world number one pianist

Chapter 217 This is He Shen!

There are only two Chopin piano etudes chosen by He Shen.

One is called Dongfeng, and the other is called Sandu.

These two Chopin etudes are all the most difficult works among Chopin etudes, almost comparable to Liszt's piano etudes.

And...the musicality contained in Chopin's works is much, much more musical than that contained in Liszt's early etude works.

After all, Chopin is a piano poet. In the process of music writing, the most important thing is to make music more musical.

And Liszt is the king of the piano, crushing everyone with his incomparably strong skills.

This is the most significant difference between Liszt's early works and Chopin's early works.

And when Liszt's late works are still known for their extremely powerful techniques, the thinking about music contained in his music has become much more and deeper, such as his "Sonata in B minor" is average.

At that time, it is really impossible to say who is better and who is worse between two people.

At least now, in the early days of the two of them, Chopin still had a slight advantage in terms of musicality.

And this Chopin's Dongfeng etude is a perfect fusion of musicality and technique.

There are both extremely rich skills and even more indescribable musicality.

In the beginning, the simplest, single notes that almost a child can play appear.

Ordinary people, those who have hardly heard of Chopin's works, may think that this piece is too simple, basically it's like I can do it myself.

However, this is just the beginning.

Just like the warm water in which the frog was boiled in the first place.

The first eight sections are so simple that they couldn't be simpler.

It's just the most basic sound, the most basic theme, making it impossible for people to distinguish the horror behind it.

He Shen's hand slowly crawled across the piano, and music flowed from his palm.

His interpretation here is the same as the previous nocturne, without any difference.

At first glance, it doesn't sound like a particularly trembling feeling.

However, the depth contained in the music can be heard very clearly.

People can be attracted by his interpretation as soon as they listen to it.

At this time, the gap between ordinary performers and master-level performers is reflected.

Just like ordinary people, they might just press such a simple sound and be done.

However, He Shen did not.

He was thinking, thinking about this beginning, what he wanted to express.

It's a piece of tenderness, it's warmth.

It is the kind of warmth that hides in the forest hut to warm up in the sky full of universities.

And this warmth will be the most steadfast flame after my own works, which will not be extinguished by anything.

Small, but extremely firm.

This is what he wants to describe!
So……

After He Shen finished the eighth section, the water temperature reached the highest level and stopped slowly.

Just like a roller coaster, it stops at the highest point.

Everyone, everyone here, they all knew what was going to happen next.

A long series of performances that test the skill of the player.

A note like a volcanic car sliding down.

If there is snow on the snowy mountains in winter, it will snow like a knife!

Everyone knows, everyone has heard this piece.

Then next...

He took a deep breath, raised his arms, and leaned forward slightly.

At this moment, the fingers snapped down as everyone watched him play.

boom!
Blizzard broke out!

The blizzard beat wildly in the forest cabin deep in the snow.

Incomparably powerful, incomparably explosive!

This sense of tension can almost swallow everyone, making it difficult for them to breathe for a while.

break out!

Blast!

The music fell from the sky like a blizzard, making the bodies of everyone around them feel cold.

Their eyes were filled with shock.

The eyes of some of the judges sitting behind could not help but light up.

This way of playing?This playing technique?
They used to think that He Shen might be a person who is particularly good at this kind of slow movement, the music language is very small, and he likes to make fuss about the details.

But they didn't expect that He Shen could do so well in this place, where emotional outbursts are especially needed!
It was different from the eruption that was slowly lifted up and prepared after an unknown period of time.

This, at the very beginning, the emotions exploded!
This feeling?

Everyone opened their mouths, not knowing what to say for a while.

This technique of performance, the interpretation of this music, is really great!
Perfect, especially perfect, without any mistakes.

Just like Chopin himself playing!
Pure, especially pure!

Take yourself completely out of the music, let yourself be Chopin, and let Chopin play instead of yourself.

Is this the direction of He Shen?
The music kept moving forward, and more and more judges were moved by it.

The level of performance is really too strong!
If you let them feel, He Shen's performance is basically at the level of a master.

If it is the judges in recent years, for example, the contestants from the previous session came to be the judges, people like No. 2 and No. 3, they may not even be as deep as the current one!

Unless it was a long time ago, such as decades ago, the most powerful player of that generation, could it be possible to reach He Shen's state.

At the peak of the master level, hold the most powerful masters, such as Argerich, Zimmermann, Richter, these LvEX-level pianists, at the normal performance level in concerts.

And these levels, in the eyes of others, are actually very strong!

After all, most of He Shen's current works, such as the one that He Shen is about to perform in the final, Chopin's Piano Concerto No. [-], have reached the first level in Huaguo.

