503. Elevators and Cell Phones Seven and twenty-seven
Upright and humble.
This was Argerich's first impression of the young man in black dress on the stage.
He knows the other person. Although he has never met the other person in person, he has included an album of the other person.
She liked the refreshing Mozart played by this young man, and she thought the Mozart he played was the Mozart of her imagination.
But at this moment it was difficult for her to connect the indifferent young man in front of her with Mozart like that.
She remembered that fifty years ago, a young Chinese man came to the arena with enthusiasm. At that time, she was still an excited little woman outside the arena.
Since then, in the past fifty years, she has met many young people from China in this arena, but the only one who left a deep impression on her was the young man with a dazzling edge fifteen years ago.
She was already sitting here with her hair turning gray.
She is still sitting here today. To be honest, there are more young people from Asia this time. In the competition that has ended, very few left an impression on her, but the young man in front of her is the one she has been waiting for for a long time.
Yes.
If I had to use one word to describe him, Argerich thinks it should be - indifference.
However, judging a player's playing style from his expression, words and deeds is obviously an extremely amateurish performance.
Argerich retracted his thoughts.
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Facing the dimly lit audience, Qin Jian could not help but feel a little fluttering in his heart.
He has already stepped onto the stage of the Chopin Competition, the stage leading to the top.
But thinking about the purpose of this trip, he calmed down again for a moment.
bow.
Get up.
Neither humble nor arrogant.
Even knowing that there were five previous Chopin Competition champions sitting in the audience, he had no stage fright.
He just came to compete.
Taking a deep breath, he sat down in front of the piano.
The black piano under the warm light had the Kawa logo hanging on it. This was something the judges did not expect, and it was also something he did not expect at first.
After adjusting his sitting posture, Qin Jian clenched his fists with both hands and then released them.
"C major."
He thought silently in his mind.
In the silence around him, his hands didn't rise much higher.
About 20cm in height from the keyboard.
But his movement attracted the attention of all the judges.
The next second the picture freezes.
“When————!!!
An incomparably clear major chord with holy brilliance rose from the castanets of Skex.
‘Etudes op.10:No.1 in C major’「Psalm Escape」
The magnificent momentum instantly enveloped the entire space including the judges' seats under the stage.
Under the chord, each independent broken chord is like a fanatical believer in God,
The sound grains are full and exceptionally clear, without any interference from string noise.
They also represent the significance of the Psalm's escape melody motive.
Qin Jian's face was indifferent, like an ascetic, and his right arm moved methodically like a pendulum in a solemn and controlled melody.
The music gradually burst out with fiery energy.
The energy without being blunt creates an unstoppable effect.
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"The greatest exclusion of worldly sentiments."
This is Stove's personal explanation of this piece.
This is also one of his famous works.
At this moment, listening to the young man's performance on the stage, he actually had the illusion that he was playing.
Especially when each chord sounds with well-proportioned volume.
Not only him, but also many judges present felt this way. They were too familiar with the Psalm Escape played by Stov, and the partial value performance of the chords can be said to be Stov's unique personal technique.
Some people couldn't help but wonder if this was Stov's son, but those who had this idea quickly gave up the idea. The young man's personal information clearly stated that all of his students were Chinese.
"Is it an imitation?"
Argerich couldn't help but ask herself, she didn't expect this young man to be like this, and her heart became complicated for a while.
After completing the ascending decomposed chords 39 times and the descending decomposed chords 41 times, and finally repeated the 4×4 rhythm model 78 times in the response, Qin Jian finally exerted his strength for the last time to achieve perfect voice balance and three-dimensionality in the high and low parts.
Sound effects.
It was at this moment that the music suddenly stopped.
quiet.
At this moment, the judges in the audience had to re-examine this young man who seemed to have an indifferent face.
His indifferent attitude seemed to hide a motive that they couldn't see.
From a purely competitive perspective, this young man's finger skills have been recognized by them.
However, this is only his first piece in the preliminary round.
They are already looking forward to what comes next.
"#c minor."
Qin Jian raised her hands again while thinking silently, this time her hands were raised above her neck.
The rapidly sinking hands are like a metaphor for the title of the next piece.
The sound flow is strong, the strongest among the strong.
From the moment the piano sounded, the majestic momentum was out of control and shattered the envelope of the light of the chant.
‘Etudes,op.10:No.4 in sharp minor’「Riptide」
At this moment, someone in the judges' box was already looking at Argerich out of the corner of his eye.
Yes, with ‘Stov’s Psalm’, the appearance of ‘Argerich’s Torrent’ will no longer be surprising.
Argerich's eyes were no longer complicated, and he stared at the young man on the stage intently, as if he wanted to see how much the other person could accomplish.
To be honest, Qin Jian's behavior aroused the pride in her heart. Even with gray hair, she was still the proud piano queen.
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"Argerich's emotional vocabulary for dealing with rapids is very special."
"In the rondo-like melody of ascending second degree - descending third degree - ascending second degree, she highlights a kind of exquisite and elegant hesitation."
"She combines this hesitant yet persevering whirling sound with other elements to express the deep musical connotation."
"The unique crisp timbre and octaves are the direct means by which she used her playing techniques to light up this work."
This is what Qin Jian deciphered during four nights, Argerich's code about rapids.
The key core lies in the timbre.
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Every judge clearly heard the torrent timbre of Qin Jian's performance, which was naturally different from the chant and was completely in the tone of Argerich.
Some people find this kind of mechanical reproduction strange, while others find it puzzling.
A benevolent person sees benevolence and a wise person sees wisdom.
In each session, a large number of players imitate the timbre, techniques, and even playing styles and postures of previous gold medal winners.
However, it has never happened before in previous competitions that a work like Qin Jian imitates one person.
And the most terrifying thing is that he captured the essence of everyone.
A just-right chord completely integrates the melody and emotion, and the music is finally presented in its most perfect state.
Presentation ends.
Qin Jian stopped and the second piece ended.
All the judges set their sights on his next work.
'Etudes,op.25:No.11 in a minor'「Winter Wind」
Some people have already begun to speculate as to which incarnation of the person you are sitting on will appear this time.