Chapter 103 Haydn's mistake? The competition goes deep
However, whether it is Federico Mombo's late blooming or Wolfgang Mozart's reputation as a "child prodigy", this tone mostly exists only in the shadows behind stage lights and in the papers of music historians.
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Gradually, throughout the backstage, most of the contestants have returned to their rest rooms to adjust, waiting for the upcoming competition.
The order of appearance in the second round will be played in the order of the promotion list.
In the backstage public area, only the backstage staff were shuttled back and forth, and the large screen for live broadcast.
On the screen, the only thing left on the stage was the black grand piano under the spotlight.
Just like the pianos used by the contestants in the preliminary rounds, in this round, the twenty contestants can still only use the officially designated pianos.
In the audience seats under the stage, except for the judges' seats in the first and second rows in the middle, there were very few empty seats left.
Under the dim light, there was a mass of dark figures, but they remained surprisingly quiet.
15:10, the judges take their seats.
The seventeen judges walked into the concert hall from another passage and took their seats one after another under the curious eyes of the audience.
Many fans who pay attention to classical music quickly recognized some familiar figures.
This time, there were still fourteen judges sitting in the first row, and three other elderly people who seemed to have a slightly special status sat in the second row.
15:30.
As two loud and distant chimes sounded, all the lights in the concert hall came on.
A male host in a suit walked up from behind the stage holding a microphone.
"Welcome to the piano semi-finals of the 6th Huayun Youth Music Skills Competition."
There was a burst of applause
"This competition is organized by the China Propaganda Department..."
After the host's speech, the viewing order was read out.
Finally, the judging panel for this round of competition was introduced in turn.
"Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the Huayun Youth Music Competition, Dean of the Yanjing Conservatory of Music, Doctoral Tutor of the Piano Department of the Yanjing Conservatory of Music, Wu Qing"
"Famous pianist, dean of Haishi Conservatory of Music, honorary dean of M Country's Mann Hafton Conservatory of Music, Zhou Rong"
"Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, the first batch of leaders of the National Music Talent Program, Fu Hua"
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"Famous pianist, winner of the 12th Cliburn Piano Competition, winner of the 11th Liszt Piano Competition, Shen Qingci"
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"World-famous conductor, music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, lifelong conductor of the New Ben Symphony Orchestra, Xiao Linzell"
Following the host's introduction, each judge stood up and nodded to the audience under applause, which made the atmosphere at the scene feel relaxed.
And when the host's final voice fell.
In the second row of the judges' seat, to the left, an old man with gray and messy hair quickly stood up, turned around and bowed deeply to the audience, not caring about the fluffy messy hair swaying up and down.
It wasn't until the applause completely died down that the old man turned around and sat down.
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"The game officially begins."
"The order of appearances will be based on the order of the first round promotion list."
The lights in the auditorium did not dim this time.
"The first contestant - Li Zhirun, recommended by the Qin Provincial Musicians Association"
"This round she will bring the following tracks"
"Chopin's Scherzo No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 31"
"Instructor, Zuo Heng"
applause.
The host's voice spread throughout the concert hall.
Including every corner of the backstage.
"here we go."
The tense atmosphere permeated all the rest rooms on the porch.
On the big screen in the public area, a girl in a pink dress slowly walked out from the opening and closing door on the sound box on the left side of the stage.
He bowed to warm applause and then went to the piano.
Compared with the stage fright in the first round, the girl who put on flat shoes in this round felt much more confident. Her hands no longer trembled and she naturally placed them on the keys.
The wrists of both hands are slightly raised and lowered at the same time.
'drop---'
The harmonious sustain lasted only a moment, followed by a set of triplets with vivid colors and witty colors.
Legato!
Empty shot!
In the blink of an eye, the audience has not really approached the stage yet.
‘Dang————’
A set of powerful chord tones suddenly burst out from the piano soundboard the moment the girl guessed the sustain pedal.
The sound with huge amplitude, like a ferocious beast, rushed towards the audience, smashing some kind of barrier between the stage and the audience.
Group after group of bright chords flowed out from under the girl's fingers.
