world number one pianist

Chapter 257 Belongs to He Shen's Stage!
As time goes by, the day when He Shen's solo concert will start is getting closer and closer.

More and more people, countless people, began to gather towards Jiangzhou.

In addition to the music colleges and music departments in Jiangzhou, the music departments of other music colleges also sent their teams to Jiangzhou.

different from before.

When other conservatories from other places came to Jiangzhou and visited the Conservatory of Jiangzhou Normal University, even though there was nothing on the surface, deep down in their hearts, they always looked down at the Conservatory of Jiangzhou Normal University .

After all, they are the conservatory of music, and the Conservatory of Music of Jiangzhou Normal University is just a conservatory within a university.

And now it's completely different!

Now that the Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music was established, the group of people who came to watch the scene walked into the Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, and they no longer had the slightest feeling of looking down on other conservatories.

Everyone is in the same level of academy, no one is higher or lower, they are all about the same.

The students from the two places in Haicheng, Huaguo feel that their school is one of the two largest music academies in China, and it is so much higher than other music academies.

People from other places didn't have any extra thoughts at all. They just came to this place with the spirit of studying hard, preparing to watch He Shen's concert.

They quickly found a place to live near the school, and carefully observed the courses of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music and He Shen's practice.

Soon, the hotels near the Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music were full, and countless people couldn't find a place to stay near the school, so they could only walk in the direction of the Jiangzhou Grand Theater for the time being, planning to stay there.

After all, that place is where He Shen will play later.

A few days later, the vicinity of the Jiangzhou Grand Theater was already full of people, and there was no more room left.

In addition to people from various local conservatories, there are also various classical music magazines.

Domestic magazines such as Yellow River, Philharmonic, Harmony, etc.

And foreign ones, such as "Music", "Classical", "Gramophone"...

All kinds of magazines from various places came to Jiangzhou, waiting for He Shen's concert.

All of a sudden, the entire Jiangzhou Ningcheng was filled with music atmosphere.

Even ordinary passers-by who don't listen to classical music very much have noticed something is wrong.

It feels like being around, whether it's the TV, the car radio, or some other commercial.

The content of classical music has also inexplicably increased a lot.

Feeling inexplicable.

He Shen didn't know everything about the outside world, he just sat in the piano room earnestly and practiced the piano.

The piano room given to him on Wednesday is really comfortable. The sofa in the piano room is also softer than the sofa in the Music College of Jiangzhou Normal University.

After eating at noon, He Shen could even sleep on the sofa for a while.

The music in his hands became more and more proficient as he continued to practice.

Whether it's Bach, or Beethoven, or something else.

The feeling of these music in He Shen's hands is getting more and more complicated, and the musicality in it is getting stronger and stronger.

He Shen's mastery of these compositions is getting stronger and stronger!
Soon, the time came to the day of He Shen's concert.

He Shen woke up from his basement, tidied up a bit, and then walked towards the Jiangzhou Grand Theater.

His basement has not been rented out, but the piano in the basement has been returned, and the people from the piano transportation company have sent it back.

The main reason why he didn't retreat to the basement was He Shenlan.

I haven't had much time to find a new house recently.

Even if you can ask them to look at the new house for you on Wednesday, those people may do something about the price.

For example, the original monthly rent of [-], they told themselves that they could rent it for [-] to [-].

When I live in and find out that I owe someone a favor, it's not easy to move out directly.

Therefore, He Shen did not intend to use those friends to help him find a house.

He Shen stood on the side of the road, took a taxi, and soon arrived near the Jiangzhou Grand Theater.

In the parking lot of the Jiangzhou Grand Theater, countless buses and various luxury cars were parked.

Those buses should be the cars of various local conservatories, sending their students and teachers over to observe.

As for those luxury cars...

Probably some rich teacher, or someone from the top classical music magazines?
He Shen is not interested in this.

After he got out of the car, he tidied up his clothes a little, then walked slowly towards the concert hall.

Perhaps he was too low-key, no one around him noticed him.

Countless people surrounded the entrance of the concert hall, looking around at the vehicles coming and going in the distance, discussing in low voices.

"By the way, when will He Shen come? This is his first concert, so he shouldn't be late, right?"

"Who knows, but these have nothing to do with us, we just have to watch other people's performances."

"This should be He Shen's first performance since he won the championship, right?"

"No, if it is calculated accurately, it is actually not! After He Shen won the Chopin International Piano Competition, he received invitations from several top orchestras to perform in those orchestras. Strictly speaking, it was not the first once!"

"But this should be the first time since He Shen's comeback."

"Indeed, He Shen has been quietly settled for four years. To be honest, I am really curious about what kind of level He Shen can reach in these years?"

"That's right, even if the other pianists won the award, there really is no one who has been silent like He Shen. Everyone immediately became active on the stages of the world!"

"Your sentence is wrong. To be precise, there are also pianists who are silent after winning the prize, such as Pollini who is the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition with He Shen."

"Huh? Damn, if you didn't tell me, I would have forgotten that there is another Pollini who chose the same choice as He Shen!"

