Chapter 101 Fighting to Death (10,000 words)

Fu Tiao stood at the back of the second floor of the concert hall, looking at the empty stage.

A brand new Yamaha has been pushed up by everyone, and the first competitor also steps up from the side channel and appears in front of everyone.

The host had already introduced the identity of the first contestant and his performance, so after he smiled at the audience, he sat directly on the piano bench, raised his hand, and pressed it slowly.

There was no excessive hesitation or any foreshadowing, but the music flowed out of the piano naturally.

Fu Diao's eyes couldn't help but light up, and then he looked back again.

The first contestant is very handsome, a very typical European-style handsome guy, but what is reflected in his music is a unique soft feeling.

He did a lot to enhance the beauty of music. He placed his body, hands and arms completely on the piano, letting his hands move forward on the piano with the weight of his body.

The music was slowly squeezed out of the piano by him and fell into the crowd off the stage.

This kind of beauty has a hint of Fu tune in it, and he is trying to make the music more beautiful.

At the same time, he is also building a kind of music of his own, a world where only he exists.

While his music is full of musical beauty, it also has something of its own in it.

It does sound refreshing, but... his music is actually a bit similar to Fu Diao, and it is a weakened version of Fu Diao.

There aren't many things that are uniquely his own in his playing. It sounds okay, but it's not perfect.

Especially his contrast, the contrast in his music is not obvious. I always feel that there are some places that have been improved. Instead of going up, he has gone down.

It’s hard to describe this feeling. It feels a bit like he has his own ideas, but it always feels like this idea conflicts with the music itself, which makes people uncomfortable.

Fu Diao couldn't describe this feeling. He turned to look at Yu Tianyou, who also shook his head.

"I don't feel very good. I always feel that I'm still a little bit worse. I feel very frustrated. I want to take a step forward, but I just can't. I don't know if he did it on purpose or accidentally. Maybe he wanted to do it on purpose.

Want to create this feeling of loss? But in his music, or in Chopin’s music itself, there is not much of this feeling of loss.”

"Well, I feel the same way. I don't quite understand what his music is trying to express..."

Fu Diao pursed his lips, put his thumb on his chin, and looked at Byrdy in front of him, lost in thought.

He wasn't quite sure what Byrdy was trying to say.

He didn't dare to say it here, but the two judges on the Polish TV station in the distance, especially Pavel, were merciless.

He glanced at Olga next to him, saw a little hesitation in her, shook his head directly, and spoke to the host next to him.

"There is a high probability that player Byrdy will be gone."

"Um?"

The host was stunned for a moment, then looked at the camera.

The camera was turned off because they needed to enjoy the music and they would definitely not talk during the music, so the camera was turned off directly and would not be turned on until the contestants were about to finish their performance.

The host couldn't help but feel happy when he saw Pavel. He gestured to the staff standing aside and asked him to turn on the phone quickly.

After the camera indicator light turned red, he immediately asked Pavel.

"Mr. Pavel, why do you think so?"

"He is too conservative. The tension he carried during his first performance made his performance a little conservative. As the first person to perform, you cannot be conservative. If you are conservative,

, you have no chance of surviving to the later stage, even if your strength is the same as the players behind you, you have no chance! He made the same mistake as the player in the first round. Under normal circumstances, he should not make such a low-level mistake

That’s right.”

"Well, I think so too..."

Olga next to her also nodded. She was not staring at the screen, but raised her head with her eyes closed, as if she was looking at the ceiling.

She focused all her attention on her hearing, followed the performance of the player in front of her, and tried her best to keep her attention away from the music.

"As Professor Pavel said, the first player in the Chopin International Piano Competition must not be conservative. Everyone else can be conservative, but the first place is absolutely not allowed. The first place is too important and too dangerous.

The first place's score determines the score of the following players. If his score is too high or too low, it will affect the subsequent scores."

"That's right! What a pity. I actually really liked Byrdy. His performance really gave me a lot of surprises. I didn't expect..."

The host thought for a while and suddenly asked: "So, Mr. Pavel, do you think that if player Zhao becomes the first player to appear, he will also be strongly affected and will not be able to get a good result?"

"It depends on the situation. Zhao's level is very strong. Among all the contestants at the scene, I personally think there are Fu and Hamelin who can be compared with him. According to the news from my organizing committee, the Chopin International Piano Competition

According to some of the published scoring data, the scores of the three of them are actually about the same. The scores are almost the same. It just depends on the judges' personal choices. If Byrdy is eliminated in the third round and the two Italian players behind are also eliminated,

So if Zhao becomes the first player in the third round, he will suffer a slight disadvantage. It will not have a big impact on him advancing to the finals, but it will have a big impact on him winning the first place..."

