270. Shuttle between modern and classical Larmor is not casual
Under applause, the short Larmour walked out from the side of the stage.
His steps looked like those of a politician. After leaving the factory, he waved his little hands toward the bottom of the stage, which looked a little funny.
His hands are indeed small, and it was even doubtful whether his big and small thumbs could span an octave on the keyboard.
But if you underestimate this short man because of this, you are totally wrong.
As the record holder of the Guinness Book of Records for playing the fastest flying bee, he not only likes to share spoof piano playing videos on Twitter and online social forums, but also likes to make some interesting remarks.
Just last night, he tweeted in a provocative tone to ask Adams whether his fingers were shaking nervously, and said that if the other party admitted it, he would voluntarily withdraw from the competition.
However, as we all know, there are rumors that the two have a good personal relationship. They also attended the Wells 10th anniversary music festival together and jointly performed a particularly classic Schumann four-hand duet.
Larmore is not only a famous loudmouth in the circle, but as a pianist, he is also a young piano teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music, a world-renowned music school.
Don't be fooled by his beard, his actual age is only 33 years old.
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Philadelphia time, 3 p.m.
The competition in Vienna's Musikverein is being broadcast on the stage curtain of the Opera Hall of the Curtis Institute of Music.
With Larmour's appearance, there was a roar in the hall.
moment.
With the strings playing in unison, Larmore played.
Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20.
k466.
"He is my professional teacher."
In the corner of the stage, a man and a woman were sitting side by side. The two Asian faces looked both small. The woman had an outstanding appearance and the man had an outstanding body shape.
Zhao Yinuo said, turning to look at the little fat man beside him, and said, "If you are just interested in him, I can help you introduce him when he comes back."
"Forget it."
Feng Ziyan waved his hands quickly and said, "I plan to learn jazz. This bearded man who plays classical music is not suitable for me."
"Please, brother, your idea is too outdated," Zhao Yinuo rolled his eyes when he heard this, "Do you know what I am practicing now?"
Feng Ziyan shook his head vigorously, and the flesh on his cheeks trembled.
"I'm practicing Gershwin's jazz sketches."
"Why do you practice these things?" Feng Ziyan was a little curious, as the other party studied classical music.
Zhao Yinuo explained: "In order to get a performer diploma, I must get enough credits from jazz courses."
"In other words, those who study classical music need to study jazz, and those who play jazz also need to practice a lot of classical works."
"I know this," Feng Ziyan nodded, "Teacher Wu told me before, what I mean is that I want to find a teacher who specializes in teaching jazz. I can find another teacher to take classes in classical."
"Do you know what profession Larmore had before?" Zhao Yinuo smiled mysteriously.
At this moment, on the big screen, the piano cadenza of k466 came on.
There was an uproar in the hall.
Larmore's wrist stood up, and his fingertips instantly became lighter.
Mozart with the rhythm of modern music responded.
He did not change the original rhythm of the score at all, but only changed the position of some accents, giving the whole music a different sound.
"Damn, that's so cool."
Feng Ziyan couldn't help but shake his head with K's brand new K466. It was the first time he heard such Mozart.
"Lamore first obtained a diploma as a jazz pianist before he started to devote himself to classical music." Zhao Yinuo said.
"It's him," Feng Ziyan made up his mind instantly, turned to look at Zhao Yinuo and said excitedly: "Yinuo, you have to help me."
Zhao Yinuo raised his eyebrows, "What did you call me just now?"
"Uh..." Fengzi was speechless, and then coughed: "Classmate Zhao!"
"Now do you want me to introduce you to you?" Zhao Yinuo said seductively.
Feng Ziyan nodded.
"Okay," Zhao Yinuo changed his tone and said simply, "call Senior Sister first to listen."
moment.
Feng Ziyan looked sad and reluctantly opened his mouth: "Senior sister."
"Okay, I'll cover you from now on."
As Zhao Yinuo was talking, the hall started to boil again.
On the curtain.
In the reappearance of the theme in the third movement, Larmour once again used small tricks. In the layered voice, the focus of his performance was on the hidden melody of the left hand in the inner voice.
With the help of the sustain pedal, the bass tone of the piano is used to imitate the tone of the cello.
The texture is clear and the outline is sharp.
This groundbreaking performance won the praise and cheers of all the teachers and students present in the opera hall. This was the Larmore they were familiar with, the musical urchin.
As K466's performance ended, Larmore stood up and bowed.
He was the first among the eight contestants who had completed their performance to stand up and bow after the performance of their first work.
However, there was no applause from the audience.
Then he sat down and began to perform a work of his own choice.
"Is this Rhapsody in Blue?" Zhao Yinuo looked at the subtitle introduction with some confusion.
She had heard Gershwin's jazz work Rhapsody in Blue for orchestra and piano, but now it only had a piano part, which made it sound a little weird to her and seemed to have a somewhat classical flavor.
"It's Rhapsody in Blue."
Feng Ziyan paused and added: "And it's been adapted."
The stage is filled with a variety of rhythm patterns, shuttling between classical and modern.
Larmore's wild imagination blended classical and jazz.
His adaptation is like an ordinary American's day, tense, rushed, syncopated, always accelerating and slightly vulgar.
But vulgarity here is not a derogatory term.
It's like the Charleston dance, vulgar, but powerful and down-to-earth, and this is the original pursuit of the symphony.
His arrangements are like a band, which is surprising.
I have to say that in such a competition and producing such a work, Larmore is a bold person.
As Gershwin said, labels in music reviews are nothing. Good music is good music, even if you call it "whatever."
And before the final result comes out, no one can tell how much repercussions his debut piece will bring to the international stage.
At least judging from the judging panel at the scene, he did not make a wrong move.
All the judges were listening attentively to his last performance.
Maybe Lamore's arrival on this whole stage was just a coincidence.
One day, he received an invitation to serve as a judge for a competition.
But his reply was: "Can I attend as a contestant?"
then.
Inexplicably, I got the first place, and then came to Vienna.
At this time, he was sitting in front of the piano in the Golden Hall, playing his favorite works.
After playing the last jumping note, he flung his two little hands into the air in an exaggerated manner.