The audience's eyes and ears, following the girl's undulating figure, finally approached the piano competition site.
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"The little girl is really strong at grabbing keys."
In the rest room No. 21 backstage, Qin Jian stopped listening to the live radio coming from outside the porch.
Qin Jian still has fresh memories of this female contestant. In the last round, a more wild torrent of music sent away the first male contestant.
Listening to this "Scherzo" now, the rhythm is not only vivid and clear, but also the sudden contrast between strengths and weaknesses is handled just right.
Without watching the scene, just from the auditory experience, compared to the performance in the first round, I can only say that the music is much wider.
"In the second round, it really started to look different."
Qin Jian changed into a comfortable position, put his hands on his chest, and leaned on the back of the chair.
The music moves forward steadily.
The entire backstage porch became quieter and quieter.
Then, there were sounds of door openings in the hallway one after another, and from time to time a figure passed by Qin Jian's door and window, walking towards the public area.
And on the big screen.
The girl has reached the end of the music, and her movements gradually slow down after jumping rapidly with her hands.
at last.
A light treble.
'drop'
A good performer can inspire the audience's emotions.
Even though most of the ears in the audience could not distinguish the pitch, timing, and rhythm at this moment, the moment the girl stopped her hands and relaxed her shoulders, they knew they could applaud.
At the same time, the girl moved to the stage with a smile.
Under the even more enthusiastic applause, it was like a girl bowing in unison.
A smooth picture in one go.
Until the girl left the stage from the other side.
"The second contestant to appear - Chen Ge..."
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As the host's voice fell again, the second contestant came to the stage.
In the first round, this contestant recommended by the Qingcheng Musicians Association received applause from the judges on the spot with a smooth and complete Chopin A major etude.
The repertoire he chose in this round did not continue the style of Chopin's works, but chose a piano work from the classical period.
"Haydn's Piano Sonata in C major?"
Qin Jian was a little surprised.
Compared with the other party's previous round of works, the style span of this round's selection of tracks is a bit wider, and the themes are also humorous, but they need to be handled much more carefully.
This piece was practiced by Qin Jian. He had a headache with the ubiquitous p "weak" and f "strong" emoticon marks on music charts. Phrases with a large number of emoticons could not be played as he wished. The volume and fluctuations
You must pay attention to proportion, but you must also take into account the narrative nature of the music.
This alone is enough to give the performer a headache.
Listening to the passionate notes in my ears, from the three bars onwards, my mood has never come down.
Qin Jian could already imagine the other party's physical condition without looking.
"Big brother seems to be showing too much passion."
Qin Jian was a little disappointed.
On the other side, on the stage, the boy in front of the piano had sweat on his forehead.
Maybe it’s because I’m not used to the atmosphere of today’s competition, or maybe it’s because there are too many people in the audience, which makes the sound coming from the piano back to my ears uncomfortable.
The young man was trying his best to adjust himself, barely maintaining a calm playing state.
However, the Allegro movement at this moment is still moving rapidly at a speed of more than 130 beats under his hands.
So much so that at the end of the performance, a pair of hands seemed to stumble suddenly.
Although the young man stopped his hand coolly and tried to cover up his mistake with a performance.
But the music is real.
The audience still gave enthusiastic applause, but the judges' table seemed a little quieter.
One of the professors who came to Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music looked extremely unhappy at this time.
Obviously, he has some kind of special relationship with the boy on the stage.
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"It's a pity, Chen Ge really didn't perform well."
"It's strange, there was a question mark on his speed from the beginning"
"He's already playing very well."
"You can still run at such a fast speed. If it were me, I would just praise you."
“It feels so bright in the audience today”
"Hey, come on"
Many young players were already sitting in front of the big screen backstage.
Regarding the scene just now, everyone's face showed different emotions, but there was only one thing they could agree on.
At this time, the concert hall on the screen seems to be different from the previous round.
The game still continues.
Every boy or girl whose name is called will be on the stage again.
Here, waiting for them is the second round of tests.
On the road to becoming a qualified performer, there can be surprises.