There are also some other works, which are basically Huaguo No. [-] and No. [-].

Even He Shen's overall level, the combined level of all Chopin's works, including those works that He Shen is not good at and has not played much.

The combined levels of these works have already reached the top [-] level in the world!

In the younger generation, that is, under the age of 30, including all previous champions who have not yet reached the age of 30.

He Shen's level may have really reached the top ten level in the world.

This is He Shen's current level!

Some judges looked at He Shen, not knowing what to say.

This level, this strength?
Definitely qualified to win the Chopin International Piano Competition!

Except for the judges like Deng Songshan, who have high requirements for personal presence, they don't like He Shen's performance very much.

The other judges basically gave He Shen a score in advance.

A few people gave a high score of 25 points.

Most people gave 24 and 23.

This is what they think is the most suitable score!

Deng Songshan and the others, who have high requirements for the performers in music, hesitated for a moment, and finally gave He Shen a score of 23.

This score is the highest score they can give.

It's not that He Shen's performance is not good, but that they are absolutely absolutely not in line with their taste.

For example, a person who likes to eat sweet tofu nao, and then goes to the first salty tofu nao shop in China to eat tofu nao.

Yes, this tofu nao is really good, really very good!
But... I don't like to eat it!

This is impossible...

They can only give a slightly higher score, not a full score.

After all, this thing is really too unappetizing.

And those judges who wrote He Shen's scores couldn't help leaning their bodies on the back of their chairs, watching He Shen's performance with a smile.

They don't have to think too much now, He Shen's performance is absolutely very, very good, very, very good!
This is beyond doubt!

Unless He Shen is the same as the previous player in the back, how to play after he suddenly forgot the work.

Otherwise, it is impossible for their scores to change.

The first two extremely outstanding performances, how can it be impossible to get worse?

The musical part of the work, the harmonious part of the work, and the musical part of the work are all vividly interpreted by He Shen.

Every piece of his performance, to the ears of these knowledgeable people, sounds like looking at an ink painting from Huaguo.

One point more is more, one point less is less.

Understatement, it interprets the extremely perfect Chopin.

This level of performance can even be directly called the best in the audience today.

There isn't anything else to think about at all.

Deng Songshan looked at He Shen and touched his chin, with a hint of regret in his eyes.

It is a pity that He Shen is not his student. He had visited Huaguo before, and among the people he had contact with, no one mentioned He Shen at all.

In addition, his base camp is not in Huaguo at all, so it is difficult to have a chance to meet He Shen.

This directly made him miss a very, very good student.

If He Shen asked himself to teach, he felt that he should be able to teach better than Dan Yi, so that He Shen could go more smoothly in the Chopin International Piano Competition!
but……

Deng Songshan shook his head.

In He Shen's performance, he could feel very little of He Shen's performance, which was no different from that in the qualifiers.

Basically, among the works He Shen interprets, what he has the most is Chopin's own feelings.

The kind of feeling that belongs to He Shen himself is very, very rare, and the few are a little pitiful, so that he doesn't know what to say.

He personally doesn't like this feeling very much.

The people of the past have passed, and the works they interpret, although they say they should be interpreted according to the ideas of the people of the past.

However, this work should be played by them, not by people from the past.

Therefore, there must be more personal thoughts in the works!
Otherwise, what's the point of this Chopin International Piano Competition? Isn't it just an ordinary imitation competition?
Unfortunately, this is his idea, and his slightly extreme idea can only be said to account for about 20% of so many judges.

Most people belong to the middle school, and if you play well, you will be given points.

And a smaller group of people, about 10% of the judges, think that your music must be infinitely close to Chopin's interpretation.

He Shen's performance like this is good, but it's a pity that the score didn't play according to his idea, and it came out high.

If He Shen was his student, that would be great...

Thinking of this place, Deng Songshan couldn't help shaking his head, and put the thought aside.

Now it's a competition, not a place to recruit students.

Moreover, if what he thought was correct, even if He Shen continued to study with those world's top piano educators, he would not be able to learn from him.

If you miss it, you miss it.

Deng Songshan emptied his gaze, and casually cast his gaze on He Shen, without any regrets in his gaze.

He has let go of this.

The same goes for the other judges.

Argerich looked at He Shen, but nodded silently.

He Shen's performance, in such a short few days, has increased a little bit more.

In other words, He Shen had been very restrained in the selection of songs in the previous qualifiers, and now is the scene where he officially displayed his full strength.

And He Shen's performance did not exceed his expectations.

Almost at the master level.

Among these players this year, there are probably quite a few who can approach the master level in singles.

