world number one pianist

Chapter 204 Female... Sacrifice?

Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a city with Chopin as its own city symbol.

In this city, you can see traces of Chopin in any corner.

For example, subway stations, bus stops, benches on the side of the road, sculptures on the side of the street...

The whole city can basically be regarded as Chopin's city.

Just like Mozart in Salzburg.

Let Chopin become a business card for the city's external publicity!One of the most important publicity directions.

Among them, the Chopin International Piano Competition has attracted the attention of classical music lovers all over the world, so that all classical music lovers can think of Warsaw whenever they mention Chopin.

They even named their airport Chopin International Airport so frantically!
And let this airport become the largest airport near Eastern Europe and Central Europe, handling tens of millions of people.

With the popularity of the Chopin International Piano Competition in the world, musicians from all over the world.

Regardless of whether they participate or not, all of them are gathered here, looking forward to this grand piano event!
This one, in the true sense, is the highest award in the piano competition!
As this group of musicians rushed towards Warsaw, the whole of Warsaw seemed to come alive. On the streets of Warsaw, you can meet all kinds of pianists inadvertently.

If you are lucky enough, you may even come across some particularly experienced pianists.

For example, Zimmerman, Argerich et al...

The previous winners of the Chopin International Piano Competition, they will all come to this place, waiting for the Chopin International Piano Competition in a few days.

As a judge!

Only those who have really won the Chopin International Piano Competition, or those who have won the top competitions of other international music competitions are eligible to serve as judges.

He Shen is actually not interested in this, even if he meets these people, it is impossible to talk to them and give himself some extra points.

He slept like this on the plane until he arrived in Warsaw, followed everyone, and came out of Warsaw Chopin International Airport.

Although this Warsaw Chopin International Airport is already very large in Europe, in fact, compared to the domestic airports in Huaguo, especially the airports in Zhongzhou and Haicheng, those are also the largest airports in the country.

This Warsaw Chopin International Airport is so small and pitiful...

If you don't say it, when He Shen was visiting this airport, he almost thought that this airport was a slightly larger, medium-sized airport!

However, a large airport has the benefits of a large airport, and a small airport has the benefits of a small airport.

It didn't take long for the crowd to find the exit, and quickly handed over their personal information to the customs staff over there.

On He Shen's signing information, there is information about participating in the Chopin International Piano Competition, and He Shen also has an invitation letter for the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Therefore, He Shen directly entered the customs very easily.

After all, Warsaw is preparing for the Chopin International Piano Competition recently, so there is no need to embarrass a player who comes to participate in the competition.

Especially when he is very well prepared!
In comparison, other people are a little bit slower, and they need to ask and answer with the staff in charge of customs over there.

If they say something bad, or show some inappropriate reactions, they may even be sent back directly.

Fortunately, everyone's reactions were normal, and there was no special situation where they wanted to stay in Europe.

Soon, everyone came out of the customs, went to the exit and left the airport.

When He Shen and the others officially entered Poland, He Shen looked at the strange city in front of him with a hint of familiarity, and couldn't help but take a deep breath, feeling his mind clear up for a while.

The air here seems to be more comfortable than before in China, giving people a warm feeling.

Not saying anything, the moon in foreign countries is rounder or something...

It was He Shen's psychological effect that came from nowhere, which made He Shen feel that the air in Warsaw was particularly gentle...

He Shen even felt that when he was in Warsaw, it was like returning to his hometown.

But He Shen is very clear that this place should not give him a feeling of home at all.

This extremely contradictory feeling made He Shen frown involuntarily, not knowing the condition of his body.

"Phew, I've finally passed. The customs just now asked me a lot of things. They didn't let me in until I said I was here to accompany you..."

Zhou San walked unsteadily behind He Shen, touched his bald head, and said to He Shen.

"Really, I really don't know what these customs check all day long. It's not that the information is incomplete. Why don't they let me in?"

"Speaking of which, you..."

Zhou San looked at He Shen in front of him, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

He Shen didn't wait at the door all the time, but went directly to the one in front of Chopin International Airport, probably on the table of the automatic ticket vending machine, and after a few quick clicks, three tickets came out from inside.

He Shen took back three tickets, handed them to Wednesday, and one to Danyi who just came out of it, and said.

"Monthly pass."

"?"

But Yi accepted it directly, while Zhou San looked at the ticket in his hand, couldn't help but blinked, and didn't react for a while.

After waiting for a while, he spoke to He Shen with a strange expression on his face.

"You, why are you so proficient?" You... have come out before? "

"No……"

"Then how do you..."

Looking at He Shen's situation on Wednesday, his face was full of doubts.

According to common sense, He Shen should have been following behind him now, and communicated with outsiders in untrained English.

