world number one pianist

Chapter 328 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition
EGL Shizuoka Hamamatsu City, the second largest city in EGL, is located between Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture, with a population of about 80. It is an extremely important industrialized city in EGL.

Because there are groups such as Yamaha staying here, the development of musical instruments in Hamamatsu City is extremely developed, and even has the first public musical instrument museum in Japan.

Music has become the business card of this city.

Just like Vienna, the capital of music, on the other side of Japan, Hamamatsu City is the capital of music in Japan!

They hope to make Hamamatsu a music capital of the world, or an oriental music capital opposite to Vienna, but it's a pity...

It didn't work out.

After all, classical music is not only valued by Dongpu, but also by Bangzi Country. They will never allow the reputation of the music capital to come to Hamamatsu from other places.

It may not be Vienna, but definitely not Hamamatsu!

As far as Huaguo is concerned, although the title of the Oriental Music Capital does not matter, it would not agree with this title being placed on Dongpu.

Therefore, China will naturally not promote the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition for the sake of people from Japan, just how harmful it is.

It is precisely because of these various constraints that Hamamatsu has only one international piano competition in the end, which is famous all over the world.

Hamamatsu, International Piano Competition!
The status of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition is somewhat similar to the skirmish for Eastern players all over the world!All players who can get the ranking in this competition can get awards from all over the world.

Just like Nobuyuki Tsujii, a blind Japanese pianist more than ten years ago.

For example, Lang Liangyue, a Chinese pianist more than ten years ago.

For example, recently, Yue Li, a pianist who just came to Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music from Wuzhou Conservatory of Music.

All of them have one very distinctive feature.

That is, they have all won gold medals in the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, or are they...champions?
Anyway, if all the players in Asia are willing to go to the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition to compete, then they can basically get a very good result after winning the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

Winners of other competitions.

If they don't go to the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, it's okay, but the chances will always seem much smaller.

To put it simply, the champions of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition are all champions of other international piano competitions.

The winners of other international piano competitions are not necessarily the winners of the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.

Still sounds great!
It's just a pity that this competition was not held in countries with particularly strong classical music, such as Germany and other places.

They just put it in Dongpu.

Because the distance is too far, few people from other places except Asia come here.

Therefore, the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition seems to be a little bit of a fight!

It's just the top piano competition in Asia, not the top piano competition in the world!
In name it was a world competition, but it became a state competition.

After He Shen brought Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting to Dongying by plane from Haicheng, he did not stop in Tokyo, but took the two of them directly by car from Tokyo. Come to Hamamatsu!
There are still a lot of people in the center of Hamamatsu City. When walking out of the station, it doesn't look like the slightest feeling of depression in the legend.

It is said that due to the aging and mobility of the population of the entire city, the permanent population has moved from the city center to the suburbs.

But there are still a lot of people around the station, especially those parks and other places, where countless people walk by, walk their dogs and take a walk.

He Shen looked at the introduction on his mobile phone and couldn't help but fell silent.

Perhaps, the population of the center of Hamamatsu is not large, compared to those big cities, it is not particularly large?
After He Shen glanced casually with his mobile phone, he took the two of them directly to a hotel near the Hamamatsu Concert Hall to stay.

For the time being, they only booked rooms for the two of them for three or four days, not half a month.

Of course, two rooms!
He Shen had a room by himself, and Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting had a room with each other.

In order to prevent another inexplicable person from running out to say that he had some strange topics with his students.

After He Shen was sure that he had taken care of everything, he took out 10,000+ yen from his pocket, handed it to the two who were still packing their luggage, and said.

"In the last three days, take a break. You can go to a piano room to practice the piano, or you can find a place to rest for a while. Don't be too tight, just relax."

"Huh?" Zhao Zitong took the yen in He Shen's hand with a blank expression, looked at He Shen, and scratched his head: "Then why... give us the money?"

"You guys take the funds for the competition in school first." He Shen said casually.

After finishing speaking, He Shen turned around and was about to leave the room.

Before leaving the room, He Shen suddenly thought of something, turned around and said to Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting.

"By the way, I'll go out for a while, you two can eat whatever you want, and you don't have to wait for me to come back at night, just do your own thing."

After all, He Shen ignored the bewildered Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting behind him, and left the room directly.

He Shen walked downstairs to the hotel, and originally planned to take a taxi, but it was said that Dongying's car was very expensive, so He Shen stopped, walked to the subway station not far away, and bought a ticket.

He wants to find someone.

From Japan, Tanda Kyohei!
When Fan Tian Gongping knew that He Shen was coming to Dongpu before, he came to entertain him when he said he would come here.

Therefore, after He Shen made an appointment with Kohei Soda for a specific time, he came directly to the location in the suburbs from near the Hamamatsu Concert Hall.

