584. The Collapse of Abstinence Mozart in the Moonlight
At exactly two o'clock in the afternoon New York time the next day, the New York Philharmonic Hall ushered in the finals of America's first Fifty States Piano Competition.
This final, which was delayed for nearly a week, can be said to have whetted the audience's appetite.
"Welcome everyone..."
At this time, in the center of the ring stage, Cantellube, the president of the New York Steinway Company, was performing his opening talk show.
Judging from the frequent laughter from the audience, what he said was pretty good.
After the speeches of the major sponsors, Buck, the chairman of the jury of this competition, Steinway artist and director of the keyboard department of Curtis Institute of Music, announced the finals. Finally, he wished all the finalists to stay on today's stage.
The best works of art.
Mr. Jalvi, the current conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra who finally served as the concerto for this round of competition, announced the official start of the competition.
applause.
The band was welcomed, and then the first contestant of this round, a second-year graduate student from the Philadelphia Conservatory of Music, took the stage.
His final piece was Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3.
The majestic and powerful string section kicked off the music in the hall.
The prelude of more than three minutes does not seem long at this moment. This symphony orchestra with a long history under Järvi seems to be dedicating the first piece of this symphony concert to all the audiences in the audience.
Tracks.
It wasn't until the sound of the piano appeared on the stage that a feast for the piano began.
Curtis's young Beethoven did not use too much force, and his voice seemed to be outside the passionate orchestra most of the time, but it would highly overlap with the orchestra in every key part.
This unusual performance form of Beethoven's concertos not only captured the hearts of the music fans and the audience, but also captured the hearts of the judges.
As a new type of piano competition, the Fifty States Piano Competition’s finals showed an atmosphere that was not inferior to any competition from the very beginning.
Not just the atmosphere, but also the quality of the players.
After the outstanding performance of the first player, the second player on the stage has some background.
Liang Kecheng, a Chinese-American pianist, represents Curtis this time.
As a young pianist who is already active in the Americas, this year he has a new identity - a small list of 80 people.
Like Fang Zongyao and Zi Tong, he is also a finalist in this year's Chopin Competition.
It was as if he had some kind of aura, and he appeared with extremely strong confidence.
The same goes for the piece he brought to this final - Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2.
Under the introduction of the evening bell, the history of music spans more than a hundred years, from Beethoven directly to Rachmaninov.
Liang Kecheng sat in front of the piano and performed his own Rach.
...
Backstage.
He Jing waited quietly. As the sixth contestant to appear, it would be her turn for at least two and a half hours.
She couldn't guarantee whether her condition could be maintained until that time, but there was no way. This was the final scene of the competition.
From the audience to the orchestra, from the judges to the conductor, it is a test of the endurance of every group.
The most painful thing in this process is the players.
For this competition, she never thought that she would participate. After learning that she was going to participate in this competition, she also had no plan for what kind of ranking she would get.
She just followed the arrangements of the organizing committee and walked step by step to today's finals. The next step was to perform the final repertoire.
After the game is over, it’s time for vacation again.
Since her freshman year, He Jing has spent every holiday busy at work.
It was true when I was at Haishi Conservatory of Music, and it is true now abroad.
At that time, she just wanted to make as much money as possible. Now that she is doing well in ICM, she no longer has to spend half a day taking the subway from the east to the west of the city for the 200 yuan per class fee.
Nowadays, she can even skip work for an afternoon and drive from Eastman to any corner of Rochester.
But facing another upcoming holiday, she was a little confused about music and her own future.
Perhaps she had worked too hard this year, so in the past few days when the finals were postponed, she traveled around New York alone, trying to add some color to her life.
Sometimes she herself feels that she is a boring person.
For this reason, she specially ordered a bright red dress for today's final. Compared with the conservative style in the past, she showed off a small part of her figure today.
Although it was only a little bit, it also brought her some unique feeling.
There is no woman who doesn't love beauty, but some people don't know who to be beautiful for, and some don't have time.
He Jing is not sure whether she belongs to the former or the latter, but she feels that she should change a little.
Taking selfies is definitely not difficult for her, but she rarely takes selfies.
There was a "click" sound.
He Jing looked at the photo he just took and seemed to feel pretty good.
Then I clicked send.
moment.
Just one reply came.
Qin Jian: Beautiful!
Qin Jian: This is my first time seeing this dress!
He Jing smiled, seemingly satisfied with Qin Jian's answer.
Jing: The first time I wore it, my back felt a little cold.
Qin Jian: Huh? Let me take a look.
Qin Jian wanted to see it, so He Jing turned her back to the mirror and took a picture of him.
After taking the photo, she sent a message.
Jing: I won’t look at my phone anymore. Just wait for my message.
After sending it, she put her phone away and continued to cheer up.
It was already 9:30 pm in Bergen, and Qin Jian was on the bed in the hut holding his cell phone.
He and the old bartender had just opened a small restaurant in the town, and the old bartender took him to an abalone dinner.
After saving He Jing's two photos, Qin Jian did not reply to any messages from the other party.
Now he just needs to wait quietly and wait.
After scrolling through his phone for a while, he felt that he was almost done eating, so he got up and started translating documents.
His progress today is basically the same as yesterday. If it were in the past, he would have felt that he had found his own voice on Little Brown.
But now he has heard too many self-justifying subjective opinions, so now he is not polite when faced with his own problems.
There is no need to reach out to save some things that seem to be harvested, because they are likely to be ground to pieces at one stage.
Qin Jian felt that what the old bartender said during dinner was very normal - "As a pianist, all pursuits will eventually return to the sound that comes out the moment your fingers touch the keys, no matter which piece of work or what kind of music it is."
piano.
These words inspired Qin Jian at that time, just like what the old bartender said after eating and drinking -
"We don't eat abalone to analyze its color and long-term growth environment."