The world's number one pianist

Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan, is the second largest city in Japan. It is located between Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture, with a population of about 800,000. It is an extremely important industrialized city in Japan.

Because there are groups such as Yamaha here, the development of musical instruments in Hamamatsu City is extremely advanced, and it even has the first kilometer musical instrument museum in Japan.

Music has become the external reputation of this city.

Just like Vienna, the music capital, in Japan, Hamamatsu City is the music capital of the entire Japan!

They hope to make Hamamatsu the music capital of the world, or the oriental music capital opposite to Vienna, but it’s a pity...

They didn’t succeed.

After all, classical music is not only valued by Japan, but also by South Korea. They will never allow the reputation of the music capital to come to Hamamatsu from other places.

It can be not Vienna, but it can never be Hamamatsu!

For China, although the title of the Oriental Music Capital doesn’t matter, it will not agree to put this title in Japan.

Therefore, China will naturally not promote the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition for the sake of the people in Japan.

It is precisely because of these various constraints that Hamamatsu has only one international piano competition that is famous all over the world.

Hamamatsu, International Piano Competition!

The status of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition is a bit like the outpost battle for the Oriental players all over the world! All the players who can get a place in this competition can get awards from all over the world.

For example, the blind pianist from Japan more than ten years ago, Nobuyuki Tsujii.

For example, the Chinese pianist more than ten years ago, Liangyue Lang.

For example, the pianist Yue Li who just came to Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music from Wuzhou Conservatory of Music recently.

All of them have a very distinctive feature.

That is, they have all won the gold medal of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, or... the champion?

In any case, all the players in Asia, if they are willing to go to the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, then they can basically get a very good result after winning the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

Win the championship of other competitions.

If they don't go to the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, it's OK, but the chances seem much smaller.

In short, the champions of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition are all champions of other international piano competitions.

The champions of other international piano competitions are not necessarily the champions of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

It still sounds great!

It's just a pity that this competition was not held in countries with particularly strong classical music, such as Germany.

They were only held in Japan.

Because the distance is too far, few people from other places except Asia come here.

Therefore, the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition seems to have a little bit of infighting!

It's just the top piano competition in Asia, not the top piano competition in the world!

It's nominally a world competition, but it's a state-level competition.

After He Shen took Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting to fly from Haicheng to Japan, he didn't stay in Tokyo for long, but took them directly from Tokyo to Hamamatsu by car!

There are still a lot of people in the city center of Hamamatsu. When I walked out of the station, I didn't look as depressed as the legend said.

It is said that due to the aging and mobility of the entire city's population, the permanent population has moved from the city center to the suburbs.

But there are still a lot of people near the station, especially in places like parks, where countless people walk by, walk their dogs and take a walk.

He Shen looked at the introduction on his mobile phone and couldn't help but fall silent.

Maybe the population in the center of Hamamatsu is not large, not particularly large compared to those big cities?

After He Shen took a casual look with his mobile phone, he took the two of them to a hotel near the Hamamatsu Concert Hall to stay.

For the time being, they only booked a room for three or four days, not for half a month.

Of course, two rooms!

He Shen had one room for himself, and Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting had one room for each.

In order to prevent another inexplicable person from coming out and saying that he and his students had some strange topics.

After He Shen was sure that he had taken care of everything, he took out hundreds of thousands of yen from his pocket, handed it to the two who were still packing their luggage, and said.

"You can take a break for the next three days. You can find a piano room to practice, or find a place to rest for a while. Don't be too nervous, just relax."

"Huh?" Zhao Zitong took the yen from He Shen's hand with a blank face, looked at He Shen, and scratched his head: "Then why... give us money?"

"The school's competition funds, you take it first." He Shen said casually.

After that, He Shen turned around and prepared to leave the room.

Before leaving the room, He Shen suddenly thought of something, turned around and said to Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting.

"By the way, I'm going out for a while, you two can eat whatever you want, and you don't have to wait for me to come back at night, just do your own things."

After that, He Shen ignored Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting who were confused behind him, and left the room directly.

He Shen walked downstairs of the hotel. He originally planned to take a taxi, but it was said that cars in Japan are very expensive, so He Shen stopped and walked to the subway station not far away and bought a ticket.

He wants to find someone.

From Japan, Kyohei Tanda!

When Tanda Kyohei knew that He Shen was coming to Japan, he said he would come here and he would entertain him.

Therefore, after He Shen made an appointment with Tanda Kyohei for a specific time, he went directly from the vicinity of Hamamatsu Concert Hall to the suburbs.

Near Yamaha Factory.

