With the arrival of Andrzeyi, all the members of the jury arrived.

Branhano announced the start of the judging round, and he motioned for the notary to hand out pen and paper to the judges.

...

Unlike the previous two rounds of judging, the first step in this round is to determine the winners of the best individual awards in the first three rounds.

In a total of 4 rounds of open competitions, the contestants were required to perform the genres of 'Etudes', 'Nocturne', 'Fantasia', 'Prelude', 'Wittic', 'Ballade', 'Polonaise', 'Sonata', 'Mazurka' and 'Concerto'.

Among the above genres, 'Sonata', 'Polonaise', 'Mazurka' and 'Concerto' are the major genres, and each competition will set up a single prize for the best contestant in these four genres.

Among them, the 'Concerto' Grand Prix is basically tied to the final gold medal winner, and whoever can win the championship is basically the winner of the Concerto Grand Prix, but there are exceptions.

There have been several 'naked' champions in history, and the so-called naked champions are those who only have a dry Gold Medal title, and there is no single grand prize to win the eventual winner.

There is always a saying outside the arena that Chopin has more weight than a silver award.

Comparing the future development of the silver medal winners and individual award winners of the previous Xiao Sai, this statement is indeed reliable.

There have even been a few finalists who have soared directly to the sky with a best individual award, opening the skylight of their careers.

Of course, there are also claims that individual awards are given to certain favorites who did not make it to the finals, in order to appease the contestants and the media public.

In short, there are all kinds of folk sayings, and few people know how this single award is awarded.

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Branhano announced the selection of the best winner of the 'Sonata'.

Then all the judges started writing in the form in front of them.

It was quiet for a while

Each judge is required to write out 5 contestant numbers, which must be the sonata player who they think is the most prominent.

Principle: Do not write more, at least two must be filled.

Soon, all the judges were done.

The old notary put away the 17 pages and counted them.

He needs to count the 5 player numbers with the most occurrences.

While waiting, everyone will talk about tonight's boxed lunch, or tomorrow night's concert.

No one mentioned what numbers they had just written, because it wasn't time for the debate yet.

Soon, the old notary published the results of the statistics.

"No. 1, No. 15, No. 57, No. 66, No. 70. ”

As soon as the announced words fell, the formal discussion began.

The discussion will leave only two numbers as the final ballot alternate numbers.

The first to speak out about the result was a Polish judge: "I can't remember the sonata played by contestant No. 1, sorry, I just remember that contestants 15 and 66 chose Sonata No. 3, and No. 57 and No. 70 chose Sonata No. 2."

"I voted for No. 15 and No. 70, and in terms of the completeness of the composition and the live performance, their works moved me even more. ”

A retort immediately appeared, and the bearded Russian jury said to the No. 70 contestant: "I can't accept a Bach-style performance to play Chopin, I think the sonata of the No. 66 contestant is more in line with the theme of our competition." ”

The opening of the two quickly turned the conference room into a vegetable market, and a heated argument began.

The controversy soon focused on two players from the German-Austrian piano school, No. 66 Adams and No. 70 Fred.

Neither was nominated due to the overturn of Ivanov's sonata and the mistake of the fourth movement of Rich's sonata.

So the scope of the argument is not large.

Occasionally, the judges mentioned two Asian players, No. 1 Natsuki Aso and No. 57 Qin Jian, but the voices were too quiet, and they were quickly drowned out by the names of the two players, No. 66 and No. 70.

However, the focus of the debate has basically bypassed the 15th.

After 10 minutes, everyone was unanimous.

In the end, the best candidates for the sonata were born in 'No. 15' and 'No. 66'.

Branhano then presided over the vote, and the one-round voting system was not allowed to suppress the hand.

"Huh"

The result was born in an instant.

No. 66 Adams was supported by seven judges, while No. 15 Edmonds was supported by nine judges.

Since Branhano was Edmonds' teacher, he could not participate in the vote.

While all the remaining Polish judges voted for Edmonds, it made sense.

Edmundo's sonata for the third round is there for all to see.

This result is not surprising.

The old notary noted down the results of the ballot and sealed the results.

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This was followed by the individual vote for polonaise.

In the same process, the five players who received the highest nominations this time are-

"No. 9, No. 10, No. 12, No. 42, No. 57. ”

The gold content of the individual award for polonaise is higher than that for sonata, because polonaise has a special mood for the Polish nation.

In the face of this nomination, no one spoke for a while, and the nomination of No. 10 Du Qiao can be ranked in the top 5, which makes some judges feel a little unbelievable.

This time, Branhano was the first to speak: "I think the polonaise of No. 57 is better than the five, he plays with a tenacious Polish spirit, and No. 12, she plays a refreshing role. ”

Branhano proposed his two candidates, but he was saddened that none of the five nominees had a Polish player.

With a gentlemanly smile, Taribek took Branhanu's words: "I agree with the Chairman's words, but I would like to add a special player here. ”

As soon as the word special came out, everyone present knew who he was referring to.

"Isn't No. 42 moving enough, dear guys, it's been a long time since we've heard such a wonderful No. 22 on the field. ”

Deng Taishan also said: "I also propose No. 42, there is an inspirational power in his polona. ”

Perhaps from a small country on the fringes of music, Deng Taishan was indeed moved by Ido's polonaise that day.

As the two spoke, the scene gradually heated up again.

Strangely, however, the Polish and Russian judges did not seem to want to mention too much about Ido, focusing on No. 9, No. 12 and No. 57.

There was even a Polish jury member who suggested playing the duo again.

This scene finally moved Argerich, who had been quiet in the corner.

"Smack!"

only heard a snap, the scene quieted down, and everyone looked at Sister A.

The drooping eyelids of the old notary sitting in a corner suddenly widened.

Argerich's palm was slapping on the conference table, and it was not the first time that the eldest sister had played this scene at this conference table.

Twenty years ago, there was an even more exaggerated scene, but no one had a clear opinion on it, and everyone in the room knew that she was more than just a judge on the jury.

But this time, no one saw Argerich's angry face.

She smiled and said, "Gentlemen, we can play all five players' videos." ”