world number one pianist

Chapter 216 This is He Shen?

"Hua Guo, He Shen!"

"Piano Choice: Fazioli F308"

"Work selection: Chopin Nocturne Op32, No1"

"Chopin's Piano Etudes, Op25, No11 (Winter Wind)"

"Chopin's Piano Etudes, Op25, No6 (Third Degree)"

"Chopin Ballade No. [-] for Piano!"

When the announcement sounded on the stage, everyone in the audience seats immediately began to applaud vigorously, giving He Shen and the others the biggest applause.

The sympathy given to them by the previous contestant has completely disappeared, and the only thing left in their hearts now is this expectation.

Looking forward to what kind of Chopin the next contestant will use to interpret his own inner world.

Let them feel the beauty that belongs to Chopin alone!
and……

While applauding, everyone looked at the stairs where no one came out, with curious expressions in their eyes.

And this person was the top player in the previous qualifiers.

In a qualifier where the score is not included in the total score calculation, he can already get the top five results.

But now, the score of the competition is about to be included in the total score calculation, and every piece of work he plays will have a huge impact on the subsequent performances.

In addition, this contestant from Huaguo, if they remember correctly, the left and right works he played are different from the works in the qualifiers, and they are all new works.

So, what kind of works can this contestant interpret?Is it possible to be better and stronger than in the preliminary round?
Everyone's eyes were filled with anticipation, looking forward to He Shen's interpretation.

The staff standing at the door let go of their hands after waiting for the curtain call to end, and nodded slightly to He Shen as a signal.

"Okay, now you can go on stage."

"Um……"

He Shen nodded slightly, took out a lollipop that had been in his pocket all the time, threw it into his mouth, and crushed it hard.

Crush all the candies and put them in your mouth.

The dispersal of sugar in his mouth made He Shen feel a little nervous, but it disappeared without a trace.

He Shen let out a long breath slowly, picked up the hand towel in his hand, slowly wiped the sweat from his hand, and moved his shoulders slightly.

After making sure that he was completely relaxed, he put the hand towel back into his pocket, nodded to the staff, stepped up the stairs, and walked up to the concert hall.

boom!
The applause was extremely warm, and it reached its climax the moment He Shen walked out of the stairs. Everyone was looking at He Shen with extremely expectant eyes, and clapped their hands vigorously.

Give He Shen the greatest respect and expectation in their hearts.

He Shen walked slowly down the steps where the orchestra was located, and walked to the front of the stage, where the piano was placed. He put his left hand on the edge of the piano and bowed slightly to the crowd.

The applause, which had been slightly weakened, suddenly entered a new climax again.

The countless judges sitting at the front of the high platform on the second floor, seeing such a lively scene around them, couldn't help but nodded with great interest, glanced at each other, and said with a smile.

"It seems that this contestant is very popular?"

"Well, in fact, the most important thing is that the first few players are relatively average players, and their performances can't arouse the nature of the audience."

"Yes, I heard that this guy is called He. He got No.4 in the qualifiers, second only to Kyohei Antida from Japan, EVA from Bear Country, and Maple Leaf Country. Professor Deng's student, Liu Yu."

Everyone immediately looked at Deng Songshan who was sitting on the side, and looked at his expression tentatively.

It's a pity that Deng Songshan looked at the stage with a smile like this, and He Shen, who was sitting on the piano bench, adjusting the height of his seat and the distance between the front and the back, didn't say a word.

All the judges couldn't see anything from Deng Songshan's face, nor did they show any disappointment, they just continued to talk casually to others.

"That's right, the main reason is that there was a player in front of him who failed due to excessive tension."

"Yes, the previous player who failed due to nervousness can make these audiences look forward to the next player, expecting him to perform better works."

"Unfortunately, this advantage no longer exists for us judges! We treat every contestant equally."

These judges looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

They are all the top six in the past Chopin International Piano Competitions, that is, the players who won the rankings.

Therefore, they can look at the works of these players with a very objective and fair attitude, analyze and judge these players, and how their performances are.

After all, they also came from that era.

Argerich glanced at the casual discussions around him, slowly raised a finger, pointed to He Shen on the stage, and said calmly.

"Quiet, listen!"

"He's about to start..."

All the judges immediately turned their eyes back to He Shen, and looked at He Shen who was sitting on the stage.

Although they will joke, they will never make any jokes when scoring the official game.

He Shen didn't know that the judges behind were talking about him.

He Shen took out the hand towel in his pocket, folded it into a square, and put it on top of the piano.

Looking at the extremely large Ji Mengting written on the hand towel, and the names of three people, Zhang Wei and Li Hua, one after another, he couldn't help but smile.

The gift they gave themselves, does it feel good?
I should thank them well in the future, why don't I give them some more piano homework before the competition is over?

For example, the musical form analysis and performance analysis of all the works you have learned?
He Shen shook his head, exhaled lightly, and let himself put these unnecessary thoughts aside.

He just raised his head slightly and looked at the ceiling above his head.