When we arrived near the Yamaha Factory, the flow of people here was not as the message on the phone said before. There were more people here than in the city center.

It's just that there are a little more housing here than in the city center.

So maybe it’s because there are so many factories here? Is that why so many people live nearby?

He Shen just had a casual thought and didn't think much about it.

After all, he just came here to take his students to compete, and had no plans to live here permanently.

There is a saying that goes well before. When traveling to Japan, you are a guest and everything is fine.

But when you live, work and live in Japan, you are a waiter!

He Shen didn't have the slightest idea of ​​working or living in Japan. It would be possible if he was invited here to give lectures occasionally.

As for working and living here for a long time?

Just forget it.

He Shen shook his head, and after getting off the subway, he walked towards the address Tanda Kyohei gave him before.

Soon, he came to Tanda Kyohei's studio, a high-end apartment.

After standing downstairs and ringing the doorbell of Kyohei Tanda's studio, not long after, Kyohei Tanda's voice came from the microphone at the door.

"Sorry for the long wait. Please follow the elevator next to you."

After that, the door opened, and He Shen walked upstairs without any hesitation, following the instructions on the phone.

It didn't take long for He Shen to arrive at Tanda Kyohei's studio.

Tanda Kyohei still looked like before with a pigtail, smiling as if he were harmless.

Except for the artistic aura that pervades her body, no matter how hard you think about it, you can't connect the player in front of you with the player who played the piano so sweetly in the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Tanda Kyohei looked at He Shen walking over, immediately laughed, and spoke in English.

"Sorry, sorry, I have been practicing in the house and didn't notice you coming over. I forgot about it. I'm very sorry."

"It's okay." He Shen waved his hand and followed Tanda Kyohei's footsteps and walked towards the house.

Tanda Kyohei's room is not particularly big for Chinese people.

But for people over there in Japan, it’s already very big!

A large room of about one hundred square meters, with a particularly large grand piano placed in the room.

This particularly large Yamaha grand piano directly occupies everyone's attention, and there is no way to pay special attention to the other debris on the side.

After Tanda Kyohei stretched out his hand to signal He Shen to hang the clothes on the clothes rack, he walked to the center of the room, smiled at He Shen, pointed at everything around him and asked: "How is it? My small job room?"

Kyohei Tanda walked around the room, walked to the edge of the walls, reached out and pushed, and pushed out a refrigerator with a lot of cabinets next to it.

These cabinets and refrigerators are all stored in the walls, and nothing can be seen from the outside.

Kyohei Tanda took a bottle of water from the refrigerator, smiled at He Shen, handed the water to him, and said casually.

"Why did you suddenly come to Japan? If I remember correctly, you have been doing some music activities in Europe recently. Your record was also on the best-seller list and was selected for the Echo Awards!"

"Tsk tsk, the best piano player this year, he is really... enviable."

"You are working well in Europe, why do you suddenly want to come to Japan, to ours, to travel? Or are you planning to carry out some music activities here? Hold an Asian tour concert?"

He Shen took it, opened it casually, took a sip, put it in his hand, and shook his head.

"No, not a concert, come to the competition."

"Competition? Japanese piano competition?" Kyohei Tanda was stunned for a moment. He sat on the piano, scratched his head, frowned and thought for a while, and his eyes suddenly shrank.

He looked at He Shen and couldn't help but hesitate.

"You're talking about...Hamamatsu International Piano Competition?"

"Well, Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, I'll come over and bring my students over to play the competition and see what's going on."

He Shen shook his head and said casually.

"Some piano competitions in China have opened music activities for us, which proves that China is not willing to certify it, so I have no choice but to bring my students to Hamamatsu to see if there is any chance to go out from Hamamatsu. ”

Tanda Kyohei burst out laughing. He looked at He Shen and shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help but complain: "Do you think Japan is your back garden? Your strength can defeat the international piano competition in Japan, but Your student is not you. Are you so confident that your student can kill Japan? "

"You should know that among the three Asian countries, only your country has the weakest pianists, and the overall atmosphere for classical music is the worst. Although I don't know why your country is like a cheat, first Lang Liangyue, then Li Diyun, and then you..."

"But! Yours is just an exception! Don't underestimate the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition!"

Fantada Kyohei spoke in a very light tone, and he did not deliberately mock China.

And He Shen also didn't care about his words.

What Fantian Kyohei said was true. There are actually many classical music learners in China. Each music school has nearly a thousand people. The entire domestic music school and music department have at least tens of thousands of students every year.

Among so many students, there are not many who really want to do music and art.

Most of them are half-way graduates.

