697. The physical strength required for the third round of the player's mind
After Qin Jian, Adams took the stage.
The two looked at each other again at the entrance to the backstage. This time, reporters gathered around Qin Jian, while Adams, accompanied by the agent, stood quietly aside and watched silently.
In total, this competition that was supposed to happen last year was delayed by a full year and a half.
Maybe someone has long forgotten the details of that game.
But Qin Jian could never forget Adams' withdrawal. At that time, he was just a high school student who came to Vienna from China, while the opponent was already a famous performer in Europe.
He clearly remembers that the media at the time called Adams "the modern Mozart."
But it was this Austrian star who was dubbed the 'Modern Mozart' who had a trick and retired from the competition that was supposed to be his stage.
At that time, some Western media found many reasons for Adams, and some of them implied that Qin Jian's championship had lost its gold content.
This is no longer a matter of flattering and criticizing others. This has always been the case with the stubborn Western media.
Afterwards, Qin Jian could only scold the Western media privately.
But regardless of the championship issue, he has always hoped to have a head-to-head contest with Adams.
The reason is that it feels a bit like fighting for fame.
Half a year later, the auditions for the Chopin Competition ended, and he learned that Adams was coming back.
At that time, he knew that he and his opponent would definitely meet again on the playing field.
After two rounds of the main draw, the two finally appeared in the same group.
This time he took the lead.
Returning to the rest room, Qin Jian held Duan Ran and sat in front of the big screen.
"Do you still care about last year's game?"
Duan Ran drew circles on his chest.
Qin Jian grinned and replied loudly: "I am a person who holds grudges."
"It's just you~" Duan Ran sneered, "No."
"Who is more handsome, me or him?" Qin Jian asked.
"He's so ugly!"
Duan Ran replied with a smile, "You are the most handsome."
Qin Jian nodded. He thought Duan Ran was right.
However, he still corrected himself and said: "You can't be too objective in everything. You should pay attention to it in the future."
"Hahaha," Duan Ran said "mua" and kissed Qin Jian's face, "I remember it~"
"good."
Zhang Zhang fell.
...
On the stage, Adams had already started playing.
After cutting off his long hair, Adams, who now has short hair, is less elegant and more condensed when sitting in front of the piano.
Of course he is still handsome.
His playing style is smooth and elegant, whether it is Mozart or Chopin.
Throughout Adams' several rounds of performances, it is not difficult to hear the clever intentions in his playing.
If we talk about the three-dimensional music image, he can be ranked in the top five among the 77 contestants.
This is due to his background as a German-Austrian pianist, and he can easily portray the theme lines of music.
In countless concerts, he has already separated from the body of German and Austrian pianos, which can be seen from his majestic second round of Polonaise.
In this round, he played the Third Sonata first. Every detail of the four movements was perfectly decorated. Although the phrases seemed to be out of tune, they were convincing.
If you just play randomly, then no matter how perfect the details are, it is just a decoration of cow dung.
In the final mazurka, Adams demonstrated a technique that surprised all professionals.
He cleverly used the asymmetry between his left and right hands to change the chords in Op.59 into arpeggios. His treatment immediately impressed many old Polish people.
The veterans of the fourth-generation jury, including Andrzej, still remember this playing method when they were young.
This is the way the old-school Chopin masters handled it.
The asymmetrical playing method of both hands is a unique skill.
It is often necessary for the performer to choose when to use it based on whether the harmony and piano overtones in the work are suitable.
Usually the bass is responsible for the harmonic basis of the phrase. If the fundamental note can appear first and the right-hand melody appears slightly later, then in this case, the right-hand melody will naturally be more supported by the overtones of the fundamental tone, and the resonance will be more beautiful and full.
How to use it and where to use it are the difficulties in this technology.
If used improperly or the musical motive is not grasped, the sound produced by the piano will become unreasonable and give people a feeling of asymmetry purely for the sake of asymmetry.
But Adams masterfully manipulates this technique. The music is suddenly stronger, weaker, brighter and darker, and the melodic colors change in all kinds of ways at the palm of his hand.
The spirited Polish mazurka.
Adams continued to break through the audience's inherent understanding of him on today's stage, playing a mazurka full of German and Austrian spirit.
When he finished the last note, there was a burst of applause from the audience that was no less than Qin Jian's final words.
bow.
Adams faced the audience and showed a charming smile again, as if telling the world stage that he was back.
...
"Asymmetrical two-handed playing."
During the break, Qin Jian automatically ignored Adams' appearance on the screen and kept talking about it.
He had only heard Shen Qingci mention this kind of playing method. Shen Qingci said that this kind of playing method appeared 100 years ago when piano technology was not developed enough.
In order to pursue a more resonant tone, performers of that period would use the overtone principle of piano strings to deliberately change the counterpoint marked on the score during performance, thereby changing the sound color of the music.
Qin Jian did not expect that Adams had already mastered such a playing technique, and judging from the opponent's skillful use, it was not something that could be mastered overnight.
"Does this count as showing your cards in advance?"
Qin Jian murmured in his heart? Then he clapped his hands.
"I found out that Adams completed a master's degree at the Vienna State Conservatory of Music and received a performer's diploma. His piano teacher throughout college was a professor named Gust Koch."
"Gust Koch" Duan Ran repeated in his arms, "I have never heard of this name in school? There is no specific information on the Internet."
Qin Jian hasn't heard of it either? But he has already written down the name, "Does he have other teachers?"
After a while? "Not found." Duan Ran said while looking at the screen of his phone.
Qin Jian nodded.
He has been attracted by the asymmetrical playing method of both hands shown by Adams, and he believes that there are still many old guys who have mastered this technique.
"It's halftime, are you hungry?"
"Hungry~"
"Walk."
"Hey, I want to eat steak."
"good."
After lunch, Qin Jian accompanied Duan Ran to the piano room.
Although he still wanted to see Xia Shu in the afternoon, she had to accompany Duan Ran.
...
After returning to the hotel in the evening, Qin Jian watched the replay of the afternoon game.
Natsuki's performance was pretty good, except for the fourth movement of the final sonata where she felt a little exhausted.
23:12.
"Go to bed." Qin Jian saw that it was getting late and urged Duan Ran, "Stop looking and gather your energy to get up tomorrow and do your best."
"Hmm." Duan Ran put down the music score and put on Pikachu obediently.