Near the Yamaha factory.

When I arrived near the Yamaha factory, the flow of people here was not as the news on the mobile phone said before, and there were more people here than in the city center.

It's just that there are more houses here than in the city center.

So maybe it's because there are more factories here?That's why so many people live in this neighborhood?
He Shen just thought about it casually and didn't think much about it.

After all, he just came here to take his students to compete, and he has no plan to live in this place for a long time.

There is a good saying before, when you come to Dongying Tourism, you are the guest, and everything is fine.

But living and working in Dongying, you are the waiter!

He Shen didn't have the slightest idea of ​​wanting to work and live in Dongying. If he was invited here to give lectures occasionally, it was still possible.

As for working and living here for a long time?
just forget it.

He Shen shook his head, and after getting off the subway, he walked towards the address that Soda Kyohei had given him earlier.

Soon, he came to Soda Kyohei's studio, a high-end apartment.

After standing downstairs and ringing the doorbell of Soda Kyohei's studio, not long after, Soda Kyohei's voice came from the microphone at the door.

"Sorry for the long wait, please follow the next elevator up."

After all, the door opened. Without any hesitation, He Shen followed the guidance on the phone and walked upstairs.

It didn't take long before He Shen came to Soda Kyohei's studio.

But Tian Gonghei is still the same as before with a small braid, smiling all over, as if humans and animals are harmless.

Except for the artistic atmosphere that filled his body, no matter how you think about it, there is no way to connect this contestant in front of you with the contestant who played the piano so sweetly in the Chopin International Piano Competition before.

Fantian Gongping looked at He Shen who was coming, immediately laughed and spoke in English.

"I'm sorry, I've been practicing piano in the house before, I didn't notice you coming, I forgot about it, I'm very sorry."

"It's okay." He Shen waved his hands, followed the pace of Tan Tian Gongping, and walked towards the house.

This room of Fan Tian Gongping is not particularly big for Hua people.

But for the people in Dongpu, it is already very big!
There is a large room with an entire hundred square meters, and a very large grand piano is placed in the room.

This very large Yamaha grand piano directly occupied everyone's sight, and there was no way to pay special attention to other sundries beside it.

After reaching out his hand to signal He Shen to hang the clothes on the clothes rack, he walked to the center of the room, smiled at He Shen, pointed to everything beside him and asked, "How is it? My small job room?"

Soda Kyohei walked around the room, walked to the edge of those walls, reached out and pushed, and pushed out a refrigerator, and there were a lot of cabinets beside it.

These cabinet refrigerators are all stored in the wall, and nothing can be seen from the outside.

Fan Tian Gongping took a bottle of water from the refrigerator, smiled at He Shen, handed the water to him, and said casually.

"Why did you suddenly come to Dongying? If I remember correctly, you have been doing some music activities in Europe recently, and your records are on the bestseller list, and you were selected by the Echo Award!"

"Tsk tsk, the best pianist this year is really...enviable."

"You are working well in Europe, why do you suddenly want to come to Japan, come to us, to travel? Or are you planning to carry out some music activities here? Hold an Asian tour concert?"

He Shen took the hand, opened it casually, took a sip, put it in his hand, and shook his head.

"No, not a concert, come over for a competition."

"Competition? Japan's piano competition?" Kohei Soda was stunned for a moment. He sat on the piano, scratched his head, frowned and thought about it, and his eyes suddenly shrank.

He looked at He Shen and couldn't help hesitating.

"You mean...the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition?"

"Well, the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, I'll bring my students over to play a competition and see what's going on."

He Shen shook his head and said casually.

"Some piano competitions in China have given us music activity certificates, but China is unwilling to certify, so there is no way, I can only bring my students to Hamamatsu to see if there is a chance to go out from Hamamatsu .”

Fan Tian Gongping laughed dumbly. He looked at He Shen and shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help complaining: "Do you think Dongying is your back garden? Your strength can beat Dongying's international piano competition, but Your student is not you, you are so confident that your student can kill Dongpu?"

"You have to know that among the three countries in Asia, only your pianists in China are the weakest, and the overall atmosphere for classical music is also the worst. Although I don't know why your side is so open, first Lang Liangyue, Then Li Diyun, and then you..."

"But! You are just an exception! Don't underestimate the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition!"

Fantian Gongping spoke in a brisk tone, and did not mean to mock Hua Guo on purpose.

And He Shen also didn't pay attention to his words.

On the contrary, what Tian Gongping said is true. In fact, there are many classical music learners in China. Each music school has nearly a thousand people. In general, there are at least tens of thousands of students in domestic music schools and music departments every year. .

