world number one pianist

Chapter 206 Qualifiers

The Chopin International Piano Competition, no matter who it is, is a very, very dehumanizing competition.

Even for those top pianists in the world, this is the case!
No, not just the Chopin International Piano Competition, but other competitions as well!
All large-scale competitions are full of dehumanizing meanings.

What these competitions want is not a player who shows himself, what they want is a player who is very, very, very representative of this game.

That's why, many people say that this competition is the grandest, Chopin's Spray Competition!
Many people, especially many pianists who are going to participate in the competition, don't like this feeling of losing themselves.

But they have no choice, they can only endure the discomfort in their hearts for this kind of competition, work hard to overcome themselves, and participate in the competition.

Because if you don't participate in the competition, it is very, very difficult for you to get out of the classical music world and make a name for yourself.

No, it can even be said that it is almost impossible!

There are very few people who can appear in the music festival like Lang Liangyue!almost none!

And, if you can't make a name for yourself in the classical music world, then you don't have any chance of gaining a foothold in the industry.

With so many factors mixed together, they could only accept this inhumane game and let themselves participate in it.

Just like the previous champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition, Zhao Zhencheng said that after he won the Chopin International Piano Competition, the thing he wanted to do the most was not to do anything else, but to relax himself, and to have a good time all over the world. to hold a concert.

Allow yourself to feel your own music.

Let yourself not need to worry about those inexplicable games.

This is also the common thought of many pianists who have participated in international competitions

Therefore, no matter who they are, after they win a certain award, it is difficult to see them continuing to fight in other competitions, but it will be seen that they start to turn to their own professional development.

It is for this reason.

He Shen is the same as all the participants in the competition these days. He followed Zhou San Danyi and others, and after finding a piano room where he could practice the piano, he officially entered the state of the competition.

He began to put all his energy on the game, constantly checking his own problems, or constantly thinking about his own understanding of music.

Don't give up any extra time, let your spirit fully concentrate!
Others besides He Shen also quickly found a good piano room in this city, and then began to prepare for Xiao Sai in the piano room.

No one dares to start relaxing at this time.

All of them are in the piano room, quickly exploring the end of themselves, and finding a balance between themselves and music.

See what kind of realm I have reached in the last little time!
Soon, the time came to the preliminaries of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

And with the official start of the competition qualifiers, everyone became more nervous, and the eyes of every contestant became extremely gloomy, as if they had lost their luster.

There is no other reason, only one reason.

That is exhaustion and tension.

In the qualifiers, half of the people will be wiped out directly.

Almost no one can be sure whether they can successfully enter the race.

No matter who it is, there is no way to be sure.

Even those who are at the top of the strength, there is no way to be sure.

Even those who entered the final round of the previous session, there is no way to be sure!
The reason is very simple, that is one point.

It is that they have no way to determine what kind of works the judges like.

When they reach this level, it is really no longer a competition of whose basic skills are better, but a competition of whose understanding of Chopin is more in line with the judges' ideas.

Whoever can find his own understanding of Chopin more correctly will have an advantage in music.

And this is the most important thing in music!

He Shen is also looking for this, to find the balance between himself and Chopin...

Time passed slowly between the fingers of He Shen's constant practice.

Unknowingly, He Shen raised his head, and suddenly found that the time had come to his game day.

In other words, the day when I need to step on the stage and officially show my level to everyone!
This kind of feeling made He Shen a little dazed for a while, always feeling that he hadn't prepared for a long time, and the time had come...

He Shen raised his head and looked at the sky outside the window.

I don't know if it was because of human interference, but He Shen suddenly discovered that during the past few days of the Chopin International Piano Competition, there was no bad weather in Poland.

Even cloudy days are very rare!

All weather, all very beautiful sunny days.

But on this sunny day, there is no way to make the people on the field feel comfortable.

All of the contestants' faces, without any exception, were all full of serious expressions, very serious about everything, and they didn't even smile much.

