After inviting each other, the leading professors went to their respective seats, and the lecturers came on stage. Yang Jingxing was also infected by the atmosphere and put down the social expression on his face. After standing firm, he looked serious. He looked at the hundreds of people in the audience, and he felt

It took me a few seconds to think of what to say: "About intelligence, talent, talent, talent, there are many words with different emphasis in Chinese. Talent, focusing on wisdom, talent, focusing on emotion, talent, focusing on thinking, talent, focusing on the individual

Style, talent, focusing on methods. What I prefer is a word that doesn’t sound so talented and slightly mediocre, talent, and work.”

In the midst of all the seriousness and confusion, a Chinese student gave a fleeting smile and seemed to be able to keep up with domestic standards.

Yang Jingxing did not laugh: "Qian means doing. Talking is not talent. A person's talent is composed of how he does it. Do it more and do it well. There are so many great musicians, and every one of their outstanding works is

There are too many kinds of methods worth learning. We can try to find out what methods their general talents are composed of, and who is the most interesting to you?"

The lecturer also proposed universal suffrage, but no one bought it. The students continued to look at the stage without making a sound, feeling that it was non-violence and non-cooperation.

Yang Jingxing laughed: "No?"

The handsome black girl once again cheered: "Beethoven!"

Obviously there are people who don’t appreciate Beethoven that much. A boy with a South Asian appearance immediately called out Bach’s full name loudly, and then of course Haydn, Mozart, Chopin, Tchaikovsky and other names also appeared one after another, Debussy and Prokofi

Yev Shostakovich is also somewhat popular, and even Guy Hardman and even Moritz are admired by people. However, the contrast is still obvious. Curtis's atmosphere is more nostalgic than Julia's.

No one seems to have mentioned Stockhausen Ligeti, and even Copland has been forgotten.

In the end, it is still a world dominated by a few giants, and the fans are evenly matched and it is difficult to decide the winner.

"Okay." The lecturer silenced the audience with a gesture: "How many people want to review Haydn's talent?"

Less than ten people in the audience raised their hands or spoke out.

Yang Jingxing's gaze counted: "Where's Mozart?"

There are about thirty students and teachers in total, but Bach is slightly behind Mozart. The number of people supporting Beethoven has increased significantly, almost more than half, although some people raised their hands repeatedly. Tchaikovsky does not seem to lose to Mozart.

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"Okay." Yang Jingxing could only follow public opinion: "Beethoven."

Curtis's students were so devout, many Beethoven supporters were overjoyed, and some high-fived in celebration or clenched their fists and almost wanted to shout. They were all the debauchery of Western capitalism.

Yang Jingxing continued: "Which piece should we talk about?"

Beethoven's supporters suddenly began to fight among themselves. Each major symphony, concerto, sonata, and other major symphonies had their own preferences. Fans of other composers also keenly seized the opportunity to join forces to promote division. At the critical moment, a row of students united in time.

As if watching a football game all the time, they shouted together with a powerful rhythm: "ssionata!" and quickly led the people around them.

"The Passionate Sonata" has been studied and praised even more than the "Moonlight Sonata", because it is Beethoven's middle and late works that are more mature and profound than his earlier works. Even in terms of the hard performance difficulty, "Passionate" is not.

Much higher than "Moonlight", so "Passionate Sonata" is recognized as the peak in the history of piano art.

The voice of "enthusiasm" quickly stabilized and even unified the situation, so that the enemy's machinations could not succeed but shot themselves in the foot. The faces of the Curtis people were filled with pride and even the joy and glory of victory.

The lecturer was a little helpless: "Sonata Passionate, what can I say more?"

The audience immediately became serious and there was no way anyone could help.

Yang Jing walked to the piano, but this time he did not sit down. He stood disrespectfully and played the main theme of the first movement of the work for two bars, and then said nonsense: "It sounds very ordinary, even boring.

