you violate taboos?"

Chen Sa glanced around and found that no one noticed her, and immediately walked into the piano room.

Fortunately, the piano room rented by He Shen and Dan Yi was very large, about 20 square meters!

If they were looking for cheap and rented a small piano room, it would be really difficult to accommodate three people.

Chen Sa walked to the side, took off his windbreaker, put it on the clothes rack, nodded to He Shen in the room, and showed a friendly smile.

"He Shen, right? I've heard of you. When I was touring concerts in other places before, I heard Teacher Dan Yi mention you. He said that your talent reminded him of Senior Brother Li Diyun, but you are better than Senior Brother Li Diyun in that you don't have any desires!"

"No... desire?"

He Shen was puzzled and looked at Dan Yi on the side. He didn't know why he suddenly had no desires...

Let alone anything else, he himself still valued the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition. Why did he suddenly say that he had no desires?

Dan Yi saw He Shen's expression and instantly realized that He Shen had misunderstood. He shook his head and nodded helplessly at Chen Sa.

"Chen Sa, I'm not saying He Shen has no desires. What I mean is that He Shen doesn't care much about external things. He is very suitable for making music and studying music. How come you, Chen Sa, have no desires?"

"Ahaha, almost the same! They are almost the same, there is no difference hahaha!"

Chen Sa waved his hand, leaned against the wall, and said nonchalantly.

"Isn't it that he doesn't care much about external things? Then He Shen, tell me, what do you like besides studying music! It must be material things!"

"Material?

After hesitating for a moment, He Shen frowned slightly and asked tentatively.

"Lollipop?"

Dan Yi: "..."

Chen Sa: "..."

The scene suddenly became cold. Dan Yi coughed immediately, turned his gaze to Chen Sa on the side, and suddenly asked.

"Chen Sa, I remember you just told me that you are not qualified to give He Shen a score. What does this mean?"

"This is the literal meaning! "

Chen Sa also took over Dan Yi's words very cleverly. He did not continue to discuss He Shen's love for lollipops, and began to explain to Dan Yi.

"As I said, I am not qualified to give He Shen a score. Not only that, any of the more than 20 judges who appear are Chinese nationals or have taught He Shen a lesson! "

He Shen and Dan Yi looked at each other. They originally wanted Chen Sa to talk about some inside information in the Chopin International Piano Competition. Now it seems that it is useless to know it?

Chen Sa looked at the two people's somewhat confused eyes, thought for a while, and spoke.

"It's actually nothing to tell you, it's just a very simple truth..."

"What is the most important thing in the competition? It's fairness! Not to mention the fairness of personal level, at least, the judges must be fair!"

"Fair, fair, or... fair!"

"Brothers from the same school cannot be scored!"

"People of the same nationality cannot be scored!"

"People who have taken master classes cannot be scored! ”

“People who have had contact with each other cannot be scored!”

“If someone has participated in a national large-scale competition before and has been selected, this cannot be scored!”

“It is just to give all the contestants the most basic fairness!”

“You can find a better teacher than other contestants, but you will never get more preferential treatment from the judges!”

“This is what we want, fairness! "

Chen Sa talked a lot, and He Shen listened briefly. Basically, it was that kind of...

As long as you have a relationship with this contestant, no matter what the relationship is, you cannot give him a score.

Try to reduce the special bonus and deduction caused by interpersonal relationships.

They can't control the rest even if they want to...

They gave everything they could, even every game, every judge's score, and the video recording.

You can even analyze what kind of interpretation these judges like!

This is the fairness that Xiao Sai can give!

He Shen touched his chin and nodded thoughtfully.

However, after hesitating for a moment, He Shen finally asked Chen Sa.

"Which one..."

"Just call me Chen Sa, don't worry too much about the name. "

Chen Sa looked at He Shen and smiled, and said to him.

"Go on, do you have any questions? "

"Well, Chen Sa, I have another question..."

He Shen thought for a while, and after struggling with his language logic, he asked Chen Sa.