After all, this is the qualifier for the Chopin International Piano Competition!
As long as they can successfully pass this qualifier, then they are only a little away from success!
Being able to successfully enter the qualifiers does not count as entering Xiao Sai, this is just a very simple threshold.

Only those who have really successfully entered the Chopin International Piano Competition are eligible to enter the Chopin Competition.

Stepping into the main game is considered a carp jumping over the dragon's gate!
Otherwise, they will be ants after all...

He Shen looked at the sky outside, slowly shook his head, put his hands on the piano, and ran casually.

He hadn't played all his compositions in full all day.

The most important thing now is to ensure that your heart is normal, and let yourself not be too nervous.

This is the normal operation of the game.

On competition day, if you continue to play your own work, it is easy to make your mood fluctuate.

For example, when you are playing a piece of work, you suddenly find that your performance today is not as good as yesterday, so what should you do?
Do you just keep playing like this?Or try to save?

As long as you choose to save, then unfortunately, you will usher in failure.

This is no surprise.

Because of your saving, it is likely to cause the overall balance of your music to lose control.

Let the mood somewhere be incoherent.

Therefore, very few people played a whole piece of their own work completely on the day of the competition.

As for going to see other opponents' performances in advance?
This is even more unnecessary.

Watching other opponents' performances in advance may only affect one's state of mind more, resulting in some unnecessary fluctuations.

It doesn't have any effect other than affecting yourself.

Therefore, He Shen didn't even go to the Chopin International Piano Competition in the past few days.

He just keeps practicing in his piano room, exploring his own ideas about music.

He Shen glanced at the time hanging on the wall. It was already the time for the first contestant to take the stage for the Chopin International Piano Competition that day.

And at this time, there are still a few hours before he takes the stage.

He Shen looked at Dan Yi beside him, nodded slightly at him, and said.

"But professor, are we going now?"

"Well, let's go, but you just need to relax a bit, don't worry about anything else, and prepare for the game with peace of mind."

Dan Yi looked at He Shen, with a satisfied look in his eyes, and nodded slightly to He Shen.

"Wait a minute and the game will start. In the qualifiers, there will be very few other people who will be your opponents. Don't be too nervous, just play normally."

"Um……"

He Shen nodded slightly, put away the music score in front of him, and put it neatly in his bag.

He Shen didn't carry the bag directly on his body, but put the bag directly in the storage compartment and locked it.

Before going on stage, He Shen didn't intend to read the score again.

There is no need.

Looking at the score would only make him more nervous.

He has already done everything he can do, and there is no need to continue to read the score.

Therefore, He Shen does not need to take this music with him to the scene of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

He Shen stood up and picked up the performance costume hanging on the wall. He hesitated a little, but still put it on himself.

And when He Shen put on this performance costume, his whole temperament instantly rose!

That one is like the temperament of real Chopin.

He Shen pushed open the door and walked out of the piano room, followed by Dan Yi.

The two quickly walked towards the scene of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

At this moment, a very, very large number of people have gathered at the gate of the competition concert hall.

All these people stood at the door and followed the guidance of the staff one by one, walking into the concert hall.

He Shen followed the flow of people, handed his ID card to the staff in front of him, and quickly came to the fourth floor after the inspection was completed.

After the previous player finished playing, the music stopped. After the staff reached out to open the door of the concert hall, the two walked towards the inside.

crunch...

The door closed slowly, completely sealing everything from the outside, and isolating it from the world!

And the moment He Shen walked into this concert hall, an extremely depressive atmosphere surged towards He Shen.

The entire concert hall was filled with this wave, and there was tremendous pressure.

All the people sitting in the concert hall, all of them were dressed in pitch-black costumes, with no expression on their faces at all.

Like a funeral, he stared coldly at the stage in front of him, waiting for the next performer to come on stage.

The extremely dim lights above their heads hit everyone's faces, making their expressions even more indifferent.

