world number one pianist

Chapter 229 He Shen, please!

At this time, the Chopin International Piano Competition, in the half-month-long competition, has already passed the preliminary round, the first round, the second round, and a full three rounds of competition!
If it is only about the repertoire to be played, except that some performers will use the repertoire of the qualifiers for the first round.

For most of the contestants, such as He Shen, the performance time of all the works combined has reached one and a half hours.

If you are lucky, they have used up about 12 works like How Deep.

If you are unlucky, for example, some people do not have enough time for their works, because the repertoire is too small, and it is only a few minutes away from the minimum performance time required by the competition, so they have to add several works.

And these people, they may even use up 13, 14, or even 15 works in this way.

Those who were able to make it to the Chopin International Piano Competition, every piece of work they practiced is not the kind that can be easily practiced.

At the very least, it takes about a month to ponder the content of each piece of work.

Aside from He Shen's cheating, the first three rounds of their preparation for Xiao Sai might take three, four, or even five years.

However, no one will only prepare for the first two rounds, they must prepare for the entire music competition!
When they reach the third round of the official competition, which is the overall fourth round, the duration of the music work will be directly extended to a full hour.

This also means that the number of repertoires required for the third round is exactly the same as the total number of repertoires for the first and second rounds!
And in addition, the repertoire of each round cannot be the same, this is a special limitation.

That is to say, the number of repertoires that you want to play to the third round cannot be achieved without nearly ten years of effort.

Of course, the theoretical time may be a little longer than the actual time.

After all, in fact, when you really learn a lot of Chopin's works, you will actually have a special feeling for Chopin's works.

That is to say, Chopin's overall level has reached a level.

And your new work, maybe because of your overall improvement, can easily reach the entry-level or professional level.

This shortens the overall time.

He Shen was able to quickly complete so many works, and let so many works reach the pinnacle of professional level, because of this.

With the way out of the promotion list for the second round, people in the country are still making noises. They feel that many, many contestants from Huaguo were suddenly dismissed in this round.

But the people who are competing abroad, except for He Shen and Rao Hao, the others gradually showed a relaxed expression.

Tired, really, really tired.

Every round before, their expressions have been tense, until now.

Nervous, extremely nervous, afraid of all kinds of things, deeply afraid that something will happen to me, which will cause me to not perform well in the game.

After each round of competition, they have to immediately start preparing for the next round of competition. They don't have any time to rest and think carefully, and their whole people are a little bit numb.

For some of them, music is not even music, but a kind of torture!
Not everyone is like He Shen, who can still think about the music itself when playing.

But now it's finally all right, they've finally been eliminated, and they don't have to worry about what's going on.

Even so, it sounds particularly bad, making people feel that they don't want to win the championship at all.

However, this is their main idea now.

There is no way, the game is really tormenting, it is completely devoid of humanity, and there is no room for the brain to rest.

Every morning when I wake up, I just think about how to practice the piano and how to interpret music.

When I sleep, I dream that I am practicing the piano and competing.

If you are unlucky, you dreamed that you made a mistake while playing, and you just froze on the field.

Then it will be even worse!

I was woken up by this dream in the middle of the night, and lay on the bed for a long time before I could barely realize that I was sleeping on the bed now, not at the competition venue.

Because of being woken up in the middle of the night, and thinking of the competition and piano practice the next day, they dare not continue to sleep at all, so they can only half-close their eyes and let their brains empty, in order to get a little comfort.

There are even some people whose spirits are on the verge of mental breakdown.

Now it's finally healed, I've finally been eliminated, don't worry so much, I can sleep well!
Although I said that I lost the game and was eliminated, I was very unwilling in my heart, and felt that I should be able to improve a little bit.

It's a pity that the game is still a game after all, and if you lose, you lose. There are not so many pity.

It can only be said that the skills are not as good as people.

On the faces of everyone in China, there was both relaxation and sadness, a complexion that was completely indescribable.

Everyone looked at the TV in front of them, shook their heads helplessly, and glanced at each other.

Sun Tong, that is, a performer who is particularly liked by many people in China, looked at the crowd, waved his hands helplessly, and sighed.

"Everyone, congratulations, congratulations everyone is liberated, the game is still lost after all, and we can finally take a rest."

"Yeah, I really don't want to participate in this kind of world-class competition in the future, really, I'm too tired!"

The other person standing by the side immediately took over the conversation and also sighed.

"Unfortunately, as a qin player, it is still difficult to succeed in the career path. After all, you have to prove yourself through world-class competitions and prove that you can make money for those economic companies."

