The main competition is divided into three rounds, and the repertoire played in each round cannot be repeated, and as in the audition and preliminary rounds, the contestants must play Chopin's works.

The repertoire requirements for each round of the competition will be slightly different, but it will not affect the contestants, and the contestants must play in one of the several genres.

This year, the organizing committee asked the contestants to perform in the first round of the competition, including the etude "two", the nocturne "one", and the witticism or narrative song "choose one of the two genres, one song".

Regarding the entries in this first round, after many discussions with Shen Qingci, Qin Jian has been finalized, and the process is not easy.

The two etudes he chose for the first round were 12 Revolution and 1 Shepherd Boy Piccolo.

The revolution was made by Qin Jian and Shen Qingci at the same time, and in the choice of the second etude, Shen Qingci chose the 63rd degree etude for Qin Jian, and his reason was that the style of the etudes played by Qin Jian in the preliminary competition was too biased towards the public aesthetics, and did not emphasize the real finger technique. ’

Qin Jian understood Shen Qingci's intentions, the main competition is different from the audition and the primary selection, the jury's evaluation angle will be more multi-faceted, and as the first competition open to the audience, the contestants' selection of songs should also be more taken into account.

But the shepherd boy piccolo is a piece that Qin Jian planned to play long before he left for Poland, and this work also has some special meaning for Qin Jian, in other words, he must perform it.

Moreover, Revolution is the last piece in the OP10 etude collection, and the shepherd boy piccolo is the first piece in the Op25 etude, and the design of the two works is connected before and after, which has the feeling of connecting the endings of Chopin's two etudes.

When Qin Jian presented this sense of design, Shen Qingci finally nodded.

However, Qin Jian also compromised on the nocturne, he gave up the G major nocturne he wanted to play, this time he listened to Shen Qingci's arrangement, and decided to choose the first round of nocturne in C sharp minor.

For the last piece, he chose a witticism, which is the first witty piece in OP20.B minor.

After listening to Qin Jian's witty song, Shen Qingci said that this work could be used as a killer feature for Qin Jian's first round of competition.

And by the end of the first round, forty more people were leaving.

The remaining forty people started from the second round of the competition, and they really entered the big competition under the microscope.

In the second round of the competition, the repertoire selection range given by the organizing committee is "choose one of the two, if you have chosen a witty song in the previous round, you can only choose one ballade in this round", "one waltz" waltz, and one polonaise.

A new rule has been added to the rules of the second round, players are required to play for 30 minutes, and if the contestant's first three works combined are less than 30 minutes, they can choose one or more of Chopin's pieces, and the whole round must not exceed 40 minutes.

Since Qin Jian had already chosen a witty song in the first round, he could only choose a narrative song in the second round.

Ballade No. 1 in G minor, he has reached a consensus with Shen Qingci, and in the choice of waltz, Qin Jian chose a waltz in op42.F major.

In the polonaise, Qin Jian did not flinch at the slightest initiative to choose the 'heroic' polonaise in A-flat major, which symbolizes that "Poland will never perish" has always been a repertoire staged in the Chopin Competition, and there will always be a version that will be born in the world every year.

Under the influence of the attention of the Lahe clan, Qin Jian has a lot of experience in controlling this kind of 'national war song', and in addition to the enlightenment on the streets of Warsaw and the experience in the Holy Cross Church, Qin Jian is more confident to play this magnificent work this time.

"I want to play this polonaise. ”

Qin Jian said this to Shen Qingci at that time, and then Shen Qingci nodded in agreement, and told him to prepare this one well.

"At least half of the contestants in the second round will choose this one. ”

Shen Qingci's implication - under the strong competition, it is also an opportunity.

After the second round of three pieces within the specified range was decided, Qin Jian already knew that the total duration of these three songs would definitely not be enough for half an hour, so he chose another 'fantasy riff in C sharp minor. ’

Originally, he thought that even with the addition of fantasy riffs in C sharp minor, the time of the four pieces was just over 30 minutes, and he wanted to add another one.

But Shen Qingci dissuaded him, "There is no need at all, there is the first ballade and heroes, the scope and depth of the repertoire in this round are enough, 30 minutes is just right." ”

"When the moon is full, it is lost, and when the water is full, it overflows. ”

The simple eight-character made Qin Jian feel the importance of having a good mentor in this link again, and he understood it as soon as he heard it, but he didn't think about it in the first place.

Determining the repertoire of the first two rounds did not take much thought on the pseudo-master and apprentice, but for the repertoire selection of the third round, Qin Jian and Shen Qingci were still talking about it when they had supper together last night.

For the third round, the tactics given by Shen Qingci and the plan planned by Qin Jian still overlapped to some extent.

One word, that is "rush." ”

But as for how to rush, Shen Qingci has not yet given some specific measures, this is because Qin Jian himself does not have a clear idea of choosing the third round of repertoire.

Qin Jian's current specific plan is as follows.

In the first round, the technology was presented to the judges on a public stage in all aspects.

In the second round, the works that can leave enough memory points for the audience are stable.

In the third round, which is the last round before entering the final, Qin Jian wanted to present his self-expression of Chopin as much as possible in this round.

Because the third round is followed by the final, each contestant only needs to play a complete Chopin concerto and the final result will be determined.

This means that the third round is the last stage where each player can show themselves to the fullest.

As for the final, he didn't know what the final ten-man final battle would look like, and he didn't know if the principles of competition he adhered to and the design of each round would be changed at the last moment.

The third round of repertoire selection range stipulated by the organizing committee -

1.FantasyinAflatmajor，Op.61

2. A complete set of mazurkas numbered as follows: 17, 24, 30, 33, 41, 50, 56, 59, which the player must play in the order in which they are numbered.

3. Optional Sonata "One Song" or all works under Op.28 Portfolio "Performed in order as a complete piece"

4. Chopin one or more pieces of your choice "Note 1: If the sum of the above three pieces does not reach 55 minutes, Note 2: The choice of pieces must not appear in the previous round"