This extremely depressing feeling instantly flooded the hearts of all the people who just came in. For a moment, these players didn't know what to say, they could only sit down with the environment.

Like these people, he stared blankly at the performers who came to the stage one after another, without any expression in his eyes.

They didn't dare to show any superfluous expressions.

Behind these expressionless contestants is the judging panel.

Even though everyone knew that behind them were the judges, none of them dared to turn their heads to look at these judges.

The faces of these judges were all covered with frost.

They looked at the players in front of them without giving any encouragement.

All they give is pressure.

Let your aura firmly suppress this concert hall, making the entire concert hall extremely oppressive.

He Shen looked at everything in front of him, couldn't help pursing his lips, and tentatively looked at Danyi beside him.

Dan Yi saw He Shen turned his head to look at him, and instantly understood what He Shen was thinking, just shook his head slightly, stretched out his hand and patted He Shen on the shoulder, telling He Shen not to be too nervous.

Danyi looked at the surrounding environment and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

This environment is exactly the same as the environment more than 20 years ago, without any changes...

Everyone is extremely serious, looking at the performers in front of them very seriously, and has extremely high requirements for them, demanding their artistic level and psychological quality.

If people with poor mental quality, even just looking at this scene, they may cry in shock, let alone play in this place.

He Shen also sighed slightly, he really didn't like this kind of scene.

He also doesn't like playing in this environment.

After all, music is meant to give people pleasure, not pain.

It's a pity that in this place, on the competition field, the most important thing is to play according to the judges' ideas, not according to one's own ideas.

This is an extremely brutal place.

He Shen walked to his seat, closed his eyes, and kept thinking about what he was going to play next in his mind to calm down.

Soon, He Shen became completely quiet. He closed his ears and stopped caring about everything around him. He only had himself in his heart now...

Let your own music always exist in your heart!

Time passed very quickly, from afternoon to night.

It was He Shen's turn to perform on the stage.

A staff member came over, patted He Shen on the shoulder, and after He Shen opened his eyes, he waved to him and signaled.

"This contestant, it will be your turn later, you can go to the side to wait!"

He Shen looked at the staff in front of him, nodded slightly, got up from his seat, looked at Dan Yi who was sitting in the seat, nodded to him very preciously, and whispered.

"But Professor, I'm on..."

"Um……"

Dan Yi squeezed his fist hard at He Shen, nodded with a smile, and mouthed.

"come on!"

"Ok!"

Without any hesitation, He Shen immediately followed the staff to the side of the stage.

At this moment, there were not many people on the side, and in front of him, there were only the last two people.

Both of them were very nervous, and even traces of sweat could be seen on their foreheads.

This is very normal, and it can be said that this is a normal game situation.

Watching the one in front of him go up one after another, facing this game that can almost determine his future life.

No one can be nervous!
The same goes for He Shen, who is also a little nervous, but He Shen doesn't have to show it.

He just looked at everything in front of him with an extremely calm expression, and let all the tension in his heart be suppressed in his heart, so that he would not be affected by the tension.

The people in front went up one by one, and then stepped down.

Not long after, it was He Shen's turn.

He Shen closed his eyes, leaned against the side wall, and waited silently at the side of the stage, but after a while, the staff in charge of the stage announcement stepped onto the stage and faced everyone opened the mouth.

"The next contestant is He Shen from Huaguo!"

"The performance works are the following works."

"Chopin Nocturne, Chopin Nocuturne Op27, No1"

"Chopin Etude, Chopin Etude Op10, No4"

"Chopin Etude, Chopin Etude Op25, No10"

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

"Chopin Mazurka, Op. 30 No. 3"

"Chopin Mazurka, Op. 30 No. 4"

"..."

After the staff quickly stated all the works that He Shen was waiting to perform, they walked off the stage without any hesitation and returned the stage to He Shen.

He Shen looked at the staff who had left the stage, nodded slightly at him, and walked quickly onto the stage.

boom!
Everyone's applause sounded instantly at this moment, and they quickly contributed their applause to He Shen.

