Chapter 522 Step on you all!
The slender and slender fingers flew past the keys, and a face full of classical beauty looked focused. A pair of snow-white jade arms raised elegant arcs as the melody fluctuated...
Although he was the first contestant to appear, Wang Yujia looked quite stateful and did not get nervous about it. A beautiful song "Chasing the Snow" matched her temperament. As her hands danced on the keys, the three voices were clear, the emotions were natural, and the melody was smooth. The beauty paired with the last song of this super skill, which was also a very poetic song, which was quite pleasing to the eye.
"This girl is good, she has a classical temperament, and she is a good seedling." Grafmann looked at Wang Yujia's performance and couldn't help but whisper to Zimmermann.
"Haha, indeed, I think she is very similar to your style. Maybe you can recruit her to your school." Zimmerman said with a smile. As a long time friend, he naturally knew what this American man was thinking at the moment.
"Haha, I have this idea, but I don't know if she wants it or not." Grafman whispered.
"Sister Yujia is very handsome and plays so easily in the finals." Liu Yufan sat in the waiting area of the contestants, watching Wang Yujia's performance, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes.
But he didn't know that the reason why Wang Yujia performed so well was entirely because she knew that she would never be able to compete for the championship. With such a mentality, her performance was even better than usual. Perhaps this is called throwing away the burden and going into battle lightly.
Amidst a burst of warm applause, Wang Yujia, wearing a purple long skirt, rose up and bowed gracefully to the judges and the audience. Including this song "Chasing the Snow", she has played all three songs, and about half an hour has passed. The finals are not the finals. Only ten people participated in the competition, otherwise the contestants would never be given such a long time. Even if they played those large sonatas, they would only give the contestants about ten minutes at most.
"Senior Sister. Congratulations, you play so well!" Seeing Wang Yujia walking towards him, Liu Yufan stood up and smiled and congratulated.
"Hehe, finally the competition is over. I'm worry-free now. Come on, come on." Looking at Liu Yufan and Lang Lang, Wang Yujia squeezed his eyes and said playfully.
"Okay. Thank you for your wonderful performance by contestant No. 1. Let us applaud. Let's invite contestant No. 2, a young pianist from the United States, to the stage!" With the introduction of the host, wearing a black tuxedo, the tall and handsome Maxim stood up and waved at Liu Yufan, saying, "Hi, boss, I'm going to go on stage. I wish me good luck."
"Go, play well, you can do it!" Liu Yufan waved his fist at Maxim. He watched him turn around and walk onto the stage casually, and felt secretly happy. This future superstar in the popular piano industry is now his younger brother. When he returns to China after this competition, he must pack him well and shoot him some MVs so that he can shine as soon as possible.
When Maxim appeared, the applause from the audience was much more enthusiastic than before. It’s not that Wang Yujia played badly, but this guy really has a natural advantage. Although he didn’t debut for a long time, Maxim already has a group of loyal music fans. Although there are not many people in this group, he enthusiastically supports him. Many people took a plane to cheer him. As soon as he got on the stage, those people started to applaud and shout, and many people even held his huge poster and swayed around. This situation didn’t look like watching a piano competition, but it was like coming to participate in his solo concert.
Maxim sat down in front of the piano, and his hands moved habitually. As usual, he was wearing six huge rings on his hands. I don’t know if the ring would affect his performance. However, it looked very cool. Liu Yufan looked at him and imagined whether he would be even cooler if he wore the shape like in "Exodus". But he was just yelling in his heart. This is a classical piano competition. If Maxim really wore it that way, the host probably wouldn’t let him on stage.
A crazy chord kicked off Maxim's game. In the finals, Maxim was no longer reserved. A song called Maxim showed his profound piano skills. His fingers, whose ten fingers were far longer than ordinary people, were extremely agile on the keys at this moment. Although sometimes it looked a little awkward when playing the compact hand shape, it was generally very pleasing to the eye. Speaking of which, although for those who play the piano, the length and weight of fingers and the size of the fingers do not mean good or bad, it is indeed a pleasing thing to watch ten long fingers like Maxim hitting the keys.
After playing this song "Mateppa", Maxim did not stop, but directly played the next song, "Hungarian Rhapsody No. 5", which is a relatively remote work, but obviously he was very skillful in practicing. The whole song was completed in one go without a trace of delay. By the end, the enthusiastic applause of the audience fully demonstrated the wonderful performance!
In the last part, Maxim got an improvisational composition question and asked him to improvise a short piece of music based on a Hungarian folk dance. In this part, Maxim's performance was also very good. Although he couldn't play for more than a minute, he could not play as much exquisite and rigorous in the form of the music, but he also sounded complete and had a good grasp of the completeness and variation.
