The Amsterdam Concertgebouw is one of the five largest concert halls in the world. The third One Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition was held here.
Unlike the venue of nearly 80,000 people when the China Finals was held in the stadium, the venue of the Amsterdam Concert Hall only has 2,037 seats, 44 meters long, 28 meters wide, and 17 meters high.
It has been professionally designed and has world-class sound insulation.
In the hall, the reverberation time when there is no audience is 2.8 seconds.
When there is an audience, it is 2.2 seconds.
In order to take care of the audience's absolute sense of hearing, there is no audio equipment in the venue, and all scales are directly emitted by piano strings.
Because the sealing is extremely strong, even if a person is breathing slightly heavily in the hall, the audience can hear it clearly.
And if you fart, it will be like thunder...
Piano recital is an elegant art, but no matter how elegant it is, facing a world-class event like the One Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition, the Amsterdam Music Association does not dare to neglect it. Although the audience in the inner hall only has more than 2,000 seats,
In the outfield, a large OLED screen was erected early, and world-class speakers were used. Although the sound quality was slightly different from that in the infield, it did not prevent the audience from watching in the outfield.
Therefore, music lovers from all over the world, as long as they have time, gather here on the day of the finals.
Although there are still two days before the start of the finals, many tourists and media reporters have already gathered densely on the lawn, riverside and road outside the concert hall.
Everyone was excited to take photos and visit the Dutch capital.
When Liao Yuan and others got off the plane, it was already eight o'clock in the local evening, and there were already official Jiligulu staff waiting in the airport lobby.
After some exchanges, everyone settled in a local hotel.
The contestants had a week to overcome jet lag and practice their piano skills, but Liao Yuan only arrived two days before the finals.
Therefore, under the strong request of Fu Xiaoci and others, Liao Yuan finally gave up the idea of visiting the location and returned to the hotel to have a full rest.
But the next day, Liao Yuan let himself go. Jet lag? It didn’t exist.
He secretly left the hotel early in the morning, leaving only Xing Tao to stay with him and another bodyguard Wang Yue to stay in the hotel and contact him at any time if there was any situation.
Liao Yuan actually didn't want to take Xing Tao with him.
In addition to being a little unfree, the most important thing is that Xing Tao is a bit stubborn.
He is not as calm and calm as Wang Yue. In the early days, once someone threatened Liao Yuan with words or eyes, Xing Tao would always stand up, move his huge body lightly, and then clenched his fists, as if he was punching the opponent.
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Even if the opponent is a petite and pitiful girl, Xing Tao will seriously ask Liao Yuan for permission to fight.
Liao Yuan couldn't laugh or cry for a time.
Fortunately, Xing Tao's way of thinking is relatively simple, and he only listens to himself for any orders.
After these two months of training, Xing Tao reluctantly learned to observe words and emotions, and was no longer as stubborn as before, so Liao Yuan sincerely kept him by his side.
The buildings in Amsterdam are very different from those in China. There are double mansard roofs everywhere, that is, tower roofs. In addition, there are many dormer windows on the side walls along the street. Each window is both high and long.
, which can fully enjoy ventilation and lighting.
And because it is the location of the famous Royal Concertgebouw of Amsterdam, the music atmosphere here is extremely strong.
There are many musicians playing in the streets and alleys, including saxophone, thumb piano, tuba, violin, and other instruments of all kinds.
However, because the holding of the One Emperor and Four Emperors Competition finals also brought a huge flow of people to Amsterdam, in recent days, piano performances have become the best choice for outsiders to visit.
Therefore, public pianos on many streets are almost always crowded with onlookers.
Liao Yuan bought two cups of coffee at a roadside cafe and handed one to Xing Tao. The two of them walked in tandem on the streets of Amsterdam.
Xing Tao seems to have a deep fear of coffee, but he has to drink the coffee given by his boss.
Every time, he drank the bitter coffee in one gulp as if drinking Chinese medicine.
Here, he had just raised his head and finished drinking. When he turned around, he found that the boss was missing.
He was startled and looked around quickly. Fortunately, he found the target quickly.
In front of the subway platform not far away, Liao Yuan was standing there with his arms folded, drinking coffee and looking at the public piano placed in front of the subway entrance.
By this time, a crowd had gathered in front of the public piano.
As far as everyone could see, they saw a young man wearing a baseball cap, sitting there and playing piano music happily.
The young man's face under the brim of the hat is not handsome, but he is not ugly either. He is Asian and looks very elegant, but when he plays the piano, he seems to be suffering from epilepsy, and his hands are flying on the keys crazily.
Not only that, even the head and waist are twisting and turning, creating a great attraction for passers-by.
People around me felt fresh, and from time to time someone took out their camera to take pictures.
Xing Tao came over and after listening for a while, he suddenly became bored.
He stood there and waited for a while, took the boss's paper coffee cup, and threw it into the trash can. When he came back, looking at Liao Yuan's thoughtful look, Xing Tao suddenly said: "Boss, you need me to beat him up..."
"No need." Liao Yuan quickly interrupted Xing Tao and continued.
Xing Tao immediately shut his mouth.
Liao Yuan took out his mobile phone from his body and searched for "Nano Junichi" on the search website. Soon, all the public information about this name appeared in front of him.
Looking at the photo displayed on the profile, Liao Yuan smiled: "It is indeed him."
Minamino Shunichi, the champion of the Japanese and Korean divisions of the One Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition.
Liao Yuan had read through his information before coming here, so he had a deep impression of Minamino Shunichi.
In Osaka City, Neon Island, Minamino Shun is known as the little piano prodigy. He is the creator of many anime songs on Neon Island and is extremely popular among the people.
In addition, his elder brother, Minamino Shuichi, was the champion of the 2nd One Emperor and Four Emperors Piano Competition.
It can be said that this guy is one of the two opponents most worthy of Liao Yuan's attention in this tournament.
Liao Yuan has watched Minamino Shuichi's performance videos on the Internet, and his style is more similar to that of the great pianist Lang Lang in his previous life.
When playing music, his range of movements and expressions are exaggerated, and coupled with his extremely high talent for piano playing, his playing style is also mixed with a sense of shock that ordinary people cannot match.
This aspect is fundamentally different from his elder brother Minamino Shuichi.
The two brothers are almost the representatives of silence and movement.
After more than ten minutes, someone at the scene finally recognized Minamino Shunichi's identity. However, after all, Amsterdam is comparable to Vienna, the capital of music, and the quality of the people is extremely high. No one at the scene came forward to disturb Minamino Shunichi's performance.
Even the sound of walking is much quieter.
After listening to it for a while, Liao Yuan couldn't help but feel itchy.
Because now Minamino Junichi is playing "Flight of the Bumblebee" that he played in the China Finals.
After the Chinese finals, this piano piece spread on the Internet almost at the speed of light, causing a lot of discussion in the piano circles around the world. In the end, the praise outweighed the criticism, which can be regarded as affirmation of Liao Yuan's creative skills.