As for him, Wednesday, as the dean of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, his English level is much better than others. After all, he may often go out to meetings, so it is normal to learn more English.

Therefore, he will be the most important communication position for the entire team, communicating with those foreigners.

After receiving it, just when he was about to show off his foreign language, he suddenly found that He Shen seemed to have directly integrated into the environment, and he could understand everything around him.

Even before they came to remember to react, they bought the tickets directly?
The corner of Zhou San's mouth couldn't help twitching a few times, he pointed to the sign on the front side, and asked He Shen.

"Then you know what that means?"

He Shen glanced at the mark in the distance.

Although it is slightly different from the Polish in his memory, but just looking at it this way, he can still understand the general meaning.

Just like this one in front of you...

He Shen glanced at it, then spoke directly.

"Exit, bus line 175, passing Chopin Warsaw Concert Hall, Warsaw University of Medicine and Medicine, Palace of Science and Culture..."

"Railway N32, which also passes through the Chopin Warsaw Concert Hall..."

"Stop, stop, stop, if you keep on translating like this, I almost thought I had returned to China! Isn't your translation too down-to-earth?"

Zhou San has completely given up on using his proud English to communicate with passers-by to find the route.

In front of him, He Shen, who is almost indistinguishable from a live dictionary translator, what kind of English do he need?
Wouldn't it be nice to eat and wait for death?
Therefore, Zhou San changed the luggage in his hand to relieve the weight on his hand, and followed He Shen obediently.

Dan Yi just looked at He Shen and Zhou San with a smile, didn't say anything, just followed He Shen with his hands behind his back, and followed him towards the No. 175 bus stop.

Everyone got on the bus quickly, and instead of showing the tickets to others, they found a seat at the back and sat down.

The crowd followed the car and wobbled along the main road towards the Chopin Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw.

The scenery on the side of the road is very European. There are no particularly tall buildings. They are all normal, small buildings with a few stories high, which are very exotic.

It's a pity that He Shen and others didn't pay attention to this at all, and now is not the time to pay attention to these things at all.

Everyone got off at the station and walked towards the inside along a narrow side road. After walking about 300 meters, they quickly found the Warsaw Chopin Philharmonic Hall.

The Warsaw Chopin Philharmonic Hall is not conspicuous, it is a very, very ordinary, pure white building.

Even if you don't say that this place is the venue of the Chopin International Piano Competition, the most famous concert hall in Warsaw, the Warsaw Chopin Philharmonic Hall.

You can't tell that this place is the place where the next game will be played.

It wasn't until He Shen and the others walked to the main entrance that they could barely see a trace of the temperament of the museum.

This place can't be regarded as a concert hall, just looking at it this way, you can completely mistake this place for a city hall, or a museum.

He Shen glanced at Dan Yi and Zhou San, feeling a little uncertain for a while.

"So, is this the place?"

"Yes, go in, it's here, the place to sign in, it's the innermost place on the first floor, just follow the road and go inside."

Dan Yi smiled and patted He Shen on the shoulder, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards the main entrance.

He Shen looked at the concert hall, which was no different from a museum. Although he hesitated a little, he still followed Danyi's pace and walked towards it.

When everyone walked into the concert hall, they found that the temperament inside had changed instantly...

The feeling inside is obviously that kind of grandeur, which is in obvious contrast with the pure white outside wall with very few decorations!
Just after entering the entrance of the concert hall, there is a staircase about one floor high, divided into two sections, and when you go up the stairs, there is a very long storage counter.

A whole row, from one end of the concert hall to the other end.

This place is also for concerts and clothes storage.

And right in front of everyone, on the two steps of the concert hall, many, many people gathered.

People from all places and with all appearances gathered in this place, and everyone formed their own small group, chatting quietly with the people in their group.

These people are not random people who came to visit the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Almost all of them are...

Officially participating in the Chopin International Piano Competition contestants, and their logistics team!
He Shen looked at these people and couldn't help squinting his eyes.

These people, if you just look at their temperament, they can't actually see anything at all...

After all, everyone wore similar clothes, more casual clothes, and didn't immediately change into competition clothes.

But if you look at their details...

The details of where they stand, the details of their fingers, the details of their wrists, the details of their arms...

It can be seen that those standing on the steps, especially those who occupy a dominant position in the crowd, are basically all those, piano masters!
Very, very terrible, piano master!

So powerful, He Shen could clearly feel the strength of their performance.

Not to mention particularly strong, at least, the strength of these people will definitely not be weak!
After all their hands are there.

No one's hands are like dry bones, which look very beautiful and slender to outsiders.

Their hands are full of strength!
That's the feeling that the joints and muscles of the fingers can be seen completely!

