The sky outside the window gradually darkened, and Tokyo shrouded in neon was once again clothed in fantasy.
【97】
Scanning the numbers on the footer of the score, Qin Jian casually spread the score and moved it to the small round table in front of him.
Thought for a moment.
He stood up, gently took out a bottle of pink drink from the refrigerator, and returned to the window again.
I drank half the bottle in one go.
moment.
"Um--"
There was an uncontrollable groan, as if the cold feeling had stimulated the nerves in his brain, and Qin Jian suddenly felt that his mind was much clearer.
I looked out the window again, only a minute passed, and the feasting and feasting outside the window seemed to have returned to a colorful and bustling city.
"It's not that poetic."
Qin Jian thought for a while.
He raised his hand again and drank the remaining half of the drink in the bottle in one gulp. He suddenly understood why Duan Ran liked to drink this kind of lactic acid drink mixed with strawberry flavor.
In the past three years, Qin Jian has been searching for clues about the musical motivation in every orchestrator role in the band.
There is not only the peaceful lead of the piano, but also the dialogue between the trumpet and the flute.
The oboe may be questioning the euphonium, which belatedly responds with a dull sound, using continuous spitting.
In the previous section, the enchanting violin continued to wink at the simple bassoon, but in the next section, it changed its key and flew into the embrace of the cello.
In the orchestra world of Mozart's K491, all drama is taking place.
He chased quickly and slowly, trying to find out.
...
At 12 noon on the second day, the final schedule of the junior group was completed.
At the same time, the Asian Organizing Committee immediately announced the start of the youth group finals.
And between last night and today, the promotion lists for all categories in other major competition areas around the world have been created.
14:20.
Qin Jian accompanied Duan Ran to complete the infusion of fluids, and the two of them arrived at the Tokyo Opera Concert Hall again.
Accompanied by the third etude being played on the stage, the two passed through the densely packed back row of the audience.
Placing Duan Ran in a corner of the contestants' seats, Qin Jian went directly to the backstage passage, showed his participation certificate to the staff, went to the practice area designated by the contestants before the game, and randomly picked a piano to sit on.
Come down.
This is a public area, so naturally there are other contestants, but most people focus on the hands in front of them.
Only a man in black wearing black sunglasses in the corner was looking around. After seeing Qin Jian, his pupils under his sunglasses suddenly lit up, and his eyes followed Qin Jian to the piano.
He waited for Qin Jian to take action, but when a musical scale with neither speed nor speed suddenly appeared in his ears, the smile on his face became heavier.
"What a funny guy, and he looks so serious when playing scales."
The man in sunglasses just watched Qin Jian waving his fingers and repeating the musical scale at the same speed over and over again.
About less than ten minutes passed.
There was a burst of applause from the stage.
Then the curtain call sounded again.
"The next contestant who is about to appear, No. 2 in Group C, Kamala, is from Tel Aviv, Israel. The entries are Liszt's Transcendental Etude No. 7, Beethoven's Sonata No. 15 in D major, and the designated piano yamah.
"
As the voice fell, a woman with long linen hair wearing a sky blue dress suddenly stood up
Left here in the eyes of everyone
However, only Qin Jian remained unmoved and continued to play the scales.
...
Time passed little by little, and when the applause sounded again, Qin Jian slowly stopped singing, then closed the piano cover, turned around and left.
With the contestants appearing again, the finals have reached one-third, and six of the seventeen finalists have finished.
"Why are you back?" Looking at Qin Jian returning to the contestants' seat from the backstage, Duan Ran hurriedly picked up the cloth bag placed on the seat.
"Thirty minutes of warm-up is enough." Qin Jian said, reaching out and brushing Duan Ran's forehead again, and then said in a deep voice, "Just stop burning."
"So can I skip the infusion tomorrow morning?"
Duan Ran quickly accepted the words, but what he received in exchange was a gentle slap on the head from Qin Jian.
"no."
He sat down and asked, "How is it? Do you think that woman just played well?"
"Okay, her finger skills are so proficient," Duan Ran said and thought for a moment, "The timbre of her sonata is also different from the classical timbre we often hear. How should I say it, it is very close to romantic works.
That kind of bright color sense, but the musical structure is very rigorous."
"In short, it has a very personal style and is not popular at all."
"I watched her preliminary competition video, and it's true." Qin Jian nodded.
moment.
"I don't think her performance is necessarily worse than any of the judges sitting here." Duan Ran said with a serious face.
Qin Jian smiled and said, "Except for Japan, there are actually not many contestants from other countries in this competition, and many of the invited performers refused directly when they heard that they were invited to compete and not to be judges.
Invitation from the organizing committee.”
"These are the exact words of Commander Linzel Jr."
Qin Jian said and looked at the man who was playing on the stage, "So this is a competition rather than a large-scale classical music event. After all, it is a competition named after Mozart's birthday. The highlight is still in Europe. Maybe Mozart's
The work is the important part of the final competition.”
"That's it." Duan Ran nodded, looking as if he was stunned, "I've always wondered why the organizing committee put the competition in the Mozart category at the end."
"But having said that, there are still some already famous performers who are unwilling to give up such an opportunity. After all, this is not a series of competitions. No one knows when the next one will be. It may not be fifty years from now.
So getting a good result is of great significance to a pianist's career." Qin Jian said, swaying his fingers casually to follow the slow movement in the air.
"Fifty years from now," Duan Ran calculated, "it seems good. You can be a judge by then."
"I reject."
...
Accompanied by beautiful piano melodies and pleasant conversations with Duan Ran, Qin Jian didn't feel any nervousness at all. His mentality was completely different from when he participated in the Huayun Competition. This time he just came to experience it.
but.
A game is still a game, and the game needs to involve a victory or defeat.
Besides, the game is still going on.
...
"come on."
As the ninth contestant's performance came to an end, Duan Ran followed Qin Jian's figure to the corridor backstage, thinking silently in his heart.