There are so many students, but there are not many who really want to engage in music and art.

Most of them are monks from halfway.

Music classes in schools are often occupied. Even if they are not occupied, most people don't regard music class as a class.

Instead, it is a course that is simply used for fun, homework, or chatting with friends.

Compared with Huaguo, the situation in Dongying is much better. Many schools have already formed orchestras in elementary school. Every school must have a school symphony orchestra. These school symphony orchestras do various music activities.

For example, after the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, there will be a closing concert.

This closing concert is not for those audiences, but for elementary school students, junior high school students, and high school students.

Cultivate their sensitivity to music.

Therefore, He Shen didn't care about what Fan Tian Gongping said.

Sitting on the chair, He Shen casually said to Kohei Tantian, "Of course I know, but my students, I know their strength better!"

"Although they can't reach my results at that time, or my results in the Chopin International Piano Competition, but...they have passed the line, at least they have the ability to hit the final!"

"What they lack most now is the experience of the competition, and other miscellaneous things."

"I can arrange for them to go to Europe for a small-scale tour, just like those students of the conservatory of music, at the end of the semester, they need to play outside for other passers-by!"

"However, this does not cultivate their experience in the competition and their IQ in the competition!"

"For this kind of large-scale competition, the IQ is far more important than the level. They need to know when and how much they should use!"

"So, I just took them here to let them prepare for Chopin and Van Cliburn in the future!"

After hearing this, Kohei Tantian was a little silent. After thinking for a long time, he slowly shook his head: "It might be possible before, but this year I'm really not sure if you can do it! Because this year's players, especially the players from Dongpu , It's terrible!"

"No, it's not just Dongpu, there is also Bangzi Country far away, they will all come this year!"

"Of course, you have already come here, and you are ready to participate in this competition, so go and participate. Anyway, in the words of your Hua country, you have all come here, it would be a pity not to participate!"

"However, I have to remind you that you must not take it lightly! This year's players are very strong. If your student's strength this year is not good, then it is best to change to another competition. Don't think about this year's Hamamatsu The International Piano Competition is here!"

"Let's not mention the students of many top piano masters here in Dongpu, those who are preparing to enter the Chopin International Piano Competition."

"After all, Yamaha has sponsored the Chopin International Piano Competition for so many years, and has never won the Chopin International Piano Competition. In addition, you won the Chopin International Piano Competition before, which suddenly stimulated that group of people. I want to train in the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, and then compete in the Chopin International Piano Competition!"

"There are also players from many other places, some of the previous players, will come!"

"Nobuyuki Tsujii's student, his unique interpretation of music is a very big threat, a bit reminds me of Li Diyun in 2000."

"You also have a teacher from Wuzhou Conservatory of Music in China. It is said that he is also very strong! He won the championship in a competition over there before!"

"And then, there is an Dongying person whose name is Nakamura Shiro, who doesn't know the details. His strength is hard to say, and it feels a bit weird."

"What is this Nakamura Bai? His interpretation of music has a strong flavor of the Soviet Union? Or the flavor of China? It even feels like he is a Chinese, not a Japanese!"

"And he, how can I say, I've heard him play the piano before, and his piano skills are still good, but he is more inclined to show off his skills. If we only talk about technology, his level of strength should be the strongest this year, right? "

"It's just a little pity. I don't know who Nakamura Bai's teacher is. It feels like he is the kind of player who came out of nowhere!"

"He won an award in the Dongying Eastern High School Piano Competition before, and this is his only resume!"

"If you go through your resume a little further, you can see that when he was admitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan University of Arts, he failed..."

"No, it's not just the high school attached to the Tokyo Metropolitan University of the Arts who failed the exam, but also the other high schools attached to the art university!"

"That's the kind of person who was suddenly stimulated by something and awakened out of nowhere, and his playing level suddenly soared! It's really..."

When Kohei Soda mentioned this place, he couldn't help but sighed and shook his head.

Obviously, he didn't know the details about this Nakamura Bai who appeared suddenly, but he just felt baffled.

After all, as long as you are a capable pianist, you can find out who his teacher is!

Above every top pianist, there will be a top piano educator with hands and feet!

There are almost no pianists who pop up out of nowhere without any background!

And this person named Nakamura Bai in front of him, without any teacher, just popped up so suddenly, it is really inexplicable.

After a few random remarks, Kohei Soda put the water glass in his hand aside, stood up and said to He Shen with a smile.

"Okay, don't think so much, it's your first time here in Dongying, as the host, please go to eat something nearby!"

"After all, the vicinity is Yamaha's site, and the cafeteria for Yamaha's employees is pretty good!"

“Especially the beer at that place!”

"It just so happens that I can also introduce you to other people in my team, let's get to know each other!"

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