Chapter 261 What about the good Mozart effect and the good IQ?
As the performance of the 12th group of contestants ended, the thirty people on the judges' bench were also commenting on their own opinions and opinions on the performance that had just ended.
Twenty-five judges from five continents, plus five directors of the Mozart Society, formed the jury for this ensemble.
Although most of them know each other, they don't communicate much unless they encounter more interesting works or performances.
Just like the European contestants just now, their emotional expression of Bach did not arouse a chemical reaction in the audience.
Just as the applause fell, a judge from the Americas opened the next chapter to introduce the contestants' works.
"Oh, it's prenatal education music."
Muttering, his eyes moved to the two photos of the players on the side.
"Two young Asians."
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The piece k448 was not only very popular in Mozart's era.
Today, it still has a magical experience.
In 1993, Dr. Rauscher conducted a test on 36 psychology students at the University of California, USA.
After listening for ten minutes, the IQ of students who took the test generally increased by 8 to 9 points.
Although this improvement is only temporary and only effective within 10 to 15 minutes after listening to the music, Rauscher and his colleagues still came to the conclusion that the improvement in IQ scores is due to some of the characteristics of Mozart's music.
A manifestation of the role of characteristics.
The media immediately dubbed this discovery "Mozart makes you smarter."
This is the so-called "Mozart Effect" and the magical modern journey of Control 448.
Perhaps Mozart himself did not expect that this piece would be applied to every corner of the medical field, and eventually became the most famous prenatal education music in the world.
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At the entrance of the messy backstage, Duan Ran, wrapped in a long white dress, stood in front of Qin Jian and helped him straighten his collar again, and finally took off the watch from his left wrist and put it into his pocket.
"Let's go."
"Walk."
Bathed in warm yellow stage lights and lingering in quiet applause, Qin Jian and Duan Ran slowly walked onto the stage.
Although there was no spotlight, everything the two of them passed became a focus.
As a duo with good looks among the contestants in the Asian competition, they can indeed catch everyone's attention off the stage due to their body shape.
This is a competition ground, but it is also a stage.
bow.
Take a seat.
Qin Jian played part one and sat in front of the piano on the outside, while Duan Ran played part two and sat in front of the piano near the stage.
The applause gradually died down and the concert hall became quiet.
The two looked at each other and gave each other a look of approval.
He raised his hands at the same time.
Four hands rose out of thin air, but Qin Jian's right hand was raised slightly higher.
This is his giving hand.
The next second.
Under Qin Jian's indifferent gaze, his thin lips moved slightly.
The murmur under the light was like a priest's last prayer.
"Forte."
Said.
His right hand gently turned his wrist, as if giving an order.
The next second.
The four hands fell suddenly at the same speed
"When————!!"
The two-octave main chord of D major was perfectly integrated and sounded over the stage.
The two Steinways are as if one person is playing, in perfect harmony.
On this stage, almost every pair of players can achieve this neat beginning, which is nothing.
After the vibrato performance of the first part 'fa' and the second part 're' under the big dotted rhythm immediately following the main chord ended, there were varying degrees of inhaling sounds off the stage, including at the judges' table.
"Hey Poulenc, can you guess the tempo of the first movement?"
In the European judges' area, a naughty-looking old man wearing a fur hat whispered to his left hand.
Planck said casually: "Between 125 and 132."
"Then can you continue to tell me how many sets of tr "vibrato" they just played?"
"Sorry, man, I didn't hear it clearly either. It sounded like six groups, and the last vibrato of one seemed to fall on 'sol'."
The two were talking, and at this moment, a soft and kind female voice sounded from the side.
"It's six and a half groups."
"Planck, he finally dropped his finger and returned to 'fa'."
The speaker is also one of the European judges of this competition, Elfriede Bachmann, the head of the piano department at the University of Performing Arts in Vienna.
He was also the one who became very interested in the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini after the Huayun Competition.
After her words fell, the judges' table fell silent again.
From the moment the music started, Bachmann's eyes always fell on the piano player's slightly raised right hand. At this moment, she was even more convinced of her previous judgment.
Perhaps at a speed of 128 beats, playing the 7 groups of vibratos under a large floating point rhythm is just a matter of moving the fingers a little faster, but the two young players still maintained a high degree of order.
She knew that this dominant right hand played a vital role in this.
K448 is joyful and comfortable.
However, it is not just about transcendence. In the gorgeous chapters written after falling in love, there is naturally a trace of Mozart's unique passion.
In the Adagio of the second movement, the two pianos are like two old people walking slowly under the sunset.
Supporting each other, they move forward slowly.
Except for some passages that try to avoid being sentimental by speeding up the music, the progression of the music always maintains a certain rhythm.
A calm and harmonious piece of music with just the right volume.
In the second part, a few decorative sounds will pop up occasionally, which is cute and playful.
The vivid musical picture continued until the beginning of the third movement, when the tempo returned to Allegro again.
As the two pianos once again started their uniform movements, the quaint stage was filled with spring-like vitality for the second time.
The music remains in this state until the end, with the piano's tension allowing the audience to connect with the music without being immersed in it.
"When—"
"Dang-dang"
"When————————"
When the last chord fell, the two people in front of the piano raised their hands at the same time.
"Wow~~~~~~"
At the end of the performance, the audience burst into reserved applause again.
The two came to the stage.
This time Qin Jian was experienced and took Duan Ran's left hand.
In this way, Duan Ran can use his accustomed right hand to cover his chest and bow.
Qin Jian was thinking about it when the tattoo on his left hand suddenly shook and he was startled.
"This time it really came."
At this moment, Duan Ran had already bent down.
Qin Jian looked aside blankly.
What about the tacit understanding?
The applause from the audience got even louder.
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In the corner of the auditorium, a gentle and elegant middle-aged oriental man was clapping his hands. Looking at this unexpected scene on the stage, he couldn't help but smile.
"Silly boy."
Then he got up and left. The show he wanted to watch was over.
Not long after he walked out of the door, a tall figure with blond hair also walked through the CD booths in the lobby and walked out of the door.
He took out his cell phone.
Under the mild sunshine, although the brim of his hat obscured his facial features, judging from the outline of his chin, he was not very old.
Looking at the 14 missed calls from the same person, he frowned slightly and dialed back casually.
The call was connected within a second, and then there was a burst of displeasure from the phone.
"Adams, did you also oversleep on your phone?"
"Sorry, Alina, what's the matter?"
"Rattle asked me to tell you that the rehearsal time has been changed to half past two."
The young man looked at the time on his phone, and the voice on the phone continued to ring.
"You still have forty minutes to get to the opera house."
"Is there anything else?"
"there is none left."
"Okay, thank you, Alina."
The young man spoke an authentic Viennese dialect.