The moment Branjano raised his hand high, the contestants' journey to the main event began.
Like an arbitrary door with gravity being opened.
Each player will enter the door actively or passively, and the player closest to the door will be the first warrior to enter the arena.
No matter what, this warrior deserves applause.
Under applause.
The bearded Ashley, the No. 21 player from the UK, has adjusted his mentality. It can be seen from his expression that the muscles on both sides of his cheeks have relaxed a lot.
As a college student who has never participated in a piano competition, his mental quality is already good.
The person who walked out of the contestant seat next was contestant No. 22, Feng Xiaopang from China.
The little fat man has a relaxed look on his face, and his steps are like the rhythm of jazz swing under his fingertips. His clothes are trendy and avant-garde, and he does not look like a classical piano player. Some people have seen him at this year's New Orleans Jazz Festival.
Following Feng Xiaopang was a little loli. Her cute appearance made people think that she should leave here by herself with her schoolbag on her back.
The No. 23 female player from Brazil is less than 150cm tall, but no one can doubt the energy contained in her tablet-like figure.
Many contestants from the Americas present still remember her winning the crown at the Brazilian TV Youth Piano Grand Prix last year.
She walked to Feng Ziyan and stopped, pushed up the frame, and looked at the Chinese youth following her.
The appearance of player No. 24 created a bit of atmosphere.
Fang Zongyao still walked like a gentleman.
A year of hard training at Juilliard and the nourishment of love have dulled his sharpness a lot. This young man who had just achieved excellent results in the Fifty States Piano Competition had to attract everyone's attention.
As soon as he walked out, he suppressed the top three players with his aura.
Next, players came out one after another. They were either a little famous or unknown, and they all had different temperaments.
In a short time, 9 players were already standing in a row.
From left to right they are No. 21 - No. 28.
They will be the first group to take the stage. If you study a little more deeply, this group should belong to the B category.
After several staff members checked the identity information of the first group of players, their competition schedule was included in the computer.
They will officially launch the first set of performances from 10:00 am to 14:00 pm on October 3.
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The subsequent grouping situation has also been clarified.
Contestants No. 29 to No. 36 will perform the second set of performances from 15:00 to 21:00 on October 3.
And so on.
The final round will be held on the afternoon of October 7. Due to the absence of three players, only five players from No. 16 to No. 20 will participate in the finale of the first round.
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Half an hour later, the work arrangements for the first round of the 17th Chopin Competition were completed.
At this time, on the big screen, the 10 groups of competition information were divided very clearly.
This time you can see the division of groups more intuitively.
While the reporters were "clicking" at the big screen, the players were also watching and commenting.
At a glance from top to bottom, it is not difficult to find that there are one or two popular players in most categories.
In comparison, only the second and tenth groups appear excessive and dim.
However, the most concerning group is still the third group.
That's right, after scanning the circle, almost every player's eyes returned to the information of the nine players in the third group.
Let's take a look at what's going on from the beginning. The following analysis is still based on the preliminary performance of 77 players.
In the first group there are Fang Zongyao and Brazilian Lolita.
The fourth group includes Li Xianlong and Chinese-Canadian Liang Kecheng.
The fifth group includes Polish young pianists Dimitri Robert and Qin Jian.
The seventh group includes Adams and Fred, a Bach piano representative of the younger generation in Germany.
The eighth group includes Aso Natsuki and Korean rookie Park Chang-ki.
In the ninth group there is the Ukrainian intellectual beauty Estafeva.
They are all Category A players in the preliminary round. Based on the stable performance of other players in their group in the preliminary round, the above six groups can basically be positioned in the 'between A and B level' group.
There are no players in the second group of players who were too outstanding in the preliminary round, but their average performance is still acceptable, so the second group can be tentatively designated as the B-level group.
Due to the small number of people in Group 10, and the generally unremarkable performance of the players in the preliminary rounds, it was not taken seriously by everyone, and it was naturally reduced to the C-level group.
But only the third group.
Only the third group.
Russian player Ivanov, number 9, was hailed as the No. 1 seed player of the Russian national team before the game. His five compositions in the preliminary round were highly praised by the outside world as soon as they were announced.
Italian veteran Duccio, number 10, entered the first round as the oldest person in this Chopin Competition. It is worth mentioning that he participated in the 16th competition five years ago. Unfortunately, he left in front of the gate of the third round.
, this time he made a comeback, and no one would be afraid of such an opponent. The experience he showed in the preliminary round is worth learning from every young player.
Rachel, the American contestant No. 12, from the moment she appeared in the preliminary round, no one could ignore her. With a pair of rare purple pupils, she could always cast a faint light on Chopin's music when she sat in front of the piano.
Mysterious, the proud daughter of Julia, the champion of the Fifty States Piano Competition, and a new young artist from Steinway, her aura is undoubtedly the most dazzling among the contestants in this competition, the New York Times said
'Rachel will be the first candidate to win this competition'.
Number 13 Hua Guo’s selection, Shi Ran, won’t attract too many people’s attention if she mentions this name alone, but as long as you listen to the Dongfeng she played in the preliminary round, you will completely remember this temperament.
A unique Chinese girl, if you get to know her more deeply, you will know that her first piano teacher was Shen Qingci, a man who stunned the 14th Chopin Competition.
Edmundo, another local Polish player at No. 15, had no reputation before, but he attracted people's attention with his extremely dazzling op10.no2 in the preliminary round.
The performance of the five people in the preliminary round was all A-level.
So how can the third group with these five people not attract everyone's attention.
Therefore, the third group is naturally regarded as the Class A group by everyone.
Even a group of death that exceeds Category A.
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"I wish you all a happy afternoon piano test."
After all the drawing and grouping processes were completed, Pakenro announced the final countdown to the game.
The subsequent time became an interactive time for reporters from various countries and players.
Tang Feng, the special reporter of the Chinese delegation, wanted to find Qin Jian and Fang Zongyao immediately after the meeting to talk about this morning's lottery ceremony. However, when he rushed to the outfield hall, he did not see anyone in the chaotic flow of people.
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But he was not in a hurry. He already knew what to expect from today's report.