In the end, all five judges gave high scores of more than 95 points. After comprehensiveness, Maxim finally got a score of 97.50 points. This score is 0.30 points higher than Wang Yujia's 97.20 points just now. From this point of view, it can be seen that the first one was really at a disadvantage. Because from the perspective of skills alone, the two people are actually similar. Even if they are playing impression points, Wang Yujia's image will not have a bad impression on the judges. Of course, Maxim may have a better advantage. After all, he has a look of Western-style hole and is more handsome, so he still has a little advantage in this regard.
"Next, let's invite the third contestant. Teng Cun-jung from Nihong appeared, please invite!" With the introduction of the host, Teng Cun-jung, who had been sitting alone in the corner, stood up. When he was about to go on stage, he turned his head and looked at Liu Yufan, with his eyes clearly showing unpretentious provocation.
"Liu Yufan. Although I can't win the championship, I will still defeat you!" Tengcun-sun Teng said, turning his head to walk towards the stage.
After listening to Wang Yujia's translation, Liu Yufan didn't care at all. He was just a Japanese devil, so arrogant. Liu Yufan naturally had heard of his two brushes. To be honest, if he had really compared his skills with real swords and guns, Liu Yufan really didn't take him seriously.
Seeing his proud disciple appearing, a hint of lust flashed in Hirashi's eyes. His music is not only in the country, but also very popular all over the world. But after all, he is a little older now, and in the process of creation, he also urgently needs to find a composer who can inherit his style and pass on his creation. Tengmura Shunichi is the one who satisfies him the most among his many students. Although he has a background in Sony, he is still in
When he was studying, he was very respectful and deeply praised by Joe Hashi. He also showed enough talent in piano performance and creation. Some time ago, Joe Hashi was in a personal concert held by Hiroshi in the capital Hiroshi. Shunichi Tomura once appeared in his work "Kikijiro's Summer". Listening to his performance, Joe Hashi knew that he had fully understood the essence of his music and was a very potential student.
Of course, there are some regrets. In this game, he is destined to not win the championship. But this is not important. Hiraishi makes him believe that after a while of training, his student will definitely shine in the international music scene.
Tengcun Shunichi sat in front of the piano and made a move to Liszt's "Big Hunting". For him who likes to show off his skills, no song is more suitable than this one. He is in an extremely excited state from beginning to end, and Tengcun Shunichi plays it very "satisfactory". I have to say that this song is really suitable for him to play. After all, the open and open state from beginning to end lacks a lot of delicate performance, and as long as he plays it enough, he is "powerful".
After the song ended, Tengmura Shunichi chose the second movement of the Piano Concerto in E-Flat Major. This is a work created by Lee Kitt and collaborated with the band. Fortunately, in the finals, contestants can choose to play the band's accompaniment recordings to cooperate with their performance. Tengmura Shunichi was performing his best when playing this song. Liu Yufan looked at his "intoxicating" look in front of the piano and almost regarded him as Lang Lang.
After the two songs, in the third session, Toshiichi Tengmura was lucky enough to draw the title of improvisational music. This is actually very advantageous. You can choose musical works that you are good at, in addition to Liszt. This is also to allow the judges to have a more comprehensive understanding of the contestants' performance level and style.
As expected, Tengmura chose the song "Kikijiro's Summer" created by his teacher Hiroshi, which is a simple and lively piano piece, which is rich in Japanese anime style. I have to say that although Liu Yufan hates this guy a little, in terms of this song alone, he still plays it quite well.
When he heard his songs playing at the competition site, and they were played by his most proud students, Joe Hashi's face showed a look of relief. Speaking of pianos, although Yamaha made by Nihongguo is pretty good, it is far from the top pianos. Although there are many piano music from Nihong, not many are world-class famous songs. It is also very happy that his works can be played on the world-class competition stage.
Of course, many of the five judges knew about the relationship between Tengmura Shunichi and Joe Hashi. Although this reason may not be because of this, they favored Tengmura Shunichi, at least they would not lower his score.
The final score of 98.20 points also illustrates this. Not to mention which place he can get, at least among the top three, he has already thrown the first two to the back.
When he walked down from the stage, Tengcun Shunichi's face was lustful. Seeing Maxim's somewhat depressed look, he felt a lot of joy.
However, seeing that beautiful Chinese female contestant was chatting with Liu Yufan, Tengcun Shunyi felt unhappy again. He seemed to feel like he was throwing his eyes at the blind man.
"Hmph, just pretend, I will definitely step on you all." Tengcun Shun said angrily in his heart. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!