After all the instruments were silenced, the piano played.
An echo.
A crisp and clear sound spiraled out as he dropped his fingers. The sound seemed to have a physical form, leaping up and filling the stage with its figure under the warm lights.
Everyone had to watch.
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Count this time, about playing the first note of the k491 piano part.
Qin Jian has already experienced two international stages.
On the court in Tokyo, he was thinking about how to express himself.
He wanted to break through the restricted thinking to interpret the feelings in his heart.
Unfortunately, he almost caused Xia Dong to lose control of the orchestra in the final musical segment.
This is not because the two did not communicate in advance, but that he did not understand the level of imprisonment that he wanted to break through from the beginning.
Qin Jian chose to participate in the competition of Mozart's works group because of Amadeus's last wish, which was a bit of fate.
He chose k491 as the entry track because he was inspired by this music full of Beethoven-style resistance.
Beethoven's creation starts from thinking about the nature of music and thoughts and feelings, from abstract to concrete, from structure to connotation, and is full of countless symbolic meanings.
Regarding Beethoven's interpretation, Qin Jian can only feel so much for the time being.
This is more due to the call in his heart before the end of the third movement of Pathetic in the third round of the Huayun Competition.
In Mozart's music, people seem to see only his charming personality and extreme elegance. His music has a natural beauty and a sharp intuition for musical effects.
Perhaps, as the world says, he is not profound and his approach to life is not entirely serious.
But as Amadeus's last wish gradually unfolded, another side of Mozart was gradually perceived by Qin Jian.
He is like a painting written by Raphael, with elegant composition, smooth lines, and gentle expressions of the characters, always with a heavenly luster and shadow, exuding vibrant and shining colors, and reflecting mostly optimism. .
Even though sadness is inevitable, he still releases goodness and beauty in his creations.
In the early morning of a sleepless night, when Qin Jian once again turned off Amadeus's last wish, turned on K491, and reread this Mozart's late work, his mind was no longer filled with pain and unwillingness, but also with Fate is unfair to genius.
At that moment, he seemed to see the ecstasy that Mozart felt when he knew that the Marriage of Figaro could be on stage again, even if it was only nine times.
He seemed to have seen Mozart obsessed with Haydn's orchestration, and devoted himself enthusiastically to the creation of string quartets, even though he had almost no friends around him at that time.
He seemed to see Mozart being hungover in a messy tavern. When he woke up, he was holding a wine bottle in one hand and a quill in the other, and the parchment in front of him was already filled with crooked notes. The creation will not stop.
He seemed to have seen Mozart shouting "Equal freedom!" and joining the Freemasons, as excitedly as if he had entered the palace for the first time.
Qin Jian didn't know what the subsequent story would be like.
But at least at that moment, he seemed to know how to express himself.
"Mozart doesn't need to be sad."
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.....
"When-when-"
Another crisp and clear sound sounded.
This time, every pair of ears heard clearly
The gloomy tone set by the continuous vibrato of the strings for the work was once again shattered by the hands on the piano.
This is a strange feeling that is difficult to describe.
Many judges even want time to stop at this moment, they need a moment to find out.
However, music moves forward.
Qin Jian's hands passed over the keyboard silently like a breeze, creating a wave of vibrant sound every time they passed.
"His way of controlling the volume is very unique." A corner of the judges' bench.
...
People often say that if you want to fully understand today, you must start with history.
This statement is also true when it comes to how to play Mozart on a modern piano.
The development of the piano after Mozart gave people more possibilities to express musical emotions.
In fact, in that era when there was only the fortepiano, not many people paid attention to the complexity of a work, the proficiency of the creative techniques and the construction of discord intervals to the inner smearing of the melody.
As long as it sounds good to everyone, it’s OK. In that era, music was just one of the ways of entertainment for the public.
Today, as piano manufacturing technology, pronunciation principles, volume levels and timbre effects have become increasingly perfect, those 'Mozart notes' that were once regarded as a pastime after dinner have become awe-inspiring again.
It's really hard to tell whether this is progress or regression.
"As a modern performer, when dealing with Mozart's works, he should have a deeper understanding and application of technical knowledge of key touch, timbre processing, pedal and intensity changes."
The advice Shen Qingci gave Qin Jian after listening to Qin Jian’s k491 completely for the first time.
Qin Jian has been pondering this sentence over and over again.
Based on his own understanding, he still chose the Yamah series CFX model piano this time. He was also the only contestant among the twenty-five finalists to choose an Asian brand.
Cfx's clear grain, soft tone, and light touch are what he values the most.
The keys of the pianos in Mozart's time were much lighter than today's, which means that playing cantabile melodies on modern pianos requires stronger finger control.
As the current president of the Mozart International Music Association said in his opening speech, "Without systematic training in Chopin and Liszt etudes, few pianists have the ability to play the opening excerpts of Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in a concert hall with 2,000 people."
technical control.
Qin Jian had never practiced Liszt, and he had only begun to practice Chopin's system not long ago.
But in Chris's piano guide, he changed the original way of pronunciation and touching the keys. In the practice of Chopin's hand position formula, he mastered the flow balance of the ten fingers, and in the past month of morning exercises, he has improved the control of his fingers.
Already have a preliminary understanding.
Therefore, he knew that he needed a piano that was truly suitable for his current stage.
This is related to how he restores k491 in his heart.
After the music passed through the presentation section, Qin Jian's lips raised slightly.
"Seems pretty good."
...
According to the general convention of classical concertos, the remaining part after the cadenza will be borne by the orchestra.
But in k491, after the orchestra took over the cadenza.
The piano appears again.
Qin Jian finally waved his arms.
The ever-expanding and rising melody of the music, together with the long-lasting melancholy, disappeared into the dim sky.
The first movement ends.
The whole place was quiet.
....
At this moment, Qin Jian raised his hand to signal Mellon to pause.
This is etiquette.
He picked up the handkerchief and wiped his forehead and palms.