Next.

10 a.m.

Warsaw Philharmonic Concert Hall, the scene of the second day of the second round.

The concert hall was packed.

The host in charge of today's game was rotated to a male host.

He took the stage and gave an introduction to the jury according to the usual practice, Branhano, Andrzey, Argerich, Deng Taishan, Talibek, Hodrevsky...

When introduced, they all stand up and bow around.

The configuration of the judges' bench is the same as before, and the auditorium that surrounds the judges' bench today also hides some very important figures.

They are more than capable of replacing some of the people on the judges' bench.

On the second floor of the auditorium, there are two such figures sitting in the left area of the fourth row.

If you turn the clock back to 15 years ago, the duo might have to play on stage in a moment.

"How do you feel?" Shen Qingci asked to the side.

"Not bad," Igraz next to him laughed, the mild-mannered middle-aged man with two elegant mustaches, laughing like a villain in a movie, but charming, "but the host is still so verbose." ”

Shen Qingci followed with a smile: "There is no way, you know." ”

Igraz said disdainfully: "So annoying. ”

While the two were talking, the male host introduced "Alto".

Shen Qingci: "Do you still have contact with him?"

"Yes, in the summer, Rafat invited me to a piano event in Krakó. Igraz said lightly.

Shen Qing said suspiciously: "You went?"

"No," Iglaz shook his head, "I asked him who else was going, and he said there was Andrzey, and I refused. ”

Shen Qingci didn't speak again when he heard this.

Igratz added: "Of course, if you were on that list, I would definitely go, Andrzej couldn't control me. ”

Shen Qing smiled, but still didn't say anything.

"The game is about to begin!"

Iglaz clapped his hands along with the crowd around him.

The seventeen judges have all been introduced, and on the stage, the male host paused, and after being completely quiet in the audience, he read out the first contestant on stage.

"No. 40 Roman Martinov from Macedonia. ”

Martinov's presentation was brief.

With the host's small stage, Martinov, dressed in a black dress, took the stage.

He sat upright in front of the Kawa piano and sat like a soldier.

After a few moments, he raised his hand and began to play.

Over the course of thirty-four minutes, the Macedonian demonstrated a pedal technique that he had not used in the first round, and in the waltzes and witticisms, the music featured a large number of pedal markings that had not appeared on the score.

In the treatment of the Grand Polonaise, his chords are steady, the ten fingers emphasize power, and the music is neat and tidy.

It highlights a different kind of fortitude, which is similar to the musical spirit that the Grand Polonaise wants to express.

At the end of the five pieces, Martinov bowed to applause.

The host took the stage to read out the next contestant's information.

The next player to come on the pitch is No. 42 Ido Mufawaq, from Syria. ”

He was born on July 31, 1995, to Abdul Masiha al-Assad, and is currently in his second year at Idlib University. He won second prize in the Damascus Youth Piano Television Competition. ”

His repertoire includes the Waltz in A flat major in op. 42, the Ballade No. 4 in op. 52f minor, the Riff in C sharp minor at op. 66, and the Smooth Andante and Grand Polonaise in E flat major at op. 22.

After the host finished reading, the audience burst into warm applause.

Backstage, Qin Jian Duan Ran sat not far away and waited.

At the entrance, the elder Assad straightened Ido's red bow tie one last time, "What are we going to do?"

"To win," Ido muttered in a small and intermittent voice, "we... We're going to win..."

"Good boy," said old Assad and kissed Ido on the forehead, "go ahead, remember to stare at the piano as soon as you get on stage, and don't care about anything else." ”

Idomune nodded, and then he staggered into the backstage door that the staff had pushed for him.

Ido's appearance made the applause from the audience even more enthusiastic, and in the last row of the audience on the first floor, Liao Linjun, the old bartender, and the Harlem couple were also secretly cheering for Ido.

"What a poor child, God willing. ”

Mrs. Harlem prayed sincerely.

After going on stage, Ido listened to his teacher and walked towards the piano in the center of the stage little by little.

"Just look at the piano... Look at the piano... Look at the piano...."

All he had in his eyes was the piano, as if everything off the stage had nothing to do with him.

Finally he sat down at the piano.

Putting down his crutches, he silently raised his arm.

"Dripping lin, dripping, dripping, dripping—"

A string of playful trills breaks the silence with two fingers fluttering above the stage in a close-up shot of two fingers flying on the keyboard.

Edo began his performance.

Unlike normal people, due to the lack of a leg to maintain balance, Ido will play sideways, but this does not impress him to pedal.

The flowing 34-beat melody is clear and translucent, and the first piece ends soon with Edo's smooth playing.

About five seconds later, he began to play the second piece.

The Ballade in F minor and the Improvisations in C sharp minor represent two very different styles of Chopin's work.

Narrative themes require the performer to convey the meaning of the work, while improvisations are as literal as they are described, full of fantasy and casualness.

Playing two diametrically opposed temperaments one after the other, it is a great test of the player's control of the timbre.

As a non-Russian or genre contestant, Edo's timbre has not changed much since the first round, but has always maintained the merit of being silvery and pleasant.

This timbre characteristic allows him to not reflect too much of the emotional change between the two works, but in terms of interpretation, he presents the scene of 'everything is natural and intuitive'.

Playing a continuous piece naturally and intuitively without being influenced by the work itself is not an easy task, and the difficulty lies in making it sound boring or overly simple to the listener.

Ido was able to do just that, and few people in the audience would think that he had simplified music.

Perhaps his delicate recital on the ballade will make the Polish and Russian judges feel superficial, but it is undeniable that the delicate embellishment does not necessarily convey the musical connotation.

At the end of three consecutive songs, Edo pulled out a handkerchief from the crumpled pocket of his dress.

He raised his hand and wiped a handful of sweat on his face, and then shoved the handkerchief back indiscriminately.

His whole set of movements was filled with the vulgarity of a redneck, in stark contrast to the elegant piano sound on stage a few seconds earlier.

'Gollum. ’

Ido swallowed, '... Andante... Andante... Splendor... Brilliant...'

Ido will perform the final piece of the round, a smooth Andante in E flat major and a magnificent Grand Polonaise.

Muttering, he raised his hand again in the eyes of everyone.

...

Igraz: "This piece is simply Chopin made it for him. ”

Shen Qingci: "You have also said this to yourself. ”

Iglaz: "And sighs. ”

Shen Qingci: "That's not necessarily. ”

Shen Qingci whetted Igraz's appetite, but the sound of the piano on the stage had already sounded-

A string of bright G major breakdown chords slowly emanated from the piano like a melancholy tone, as if to preface an ancient story, and like the introduction to a long love ballad

The silvery and pleasant timbre is missing.

Instead, it is bright and brilliant.

Igraz's eyes widened, as if he was afraid of missing every note in front of him.