The final repertoire of the eleven contestants was released in the afternoon.

Less than half an hour after the finalists were announced, the focus of the media discussion was on the pieces they would play in the finals.

In Warsaw, this is a hot topic at every edition of the competition.

Because this topic is so much to say for viewers and netizens who have been following the game since the beginning.

Let's say you're already an avid Ricky fan –

The process is not complicated for a Warsaw man -

At the beginning, you just accidentally saw a beautiful face from the overwhelming flow of information, no way, the entire Warsaw Internet was in the world of Chopin's primaries in those days-

And then in order to take a few more glances at her, you find her primaries video, and then you succeed in being attracted to her music, and you didn't think you liked Chopin or the piano before, even though you've always been a Warsaw guy -

But now you don't just like Chopin, you share it with your colleague, you tell him, 'How good is Ricky, but your colleague is actually an old Shaw fan, and he tells you that he doesn't like No. 12 very much, and he says he likes No. 13—

The two of you also had a little argument over this, and it doesn't matter, you two are good buddies in private, and now you have players who you support.

So you spent money together to buy tickets to watch their live games-

Shouting 'brava' for them -

Cheer them on—

And then you watch her go through rounds of screening—

Watching her win every game, you feel like you have won a battle, and this mood is easy to understand-

Finally witnessed her in the final round, so you're going to invite your buddies and colleagues to a big fried chicken dinner tonight to celebrate, because you also saw the number 13 player advance -

However, less than half an hour after you learned the information that she had entered the finals, your knowledgeable buddy colleague suddenly ran to your desk, his face was ugly, and you asked him what was wrong-

'Your Miss Ricky chose Concerto No. 2 in the final. His tone was full of pessimism—

His next explanation makes you pessimistic too-

Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 had only a 6.25% chance of winning the final. ’——

You want Rachel to win, and then you search the Internet for all the historical match data, and even stupidly calculate it yourself, and it turns out that it's really true-

But in the process you also discovered something else, your buddy is not pessimistic because of your Miss Ricky, but you see that Miss No. 13 is also the 'Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2'. ’

You sigh 'Why?'

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Most of the viewers, fans, and netizens who have watched the Chopin Competition all year round have an experience, and the final is to occasionally enter Xiao Er in the infinite single loop.

Even the most senior practitioners will feel a kind of uniformity in this final mode.

In the end, they put the reason back to history.

Judging from historical experience, if you want to win the championship and choose Xiao Yi, history will never deceive.

But every year, there are some players with unique hearts who try to challenge and break this fatalistic historical theory.

Judging from the list of finals announced, there are really a lot of warriors this year.

Three of the 11 finalists chose Xiao Er, making a new history.

The three players are No. 12 Ricky, No. 13 Duan Ran, and No. 70 Fred.

The three players are all players with many voices, in other words, in the eyes of many viewers and commentators, they all have a chance to hit the jackpot.

But their active choice seems to have a counterproductive force.

Duan Ran can be excluded here.

Throughout the three rounds, she has shown everyone her imaginative path to the song.

To paraphrase Big Mouth's latest comment on her on the show last night:

"I've never seen a real desire to win in her, but I still look forward to seeing her in the final, no matter which piece she plays in the final. ”

If according to Gomez, Duan Ran may just like Xiao Er, so she chose Xiao Er, not winning or losing, and being happy first.

And what about Fred, although he always behaves like a young boy in front of the camera without a piano, like the second round results were announced, when he thought he was replaced by the No. 69 Polish female player as the 20th qualifier, the camera recorded his panic in full set.

He almost burst into tears.

But when he sat down at the piano, he played Chopin with a Bach-like hand.

He has a heart to win, and everyone can see that he cares about victory and glory.

But he chose Xiao Er.

If Fred looked like he wanted to win in public, then Ricky looked like he should be — going to win in everyone.

Her consistency, her unsmiling, her concentration when she plays, her expressiveness in her music, and even the rhythm of her pace and breathing when she comes out of the game, all of these things combine to make people feel like she's just here to win the championship.

However, as the female player with the highest demand for winning the championship off the field so far, Riqier also chose Xiao Er.

This has to make most people wonder.

Perhaps only the most professional can guess a little bit of it.

It's just maybe.

On the other hand, the remaining nine players all chose Xiao Yi, who is longer and has a grander structure.

However, until the final result is known, everything is still unknown.

All you can know for sure is the order in which they will appear in the finals, the repertoire they play, and the piano they use

No. 70 Fred/Shaw 2/Steinway.

No. 01 Natsuki / Xiao 1 / Yamah.

03 Belize/Shaw 1/Yamah.

No. 09 Ivanov/Shaw 1/Yamah.

No. 12 Rickyer/Shaw 2/Steinway.

No. 13 Duan Ran/Xiao 2/Steinway.

No. 15 Edmundo/Shaw 1/Yamah.

No. 24 Fang Zongyao / Xiao 1 / Fazioli.

No. 37 Li Xianlong/Xiao 1/kawa.

No. 57 Qin Jian/Xiao 1/Steinway.

No. 66 Adams/Shaw 1/Steinway.

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The fiery Chopin competition has finally entered the final countdown.

On the night the finalists were announced, the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall hosted a spectacular concert – the concert for the 166th anniversary of Chopin's death.

Branhano opened the concert.

His Ballade No. 1 in G minor gives people a pure and beautiful audio-visual enjoyment under a simple appearance.

He showed what a gold medalist at the Chopin Academy should look like.

Won the applause of the house.

He then performed as a guest performer for the sponsors of the four major piano brands.

Nobuyuki Tokai was the last to represent Yamah, and he played a complete set of mazurkas.

The blind virtuoso was not very popular in Warsaw.

But people got to know him through this Chopin competition, not only because of his performance that night, but also because of the outstanding performance of his own disciple Natsuki Aso in this competition.

The final piece of the concert was Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 performed by the Polish National Symphony Orchestra and the jury representative virtuoso Argerich.

At the start of the final, the legendary Polish conductor Marek finally appeared with his symphony orchestra.

He has conducted seven Chopin Prix finals in a row, and he is a witness to Chopin Competitions older than Andrzey.

At the end of the concert, Marek, with his big back combed, gave a final closing speech.

The old conductor's energetic appearance made people feel inspired.

"See you tomorrow!"

"Young people, please put your best foot forward. ”

The concert ended.

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After a busy day, the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall finally got a short break.

Yes.

The night was fast.