Speaking of this place, Pavel shook his head slightly.

"No, if Zhao doesn't continue to win first place in this round and let Hamelin catch up, I feel that Zhao may be in danger."

After that, he glanced at Olga and nodded slightly to her: "Olga, you should know the reason."

"Yes I know!"

Olga nodded, looked at the camera, smiled at the screen, and explained to everyone.

"The Chopin International Piano Competition is not just about one round. Whoever has the higher score in this round will advance. In fact, that is not the case. The Chopin International Piano Competition has a very important extreme, which is the cumulative score system!"

"Except for the performance in the first round that some contestants may be liked by the judges, when it comes to the second round, starting from the second round, the scores will be accumulated. This means that the finals will actually start from the first round.

already started……"

Olga smiled very brightly and seemed to like this system very much.

"For example, if you get 20 points in the first round and 22 points in the second round, your total score is 42 points, while another player has 18 points in the first round and 23 points in the second round. His total score is 41 points. In the second round, your total score is 41 points.

The score is lower than him, but the one who can advance to the third round will not be him, but you! Because your overall performance is better than that person."

"And this will continue until the finals. If you really want to compete for the first and second positions, then you have to be ready to fight other players from the first round. You don't have to win the first place.

position, but you definitely can’t score too many points less than the first place, as long as you still want to compete.”

"For a small number of people, the Chopin International Piano Competition is actually a competition in which one makes fewer mistakes. As long as you don't make mistakes and your score is maintained at a relatively high score, then you may get higher scores in the future.

Sexuality will also increase. If you don’t get good grades at the beginning, you will definitely fail later, there is no second possibility!”

"Professor Pavel just said, he just said that if Zhao plays first in the third round, then he is likely to lose the first place in the Chopin International Competition. The reason is very simple, because he plays first

Most of the games are in a disadvantageous position, and your results will definitely not be particularly good. No matter how strong your performance is, the judges may consider the players behind and give points cautiously, but if we analyze Hamelin’s order of appearance

, we can clearly find that there are not many powerful players around him, and his position is also very comfortable."

"So now it is obvious that if Zhao wants to continue to win first place, then he must expect that there is one person in front of him who can survive, instead of only him and Fu remaining in the first half of the first day."

"Hamelin is chasing very closely, and Fu is also chasing very closely. The results of the three of them may change a little in the second round, but the change should not be big, and the difference in scores will not be too big. After all, the results of the three of them

The positions are all pretty good, but it’s hard to say in the third round..."

"If you are just watching the excitement, I personally hope that everyone in front of me will be eliminated, with Zhao appearing first in the third round and Fu second, so that the game is still interesting to watch."

She couldn't help but smile evilly when she mentioned this place. It was obvious that there was a sense of fun in it.

Now Zhao Chengzhen is the best in the field, followed closely by Fu Tiao and Hamelin, still a little behind Zhao.

If this distance is erased...

How will this group of players fare?

Everyone is the top musician among young people, and their understanding of music is also above everyone else.

If this kind of person really worked hard, maybe he would be very good-looking?

Pavel looked at Olga and couldn't help but be startled, and then he also laughed.

If it is true as Olga said, Fu Tiao fought with Zhao Chengzhen first, and then Hamelin started fighting with the people around him.

Then maybe it will really look really good.

Under the discussion between the two of them, the first player finished playing. He showed a particularly friendly smile to everyone and walked off the stage.

During the host's introduction, the second contestant Michelle came on stage. After bowing to everyone, she sat directly on the piano bench without any hesitation.

Unlike the first player, she stayed for a while before starting to play.

But at the beginning, there was a little nervousness in her music. This feeling made everyone frown, but they didn't say much.

Soon, the second player Michelle adjusted herself during the performance and let the music continue to flow.

It's just a pity... many people don't regard her as a very competitive player. Everyone looked at her with regretful expressions.

Getting it wrong at the beginning will give the judges a bad impression.

Even though every player has three to four chances to make mistakes, the timing and selection of these mistakes are also important.

This is the difference between high-level errors and low-level errors.

After the second contestant finished playing, she quickly understood her fate, forced a smile, bowed to the stage and left.

Pavel and Olga, two PhDs from the Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, made a few comments about the second contestant.

They didn't know this contestant. After all, she was Italian, so they didn't talk with the same special emotions as the first contestant.

After briefly discussing the second player's mistake, they pretended to look very sorry and gave the second player a score similar to the first player on the other side of the podium.
To be continued...