However, whether it is Federico Mampaud's late bloomer or Wolfgang Mozart's reputation as a 'child prodigy', this tune is mostly only found in the shadows behind the stage lights and in the essays of music historians.

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Gradually, throughout the backstage, most of the contestants have returned to their rest rooms to adjust, waiting for the upcoming competition.

The second round of the tournament will be played in the order of the promotion list.

In the public area of the backstage, only the backstage field staff who shuttled back and forth remained, as well as the big screen of the live broadcast.

On the screen, only the black grand piano under the spotlight is left on the stage.

As with the piano used by the contestants in the preliminary round, in this round, the 20 contestants can only use the officially designated piano.

On the audience seats under the stage, except for the empty judges' seats in the first and second rows in the middle, there are few empty seats left.

Under the dim light, a figure pressed by the darkness remained surprisingly quiet.

At 15:10, the judges took their seats.

Seventeen judges entered the concert hall through another passage and took their seats under the curious eyes of the audience.

Many lovers of classical music quickly recognized some familiar figures.

This time, it was still fourteen judges who sat in the first row, and three other elderly people who looked a little special sat in the second row.

15:30。

As two loud and distant chimes rang out, the lights of the entire concert hall were lit up.

A male host in a suit and leather shoes walked up from behind the stage with a microphone.

"Welcome to the piano semi-finals of the 6th Huayun Youth Music Skills Competition. ”

There was a round of applause

"This contest is sponsored by the Chinese Propaganda Department...."

After the host's speech, the order of the spectators was read out.

Finally, the jury of this round of the competition was introduced.

"Wu Qing, Chairman of the Organizing Committee of Huayun Youth Music Competition, Dean of Yenching Conservatory of Music, Doctoral Supervisor of Piano Department of Yenching Conservatory of Music"

"Famous pianist, President of Haishi Conservatory of Music, Honorary Dean of Man Hanton Conservatory of Music, Zhou Rong"

"Chairman of the Chinese Musicians Association, Leader of the First Batch of National Music Talent Program, Fu Hua"

......

"Famous pianist, winner of the 12th Cliburn Piano Competition, winner of the 11th Liszt Piano Competition, Shen Qingci"

......

"World-renowned conductor, Music Director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, lifelong conductor of the New Symphony Orchestra, Serge Kobayashi"

With the introduction of the host, each judge will get up and nod to the audience under the applause, which also makes the atmosphere of the scene a little lighter.

And the last voice of the host fell.

On the left side of the second row of the judges' bench, an old man with gray hair hurriedly got up, turned around and bowed deeply to the audience, regardless of the shaggy messy hair shaking up and down.

It was not until the applause had completely died down that the old man turned and sat down.

.....

"The game is officially on. ”

"The order of appearances will be in the order of the first round of promotions."

The lights in the auditorium weren't dimming this time.

"The first player to appear - Li Zhirun, selected by the Qin Provincial Musicians Association"

"In this round she will bring the following tracks"

"Chopin's Socphony No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 31"

"Instructor, Zuo Heng"

Applause.

The voice of the presenter was heard throughout the concert hall.

Including every corner of the backstage.

"Here we go. ”

The tension permeated all the rest rooms in the porch.

On the large screen in the public area, a group of girls in pink dresses slowly stepped out of the opening and closing door on the sound cover on the left side of the stage.

Bowing to warm applause, he went to the piano.

Compared with the first round of stage fright, the girl who changed to flat shoes in this round was much more confident, her hands did not tremble anymore, and she naturally put them on the keys.

The wrists of both hands are slightly raised, and they fall at the same time.

'Drip ———'

The harmonious hold is only for a moment, followed by a group of witty triplets of image and color.

Legato!

Aerial shooting!

In one go, the audience has not really approached the stage at this moment.

‘Dang————’

A powerful set of chord notes burst out of the piano castanets at the moment when the girl guessed the sustain pedal.

The sound with a huge amplitude, like a fierce beast, rushed headlong into the audience, shattering some kind of barrier between the stage and the audience.

Clusters of bright chords flowed from under the girl's ten fingers.

