world number one pianist

Chapter 340 Self
Zhao Zitong walked slowly to the edge of the piano, closed his eyes, and let his heart settle down.

She also raised her hand and put it on the piano, but followed what He Shen said, thinking quietly.

How does she understand this piece of music now?
He Shen didn't ask her to interpret all the chapters of Beethoven's pastoral sonata, but just asked her to interpret the second movement, which is the most profound musical expression in this work.

The second movement of the sonata is generally the Adagio.

And the slower the slow movement, the easier it is for the expression of the music to be placed in front of everyone, so that everyone can see it clearly.

The slower it is, the more clearly you can feel the performer's thoughts on this work and how she interprets this work.

For example, those quick etudes, obviously you want to express a feeling of anxiety, but let you slow down, can you still express that kind of anxiety at the slow speed of anxiety?
It was also for this reason that He Shen asked Zhao Zitong to interpret this work. He wanted her to think about it, think about her music, and what she was thinking about!
Zhao Zitong closed his eyes, feeling the sound of the wind blowing around him.

The other old people who were around here did not leave immediately, but looked at Zhao Zitong in front of them with great interest, waiting for his performance.

Zhao Zitong was silent, slowly raised his head, and looked at everything around him.

There are no green mountains, only green water.

There are countless trees covering Rao.

Everything is like being in a small forest.

Where was Beethoven when he wrote this second movement?Is he in this wood too?
Or is he in his own home?
Or... he was listening to a friend's story at a friend's house?

There are many possibilities. What kind of feeling is the feeling that Beethoven wants to express?
Zhao Zitong closed her eyes and was thinking, thinking, her own Beethoven, her own music.

She felt everything around her, let her brain play in the air, and thought calmly.

music, music...

What should music be like?
How to interpret the music you want.

What kind of scene is my understanding of this piece of music?
Music...what does it represent in this place?
music...

music?

Zhao Zitong seemed to feel something, her eyes slowly opened, and her eyes quickly narrowed, looking at the keyboard in front of her.

88 black and white keys, not one more, not one less.

This one is a very orthodox, traditional piano.

Zhao Zitong raised his hand and put it on the piano.

Everyone looked at Zhao Zitong in front of them, couldn't help holding their breath, and looked forward to her performance.

She just stayed in this place without moving, and her hands were placed beside her without any movement.

No one knew what she was thinking while sitting there.

Everyone was a little anxious waiting.

Although it is said that those people around are old people, but they are also here to play!

Some old people came to play music, and a child came and said to himself that his students need to use this piano to feel the music in his heart.

Only then did everyone make room for him to use.

But I didn't expect to wait so long.

His student actually sat on the piano bench without saying a word, at least waiting for several minutes.

How many minutes are there in life, even if they are about to die, they are not willing to waste their lives casually like this.

However, just when they were about to get anxious, Zhao Zitong moved.

She raised her hands, placed them on the piano, and after a moment of silence, pressed them down slowly.

Bang, bang, bang, bang...

Right-hand chords, heavy, like a forest surround.

But the voice of the left hand is very light.

What she expresses in the decomposition of chords is the image of a perfect traveler.

Standing there, she looked at everything around her, looked around curiously, and felt the beauty of the surroundings.

Then, gently lift the jade feet, walk around in this forest, laughing wantonly.

This is the image she wants to show.

Zhao Zitong's hands moved lightly on the piano without any slight pause.

The sense of music shown in the music is very clearly shown by her.

The solid foundations that He Shen had laid for her were placed there, fully setting off her music.

Zhao Zitong is already immersed in his own music.

Although the music she performed is still not perfect, and her thinking about certain places is still a little fuzzy.

The music she was thinking about, a lot of it, was just a very simple idea.

However, there are already many of her thoughts on this piece of music.

She thinks what kind of music this music should be.

She felt that this music should reach a certain place!
He Shen and Ji Mengting stood aside and looked at Zhao Zitong in front of them, watching her interpretation, without any change in expression.

He Shen is very natural, he thinks that Zhao Zitong can play the music she imagined.

It's just because she was lazy before and kept herself trapped in her safe zone and didn't want to come out.

This caused her to have a lot of omissions in music, and she just listened to her own music quietly.

As for Ji Mengting behind...

She was a little numb.

She never imagined that Zhao Zitong could suddenly perform such a performance in this place.

It's like... suddenly enlightened?
However, it shouldn't!
How can it be like this, suddenly playing the piano and getting enlightened?Didn't you lament along with yourself before, saying that you don't have your own existence in your music?

Why now...

Ji Mengting looked at Zhao Zitong in front of her, her expression gradually became extremely puzzled.

She began to put her eyes on the piano played by Zhao Zitong, and began to think...

Does this piano have a magic power?Can the performer fully express the music he wants to express?

Maybe?It does feel like there is a possibility, right?

It really does feel good...

Looking at Zhao Zitong in front of him, Ji Mengting couldn't help but feel a little bit of wanting to go up and play.

I have been playing in front of those audiences before, and now I am playing in front of these passers-by. Maybe it can inspire me?

Seeing Ji Mengting's expression, He Shen just nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

The other group of old people who were sitting here looked at the little girl who was playing on the stage, and there was a smile in the corner of their eyes.

It turned out that she really had something!The music she plays is really good!
Therefore, those old people looked at Zhao Zitong in front of them and couldn't help but nodded, without any objection, they just sat there and enjoyed the music.

It's just a pity that the music is not long...

The second movement of this song is about five or six minutes long, and the music has come to an end.

When her hand left the piano, everyone didn't react. They still looked at Zhao Zitong in the middle cheerfully, waiting for her to continue playing.

Zhao Zitong did not continue.