Everyone can pop up such a motive and theme. Let's see what happens next... This harmony... This progression... This ornamentation... are all a continuation of the motive, but they seem so careful and not thorough enough.

It’s not clear enough either.”

The audience nodded one after another. They all knew this, or at least understood it.

"Who did this before Beethoven?" The lecturer seemed to no longer need opinions and interactions or even trust the audience. He quickly answered: "I think of Bach and Haydn..."

The lecturer then played Bach and Haydn, and the audience had no chance to express different opinions.

After playing a few more bars, Yang Jingxing became more self-talking: "Similar means, very different musical effects, why, because of Beethoven's theme. Listen to this half cadence again... the expansion after the half cadence...

The expansion and termination of the deformation are ordinary, but the musical color here is no longer ordinary. How did Beethoven do it?"

The students still didn't help and continued to watch.

Yang Jingxing conducted an experiment: "If you change one note of the theme, like this, it seems that the change is not big, but what will happen to the presentation..."

After listening to the lecturer's adaptation of two sections, some students were already laughing. It was clearly funny.

What Yang Jingxing wants to say is: "There is a connection between how to do it, which allows us to think about why they do what they do, why technology has a reason, and inspiration also has a reason..."

Then the lecturer stopped giving demonstrations and started talking nonsense. Sometimes he pretended to ask the audience for their views and opinions just to connect the past with the next. Yang Jingxing did not really give the audience a chance to express their opinions.

There didn't seem to be any audience members who wanted to say something. After all, Curtis is a school that focuses on cultivating soloists. Most of the students do not have such a deep understanding of music history and composition technology theory, so the lecturer's inferences are quite effective.

Blushing.

Yang Jingxing also talked faster and faster. Using a reflection technique, he could list more than a dozen works by six composers in two or three minutes, and also pointed out the different objects used by the same method and the purpose achieved.

It became increasingly difficult for the audience, especially the students. Most of them could only stare at the stage in a daze, nodding too lazy to nod. A few of the note-takers were no longer as meticulous as before and began to scribble.

It took about twenty minutes for Yang Jingxing to finally sort out the creation of "Passionate Sonata". What he said was more about the divergent thinking of the work, and it was not without any new ideas.

Yang Jingxing’s summary of the Appassionata Sonata is: “… nothing Beethoven did was his unique skill, but he succeeded in making the work unique because he knew how to do it better, and there was almost no luck involved.

Sometimes trying your luck is the best option, but good luck is much harder than talent and hard work."

The chicken soup worked again, and the audience was obviously inspired. They applauded enthusiastically and turned from seriousness to excitement.

Yang Jingxing couldn't ignore the blond girl who didn't applaud but raised her hands to look anxious: "Please tell me."

The girl also stood up, adjusted her posture in a somewhat artificial way, put on an exaggerated and joyful expression that would definitely break her spine in Puyin, and spoke in a precise and mellow way: "Thank you very much, Mr. Yang, I

My name is Carolyn, Carolyn Stirling, and I play the cello. It's a great pleasure to welcome you to Curtis and it's an honor to meet you in person. I sincerely hope you have a great time here."

"Thank you." Yang Jingxing watched the changes quietly.

The blonde girl adjusted her state again, looking even more excited but unable to speak: "Mr. Yang, I think... if you can give some explanations about the performance of this piano sonata, it will definitely make today more memorable and exciting.

, make this Sunday more perfect!" After saying that, he continued to be embarrassed, looking very shy and shy.

Do Americans like to be coy? As soon as the blonde girl finished speaking, the Curtis people immediately gathered in support, some nodded in agreement and some wanted to applaud, it seemed so heartfelt.

Yang Jingxing didn't seem very positive: "We don't have much time... Okay, do you have a favorite performer?"

"You!" The blond girl said seriously, as if warning the lecturer who made a mistake: "Mr. Yang, of course it's you! That's why I'm waiting for you to show up today with excitement."

