The final tracks of the eleven contestants were released in the afternoon.
Less than half an hour after the list of finalists was announced, the focus of discussion in the major media was again on the pieces they would perform in the finals.
In Warsaw, this is a hot topic at every competition.
Because this topic has too much to say for viewers and netizens who have been following the game from the beginning.
Assuming you are already an avid fan of Rachel——
This process is not complicated for a Warsaw person——
At first you just accidentally saw a beautiful face in the overwhelming information flow, but you couldn't help it. In those days, the entire Warsaw Internet was in the world of Chopin's preliminary competition——
Then in order to see her more, you found her preliminary competition video, and then you were successfully attracted by her music. In the past, you didn't think you liked Chopin or piano, although you have always been a Warsaw--
But now you not only like Chopin, but also share it with your colleague. You tell him how excellent Rachel is, but your colleague is actually an old Chopin fan. He tells you that he doesn’t like No. 12 very much. He
Says he likes No. 13——
You two had a little dispute over this, but it doesn't matter. You two are good buddies in private, and now you both have players you support.
So you spend money to buy tickets to watch their live matches——
Shouting ‘brava’ for them——
Cheer them up——
Then you watch her go through rounds of screening—
Every time you watch her win, it feels like you have won a battle yourself. This feeling is easy to understand——
You finally witnessed her entering the finals, so you are going to invite your good buddies and colleagues to have a big meal of fried chicken to celebrate tonight, because you also saw contestant No. 13 advance——
However, less than half an hour after you learned that she had entered the finals, your good and knowledgeable colleague suddenly ran to your desk. He looked ugly. You asked him what was wrong——
"Your Miss Rachel chose Concerto No. 2 in the final." His tone was full of pessimism——
His next explanation made you pessimistic——
‘The chance of choosing Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto to win the final is only 6.25%.’——
You hope that Rachel will win, and then you search all the historical game data on the Internet, and even stupidly calculate it yourself in the end, and find that it is really true——
However, you also discovered some other truths during this process. Your good friend was not pessimistic about your Miss Rachel at all, but you saw that Miss No. 13’s final piece was also Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto.
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You sigh 'Why?'
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Audiences, fans, and netizens who have watched the Chopin Competition all year round probably have an experience. The final is an infinite single cycle of Chopin One that occasionally breaks into Chopin Two.
Even the most experienced practitioners will feel a sense of sameness in this finals format.
In the end, they attributed this reason to history.
Judging from historical experience, if you want to win the championship and choose Xiao Yi, history will never lie.
But in every session there will be some players with unique intentions who will try to challenge and break this fatalistic historical theory.
Judging from the announced finals track list, there are indeed many warriors this year.
Among the 11 qualified contestants, 3 contestants chose Xiao Er, which created a new history.
The three players are No. 12 Rachel, No. 13 Duan Ran, and No. 70 Fred.
The three contestants are all contestants with many voices. In other words, in the eyes of many viewers and critics, they all have a chance to win the grand prize.
But their active choice seems to have a counterforce.
Duan Ran can be excluded here.
Throughout the three rounds of the competition, she has shown everyone her imaginative song selection path.
To paraphrase Big Mouth Gomez’s latest comments about her on the show last night:
"I have never seen a real desire to win in her, but I still look forward to seeing her in the finals, no matter which piece she plays in the finals."
According to Gomez, Duan Ran might just like Xiao Er, so she chose Xiao Er. Happiness came first rather than victory or defeat.
So what about Fred, although he always behaves like a young boy in front of the camera without a piano, just like the second round results announcement scene, when he thought he was replaced by the Polish female player No. 69 and became the 20th place
When he was promoted, his complete panic was recorded on camera.
He almost burst into tears.
But when he sat down at the piano, he played Bach-style Chopin with such sophistication.
He has a heart that wants to win, and everyone can see that he cares about winning, losing, and honor.
But he chose Xiao Er.
If Fred seemed to the public to want to win, then Rachel seemed to everyone to be winning.
Her stability, her seriousness of speech, her concentration when playing, her expressiveness in her music, and even the rhythm of her steps and breathing when she comes on stage, when all these are combined together, people will immediately feel that she is here to win the championship.
Feel.
However, as the female player with the highest voice for winning the championship off the court so far, Rachel also chose Xiao Er.
This has to make most people confused.
Perhaps only extremely professional people can figure out the subtleties involved.
It's just maybe.
On the other hand, the remaining nine contestants all chose Xiao Yi, who had a longer piece and a more grand structure.
However, until the final result of the game is announced, everything is still unknown.
Now everyone can determine only the order in which they appeared in the finals, the repertoire they played, and the piano they used.
No. 70 Fred/Shaw 2/Steinway.
No. 01 Natsuki/Xiao 1/yamah.
No. 03 Bayliss/Shaw 1/yamah.
No. 09 Ivanov/Shaw 1/yamah.
No. 12 Rachel/Xiao 2/Steinway.
No. 13 Duan Ran/Xiao 2/Steinway.
No. 15 Edmundo/Shaw 1/yamah.
No. 24 Fang Zongyao/Xiao 1/Fazioli.
No. 37 Li Xianlong/Xiao 1/kawa.
No. 57 Qin Jian/Xiao 1/Steinway.
No. 66 Adams/Shaw 1/Steinway.
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The fiery Chopin Competition has finally entered its final countdown.
On the night when the finalists were announced, the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall held a grand concert - the 166th anniversary of Chopin's death.
Branjano opened the concert.
His performance of Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor gives people a pure and beautiful audio-visual enjoyment under a simple appearance.
He showed the style and playing status that a Chopin Competition gold medal winner should have.
Won a lot of applause.
He later performed on stage as a special performer for sponsors of the four major piano brands.
Nobuyuki Tokai made his final appearance on behalf of Yamah Company, and he played a complete set of mazurkas.
The blind performer was not very popular in Warsaw.
But people got to know him through this Chopin Competition, not only because of his performance that night, but also because of the outstanding performance of his disciple Natsuki Aso in this competition.
The last piece of the concert was Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1, performed by the Polish National Symphony Orchestra and the jury's representative player Argerich.
At the beginning of the finals, the legendary Polish conductor Marek finally appeared with his symphony orchestra.
He has conducted the finals of seven consecutive Chopin Competitions. He is an older witness to the Chopin Competition than Andrzej.
At the end of the concert, Marek, with his slicked back hair, gave the final closing speech.
The old conductor's energetic appearance was inspiring.
"See you tomorrow!"
"Young people, please show your best."
The concert ends.
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The Warsaw Philharmonic Hall, which had been busy all day, finally got a short break.