For example, the pads in front of their fingers.

Basically, everyone's fingertips are very thick, extremely thick.

Just purely from the details of these people's fingers, it can be seen how strong these people are!
That is to say, if you just look at it purely, any one of them can reach the level of the three leaders in China.

No, it should be two big ones, except for Yue Li!

Yue Li has been exercising his muscles, and his fingers are actually much thicker than everyone present.

It can only be said that Fu Tiao Pei Qi's hands are comparable to those of these people at the scene!
Extremely powerful!

He Shen touched his chin, didn't say much, and walked directly to the front of the concert hall.

Those contestants standing on the steps looked at He Shen who had just entered, and didn't say much.

I just looked at He Shen a little more.

The main reason was because the Chopin smell on He Shen was too strong!

It’s that kind of level, even if you don’t pay attention to He Shen, you may regard the person in front of you as Chopin.

That's the kind of temperament!
Therefore, when they looked at He Shen, they couldn't help but nodded silently, and put He Shen in their list of opponents for the time being.

Now, after all, it is only the beginning, and more than 500 people have been selected from more than 160 people around the world.

Among these people present, half of them will need to be eliminated in a moment!
Only the last 80 people are left!
Therefore, it is completely unnecessary to treat He Shen as an imaginary enemy now, just remember He Shen's appearance a little bit.

He Shen ignored the crowd, but walked directly to the front of the concert hall, at the end of the coat storage area.

At the end, there is a small table where a staff member is sitting, not knowing what is written on it.

He Shen stepped forward quickly, handed his name and invitation letter to the staff, nodded slightly to the staff, and said in Polish.

"Hua Guo, Jiangzhou Normal University School of Music, He Shen!"

"Hua Guo, how deep is it?"

The staff took a look at He Shen's form and didn't pay much attention to it. They just quickly checked the list given to him by the organizing committee before, and nodded to He Shen after confirming that it was correct.

"Polish? Can you?"

"can!"

He Shen nodded.

After seeing He Shen and confirming that there was no problem, the staff immediately spoke quickly.

"Okay, since I didn't mention Polish, let me confirm with you first, the works you submitted to us in the preliminary round are the following ones."

"Chopin Nocturne, Nocuturne Op27, No1"

"Chopin Etudes, Etude Op10, No4"

"Chopin Etudes, Etude Op25, No10"

"Chopin Ballade No. 23 for Piano, Ballade Op1, No[-]"

"Chopin Mazurka, Mazurka, Op. 30 No. 3"

"Chopin Mazurka, Op. 30 No. 4"

"Is there a problem? If there is a problem, please ask it quickly."

The staff looked at He Shen. He Shen looked at the form below and shook his head slightly.

"No, there's nothing wrong with that."

"That's fine if there is no problem, but please confirm again, if there are various problems later, there is no way to change it!"

The staff confirmed with He Shen again, and after confirming that it was correct, they nodded slowly.

"Since there is no problem, then the time on your side is like this."

"October 10th, the game will be played at twelve o'clock in the evening."

"This time is normal. Our qualifiers match time is from 4 o'clock in the afternoon to [-] o'clock in the morning. You don't have to question whether our schedule is reasonable. This is to complete the elimination of the qualifiers as soon as possible."

"Those judges and teachers are more fortunate than you!"

"Then, the venue for the competition is the Chopin Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, which is our place, the fourth floor of our place, the topmost place, a small concert hall in that place, just go up the stairs behind me, Someone will receive you on the top floor."

"After you register, you can take this ID card and go up to try out the piano."

"This year's piano is the same as usual. There is still only one piano, which is Steinway."

"Hold your ID card, you have ten minutes of audition time, take care of it yourself."

After finishing speaking, he took out a pass, pasted He Shen's name on it, and the time he wanted to compete, handed it to He Shen, and waved to He Shen.

"Well, I wish you all the best."

"Um……"

He Shen put away the documents in his hand, and when he was about to leave, he suddenly realized that something was wrong with the surrounding environment.

All the other people around became extremely quiet, and their eyes were all looking behind them.

He Shen was taken aback for a moment, and also looked behind him...

A middle-aged and elderly woman with long gray hair walked slowly in the aisle on the first floor of the concert hall with a very strong artistic posture.

She just walked slowly in the middle of the concert hall, and no one dared to say a word.

The same goes for He Shen...

Looking at the person in front of him, he couldn't help but be stunned...

Marta Argerich...

Champion of the [-]th Chopin International Piano Competition!
Piano... Priestess!

　After the third injection, I felt dizzy and couldn't write...

　　The next one is more likely to be at night
　　If not, I will notify in advance in the group
　　
　
(End of this chapter)