"That's right, it's really a pity. The recent competitions are all individual competitions. I have worked hard to prepare Chopin for so long, but I didn't expect to be defeated. Now I can only go back and take a rest to prepare for the comprehensive competition. .”

"Comprehensive international piano competitions. I remember that there will be Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in the next year. In a few years, there will be Elizabeth International Piano Competition. These two competitions should be in their early stages. Opportunity, now let’s go to those slightly lower-level competitions first, I don’t think I can fully adapt to this level of competition.”

"No way, a competition of this level is equivalent to a ladder to the sky in one step. If you can get a better ranking in this competition, you will basically be signed by two top classical music management companies. If you can't get a comparison If you have a good ranking, then..."

"For the competitions at the lower level, although the prize money is similar, the exposure is pitifully small, and it is difficult for those classical music management companies to notice."

"Signing the contract is still a trivial matter. That is to say, if you can successfully get a relatively good ranking, you will have the opportunity to cooperate with the world's top conductors and music orchestras! This is the key point! What is the contract? "

Suddenly, a person sitting in the corner spoke, showing a longing look to everyone.

"The Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, there are too many, and countless top symphony orchestras will come to give the champions and the top few their olive branches and invite them to perform at their home venues. !"

"With so many top conductors, they are the more precious existence. Their understanding of music is far superior to most musicians. After all, only those who understand music enough and have ears that surpass ordinary people can become conductors. experts, and those top conductors, their understanding of music..."

"yes……"

Everyone looked at each other with helplessness in their eyes.

Sun Tong pinched his eyebrows, pointed at them, and couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry.

"Why are you talking about this? Aren't they all already eliminated? Still talking about this, you have this free time, why not go and congratulate Rao Hao."

After that, he looked at Rao Hao who was hiding in the corner with a smile and tried not to make a sound, and said.

"Rao Hao, congratulations, you have successfully entered the third round, your personal style is very good, keep it up, maybe you can enter the top six in the final!"

"what?"

Rao Hao originally thought that since he had already entered the next round, he would try not to appear in front of them to prevent them from being unhappy.

After all, who would wish that he did not enter the next round, and a younger brother entered the next round?
Teacher He Shen directly and completely crushed everyone through his strength, so that everyone dared not speak, but he is just a kid, and if he appears in front of this group of people now, won't he be jealous of everyone?
Unexpectedly, Sun Tong clicked himself.

Seeing that Sun Tong didn't have any malicious expression, he couldn't help scratching the back of his head, and said with a hey smile.

"No, I barely got a little bit of credit from the judges. This year, the judges really like contestants with a clear personal style, so I was lucky enough to get in."

"Being able to enter is no longer a fluke!"

Sun Tong reached out and nodded Rao Hao, smiled and shook his head.

"My personal style is actually very important, but I did not enter the third round. There may be some reasons for the review committee, but anyway, these are my problems. If my strength is as good as that of Mr. He Shenhe, then Am I still afraid of failure?"

"I will probably be like Teacher He now, entering the piano room, preparing for the third round of the competition, and marching towards the championship, right?"

"I really envy Teacher He Shen. Really, I don't know how Teacher He Shen practiced, but he is so strong..."

After Sun Tong finished speaking, everyone immediately echoed.

"Yes, yes, Rao Hao, your style is very dominant, maybe you can really enter the finals and get a ranking!"

"Yes, your strength is very strong, don't think too much, we were eliminated, there is not much reason, but the skills are not as good as others, this is normal, I admit it, don't worry about us."

"Yeah, this is a top world-class competition. There are so many twists and turns. Even if there is a game between the judges, if your strength is strong enough, you can still confront the judges head-on. For example, He Shen Teacher, you are going against the judges' preferences and charging directly, and you can still get such a high score!"

"Yes, Rao Hao, you are strong, don't worry, keep going for the next round!"

"..."

Seeing Rao Hao's rather youthful face, although everyone said they felt a little envy in their hearts, but to be honest, this envy was enough to be jealous, and it was far from the level of jealousy.

Everyone has two arms, two or three legs, and one head in the middle, and no one has more than the other.

It's purely horizontal.

Even if they successfully enter the third round, they will never survive the final.

There are no surprises!
They themselves were already mentally prepared, but they didn't expect that when they accepted this reality, they would still be so uncomfortable.

It was precisely because of this that most of their emotions towards Rao Hao were only envy and no other special emotions.

Seeing the encouragement from the crowd, Rao Hao couldn't help feeling a little bit excited in his heart. Looking at the crowd, his lips twitched, but he didn't know what to say.

In the end, he just bowed his head slightly to the crowd, and said with a little excitement.