Music classes in schools are often occupied. Even if they are not occupied, most people don't regard music classes as classes.

Instead, it is regarded as a course for playing, catching up on homework, or chatting with friends.

Compared with China, the situation in Japan is much better. Many schools have formed orchestras in elementary school. Every school must have a school symphony orchestra. These school symphony orchestras hold various music activities.

For example, after the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, there will be a closing concert.

This closing concert is not for the audience, but for elementary school students, junior high school students, and high school students.

Cultivate their sensitivity to music.

Therefore, He Shen did not care about what Fan Tian Kyohei said.

He Shen sat on the chair and casually said to Fan Tian Kyohei: "Of course I know, but I know my students' strength better!"

"Although they can't reach my results at that time, and can't reach my results in the Chopin International Piano Competition, but... they have passed the line and at least have the ability to impact the finals!"

"What they lack most now is the experience of the competition, and some other miscellaneous things."

"I can arrange for them to go to Europe for a small tour, just like those students in music schools, who need to perform for other passers-by outside at the end of the semester!"

"But this can't cultivate their experience in competitions and their IQ for competitions!"

"For such large-scale competitions, IQ is far more important than level, They need to know when to use how much power! "

"So, I just brought them here to let them prepare for Chopin and Van Cliburn later!"

After hearing this, Kyohei Fantian was a little silent. After thinking for a long time, he slowly shook his head: "It might be possible before, but I'm really not sure if you can do it this year! Because this year's players, especially those from Japan, are very powerful!"

"No, not only Japan, but also the faraway country of South Korea, they will come this year!"

"Of course, you have come here and are ready to participate in this competition, so go and participate. Anyway, in the words of your Chinese country, you are here, it would be a pity not to participate!"

"But I must remind you that you must not take it lightly! Today The contestants this year are very strong. If your students are not strong enough this year, then it is better to change to another competition and don't think about this year's Hamamatsu International Piano Competition! "

"Let's not talk about the students of many top piano masters in Japan, those who are preparing to impact the Chopin International Piano Competition. "

"After all, Yamaha has sponsored the Chopin International Piano Competition for so many years, but has never won the Chopin International Piano Competition. In addition, you won the Chopin International Piano Competition before, which stimulated that group of people all of a sudden. They must train in the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition and then impact the Chopin International Piano Competition! "

"There are also contestants from many other places, and some of the previous contestants will come!"

"The students of Nobuyuki Tsujii, his unique interpretation of music is a A very big threat, reminds me of Li Diyun from 2,000 years ago. "

"You also have a teacher from Wuzhou Music Academy in China, who is said to be very strong! He won the championship of a competition in Korea before!"

"Then, there is a Japanese whose background is unknown, named Nakamura Shiro, it is hard to say how strong he is, he feels a bit weird."

"This Nakamura Shiro, his interpretation of music has a strong Soviet flavor? Or Chinese flavor? It even feels like he is a Chinese, not a Japanese!"

"And him, how should I say, I have heard him play the piano before, his piano level is still good, but he is more inclined to show off his skills. If we just discuss the technique, his level should be the strongest this year, right? "

"It's just a little bit of a pity that I don't know who Nakamura Shiro's teacher is. It feels like he is a player who popped up inexplicably! "

"He won an award at the Eastern High School Piano Competition in Japan before, this is his only resume! ”

“If you look back a little further in his resume, you’ll see that he failed the entrance exam to Tokyo University of the Arts…”

“No, he didn’t just fail the high school affiliated with Tokyo University of the Arts, he also failed the high schools affiliated with other art universities!”

"It's this kind of person. I don't know what suddenly stimulated him. He suddenly awakened and his piano playing level soared! It's really..."

When Fan Tian Kyohei said this, he couldn't help but sigh and shook his head.

Obviously, he didn't know the details of Nakamura Shiro who suddenly appeared, but he just felt puzzled.

After all, as long as he is a capable pianist who can stand out, you can find out who his teacher is!

Above every top pianist, there will be a top piano educator with all the knowledge!

There are almost no pianists who suddenly appeared without any background!

And the person in front of him, Nakamura Shiro, did not have any teacher. He suddenly appeared like this, which was really inexplicable.

After casually complaining a few words, Fan Tian Kyohei put the water cup in his hand aside, stood up and smiled at He Shen.

"Okay, don't think too much. This is your first time in Japan. As the host, I'll invite you to eat something nearby!"

"After all, the area is Yamaha's territory. The canteen for Yamaha's employees is pretty good!"

"Especially the beer there!"

"It just so happens that I can introduce you to other people in my team and get to know each other!"

Please give me a monthly ticket!!!