She just raised her head and looked at He Shen who was standing aside, feeling extremely anxious, waiting for He Shen's comment.

He Shen was also looking at Zhao Zitong.

He didn't immediately comment on what Zhao Zitong played well and what he didn't play well, but said to her.

"Go ahead, play whatever you want, don't care about the competition."

"In this competition, even if you play casually, you can enter the finals, so you don't have to worry too much about the second round of the piano sonata."

"So, keep playing, play whatever you want, and don't care what other people think."

"Huh?" Zhao Zitong was taken aback for a moment, she looked at He Shen in front of her in confusion, as if she didn't fully understand what He Shen meant.

And He Shen just walked slowly to the edge of the piano, put his hands on the piano, and said.

"Have you ever thought about why you want to play the piano?"

"I..." Zhao Zitong hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

He Shen didn't seem to care about Zhao Zitong's reaction, he just sat next to Zhao Zitong, looked at the distant scenery, and said.

"Actually, I haven't thought about it..."

"Then why did I play the piano before? It's very simple, my father forced me to play the piano."

"Since I was young, I don't know who said I have the talent to play the piano, and then my father was very convinced by that person, so I was sent by him to learn piano."

"I was in Jiangzhou at the time, and I learned piano from the best piano teacher in Jiangzhou, no, or in the city. She helped me lay the foundation."

"Then, because I played better than other children, and I played better than others, my father thought I was a material for learning the piano, so he kept forcing me to practice the piano."

"He controls my whole life, and I hope that I will always follow his steps and become the number one pianist in the world!"

"It's a pity... I didn't listen to him. My level is actually not particularly good. I'm just an ordinary person with a little bit of talent, but not that much talent."

"I'm just the strongest one in our city, but if I'm put in China, or even in Jiangzhou, I'm just an ordinary person."

"It can even be accepted, very poor ordinary people!"

"I was not admitted by the school in advance. I took the art test and entered the conservatory of music through the art test."

"After the art exam, take the individual exams of those schools, that's it."

"My father told me that I should not continue to waste in this place. I should go to Zhongzhou, Huaguo Conservatory of Music and Haicheng Conservatory of Music!"

"I got the certificates of passing the examination of these two conservatories. I majored in the piano department, No. 12 in Zhongzhou, and No. 10 in Haicheng. I have no choice."

"I chose to go to Wuzhou Conservatory of Music, a place far away from my father, but not so far away."

"I'm trying to get out of his control!"

Zhao Zitong and Ji Mengting were stunned when they heard this place, they never thought that He Shen would talk about his past.

He Shen ignored the two and just continued.

"Then, I met a second teacher at Wuzhou Conservatory of Music."

"He taught me a lot of basic things. He kept asking me to supplement the basics. He didn't ask me to do other exercises, but just asked me to supplement the basics."

"I supplemented the foundation for a whole year, and then, in the process of constantly supplementing the foundation, I have been holding the highest score in the school for four years."

"The highest score in the final exam in the school! It surpassed all the people who scored higher than me when they entered the exam!"

"At this time, I once again felt that I should be a pianist. Even though I don't have any works, I still have a little understanding of music, but I thought I should become a pianist!"

"As a result... I almost starved to death."

When He Shen said this place, he suddenly laughed, while Ji Mengting and Zhao Zitong beside him listened very seriously, and no one laughed.

He Shen continued to the two people: "In fact, during this period of time, since I was about to starve to death, and then returned to Jiangzhou to become a laborer and live in the basement to practice piano, I have been thinking about one thing."

"That is……"

"What is the music I want to express?"

"I don't know what I want to express. I just follow the teacher's idea, keep honing the basic skills, and then interpret everything on the score according to the marks on the music sheet."

"Obviously, I failed and I succeeded."

"My success lies in the fact that my foundation has become extremely solid. My failure lies in the fact that there is no music in my music!"

"However, I have a lucky thing. I met Wednesday, and you, Zhao Zitong. Wednesday took me to the Golden Piano Awards, giving me the opportunity to move towards a higher level."

"And you gave me a chance to eat."

He Shen raised his head and looked towards the sky.

There was no cloud or mist in the sky, and the sunlight was so bright that He Shen's eyes couldn't help but squint.

"Everything in the world, I have gradually turned from a genius in others' mouths to a fool that everyone despises, and then from a fool to a genius!"

"When I thought I was a genius again, the world played a trick on me, and I fell from the sky into the deep mud."

"Everything I think about, many things are too superficial, and there is still a lot of gap with what should be expressed in music."

"When I had no room to go any further down, I got another chance to go up."

"My thoughts on music, I can interpret my own thoughts on music, and I have more understanding and enlightenment."

"A person's understanding of music needs to rely on his continuous accumulation before he can interpret it."

"For example, Gould's Bach Goldberg Variations, the version he played when he was young and the version when he was old are completely different concepts!"

"Music does not have a perfect image, for example, you think music should be like this!"

"Everyone else is interpreting the innocence of De Mozart. Here you are interpreting De Mozart who is obviously in his 20s, but still pretends to be a child to win the favor of those big people. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"Your music is the success of your life. I don't have any ability to criticize your music. I can only say that your music should be interpreted and written by yourself."

"What I can help you is the logic of music. For example, if you step on your left foot, if you are walking normally, then you should continue to step on your right foot. This is the logic of music."

"When you interpret music, you should pay more attention to your own interpretation of music and understand why you want to interpret music."

"If you don't understand, you can ask me, but..."

"I will not continue any further, your suggestions on musical interpretation."

"Because I'm not you, I can't give you any more advice. You go to reflect on your own life, think about your own music, what is it..."

He Shen got up, walked to the side, looked at Zhao Zitong Ji Mengting who was already staying there, and smiled.

Turn away.

(End of this chapter)