699. Raindrop's Funeral! I Can't Help Being Nervous
When the two rushed to the concert hall, there was a commotion backstage, and Contestant No. 7's performance on the stage had come to its final conclusion.
Ivanov was walking back and forth at the entrance, and it was obvious that the young man was not at peace at this moment.
When Ivanov saw Qin Jian, he walked over directly and chattered a lot, and Qin Jian heard a lot of "Zila Zila Zila".
Out of politeness, he patted the other party's shoulder and said seriously, "Don't be so nervous, brother."
Duan Ran was smiling from ear to ear.
Ivanov kept nodding his head as if he understood, and said "press, don't push, don't force, don't" again.
At this time, there was applause on the stage, and contestant No. 7 began to take his final call on the big screen.
Ivanov finally said "Zila" to Qin Jian, then turned and walked towards the entrance.
"Does he like you?" Duan Ran said looking at Ivanov's back.
Qin Jian hated the cold, "It shouldn't be."
"Let's go, let's go to the rest room and get ready."
Duan Ran took Qin Jian's arm and walked towards the corridor.
The surrounding staff have long been accustomed to every move of this young Chinese couple pianist.
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Ivanov's performance today was a little strange.
Of course, this is just Qin Jian's personal feeling.
After listening to the other party's second piano sonata, Qin Jian felt offended.
Ivanov's treatment of Chopin's sonatas is completely different from other genres of Chopin's works.
The fast phrases are completely like showing off skills, and the processing of fast phrases that show off skills in the previous difficult etudes is different.
This is especially obvious in the fourth movement, which is completely nonsensical and fast for the sake of fast.
If this kind of pleasure is described as a kind of "bad taste", then the other party will show that he has lost his taste in handling it in the fantasia of his choice.
Terrible.
Qin Jian didn't even feel like thinking about it.
"What happened to him today?"
Duan Ran was also a little puzzled. Even though her understanding of Russian piano was very limited, she could still clearly hear the obvious problems in the other party's performance.
"Maybe I'm nervous."
Qin Jian really couldn't find any other reason. If this was the performance Ivanov had prepared for the third round, then he had nothing to say.
But in fact, judging from the arrangement of the repertoire, Ivanov has obviously put a lot of effort into it.
After the Fantasia, Ivanov played another piece of his own choice, the Barcarolle. This interlude nicely separated the sonata from the mazurka.
But in the performance of the Barcarolle, Ivanov's performance was not clear. His interpretation lost the insights from the previous rounds, let alone the management of the inner voice, and the song did not leave much impression on people.
On the screen, you can see Ivanov wiping sweat after playing the barcarolle. The energetic young man’s curly hair is completely wet on his forehead.
In the close-up shot, he wiped sweat with his left hand extremely hard.
The whole upper body of the person was violently bullied.
Sure enough, seeing this scene, Qin Jian thought to himself that the other party was indeed nervous.
It has been almost forty minutes, and the other party has been in a state of tension.
A failed start almost led to a complete loss, and Qin Jian couldn't help but worry about the fate of his Russian friend.
Qin Jian almost felt that Ivanov's journey to this tournament was over.
No matter how well Ivanov performed in the previous rounds, his performance in this round should not have led to the finals.
If he can make it to the finals with such a performance, it can only show that the jury performed a unique skill of operating behind the scenes in broad daylight.
But something magical happened in the last mazurka, op.33.
After more than 20 seconds of rest and adjustment, Ivanov resumed playing.
At the beginning of the first piece of Op33, Ivanov didn't play well, but you can hear that his tone gradually returned to the feeling of the previous rounds, which was warm and rich.
And he doesn't seem too nervous anymore.
In the next two to four songs he played better and better.
The last fourth song is like using the most beautiful brush to describe Chopin's secret thoughts hidden in this set of mazurkas.
Qin Jian admitted that he was fascinated by what he heard.
The 55-minute performance ended with this ending.
He didn't think about it, and maybe most people at the scene didn't think about it.
"Looking at it this way, is it possible for him to advance again?"
Duan Ran asked Qin Jian the question in his mind.
"I don't know." Qin Jian has been unsure about the criteria of the judging panel since Robert was knocked out unexpectedly. "Do you want him to advance?"
Qin Jian asked abruptly.
Duan Ran replied almost without thinking: "Of course, I'm your friend."
Qin Jian was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "What if his promotion happens to squeeze out your promotion spot?"
"If this is really the case?" Duan Ran said nonchalantly, "That only means that our good luck has not come yet."
Then she added: "This is what you said."
Qin Jian nodded, not talking about his state? At least Duan Ran's current state of mind is better than he expected.
This is very good.
But you must fight for what you should fight for, "Come on? Everyone will see your excellence."
"Am I excellent?" Duan Ran asked seriously.
"Very." Qin Jian gave a thumbs up.
"Well, okay~ you have the final say anyway."
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After Ivanov? Rachel takes the stage.
All her actions after she stepped onto the stage revealed a reassuring poise.
But today she stepped out of the safe zone of the first two rounds at the beginning. In addition to precise tone control, her volume and momentum were even more magnificent.
The opening scene was the Second Sonata, where her performance design was outstanding. It was obvious that she had spent a lot of time thinking about it.
The emotions before and after the riff in the first movement are just right. The most exquisite thing is that in the subsequent riffs, she uses a completely different playing method and strength from before, without repeating it.
This kind of treatment is the first of its kind among all Second Sonatas in this competition.
On the contrary to Ivanov, Rachel's performance in the final mazurka was a little off, but it was just a minor problem, unlike Ivanov's car accident scene.
Choosing the same Mazurka No. 41 as Qin Jian? Rachel's singing lines started to jitter after the middle part of the last song.
It's not obvious, but Qin Jian believes that every judge will not miss this detail.
"Is there something wrong with your physical strength?"
The first question that Qin Jian could think of was that Rachel's physical strength could not keep up? Otherwise, such a simple problem would not have occurred.
Continuing to recall, Qin Jian remembered that the opponent's song selection and overall arrangement in the first two rounds tended to be short and concise.
If this is true, then there is a certain probability that the opponent's song selection for the finals will be Xiao Er.
This is just a guess in Qin Jian's mind. Maybe the other party just happened to be unwell today.
'Da da da.'
Duan Ran has already put on his shoes.
Qin Jian retracted his thoughts? He turned to Duan Ran, who was getting ready to go, "Let's go, little fat man."
"Don't call me fat!"
The two walked out of the rest room chatting and laughing.
Qin Jian walked into the backstage and stared at the stage exit.
moment.
The door was pushed open.
Rachel held up her purple dress with one hand and was still wiping the sweat on her neck with the other.
Qin Jian saw the other party's pale face clearly from a close distance and thought to himself, is this his aunt?
By chance, Rachel's side glance caught Qin Jian's aggressive gaze. She blinked at the puzzled gaze and was then taken away by her agent.
On the stage, the host continued to announce the curtain.
"The next person to appear is player No. 13 from China..."