Qin Jian looked at the big screen and sighed, "Otherwise it would be perfect."
Duan Ran also said: "Indeed, but the possibility of him advancing is still quite high, right?"
"Even if there wasn't this wrong sound, he should have stopped there," Qin Jian shook his head and looked at Duan Ran, "I guess the judges have already seen his performance in the next round. If I'm not wrong, the judges don't want to see it anymore.
It’s his next show.”
Duan Ran was puzzled: "Why? Didn't you say that he would be perfect without this wrong pronunciation?"
Qin Jian murmured: "This is a competition, not a concert. He is not a qualified competition player."
moment.
"I'm afraid he won't even be able to make it into the second round in five years."
On the big screen, Lao Duqiao bowed and left the stage under applause. His face was covered with sweat and his expression was expressionless.
...
After the applause fell, the host came to the stage to read the information of the next contestant.
"The next contestant is Contestant No. 12 Rachel Dora from Miami. She was born in New York on September 25, 1996.
"She started learning piano when she was 5 years old, and she quickly attracted attention from those around her."
“At the age of 13, she was the youngest person in history to be admitted to the Juilliard School of Music and studied under Kaplinsky.
"At the age of 15, she performed Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 with the world-famous conductor Encore, which caused a huge sensation in the industry."
“The personal awards she has received so far include the gold medal in the junior category of the 7th New York Long Island Piano Competition, first place in the piano category of the 11th Carnegie Music Competition, two consecutive Fox Chamber Music Piano Competition championships, the first National Fifty
State College Piano Competition Champion.”
"The repertoire she will perform this round includes Op.47 Ballade in A flat major, Op.5 Mazurka-style rondo in F major, Op.18 Valse in E flat major, Op.44 Polonaise in F sharp minor
.”
The host left the stage, Rachel came on stage, and the audience burst into applause.
Today, she is still wearing the long black dress. Her slim figure and charming facial features are inspiring.
Qin Jian in front of the screen acted very artificially and looked away as soon as Rachel appeared on the stage, "One of your songs seems to overlap by coincidence."
"Yes, Teacher Qin."
Duan Ran locked his eyes on Rachel, who was already sitting on the screen, and said nothing while blinking.
Teacher Qin felt a sense of chilling coming from beside him, and thought that this girl finally showed a little bit of competitiveness.
Not bad.
The piano sounded, he looked at the screen, and for a moment he said in his mind, "What a great finger technique."
...
Great finger skills should be followed by a great tone.
The Ballade in A flat major may not be the most technically difficult of Chopin's four ballades, but it is certainly the most difficult to impress people.
It depends on who the player is and whether he or she can make good use of their own timbre system to play a major key full of minor colors with a feeling of major colors.
As Schumann once said in his explanation of this work - 'The form and characteristics of this ballad are completely different from Chopin's early works. It should be said to be the most unique creation.'
Rachel did not add fixed-point intense drama to her performance. She only used gorgeous timbre to occasionally embellish long phrases, and that was it.
But the music shows a strong lyricism.
Different from the national lyricism of Russian piano, Rachel simply seems to be narrating a love story.
At the end, she ended with a firm ending chord, which was clean and neat.
It leaves enough room for imagination for the audience.
Then she started playing the next piece.
...
The rise of piano art in the United States is relatively late.
But as a victorious country in World War II, its piano rise was very rapid.
After World War II, American pianos represented by Frank, Beverly, Shure and Massero began to show their talents on the world stage. They have received great appreciation around the world and are even considered talented.
artist.
They established a new order for American piano, and a piano school called the Modern School was born.
This genre is extremely inclusive, and the shadows of piano schools in various periods of piano can be seen in the modern genre.
Under this genre, American pianists were produced one after another.
The inheritance and development from generation to generation have made modern pianos have a tendency to surpass almost all piano genres.
To this day, American young pianists already have their own individual labels.
Their playing tendency is to show off the timbre as the keynote of their performance, and pursue bright musical changes as their core.
The modern school advocates the aesthetic color of sound more than the Russian school.
Rachel is the most unique modern genre performer of this young generation.
In the performance of the third waltz, she used the development and changes of melody tone to the extreme.
The opening and closing of the music and the pattern of the music are not large, making people feel as if they have entered a secret garden in a microscopic world.
Rachel's way of dealing with Chopin may sound a little more petty than the recordings of the older generation at first, but it is easy to get people involved.
She seemed to express with a clear attitude that 'people in different periods should present different aesthetic tastes of Chopin.'
I have to say that this is a very advanced way of playing.
Ivanov tried to re-enact the glorious scenes of the older generation of Russian performers with pure traditional Russian piano, while Duccio tried to impress the audience with his romantic and affectionate expression of Chopin's feelings.
Both of them are essentially limited to one kind of interpretation of themselves.
And Rachel's expression is arousing. She writes to the world from Chopin's perspective in her music - 'How should Chopin's highly subjective artistic style appear in the context of today's times?'
Her question is in this round of her works, and she can always ask you a question in a motive section or phrase.
...
As Rachel's last polonaise began, there were only 10 minutes left before Duan Ran came on stage.
In the rest room.
She was still watching Rachel's graceful rise and fall in front of the piano intently. To be honest, she was shocked.
In the first round, she only thought that the other person was an expert at changing timbre, and she admitted that she was far inferior to the other person in this regard.
This time the other party's performance was not only excellent timbre, she heard the depth of the music.
Rachel didn't look like she was in a competition at all, she looked like she was at a concert.
Her performance and manners are elegant, and the soft and affectionate expression that occasionally appears in her brows makes her even a girl feel attracted to her.
Perhaps because they were both girls, she was vaguely aware of the subtle difficulty in the other's affectionate playing.
But none of that matters right now, she just needs to be clear.
"As long as you beat the opponent in this round, you will definitely advance to the next round."
Duan Ran said firmly and silently in her heart, while recalling Qin Jian's expectations based on her in Bergen.
At this moment, "Why don't you take off your pants yet?"
She came back to her senses and looked to the side. Qin Jian had his hands on his hips, as if he was ready to watch a good show.
"Do you want to help me? Teacher Qin?"
As he spoke, Duan Ran lifted up the hem of her pure white skirt, revealing a pair of slender tight jeans.
This time she couldn't go on stage wearing a dress and pants.
On the ground beside her feet was a pair of sparkling high heels.