"Marizio Pollini, the champion of the sixth Chopin International Piano Competition, disappeared in front of everyone for eight years after winning the piano competition. He devoted himself to following Mingkai Langjili and relearned the touch keys of his fingers. As well as the expression of music, at the first concert eight years after his debut, Chopin's 24 preludes made a sensation in Eagle Country!"

"You mean... He Shen may also follow this Pollini and cause a sensation in Huaguo?"

"Who knows? After all, no one knows what He Shen has been doing in the past four years. Who knows whether he devoted himself to studying, or found a place to play and relax for four years?"

"really……"

Everyone stood at the door, discussing in low voices while waiting for the concert hall to open.

He Shen watched them discussing himself, without any slight change in the expression on his face.

There are many top pianists in the world, and each of them grows in a different direction.

Just like Pollini, he completely shattered his foundation, rebuilt it, built a more stable foundation, and then played it all over the world.

As for He Shen?
He is not the same as Pollini. He seeks the music itself, and discusses with countless pianist masters the most suitable interpretation of each musician in music.

All of these are cultivating his musical literacy, making his music closer to those top pianists.

After all, those top pianists, such as Argerich, Zimmermann, and even the aforementioned Pollini...

Their understanding of music is almost like a monster!

The first time they heard He Shen's interpretation of music, they could easily perceive He Shen's thoughts on music.

After all, they listened too much, and they really communicated with those top masters in the golden age of the 20th century.

For example...

Rachmaninoff, Horowitz.

Rachmaninoff, as a pianist in the twentieth century, successfully ranked among the top musicians of classical music.

Horowitz and Rachmaninoff are good friends, and the first person to see many of Rachmaninoff's works is Horowitz.

They not only have new ideas for modern works, but also have dozens of hundreds of different interpretations of classical music, romantic music, and baroque music from decades to 200 years ago.

It can even be said that their thoughts on music cover almost all mainstream thoughts.

He Shen, he is far inferior to these top pianists in the world.

However, he is making slow progress.

Step by step, slowly move towards the direction of the world's top pianist.

He Shen didn't disturb the people who were chatting, and walked to a certain back door in the distance, handed his identity certificate to the guarding staff standing there, and walked into the concert hall.

The Jiangzhou Grand Theater is still the same as when he first came here, there are not many special changes.

The only change is probably that the display board for the Golden Piano Award in the concert hall was replaced by He Shen's display board.

He Shen's photo and some brief introductions of him are printed on the sign.

He Shen looked at his own sign and didn't know what to say for a moment. He always felt weird and wanted to put this thing away.

In the end, He Shen gave up this idea, just sighed, and walked towards the backstage.

Backstage, many people are already standing there.

The current principal of Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music, Wednesday.

Honorary Professor of Chuanzhou Conservatory of Music, Dan Yi.

Honorary professor of Huaguo Conservatory of Music, Zhou Renguang.

The older generation had the three of them as the main core, and most people surrounded them, chatting casually.

People of the younger generation, such as Yue Li from Wuzhou Conservatory of Music.

Fu Diao of Haicheng Conservatory of Music.

Pei Qi from Huaguo Conservatory of Music.

Teachers from other schools around were vaguely headed by these three.

Standing in the crowd, Yue Li looked very tall, and the suit on his body almost couldn't fit his big man.

He looked at the other people around him with a bright smile on his face.

Perhaps it was because of his tall stature that when Yue Li was chatting with the people around him, he was the first to spot He Shen who was walking towards him. He patted He Shen's shoulder with his thick hand, and smiled.

"Not bad, He Shen! I haven't had time to congratulate you on the spot. Congratulations on winning the Chopin International Piano Competition! You have directly broken the monopoly of classical music from Europe and Japan! Not bad!"

Fu Diao and Pei Qi walked over slowly after Yue Li walked in front of He Shen.

Fu Diao looked indifferent, as if he didn't want to say anything more to He Shen.

Pei Qi smiled wryly.

He spread his hand towards He Shen, and said helplessly.

"He Shen, congratulations, you won the championship, but it's a pity that we couldn't keep up with your pace at all..."

"Who said it! I won the Liszt International Piano Competition champion! It can be regarded as having fulfilled the agreement with He Shen, but you have not fulfilled it!" Yue Li muttered loudly on the side, then turned his head to He Shen, Pointing at Pei Qi and Fu Diao beside him, he revealed the truth.

"No, these two people, Pei Qi, I remember I went to participate in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, but unfortunately they only got third or fourth, and didn't get first."

"As for Fu Tiao... Beethoven International Piano Competition No.2, also did not win the championship."

Fu Tiao raised his head and glanced at Yue Li, snorted coldly, turned his head and walked to the side, completely ignoring Yue Li.

But Yue Li couldn't help laughing even more happily when he heard Fu Tiao's humming, and said to He Shen: "Nuo, look, every time he says he is second, he gets angry. I really don't understand. Did you get the first place? Second, isn’t there still a company that wants to sign him?”

Pei Qi looked at Yue Li helplessly, reached out and patted his arm, shook his head slightly, and interrupted him.

