Fifteen minutes later.

"Not bad, just the right size, and the style suits you perfectly. ”

Looking at Qin Jian's new outfit, Duan Ran said he was very satisfied.

Before hanging the mirror, looking at the tall figure in the mirror, Qin Jian couldn't help but nod himself.

is different from He Jing's set, the body that Duan Ran chose made him a little less old Chen and a little more sunny and refreshing.

"Thank you. ”

"No thanks, invite me to dinner at noon. ”

...

After changing their clothes, the two set off again.

After a light meal, we went to the piano room.

The preparations that should have been made have been almost done, and for most of the afternoon, Qin Jian did not put too much effort into the keyboard.

ran the scale, played the etude, and discussed K448 with Duan Ran halfway.

Before the end of the afternoon exercises.

He also specifically listened to the two K491 versions recommended by Shen Qingci.

Calder and Hasquir.

The former is played in a bookish and slightly rebellious style, while the latter seems to be imbued with a firm and unadulterated religious conviction.

The two K491s, which have very different styles, have given Qin Jian a lot of inspiration.

During the evening practice time, Qin Jian also tried to imitate the performance of the two masters.

But from the final recording, it sounded really average, which also dispelled some of his thoughts.

The light-hearted pre-race practice finally ended at 9 p.m.

After saying goodbye to the familiar piano shop staff again, the two left.

"Qin Jian, will we have a chance to do this in the future?"

"Yes. ”

Stepping on the moonlight, the two led a large number of snacks back to the hotel.

On the eve of the final, two young men and women shared a room.

Don't talk about ideals, don't talk about Fengyue.

Watch TV, eat snacks.

At a quarter past one in the morning, Duan Ran returned to his room.

...

On April 8th, the last competition of the Mozart International Music Competition in Asia was ushered in.

At half past twelve o'clock in the afternoon, the exterior of the Mutokan Concert Hall has been decorated.

Next to the huge banner, a large LED digital screen scrolls with the personal information of a contestant.

In the main hall of the concert hall, all the staff have also entered the final preparations.

"The cameras are in place. ”

"The sound was in place. ”

"The lights are in place. ”

"The stage is in place. ”

You're all set.

...

14:20。

"Buzz——————

A quaint bell rang in the concert hall.

Sixteen sets of warm light then took center stage.

On the wall of the stage facing the auditorium, a golden pipe organ is particularly magnificent, adding a sense of heaviness to the stage.

Five minutes later.

With the opening of the six main gates of the concert hall, the crowd outside the hall entered the infield.

Not much.

The staggered seats around the stage were gradually filled.

15:00。

The judges' bench opens.

Under the gaze of 1,800 spectators, fifteen judges slowly came to the judges' seats from the passage.

15:30。

The hall thought twice more about the bells.

Enthusiastic applause.

Kobayashi Zel, chairman of the Asian Organizing Committee, took the stage to deliver a speech.

After the passionate speeches, the competition really began.

Background.

"The first contestant, Katsuo Yamaguchi, from Tokyo, repertoire, Chopin Prelude in B flat minor, Mozart's Concerto No. 7, appointed piano kawa, concerto, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor, Kobayashi Zell. ”

As the host's voice fell.

The audience remembered the extremely warm applause.

He is said to be a famous Mozart player in Tokyo, the best symphony orchestra in Tokyo, and a conductor who is said to be a national treasure.

Such a combination, in the Mutokan Concert Hall, is enough to cause such a live atmosphere.

The applause lasted for about thirty seconds before the hall fell silent.

Then a young man in a white evening dress strode from the backstage to the stage.

He bowed lightly to the audience and came to the piano.

The final repertoire is divided into two pieces, one of which is chosen by the contestants and is of any range, and the other is a Mozart concerto within the specified range.

Katsuo Yamaguchi sat down at the piano, exhaled softly, and then raised his hand.

The next second.

Hands descended rapidly.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Violent chords beat the silent stage.

Immediately after that, the dense and compact rhythmic pattern rushed directly across the stage and into the audience.

Katsuo Yamaguchi's expression was focused, and his body swayed freely with the music.

His arms jumped back and forth between black and white.

His left-hand bass voice fills the music with infinite momentum in the two-eight arpeggios and column chords, while the melody of his right hand expands little by little in this intense rhythm, frenzy.

Gradually, the uneasy chromatic tone in the music gradually rises around the black piano with the mood of the music.

The chromatic progression permeates almost every piece of Chopin's music, mainly in the single and double parts of the melody.

In this B-flat minor prelude, it is mainly the progression of the treble voice.

Each phrase that Katsuo Yamaguchi crossed with his right hand at great speed highlighted this granular chromatic progression.

"It's so much in control. ”

Background.

Qin Jian looked at the performance on the big screen and couldn't help but admire.

...

Katsuo Yamaguchi's prelude was like the introduction of the whole game, and the opening scene detonated the audience.

The prelude, which lasted less than ninety seconds, ended directly with his abruptly retracted hands.

"Wow——————"

At the moment when all the audience has not yet reacted.

on stage.

Katsuo Yamaguchi had already stood up.

He bowed slightly to the audience.

The next second.

Giant wooden sliding doors on either side of the stage were pushed open.

One by one, the musicians dressed solemnly walked out in an orderly manner with their respective instruments.

And after all the musicians are seated.

Kobayashizel, dressed in a black tuxedo, calmly walked onto the stage from the other side of the backstage.

This moment.

The audience erupted in fierce applause again.

Kobayashi Zell passed by the piano, shook hands with Katsuo Yamaguchi with a smile, turned around and nodded at the audience.

Then he turned and came to the podium.

The scene fell silent again.

Kobayashi's bright eyes swept over each member of the orchestra from left to right, as if he had mastered everyone's state, and then gently raised his baton.

The next second.

All the members of the orchestra were ready to play in unison.

With a wave of the old man's hand on the podium.

The neat string group suddenly remembered.

One and two violins intertwine into darkness, and a solemnity bursts out from the center of the stage.

And the old man standing on the command platform was mixing all this with a small wooden stick in his hand like a magic wand.

Although he was not at the scene, Qin Jian could feel the strong momentum from the front of the command platform through the screen.

"He is one of the three major conductors in Asia. ”

His eyes swept over the piano again, and his ears seemed to be echoing with the uplifting prelude he had just heard.

Unconsciously, with the grand symphony in the ears.

Qin Jian's heart became more and more fervent.

"It's kind of interesting. ”

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