Five contestants, one number is chosen five times.
This is today's program.
There are no female players, there are only male players from four countries today.
No matter the final result, this game must be a head-to-head showdown between men.
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The four-minute orchestra intro comes to an end.
"when!!-"
Edmundo pressed the first note. The volume was not strong, but it was mixed with an indomitable momentum.
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He changed the repertoire privately. Originally, he and his teacher had already decided to play Xiao Er in the finals.
But after the third round of performance, he realized a physical problem of his own. In the third round, in order to prove that he worked too hard, he overextended his emotions on stage.
He thought that if he continued to choose Xiao Er in the final, he would most likely fall into a passive situation.
In the comparison of musical emotions, Xiao Er is no match for Xiao Yi, and he knows this very well.
As soon as the lottery results came out, he decided to change the final song.
It must be changed.
Because according to the ‘Z’ order, he is in the middle of the list of players, and the four players behind him are all dangerous in his opinion.
Especially Adams and Qin Jian, who appeared first and second from last. From the preliminary round onwards, these two people have been like bosses to all other players.
This was no exception in Edmundo's mind, so he changed the track to Xiao Yi in order to counteract this appearance order and make up for his overdrawn emotional state.
At the same time, there was a firm voice in his heart that he was really playing Chopin.
He is a Pole who grew up listening to Chopin.
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Listening to the first movement, which is already halfway through, Edmundo, who took off his glasses, showed a performance that was different from the previous three rounds.
The first thing to talk about is the characteristics of music.
In the first round, if you ask the five Polish players who entered the finals, whose performance is the least distinctive.
Anyone who has any knowledge of Chopin's music will give the same answer "Edmundo".
But starting from the second round, this Polish young man who was mistakenly thought to have the least characteristics began to show outstanding performance characteristics on the stage.
In the third round, the opponent directly presented wonderful sonatas and mazurkas in a championship manner.
At that time, he had become one of the real championship candidates in the eyes of the media and the public.
What conquered everyone was the unique personal qualities in his playing.
He seems to be able to control Chopin's music.
In today's first movement, he played like a young boy singing poetry. Except for a strong note at the beginning, his music and volume at the beginning were weak.
Although the sound is low, the details of the image portrayed by the music are clearly displayed.
Then, as the theme of the exposition appeared, his performance began to have a clear sense of direction, and the details laid out in the early stage gradually began to build up the tension of the entire movement.
When it comes to the development department, the harmonic effect created by the piano directly envelopes the orchestra.
Hazy beauty, beautiful temperament, the beauty of Polish music is undoubtedly revealed.
The layout of the first 10 minutes is all revealed at this moment.
Edmundo didn't use much effort to capture the audience, especially the judges who were not very optimistic about him before the start.
They were impressed by Edmundo's mental movement in his playing.
Among the six contestants yesterday, only Rachel was able to fully integrate her musical ideas into her performance.
With just one movement, Edmundo brought great surprises to the audience.
Branjano's heart sank halfway, but Anjie beside him still smiled.
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The music reached the second movement, and beads of sweat could be seen on Edmundo's forehead.
He wiped his forehead and stepped on the orchestra to enter the performance
Xiao Yi's second movement is a masterpiece that combines both classical and romanticism.
Edmundo made full use of this and played every decorative melody appropriately.
There is no excessive embellishment, everything is clear and natural, like a middle-aged man speaking his innermost thoughts lightly.
The whole movement ends with this light emotion.
He plays the second movement as an emotional transitional movement, which makes sense.
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At the beginning of the third movement, Edmundo's pent-up emotions that had been dormant throughout the movement suddenly emerged.
In the Allegro Rondo, every time he touches the keys, it's like shooting out a stream of fresh and gorgeous spring water.
Under the stage lights, his enthusiastic ups and downs seemed to make the audience see the figure on the third wheel.
But what disappoints some people is that they don't feel the passionate, powerful and majestic performance.
Edmundo played slower and slower in the remainder of the third movement, because the orchestra's volume gradually increased, and his volume seemed to become smaller and smaller in contrast.
But at the judges' table, the eyes of each judge became brighter and brighter.
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In the rest room backstage, Qin Jian looked at Edmundo on the screen, and the confusion in his heart gradually turned into a kind of uneasiness.
It's uneasiness.
He thought that the other party would have a big emotional outburst in the last movement. Even if it couldn't go beyond the third round, there should definitely be an emotional sublimation.
But not only did the opponent not have it, but the playing method also returned to the most traditional Polish school playing method.
Looking back at the other party's three movements as a whole, Qin Jian's heart seemed to skip a beat.
He finally realized where the uneasiness came from.
Looking at the whole piece, strictly speaking, the piece played by the other party is not what everyone thinks of a piano concerto. The volume is not loud enough, and the coordination with the orchestra is not impressive.
Sometimes the performance sounds like the gorgeous singing of an opera singer, and sometimes it sounds like whispering Schubert's art songs in the bedroom.
But it was this kind of performance. After the other party dropped the last note, Qin Jian felt an unprecedented feeling.
"Don't actively cater to the orchestra, play finely but not loud enough, play casually without losing your own opinion."
He murmured in his heart, "Isn't all of this... the performance of Chopin himself?"
“Wow————————————”
The applause from the audience came from the speakers and outside the wall at the same time
Edmundo in front of the piano gave Qin Jian an extremely weird image at this moment.
He frowned and sighed.
"What's wrong?" Duan Ran asked with concern, "Why are you sighing?"
"Um--"
With a long hum, he hugged Duan Ran casually, frowned and asked, "Classmate Duan Duan, how is his performance?"
"It's just average." Duan Ran felt that it was indeed average. "The first two movements are okay, but the third movement is too scattered."
Qin Jian clicked his lips, and after a moment, he softly said: "I still underestimated him."
This time, classmate Duan Duan frowned.
On the screen, the host appeared again.
"Keep listening."
Qin Jian paused: "Let's see how Fang Zongyao handles it. Edmundo has given him a difficult problem."