Looking at the lights on the ceiling, He Shen gradually closed his eyes.

The music, in his head, had already set in motion.

Chopin, Nocturne, OP32, No1.
Reproduce the complex two-part form.

B major, 5 sharps, F sharp, C sharp, G sharp, D sharp, A sharp.

Adante Sostenuto's long andante.

4/4 beat.

This piece of work, He Shen has heard Dan Yi briefly talk about it before, and he has narrated the content contained in this piece of work.

Chopin fell in love with a young woman, and the relationship between the two reached a level where they could almost talk about marriage.

Chopin's parents did not refuse, but the other party's parents did.

They believe that the daughter of a warlord cannot marry an artist who lives in nowhere!

Under the interference of their parents, the two drifted away.

And Chopin, also at this time, felt that wave of extremely sad Polish proverbs.

"My lord's grace will only stay at their threshold in the end."

He Shen seemed to be able to feel Chopin deep in his heart. In the dark night, under the candlelight, he frantically wrote the letter to that woman on the paper.

It's a pity that because of the barriers of their parents, the communication between the two has become weaker and weaker.

In the end, stay in the best memory.

just like...

He Shen slowly opened his eyes, looked at the piano in front of him, and his demeanor changed instantly.

His temperament is no longer so cold, he doesn't care about everything, he only thinks about art.

His current demeanor was full of sadness and pain.

The kind of sadness that cannot be touched by love.

In the eyes of everyone, He Shen raised his hand, and then slowly pressed it down.

hum...

A voice as quiet as a deep pool came out of the piano.

The timbre given to this piano by He Shen slowly came out of the piano under Fazioli's extremely stable and thorough delivery.

Let this voice become deeper.

What's more, it's elusive.

The sound is very, very beautiful, very, very beautiful...

Beneath this beauty and beauty lies hidden, extremely deep-seated pain and sorrow.

It's like a person speaking slowly in your ear.

Slowly narrating, the beauty in his heart, and the...sorrow beneath this beauty?

The eyes of all the audience off the stage were all attracted by He Shen's performance, and they leaned their bodies on their backs, enjoying the music quietly.

Listener He Shen's narration on the piano.

However, the group of judges behind did not relax at all. They all looked at He Shen on the stage, and their eyes were full of shock.

He Shen's work did not catch everyone's ears at the beginning like the previous Chopin Piano Ballade No. [-], making them shocked when they heard the first note.

But now it's completely different. There was no shock at the beginning, but the connotation of the music, which made all of them stunned.

This kind of eloquent feeling may not be felt by normal listening. It feels very sparse and ordinary, and it feels nothing, just very, very ordinary.

However, you can listen very carefully.

There are no extra thoughts in my brain, I just want to listen to it so much, I am willing to listen to it, and listen to all of this work.

This kind of inner attraction, this kind of kung fu of inner strength?

This level of piano...

These judges glanced at each other. Although they could still remain calm, their eyes were still full of shock.

"This level is absolutely impossible to be at the level of a 25-year-old! The level of his performance is too strong!"

"It can't be seen from the outside at all, it seems to be a very ordinary nocturne, but the interpretation of internal strength is really too deep! Is this really a level that can be played at the age of 25?"

"The music is very thorough, and the musical expression is really scary. It's hard to imagine that this person is only 25 years old!"

"Yes, this person is actually 25 years old?"

Everyone looked at He Shen, not knowing what to say for a while.

They are also contestants who rose up in the Chopin International Piano Competition, so they know better than anyone else what kind of interpretation the contestants who have the appearance of champions every year interpret a certain work.

Even if there were players of He Shen's level before, these players were very, very rare.

And these players are basically players who have steadily suppressed a whole class of peers.

Standing on this stage with an unrivaled attitude, they announced their arrival to the classical music world all over the world.

For example, the former Argerich, Zimmerman, Li Diyun, and Zhao Chengxin.

These people, all of them crushed all other players with a posture that no one could resist.

No matter how high the glory and how many people like those crushed players had before.

They all gave way to the most powerful player of the year as if being run over by a bulldozer, allowing him to enjoy the highest glory of the year.

Is it possible that there will be another one this year?
Shouldn't it take more than ten years for such a person to exist?
Why does it appear so frequently?

Those in the same class as Argerich, Zimmerman, and Li Diyun all showed a trace of imperceptible embarrassment on their faces.

When they looked at He Shen, they thought of those who were in the same class as them, the real bosses!
The kind of boss who stands in front of him and makes himself unable to resist the slightest emotion.

The kind of boss who can't stop his progress even if he goes all out.

This kind of person, can there really be another one this year?
According to common sense, this year's competition should be very fierce, and all players will fight to the death.

In the end, only one person won by a narrow margin.

Could it be that this year there are still people who can crush these top players who have been waiting for several years?

All the judges didn't know, they just tried to control their inner emotions, so that their expressions would not be too strange, which was captured by some people in charge of photography.

but……

They looked at He Shen and felt that even without this competition, this young man named He could definitely break through the siege and stand at the pinnacle of classical music.