The eyes and ears of the audience, with the undulating posture of the girl, finally approached the scene of the piano competition.

...

"The little girl's strength in grasping the keys is really not small. ”

In the No. 21 rest room backstage, Qin Jian listened to the live radio coming from outside the porch, and also stopped.

For the female player who appeared, Qin Jian can be said to have a fresh memory, in the last round, a darker and wilder torrent sent away the first male player directly.

Listening to this 'witty song' now, the rhythm is not only clear, but also the sudden contrast between strength and weakness is just right.

Without watching the scene, just from the auditory experience, compared to the first round of performance, it can only be said that the music is a lot wider.

"In the second round, it started to be different. ”

Qin Jian changed his comfortable posture, put his hands on his chest, and leaned back on the back of the chair.

The music is moving steadily.

The entire backstage porch is getting quieter and quieter.

Then, there was a sound of pushing the door in the porch one after another, and from time to time a few figures passed by Qin Jian's door and window and walked in the direction of the common area.

And on the big screen.

The girl had reached the end of the piece, and her movements slowed down as her hands jumped rapidly.

At last.

A light treble.

'Drip'

A good performer can drive the emotions of the audience.

Even though most of the ears in the audience couldn't tell the rhythm of the pitch at the moment, the moment the girl withdrew her hand and slowed down her shoulders, they knew it was time to applaud.

At the same time, the girl smiled and moved to the front of the stage.

Under a more enthusiastic applause, it was as if a girl was bowing.

Smooth picture in one go.

Until the maiden left the stage from the other side.

"The second player to appear - Chen Ge..."

“...”

As the host's voice fell again, the second contestant came to the stage right after.

In the first round, the contestant from the Kyungshi Musicians Association received applauding from the judges with a smooth and complete Chopin Etude in A major.

The repertoire he chose in this round did not continue Chopin's style, but chose a piano work from the classical period.

"Haydn's Piano Sonata in C major?"

Qin Jian was a little surprised.

Compared with the other party's previous round of works, the style of the repertoire selection in this round is a bit larger, and the theme is also a little witty, but it needs to be handled in a lot more detail.

This piece is Qin Jian's practice, for the universal p "weak" f "strong" emoji marks on the score is quite a headache, with a large number of emoji phrases can not be played as you like, the volume and ups and downs must be measured, but also take into account the narrative of the music.

This alone is enough to give the player a headache.

Listening to the passionate notes in my ears, the emotions have never been on it since three bars.

Qin Jian didn't need to look at it, he could already think of the other party's physical state.

"The big brother seems to be too passionate. ”

Qin Jian was a little disappointed.

On the other side, on the stage, the young man in front of the piano was already covered with sweat on his forehead.

Maybe it's because I'm not used to the atmosphere of today's game, or maybe it's because there are too many people in the audience, so the sound comes out of the piano and returns to the ears and feels uncomfortable.

The boy was trying his best to adjust himself, barely maintaining a calm state of playing.

However, the Allegro movement is still moving rapidly under his hands at a speed of more than 130 beats.

So much so that at the end of the performance, a pair of hands seemed to suddenly stumble.

Although the teenager stopped dashingly, trying to cover up his mistakes with a performance.

But the music is real.

The audience still gave enthusiastic applause, but the judges' bench seemed a little quieter.

One of the professors who came to Jiangzhou Conservatory of Music was even more unhappy at this time.

Obviously, he has some kind of special relationship with the teenager on stage.

...

"It's a pity, Chen Ge really didn't play well"

"It's strange that his speed starts with a question mark"

"He's already playing well"

"The speed is messed up like that, and I can still run down completely, if it were me, I would just pull it out. ”

"I feel so bright today"

"Hey, come on"

In front of the big screen in the background, there are already many young players sitting around.

Everyone had different emotions on their faces about the scene just now, but there was only one thing they could agree on.

At this time, the concert hall on the screen seems to be different from the previous round.

The game went on.

Every teenager or girl who is named will once again appear on this stage.

Here, a second round of tests awaited them.

On the road to becoming a qualified performer, there can be accidents.

But there are no exceptions.