"Thank you all."

Seeing that his mood was a little unstable, everyone couldn't help laughing, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, encouraging him.

"It's okay, it's okay, come on and charge forward, our hope is not on you, you can rest assured and just play."

"That's right, we didn't expect you to win the championship instead of us."

"That's right, why are you so excited? Play your piano well, show all the things in your music, all about music, and show them in front of the judges, just play well."

"One thing to say, if I were you, I would just throw my arms away and do it casually. You see, none of us expected you to win the championship. What are you afraid of? Right?"

"If you're unlucky, let's stop at the third round. This is already considered a semi-final, and you can already get a certificate."

"Yeah, if you perform really well, maybe some of the judges will be blind and send you to the finals? Right? Then you can win the trophy!"

"..."

Everyone encouraged Rao Hao one by one.

Although it sounds a bit strange, what "our hope is not you", what "don't expect you to win the championship" and so on.

But no one has a little bit of a sense of surprise.

Because, when they said hope, they all looked at a closed piano room door.

He Shen, at the door of the piano room.

Compared with Rao Hao and He Shen, they can be regarded as the real hope!

In China, everyone's hope!
A reverse version, with a particularly strong strength, knocked out the top players in the hearts of all the judges.

Most of the works have even reached the level of masters. If it is a little bigger, He Shen himself even has a master model.

Even if they are the judges' personal disciples, Bruce Liu and Liu Yu, who are still facing other people and have the tendency to crush the audience, there is no way to completely shake off He Shen.

From the very beginning, he was led by the judges of the Chopin International Piano Competition to charge towards the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

This kind of person has not completely widened the gap with He Shen.

He Shen what?A fellow judge who had only officially met at the start of the competition could not give any help except for a little suggestion on the competition repertoire.

A teacher who was the champion decades ago still has the same set of things from decades ago, and even feels a little bit contrary to the modern Chopin International Piano Competition.

what about others?Totally gone!
And everyone is not completely deaf. He Shen practiced the piano to the point of crazy things, and he would not be blocked in the Haicheng Conservatory of Music at all.

Although Haicheng wants to weaken the influence as much as possible, but unfortunately, paper cannot contain fire, and there is no impenetrable wall in the world.

Everyone present knew about this matter from their own channels.

At the beginning, it was probably regarded as a topic of conversation after dinner, but as time went by, this incident became a particularly prominent feature of He Shen.

Crazy piano practice!
genius?Not bragging, all the contestants here are all geniuses!
Which contestant is not the strongest piano player among the students of their school?

From the strongest students of music conservatories in China to foreign countries, the strongest students of music conservatories all over the world are among them.

Everyone stood on this stage after crushing countless piano boys of the same age.

However, to be able to practice on the piano all day and night without eating or drinking like He Shen, until the whole person is in a coma.

Few, very few!
Very very few!
It can even be said that there is almost no!

They can get up at seven o'clock in the morning to practice the piano, practice the piano until eleven o'clock in the evening, and give up their personal time to practice the piano.

However, like He Shen, there are really few people who practice from day to night and think about the piano when eating and drinking.

It was precisely because of this that He Shen was able to establish an absolute prestige among so many people.

strength?Strong, very strong!

talent?High, very high!

Coupled with unparalleled efforts.

In this era when classical music is almost on the verge of decline, if he is not successful, who else can be successful?

Who else has been successful?

Therefore, everyone put their eyes, expectations, and hopes on He Shen.

Looking forward to He Shen, who can lead all of them, lead Huaguo, and successfully win the championship of the Chopin International Piano Competition!

Bring the world's top glory back to China.

The piano is the king of musical instruments.

And Chopin is the brightest pearl among piano instruments.

Whoever plays other composers well may not necessarily play Chopin well.

And whoever can play Chopin well must be able to play other composers well.

This is why the Chopin International Piano Competition, driven by capital, can become the world's top piano competition.

Sun Tong glanced at Rao Hao who was surrounded by the crowd and ate like his younger brothers, and then at the tightly closed door of the piano room, he couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief.

"He Shen, He Shen, Hua Guo's hope rests on you!"

"We must bring back the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition!"

"..."

At this moment, He Shen didn't know what the people outside the room were doing. He was now focusing his attention on the piano.

In the continuous practice just now, he felt as if he had touched a barrier, a barrier.

If he didn't guess wrong, he probably has touched the bottleneck of Lv8, the specialization level.

And touching the bottleneck of the specialization machine, then it means...

He Shen turned his eyes to Dan Yi who was sitting on the sofa with a smile on his face, nodded slightly at him, and said.

(End of this chapter)