So is the heart of the cloud

Between eight o'clock and ten o'clock is the youth group competition of the second group.When the time was almost up, Ran Yunxiu got up and went to the player lounge.

The other nine players were almost there as well.When Ran Yunxiu walked in, several people greeted him with smiles, and some people had wary eyes.Presumably, they knew that his strength was very high. Only five out of ten people in each group in the preliminary round could advance to the semi-finals. Naturally, everyone didn't want someone with too strong strength in their group.

In a corner of the lounge, Ran Yunxiu saw Liu Qingwan.He greeted her in surprise: "Qingwan? I didn't see your name in the group?"

Liu Qingwan smiled: "I use the French name, Jenny Liu."

Ran Yunxiu opened the group list in his hand and took a look, and sure enough, he saw the name in it.He laughed: "I don't know your French name, I thought we were not in the same group!"

Liu Qingwan smiled and said nothing.

Ran Yunxiu didn't intend to say much, and sat down quietly to calm down her mood.About 2 minutes later, he heard Liu Qingwan's voice again:

"Tao Ran...is he here?"

Ran Yunxiu glanced at her quickly, and found that she just lowered her head and didn't look at him.

"Oh... no. However, the time for the finals should come."

"Really?" She smiled: "With my strength, it's hard to say whether I can make it to the final. I really hope... to be better..."

Ran Yunxiu twitched the corners of her mouth, but didn't know how to continue.

"A few contestants, please draw a number!" The staff came in with a trumpet in their hands.

The contestants went up one after another to draw numbers, and Ran Yunxiu opened her own to take a look: No. 5, not bad.

The host announced the start of the game, and the first player stepped onto the stage.

It's Gina Greifer from England, a beautiful 15-year-old girl.

The piece she chose was Beethoven's "Moonlight".

"Moonlight" was originally called "Piano Sonata in C Sharp Minor", also known as "Fantasy Sonata" and "Fantasy Sonata". This work has three movements.The reason why this piano piece is called "Moonlight" is because the German poet Ludwig Lerstabo said after listening to it: "Listening to the first movement of this work reminds me of the Swiss music. Lake Lucerne, and the bright moonlight rippling on the lake." Later, the publisher added the title "Moonlight Song" based on this passage, and various legends about the composer improvising under the moonlight became popular.

The first movement, which was as gentle as water, sounded. Although the contestant had only just started playing, Ran Yunxiu immediately felt the extraordinaryness of this girl: strong strength and good attitude.Although she was the first player to play, she did not affect her level due to pressure.

Although the first movement of "Moonlight" cannot be said to be difficult, to really play it well requires not only good skills, but also the player's control over the strength of both hands, especially the left hand, the triplet mid-bass Control can be said to be perfect!

Gina Greifer's demeanor is very calm, and the music flowing out of her hands is calm, beautiful, soothing like water, like moonlight, and seems to bring people into a dream world.

Several judges on the jury table also showed satisfied expressions on their faces.

Compared with the gentleness of the first movement, the second movement expresses the sweet dream of memories, which is vivid and pleasing, while the excited presto of the third movement immerses the audience even more in this excitement. In the melody of people's hearts, the mind is captured by it!

It was not until the last note dissipated that Gina saluted gracefully to the jury and the audience, and the quiet people suddenly burst into applause as if awakened, thanking the beautiful music brought by this little girl.

Although Gina did not get full marks in the imitation of the second melody, she performed quite well. In the final impromptu performance, she played an allegro with national characteristics, a bit of a waltz style, with the enthusiasm of a sonata , the brisk and pleasant melody, coupled with the wonderful performance won her more applause.

The judge Podong Ratus gave a very high evaluation of Gina's performance. He has a lot of research on Beethoven, so he is very happy that a 15-year-old girl can interpret Beethoven so wonderfully. While expressing her appreciation, she also encouraged her to continue her efforts.

It can be seen that Gina was very happy to be praised by the authoritative judges. After she bowed respectfully and stepped off the stage, there was still a touch of joy on her face.After all, he is just a child, and his hard work has achieved certain results. Anyone can't help but be happy.

When walking past her, Ran Yunxiu gave her a friendly smile with a slight appreciation.

Gina smiled back kindly.

With the excellent performance of the first player, although the next two players are also good, they only showed the level that this kind of competition should have, and there is nothing surprising.

