544. Got a Fan? The Generation of Conductors and Pianists
Regarding this seemingly peaceful but sharp question, according to people who were present at the press conference at the time, Lekning did not answer the question directly. He just said -
'Music competition is like life, we have to accept the inequality in life.'
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And with the official release of the short list, naturally some people are proud and some are worried.
The five-year competition system is cruel to the contestants who did not make the short list this time. Maybe they were just because of a trivial mistake, or maybe it was just because of the rainy weather during the competition, which caused the judges to feel that the minor-key works were more suitable for the occasion and they prepared
Most of the works are in major keys, maybe they are really not ready yet.
But no matter what, their piano journey will continue, but as competitors this time, they have already been eliminated.
It's a pity that they missed this time. They have almost no next time to talk about. No one can predict how many new talents will emerge in the next session five years later.
This is the Chopin Competition, which is extremely cruel.
It's so cruel that many people who advance can't really relax.
In the afternoon after the press conference ended, the complete qualifier videos of 160 players were released.
Just log in to the official website of the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition. On the homepage, there is a play button next to each photo. Click to watch.
Audiences all over the world can comment on the performance of these 160 people through the Internet. Although they cannot change the list that has been released, this does not prevent them from expressing their own opinions on the result.
In the Internet age where everyone has experts, cats and dogs vigorously advocate freedom of speech.
They commented on the players, with a "I can do whatever I want" attitude.
However, compared to such idiotic remarks, there are even more seemingly professional analysts who clearly analyzed the reasons for each player who advanced, and those players who did not advance showed enough reasons in their analysis that they should not advance.
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It is in response to the saying that the winner has the power not to be blamed.
The video of 160 people qualifying was spread throughout the Internet in a few days, but this spread was only aimed at the entire classical piano music circle and the melon-eaters who watched this circle.
However, only a handful of people have eaten cats and dogs among the crowd, and most of them are true fans of Chopin and pianists.
Among these fans, some came to Chopin because of Chopin's works played by their favorite pianist, and some got close to individual pianists who played Chopin's works because of Chopin's works.
Among the eighty people eliminated, there are many famous pianists who are already famous, such as the talented pianist Cole from Israel.
Last year he just cooperated with Bis record company to record and release a collection of Chopin ballads, but his name did not appear on this 80-person short list. This is a big surprise for those who are planning to buy tickets to go to Warsaw to watch his next live competition.
For fans, it has to be said that this is sad news.
As a well-known pianist, Cole was by no means the first person to suffer a failure in the Chopin qualifiers. Elsner, who was in the 12th session, was a quasi-champion before the competition, but he also failed in the qualifiers.
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Similar situations occur almost every session.
Maybe the judges may make mistakes sometimes, but this is the Chopin Competition, so Cole is destined not to be the last person to encounter this situation.
Let me borrow the words of Lek Ning.
'Music competition is just like life, we have to accept the inequality of life.'
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After talking about the things we are not proud of above, let’s talk about the things we can be proud of.
Although the list of 80 people who advanced was not announced in a ranking manner, Shklena announced the list in order from A to Z based on the initials of each player's name.
But even so, the first player to be announced will still attract everyone's attention.
So "Adams "Adams" naturally became this lucky person.
I don’t know what he thinks about this, but judging from his competition video, whether he is a famous pianist or not, his performance in the video is enough to impress anyone.
Compared to Cole, he is indeed lucky because he impressed most of the judges.
However, this kind of luck is not without trace. Among the five officially released works of Adams.
In addition to three difficult etudes, while most of the other contestants chose mazurkas and nocturnes as transitional qualifiers, Adams directly came up with Fantasia in F minor, which should be reserved for the first two rounds of the main competition.
Tracks used.
This shows his caution.
There is also Ivanov from Russia, who was announced by Russia as a highly anticipated national team seed player. His five works were highly praised by the public as soon as they were announced.
‘The delicate emotions of the traditional Russian piano and the music of the Romantic period are once again perfectly integrated.’ The Russian media praised their young man.
Among these outstanding taboo male contestants, there is also a very controversial figure, especially in professional academic circles - Qin Jian from Nan City, China
As soon as his five works were released, they attracted the attention of a large number of people, especially those in the foreign circles. Many people had great expectations. They wanted to hear this beautiful interpretation of Mozart.
How will the gorgeous Eastern youth interpret Chopin this time?
As a result, most of the people were dumbfounded after listening to it. What did they hear?!
24-year-old Argerich?
28-year-old Pollini?
Stov, 30?
34-year-old Deng Taishan?
They don’t understand why the classics of these four people are performed so well under the same face and with the same hands——
"So lifelike." These words came from an old Chopin fan in Naples, who has witnessed the 14th Chopin Competition.
It's so realistic that if you don't watch the video and just listen to the music, more than 95% of the ears will not be able to tell who is real and who is fake.
Too many young people are excited by this criminal artistic beauty, especially the three-dimensional and handsome side face sitting in front of the piano in the video. The indifference shown in his eyes from time to time during the performance is like a piece of wisdom.
The old man's plain interpretation of life.
Putting all this together, before the main competition officially started, Qin Jian only relied on four videos and the huge gimmick of the Chopin Competition to truly attract a large number of fans for the first time, and most of them were young women.
This is certainly understandable.
It is also understandable that these four videos also caused him to be criticized. Most of the people who criticized him said that he violated the core purpose of the Chopin Competition and tried to use an opportunistic way to gain the attention of the judges.
There are even extremists who believe that Qin Jian’s behavior should not be included in the 80-person short list.
Of course, Qin Jian's fans were not happy about this. They could not accept that their idol was attacked in this way. Reasonable fans also took out the last work Qin Jian performed, the Nocturne in B major, to make a point.
"Don't talk too much, listen to yourself, everyone who understands will understand."