Because, in his eyes, there is music!

He Shen's eyes stared fixedly at the hands in front of him, watching his bony hands running quickly on the piano, the corners of his mouth couldn't help showing a slight smile.

Music, music flows in his hands.

He can feel the feeling of music flowing.

Let the sense of progression of harmony drive the flow of music.

Let the flow of music pass between your fingers.

This feeling made He Shen feel what real music is!

The venue with hundreds of people and the live broadcast of tens of thousands of people completely inspired He Shen's obsession with music.

In his heart now, there is only music.

All he has to do now is to let the music that comes out of his heart explode completely in front of everyone.

He Shen exerted a little force on his shoulders, allowing his shoulders and the weight of his arms to press hard on the keyboard in his hand.

He didn't hit the keyboard like that, but used the pressing method to completely burst out the sound of the piano from Fazioli's incomparably huge resonance box.

Gentle and passionate, kind and soft-spoken, lingering like a question and answer.

Indignant, thoughtful prayer, such as the dramatic development.

All emotions, in He Shen's hands, accumulated more and more.

He Shen's expression became more and more controlled, he controlled his hands, and let the emotions in his hands not be vented completely at the last moment.

Everyone's hearts were lifted by He Shen's performance, and their eyes were fixed on He Shen's interpretation, waiting for the final climax.

Everyone knows that this final climax is the music, the final peak.

As for He Shen's interpretation of this piece of music, with such restraint in the front, he will inevitably perform an extremely shocking performance with an extremely powerful posture at the end.

So, what level will he play?

The crowd didn't know, but their eyes were filled with watching He Shen's performance.

Looking forward to He Shen, who can give them a completely different feeling.

Finally, more and more emotions were accumulated, and the hearts of all the audience were raised higher and higher.

The corners of He Shen's mouth rose slightly, and his fingers gave a slight pause.

This pause, if it is in music, may be a 120 eighth note, or a shorter note.

But in the ears of the audience, it can be heard very clearly, and the emotions are pulled in the air.

then……

boom!
He Shen's hand slammed down.

A stormy recitative pours from the piano, like a rebellion against pressure, anger, unyielding, pain.

All these emotions are squeezed into this nocturne.

With the fall of the last few strong notes, it falls on the inner tone of the main chord of B major at the beginning.

For a moment, the scene was extremely quiet.

This interpretation...

Everyone stayed.

They may not know that there is a saying in China, which is called "the flowers fall with no other choice."

However, all of them can now feel the feeling of helplessness.

No matter how I tried to make up for it, how I tried to save this relationship, I finally found that there was no way I could save it.

I can only watch this relationship in despair, and in the music, it ends.

All of this ends in the final B major chord.

Just like the goodness at the beginning.

However, the beauty at the beginning symbolizes that the two are not familiar with each other when they meet for the first time. They can only smile awkwardly and greet each other with red faces.

And the feeling at the end, which is similar to the beginning, symbolizes that the two eventually go farther and farther, becoming the most familiar, stranger...

It was still an awkward smile when they met, but this smile was completely different from the one when they first met.

He Shen didn't say a word, but his interpretation has already made all the audience understand this feeling.

This feeling of music.

This powerful strength...

Everyone didn't know what to say for a while, but they just looked at He Shen with strange expressions, always feeling that He Shen had a feeling that an adult was bullying a child.

Regardless of the second player in front, let's compare the first player in front with He Shen.

Just the simplest nocturne, the first one played, the slowest nocturne.

just nocturne...

Comparing the two people together, it is very obvious how deep He Shen is in interpreting music.

And that player's interpretation is so superficial.

Yes, the performances of both of them are very Chopin, and they are both very soft.

But the softness of the player in front is basically just an adjective, this person played very softly.

As for He Shen's softness, you can completely hear the story behind it and the emotions in it.

Although the specific plots that everyone thinks are different, they can roughly feel the kind of connotation contained in this softness.

and so……

Everyone looked at He Shen, and fell silent for a moment.

This is Chopin International Piano, the qualifier, No.4 contestant?
He Shen raised his hand, without even looking at the people around him, he just smiled lightly, and continued to bend his body over the piano keyboard.

Finger, press down slowly.

When, when, when, when, when, when... when...

Incomparably pure monophonic notes are emitted from the piano, and even children who have just learned the piano can play notes.

But, as everyone knows, it's not easy.

Because, next, after He Shen interprets that nocturne, he will usher in the most difficult piano etude.

Chopin's...

"Winter Wind"

　There is one thing to say, I am actually not slow in the progress of the plot.

　　It's just because there are fewer updates recently, from 1w words to 5k words, so you feel slow orz
　　After all, the information volume of the original 1w word is directly halved...

　　Wait until the time limit is over and return to the daily update of [-] characters, you can probably feel that the rhythm of the plot has resumed

　　
　
(End of this chapter)