These words can be said among the three of them. After all, they are all world-class pianists, and there has always been competition, so they are familiar with each other.

There is nothing to say in front of He Shen, and He Shen is not an outsider.

But there are others around.

It is not particularly appropriate to say this now.

Therefore, Pei Qi spoke directly.

"Forget it, let's not talk about this, He Shen, what is the work you are preparing for this concert? Do you want to tell us so that we can refer to it?"

He Shen looked at the obvious crowd in front of him, and found that all of them had expectant eyes on their faces, and they didn't hide it, and said directly.

"Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff!"

"Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff?"

Yue Li was taken aback after hearing this, and couldn't help touching his chin, complaining.

"The arrangement of your repertoire feels weird. There is a kind of that, the art candidates who are preparing for the art test, and those students who are preparing for the graduation concert?"

"Well, I also feel a little bit, this selection is not bad, it just feels a bit ordinary..." Pei Qi also nodded at the side: "I just feel that the work you should present should be the kind of piano selection that shocks the world. song."

"For example, you play Chopin's complete set of piano preludes, complete set of mazurkas, complete set of nocturnes, complete set of polonaises, complete set of concertos, complete set of ballads, and complete set of etudes?"

"Hey, hey, that's going to kill you, right? I've only seen someone play a complete set of Beethoven's sonatas, but when he played the complete set in a concert, he was taken to the hospital directly."

"If He Shen finishes playing like this, maybe you can also become a famous person in history?"

Yue Li and Pei Qi couldn't help complaining on the sidelines. Of course, it was limited to complaining, and they didn't force He Shen to change his song selection.

Listening to the speech of the two, He Shen also just smiled and said nothing.

After the three casually chatted about their respective situations, the two walked towards the audience area, ready to take their seats.

And He Shen, looking at the only three people standing in the background, walked towards them.

Danyi, Wednesday, and Zhou Renguang.

Zhou San didn't stop there. Seeing He Shen approaching, he immediately greeted Danyi Zhou Renguang with great interest, and said to go to the stage to monitor the arrangement of the cameras.

After confirmation, the video recording went smoothly.

But Yi looked at He Shen who was coming, his eyes were full of relief.

After He Shen stood still, he immediately spoke, speaking with a hint of anxiety. "He Shen, how are you preparing? Are you sure?"

"Yes." He Shen looked into Danyi's eyes and nodded very seriously.

"It's good to have it, it's good to have it... I haven't heard you play the piano for more than four years, and I really look forward to what kind of works you can interpret in the future."

After hearing He Shen's affirmation, Dan Yi breathed a sigh of relief, smiled at He Shen, took two steps forward, reached out and squeezed He Shen's shoulder, full of encouragement.

Looking at Danyi, Zhou Renguang could clearly feel the joy in Danyi's heart.

She had been like this more than ten years ago.

So she feels the same way.

However, Zhou Renguang stretched out his hand to glance at the time, and said helplessly to Dan Yi and He Shen.

"Okay, but professor, don't talk about the past, the time for the performance is coming soon, we should go to the auditorium now, and leave the backstage space for He Shen."

"After all, all we need to do now is to look forward to He Shen's performance. I believe He Shen will definitely be able to meet your expectations."

Dan Yi glanced at Zhou Renguang on one side, then at He Shen, and nodded slowly with relief in his eyes:

"Well, okay, let's go, He Shen, you must work hard, this is your most important concert, you must perform well! You must work hard!"

After all, Danyi turned and left without any hesitation.

Leave the background space to He Shen completely.

Zhou Renguang looked at Danyi who was leaving, smiled, and said to He Shen.

"He Shen, I have been paying attention to your growth. Your growth has exceeded my imagination. I thought it would take a lot for you to reach this stage, at least in your 30s. However, I didn't expect you to be so fast. It’s reached that level.”

"So, I'm looking forward to your concert, looking forward to your performance."

After all, Zhou Renguang patted He Shen on the shoulder, and turned to leave as well.

For a moment, He Shen was the only one left in the backstage of the entire concert hall.

There are also some staff in charge of waiting.

He Shen stood at the backstage door of the concert hall and took a deep breath.

This concert is full of everyone's expectations.

Not only Danyi's expectation, but also Zhou San, Zhou Renguang, Fu Tiao, Yue Li, Pei Qi...

All the people I know in the Huaguo classical music circle are looking forward to my performance.

This is not just a concert for yourself, but a concert for everyone.

therefore……

There is absolutely no room for failure.

click!
At the moment when the time reached eight o'clock, the concert hall, which was originally chaotic and had some people discussing it, became quiet in an instant.

Everyone turned their eyes to the sliding door at the entrance of the concert hall.

The staff also looked at He Shen, and immediately spoke.

"Teacher He, it's time, it's time to go on stage!"

He Shen walked to the stage door, looked at the opened door in front of him, and the piano that had been placed on the stage in advance and confirmed by him.

A Steinway D274, mediocre, but very usable piano.

He Shen stood behind the stage, looked at everything in front of him, and adjusted his clothes a little.

Then, step out.

Stand on stage!

　One more night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)