"Well, I want to ask, how do the judges of the Chopin competition score? I'm a little curious about this..."

"This..."

Chen Sa tapped his chin and said slowly and seriously.

"Originally, as a judge, I shouldn't tell you!"

"But..."

Chen Sa suddenly smiled slyly, walked to Dan Yi's side, held his shoulders intimately with both hands, stood behind him, looked at He Shen, and explained.

"In fact, in the Chopin International Piano Competition, scoring is not the most important concept. What is our most important concept? In fact, whether we can enter the next round!"

"The two most important factors in evaluating a competition are whether we can enter the next round!"

"When the scores of several people are close, we will use scoring to decide which person is better at entering the next round!"

"This is the first thing our judges think of when selecting scores!"

"Then what are the specific criteria for entering the next round? It's actually very simple, it's an individual!"

"I heard Teacher Danyi say before that your personal style is actually very fixed. Even listening to you playing the piano, I can hear what you want to express! I won't say more about this. You already have your own style. …”

"Let me just briefly talk about my thoughts as a professional..."

Chen Sa touched his chin, raised his head and looked at the ceiling. After hesitating for a while, he slowly spoke.

"There are many pianists in the world, but few have artistic souls. When we interpret a piece of work, we are actually performing a secondary processing on the piece. Therefore, for many judges, personal style is The interpretation is actually a very important thing!”

"For example, in the Chopin International Piano Competition, we each have our own ideas about Chopin, but this idea must be based on a very basic idea, Chopin itself."

"Chopin's own playing style is gentle and natural, so when we interpret many works, we should use a legato way, that is, a lyrical way to interpret!"

"How to perform this interpretation of legato? This is what we want to hear!"

"You can abandon some naturalness and gentle style, but you can't give up those most basic things! Those most basic things in Chopard's works themselves, you can never give up these things!"

"Therefore, the Chopin International Piano Competition is not just about playing for all the audience, but actually also for all the judges. You must not only attract the audience, but also the judges! Both are indispensable!"

"If you want to please the judges more, you can work on this!"

"But I suggest you personally, it would be better to be yourself!"

"After all, Teacher Danyi, I say that your interpretation of Chopin is very unique to you!"

He Shen listened to Chen Sa's answer and nodded silently.

In fact, the difference between these things and what he imagined was not very big. According to his ideas, this should actually be the case.

after all……

The Chopin International Piano Competition is a special music competition that only performs Chopin's works.

How to interpret Chopard has become the most important thing in the minds of all judges!

So what should the Chopard in my heart look like?

He Shen is not sure. He has been interpreting the Chopin he saw before, so that he can interpret the Chopin he imagined in a very accurate direction.

Detach yourself completely.

In addition to this, He Shen also tried his best to add a lot of entanglements and doubts to the music, adding a lot of depth to Chopin.

These things are basically his understanding of Chopin.

He Shen now has a very big question: does his current understanding count as personality?

Or are you saying that you are too rigid?

He Shen couldn't help but fell into silence as he thought about it.

Chen Sa, who was standing behind Dan Yi, saw He Shen fell into silence and immediately showed a trace of embarrassment.

She originally wanted to give He Shen a little encouragement, but unexpectedly it seemed to have the opposite effect?

He Shen actually began to think about whether his own interpretation of Chopin was correct or wrong?

If He Shen is really confused, she will become a sinner!

Without thinking much, Chen Sa immediately waved his hand and pretended not to care about anything.

"Haha, but these things are all our own ideas. Each judge has a different understanding of music. I personally prefer a more personalized interpretation."

"There are many judges who don't like it. They prefer the one that is closer to Chopard and can perfectly interpret Chopard!"

"I don't know much about the piece you played, He Shen. After all, I haven't heard it, but since you were able to enter the first round of the main competition, and it seems that you entered the main competition with the fourth place in the preliminary round!"

"Then it proves a very important thing. It proves your strength. In fact, it is liked by many judges! Since you have done it, that's enough!"

"Don't think too much, just be yourself!"

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