This is a kind of etiquette, the most basic etiquette.

Before playing, give He Shen a little encouragement.

It has nothing to do with his playing, nothing to do with himself, just a basic encouragement.

He Shen didn't care about the other people around him, he just quickly sat down on his piano bench, looked at the keyboard in front of him, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

Let the tension in your heart dissipate quickly from your heart.

After the tension dissipated a lot, He Shen took out a lollipop from his pocket, which had already been pulled off in advance, and was only attached to the surface by the stickiness of the lollipop. The coat was torn off quickly and put into his own mouth.

Regardless of the strange gazes of other people around, he just sucked the lollipop directly.

The moment the lollipop was in his mouth, the tension in He Shen's heart disappeared instantly.

In his heart now, all that remains is calmness.

Incomparably calm!
At this moment, He Shen has become an extremely calm pianist, and everything around him is out of He Shen's attention.

The other people around looked at He Shen with a lollipop in his mouth, and couldn't help feeling a little strange.

However, these pianists have many eccentricities, and everyone has long been numb.

Isn't it just a lollipop in the game?
Although they have never met before.

But it seemed that the audience started playing without waiting for the audience to get ready.

The kind that have to take a shit before a game...

They have all seen people who pray in advance before the game.

Although eating lollipops during this kind of competition is rare, it is not unacceptable.

Therefore, everyone was only a little bit strange, but they didn't say anything.

They just watched He Shen's movements quietly, expressionless.

Like a steel tombstone.

Quiet, unbelievably quiet.

It was dead quiet.

This uncomfortable silence didn't affect He Shen at all.

He put his hands on the piano keyboard, looked at the keyboard in front of him, and slowly lowered his body, letting his body lie on the piano keyboard.

Chopin, No. [-] Piano Nocturne.

Nocuturne Op27, No1
All the actual content of this work is engraved in He Shen's brain.

He was thinking about how he should interpret this work when he played it.

He Shen closed his eyes, completely gave up his vision, and let his sense of touch and hearing be infinitely strengthened.

Let yourself be completely brought into Chopin's state of mind at that time.

music……

Nocturne...

Make people feel comfortable music from the heart!

How should this kind of music be played?

Before he knew it, He Shen forgot his own existence. He felt that he was Chopin now.

He was thinking about what he was thinking in his heart when Chopin was interpreting this piece of work.

Thinking about how to interpret this piece of work.

Emotions are gradually rising.

Under He Shen's actions, the atmosphere became more and more depressed.

Everyone was looking at He Shen inexplicably.

He Shen has been waiting on the piano for a long time.

They have been waiting for He Shen's interpretation of this work.

However, He Shen has not played, just maintained this state, put his hands on the piano, as if he was brewing something.

It would be okay if it was just ordinary brewing, but in He Shen's mouth, it was still diao'zhe
"What does this person want to do?"

"Yeah, why didn't you move?"

"What was he thinking about?"

"If it's emotions, his emotions should be elevated now? Why is he still not moving?"

"He was still eating lollipops during the game? What the hell was he thinking? I can't understand..."

"That's right, I have no way to understand, how did this person enter the qualifiers, why do I feel that he is sensationalizing?"

"Well, I feel the same..."

Everyone looked at He Shen and couldn't help discussing in low voices.

Even the judges sitting in the back couldn't help frowning slightly.

The brewing of this atmosphere has been brewing for too long!

It's been so long that they can't stand it a little bit!
Even they felt a little bit that He Shen might be putting on a show rather than interpreting music.

Just when all the judges wanted to remind them a little bit, He Shen slowly opened his eyes, looked at the black and white piano in front of him, and let his hands sink slowly.

Sinking into the piano...

An extremely rich voice full of Chopin's feelings came out from the piano immediately.

Everyone was stunned for an instant.

Whether it's the audience, or the judges sitting behind.

They looked at He Shen in front of them, and couldn't help being stunned for a moment.

(End of this chapter)