It was really embarrassing. What was even more embarrassing was that Yang Jingxing laughed at himself, but no one else laughed. They all stared at the lecturer's ugly appearance.

Yang Jingxing quickly corrected himself: "I didn't expect... except me?"

The blond girl seemed to have no second choice, thinking and thinking. Fortunately, Grafman spoke up in time, turned in his chair to look at more students, and said in as loud a voice as possible: "How many people have listened to this person's recording?

It doesn’t matter, I believe he won’t ask you to pay for this.”

At the critical moment, experts and masters came to liven up the scene immediately. The audience became happy and actively participated in the group activities. They raised their hands after hearing this.

Thinking on the bright side, only about one-third of the people have listened to the rough recording from a few years ago, and it’s not over yet. Yang Jingxing still has some leeway: “Thank you for those who haven’t heard it. You are very kind, but please also

Don't look down on other people, I think they just want to be appreciative people who are brave enough to challenge."

No one seemed to accept the lecturer's overtures, and there were only a few smiles. Caroline stood up again and said seriously: "Yes, it is indeed a challenge. When I first listened to your recording, I found it difficult to grasp your skills.

, made me feel very familiar and yet strange. I didn’t know how to describe your performance for a while. It took me a long time to figure out how to recommend your recording to my friends. What makes me proud is that I believe I have done it.

, I can now listen to them calmly with excitement, not only the Passionate Sonata, but also Mozart's A minor, Tempest, Schubert, your C sharp minor... My professor told me that when I can hear a performer

You can better understand the advantages when there are shortcomings, but I think perfection or shortcomings are not important to your performance. I can't listen to your performance in that state of mind. I make things simple.

Just listen to music.”

Yang Jingxing was considered strong. He could calmly listen to such a long list of murderous words in front of everyone, and answer the words as if nothing had happened: "What your professor said makes sense, and it applies to me too. I

I think that when I played the Passionate Sonata, I handled the phrase connection of the sub-theme in the first movement a little loosely, and I did not have a strict relationship between the crescendo of the articulation points and the rhythm changes in the ten to sixteen bars of the second movement.

Etc., etc……"

The blond girl wasn't stupid either. She laughed and said, "So, what are your strengths?" Many in the audience were also happy.

After finally saving the situation, Yang Jingxing just wanted to quickly turn the page: "Okay, let's be serious, limited to Beethoven or the "Appassionata Sonata", who is the performer you admire the most and who has found its shortcomings?"

The audience laughed foolishly, and then the blonde girl spoke: "Before that, the one I admired most was Richter."

Yang Jingxing only nodded without looking away, looking forward to others: "What else?"

The names of major performers were gradually listed, and supporters of these names also came forward one after another, and slowly there was a tendency to compete again.

Yang Jingxing didn't dare to cause division anymore. He tried to please everyone in a different way: "Okay, let's talk about Schnabel, Backhouse, Kopf, Serkin, Rubinstein, Brendel, Hollow.

Witz, Gilliers, Richter, Pollini.”

It didn't work either. When the lecturers finished their names, the audience's faces were expressionless. Not a single person expressed joy or support. Even Caroline misread the lecturer's expression.

Yang Jingxing only asked: "We are running out of time. Let me briefly explain. First of all, the first movement presents the theme..."

The lecturer went to the piano again, and many audience members finally got their wish.

After sitting down, Yang Jingxing first talked about the most famous point: "The emergence of the motive of "Symphony of Destiny", I think Backhouse's performance is the most distinctive, like this..."

The lecturer's demonstration made the audience nod and make those fussy expressions.

Yang Jingxing talked to himself again: "Serkin's timbre processing is the most stylish. I believe many people like this mysterious change..."

Pu Yin's students really can't do this kind of thing like widening their eyes and covering their mouths after listening to four or five sections of the demonstration.

Yang Jingxing still took a brief look at the audience: "Richter's timbre is equally charming, but I think what is commendable is his emphasis on the contrast between the two pieces of material, something like this..."
To be continued...