After the third contestant stepped down, Liu Qingwan stood up, she was No. 4.

"Come on!" Ran Yunxiu smiled at her.

"Ah."

When Liu Qingwan took a stand on the stage, Ran Yunxiu could clearly see the amazed expressions of everyone in the audience.Although her facial features are only green and immature now, they are already so delicate that they are close to perfection. In addition, she is wearing a pure white dress, coupled with her elegant demeanor, she is as moving as a little princess who came out of a fairy tale.

She chose "Sigh", one of Liszt's super technical etudes.

Liszt's etudes are all very difficult, among them, pieces such as "Wild-o'-the-wisps" that require super-skills such as publicity and showing off skills have made many piano lovers love and hate.If you can play it down, the series of fast and difficult tricks is really exciting, but if you really want to play it down completely and achieve a wonderful level, what you need is not something that can be done in a day or two.

But "Sigh" is different, its difficulty is naturally not low, without the super showy skills of "wild fire", it has more dreamlike emotions, continuous arpeggios, soft and elegant melody, as if it is really nature The sigh is as sincere and moving.

Listening to Liu Qingwan's playing, Ran Yunxiu's first feeling was: She must have put in a lot of effort to practice this piece!

It can be called Liszt's super technique etude, and its difficulty can be imagined.It would take at least a month for a player of her age to practice this piece to a considerable extent.Many adult players have spent quite a long time practicing, but the effect may not be good.Of course, this does not take into account the talent of the players, because under normal circumstances, 13-year-old players cannot compare with them in terms of physical strength and practice.

But now the notes played by Liu Qingwan gave Ran Yunxiu the feeling: not bad.There are no mispronouncements, no pauses, and the emotions are handled well.

The expressions of the judges on the jury table were also tolerant and appreciative. It is really good that a 13-year-old contestant can play the song "Sigh" to such an extent.

And this melodic song naturally won warm applause from the audience, and with Liu Qingwan's almost perfect image, some people couldn't stop shouting: "Jenny, Iloveyou!"!

When Liu Qingwan stepped down from the stage, she also had an uncontrollable excitement on her face, presumably she was quite satisfied with her performance.

When passing by Ran Yunxiu, she said softly: "Come on!", Ran Yunxiu nodded to her.

Ran Yunxiu still chooses Chopin's works.

However, unlike his usual peaceful and beautiful style, what he chose this time was not Chopin's Nocturne or Waltz, but "Etude in C Minor", which is the famous "Revolutionary Etude"!

"Revolutionary Etude", composed in 1832, was a work directed at the Russians who suppressed the Warsaw Uprising at that time. The musical tone and the dramatic and exaggerated melody strongly express the author's angry cry under extreme grief and shock, as well as his firm belief in the victory of justice. The whole song has an indestructible momentum.

This is Chopin's 20-year-old work, and it is also a work that embodies his impassioned style.

At this time, Ran Yunxiu already had some international fame, and there were fans of him in the auditorium.But at this time, when they looked at the focused young man sitting in front of the piano on the stage, they had a completely different feeling from before.In the past, Ran Yunxiu's music style tended to be quiet and graceful, which is very similar to his appearance.But looking at it now, people can't imagine how such a slender body hides such great enthusiasm!

The hands that danced on the keys were even in strength and the pronunciation was clean. There was not even a slight mistake or incoherence in the whole process, and the precision was amazing.

The ending chord fell, and the vibration of the exciting melody seemed to remain in the air.After a few seconds of silence, there was a cascade of applause from the auditorium, wave after wave of endless applause.

The judges also subconsciously applauded in admiration. The 13-year-old boy in front of them made them feel truly amazed!

After the host comforted the enthusiastic audience, Ran Yunxiu started the next session.The melody imitation link has never been a hindrance to him, and when improvising, he played a piece of a new work inspired by himself not long ago, named "Evening Song".

It is the style he always likes, the beautiful and quiet melody, the brisk allegro is like the happy and relaxed mood of a traveler returning home at dusk, with joyful vibrations.

The judge who evaluated him was El Dempff, who said with appreciation that this is the near-perfect "Revolution" he heard!And I look forward to hearing Ran Yunxiu's performance again!

When Ran Yunxiu walked back to the player room, the atmosphere was a little silent.Liu Qingwan looked at him flickeringly, as if he hesitated to speak.

He didn't ask much, just sat in his seat and continued to watch the game.