The overall selection of songs is all master-level, and there should be a student of Deng Songshan, and Tan Tian Gonghei from Dongying.

On the other hand, Tian Gongping's performance was too sweet, so sweet that Deng Songshan, who pursued his own style, couldn't accept it.

Now, let's see who can explode!
Argerich thought about it, couldn't help but smiled, and shook his head helplessly.

Let's forget about the explosion, it's too unreliable.

All the people turned their eyes to He Shen, appreciating He Shen's performance.

Although they want to criticize, let's see if there are some mistakes in He Shen's performance.

It's a pity that no matter how they look at it, they don't have all of them.

All of the basic problems, just didn't happen.

Not even the wrong sound with your fingers...

There are almost no problems with the balance of music.

Basically, it's a matter of personal style.

Some judges like it, some don't, that's all.

Everyone just watched He Shen's performance in such a quiet manner. After watching him finish playing Chopin's "Northern Wind", after a short pause, he came to the third etude.

Still powerful, still impeccable, completely a master-level performance!

This level is very, very powerful...

Everyone was numb and didn't want to talk at all, just looked at He Shen, looked at his fingers, and ran wildly on the piano.

The fingers staggered quickly, almost intertwined.

Even so, He Shen didn't have any problems at all.

Steady, very steady.

Just like a bulldozer, it advanced steadily on the ground without giving others any chance to resist.

This feeling gradually changed the expressions of some of the judges.

They thought of Zimmermann, of Argerich, of Pollini.

Back then, under the pressure of these people, they had no room to resist and were crushed.

It's been a long, long time since I've touched this feeling, so long that they've already forgotten it.

But at this moment, they all recalled the fear of being crushed by a real genius back then.

"So, is this a genius?"

Everyone looked at He Shen with complicated eyes, and didn't know what to say for a while.

If this level can be maintained until the second round, the third round, and even the final...

Then He Shen in front of him is really entirely possible to win the championship.

Absolutely, the face of a champion!

He Shen didn't pay attention to the judges sitting on the side. He just looked at his hands seriously and thought about his musical interpretation.

Let your own music still flow, from the piano to the entire concert hall.

Without any slight lingering, it gradually filled the entire concert hall.

And after this third practice, He Shen's next Chopin Piano Ballade No. [-] was even more speechless.

Still no problems.

The judges, the audience, they are all a little numb.

The first work, strong.

The second work is so strong.

The third piece, what the hell?Why are you so strong.

By the time of the fourth work, everyone was too lazy to say anything, and even their expressions were a little dull.

He Shen's performance in this first round of competition was so strong that they couldn't describe it in words.

This level of performance is basically the most powerful group of all competitors.

Possibly even the most powerful level.

At this level, no matter what they say, they seem particularly powerless, and they don't even feel necessary.

Everyone's expressions were already numb, completely shattered by the interpretation of He Shen's music, and there was no thought of resistance at all.

Just sitting on the chair, listening to He Shen's performance, until the end.

hum!
With the final cadence of Chopin's Second Piano Ballade, the music comes to an end.

It was only at this time that everyone realized that He Shen's performance had ended.

It's as if nothing happened, as if time just disappeared from the world.

He Shen, he had already finished his performance.

At this time, everyone realized how powerful He Shen's performance just now was, and how unimaginable it was.

He Shen slowly closed his eyes, and used his ears to listen to the sound of the piano, the last reverberation in the concert hall.

After the last trace of sound dissipated, He Shen stood up, walked to the front of the concert hall, and bowed slightly to the crowd.

boom!
The applause sounded instantly.

"Bravo!"

"Bravo!"

"Bravo!"

"..."

The crowd cheered one after another, not caring that this was a competition, not a concert.

Because of He Shen's interpretation, they deserve their greatest applause and loudest applause to praise He Shen's interpretation.

He Shen bowed slightly to the crowd, reached out to pick up the hand towel on the piano, turned around and walked slowly towards the stairs, and walked to the back of the stage amidst the applause of the crowd.

At this moment, the next contestant was already standing at the door waiting for his turn. When He Shen came down, his face instantly turned pale.

He Shen's performance immediately heated up the whole venue.

If he can't control the field, then he may directly...

disuse!

Thinking of this place, the face of the next contestant turned even paler, and he didn't know whether to go up or not.

He Shen stood at the entrance of the concert hall, looked at the long guns and short cannons that surrounded him, shook his head helplessly, stretched out his hand and patted the pale-faced contestant beside him, and said calmly.

"come on!"

After all, he went back to the lounge, took out a lollipop, opened the package, and put it in his mouth.

Under the gaze of everyone, he left the backstage of the contestants.

(End of this chapter)