Although he faced a dazzling player, Taro Sagawa did not waver in his heart, he always insisted on following his own path and became a professional "storyteller".

Each of his pieces of music has to tell a beautiful story.

This time was no exception.

He played the famous "Aria on the G String", also known as "Song of the G String", the theme of the second movement of Grand Pianist Bach's "Orchestral Suite No. 3", full of poetic melodic beauty, making this piece a popular and famous piece.

This piece is one of Bach's representative works.

It is worth mentioning that this piece of music became popular only in the nineteenth century, decades after Bach's death.

When Taro Sagawa, who was short and had a fair face, sat on the piano and began to play intently, people listened to the soothing tune, as if they had entered the hall of stories of Bach, the "father of European music".

Bach was born into a well-known European musical family, and his father and grandfather were both excellent musicians and extremely talented composers, and he was born with an innate musical talent.

However, Bach was unfortunate that in his childhood, both parents died, and it was his older brother who raised him and guided him in his musical studies.

Bach spent most of his life as a musician and orchestra conductor in the court and church, enduring oppression and exploitation by the Church and the feudal aristocracy, and he was often punished and rebuked for violating the strict precepts of the Church.

Bach never escaped his doom all his life, his creative environment was very oppressive, and his work conditions were very poor.

In his later years, his circumstances were even more tragic, he lost his sight and died in agony.

Like many talented artists throughout history, Bach was not taken seriously during his lifetime, and his work was rarely published.

Even after Bach's death, he and his music were quickly forgotten.

Just as Van Gogh's paintings were used to lay chicken coops, Bach's works were used as waste paper, used to wrap up miscellaneous items.

Until one day more than 50 years later, the famous German musician Mendelssohn went to the butcher's shop to buy meat, and found that the paper wrapped in meat was actually a sheet of music......

A generation of music masters who have been lost to history has rediscovered the light of day.

At that time, the bourgeois-democratic revolutionary movement in Europe was in the ascendant, and after Bach's works were rediscovered, because of their secular and popular nature, they immediately attracted the attention of the emerging bourgeois intellectuals, especially the romantic musicians represented by Mendelssohn.

The artistic conception of this work is broad and deep, which makes people reverie. It's like a thinker meditating, and like a poet singing in a whisper.

Legend has it that Mendelssohn made Bach's existence known.

Composed between 1727 and 1736, The Song of the G String was arranged as a solo violin piece by the famous 19th-century German violinist Wilhelm Mi.

It got its name because the lead violin had to play the entire melody on the G string, the thickest of the four strings of the violin.

Once the song was performed, it was widely welcomed by the public and became an immortal classic that was widely circulated.

However, after tracing back to the roots, people learned that it was originally Bach's masterpiece.

For more than 100 years, this "Aria on the G String" has been a favorite repertoire for violinists and enthusiasts alike with its simple and elegant melody and the unique richness and fullness of the G string.

Of course, "Song of G Strings" also has its own story.

Legend has it that at a court ball, Bach's cello was tampered and all the strings were broken except for the G strings.

When everyone was ready to watch Bach come out of the wretchedness, Bach improvised an "Aria" with only one G string, which is what is known today as "Aria on G String", that is, "Song of G Strings".

In the mid-to-early nineteenth century, when Mendelssohn played the "Song of the G String" on the piano to the great writer Goethe, Goethe said: "The beginning is such a magnificent and solemn that one can imagine a group of dignitaries swimming down a long staircase." ”

"It doesn't seem to be weaker than the violin version of the emotional expression. ”

Lin Weiyin heard soothing music in his ears, and whispered: "His inner world is extremely rich, and he can interpret almost every pitch into a complete story, and he really deserves to be a 'storyteller'......"

When Liao Yuan heard this, he didn't speak, but just focused on enjoying the music.

Wu Di and Taro Sagawa are two pianists with completely different painting styles, so it is not easy to compare in this regard, but it is certain that in the entire Queen Elizabeth Competition, the judges are very favored by the show-off players, so Wu Di has a very high winning rate in this competition.

However, the storyteller's story is so beautiful.

There was no sound in the entire concert hall at the moment, and a pin drop could be heard.

Only the melody of "Song of the G Strings" is constantly pouring into the sea of people, becoming one beautiful story after another.

"It reminds me of my grandmother's estate, playing the piano and the sleek crystals I gazed at under the grape trellises, slowly swirling in the night, shimmering so that I could hold them in the palm of my hand and look closely. ”

"Now, my grandmother has passed away, and I've left the estate to become a classical pianist. ”

Laura, a Russian-American pianist, looked at Taro Sagawa playing on stage, her short figure seemed to exude a majestic and tall aura, and she couldn't help but immerse herself in the image in her mind and feel the sourness on the tip of her nose.

Youth is too short, and the people in the story have long since left.

At the end of the song, Taro Sagawa left the piano bench with some difficulty and bowed to the audience.

"It's worthy of the player who defeated Lishi-chan, Taro-kun is qualified to win the gold medal!"

Many Japanese viewers couldn't hide their excitement.

And so the applause rang out.

Everyone was applauding.

Including Taro Sagawa's opponent, Wu Di.

Although his grasp of emotions is not as good as that of Sister Weiyin, Wu Di also understands at this moment that Taro Sagawa is a respectable opponent, and his ability to express his emotions can definitely rank among the top three players in the entire competition.

This is a height that Wu Di is currently unattainable, after all, he has just come of age, and his emotional and social experience is not as rich as that of Taro Sagawa.

Therefore, he did not find the so-called other path, but resolutely followed his own path.

The piece he played was Liszt's "Bell".

It's a piece that often appears in major competitions, but there is no doubt that its classics and difficulty are universally recognized.

It is precisely because of the number of occurrences that people's harshness on "Bell" is significantly higher than that of other music.

People looked serious, and witnessed Wu Di's various dazzling skills, such as three or five finger trills, and a number of gorgeous chord jumps in a row, which made many viewers in the audience couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

"Worthy of being the champion of the Chai Academy, his understanding of the flow of virtuosity has been superb, and in time, his achievements are immeasurable, and he has hopes to be in the top five among pianists in the whole world. ”

On the judges' bench, the famous composer John Philip said with appreciation.

When the other judges heard this, they also nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, he was only eighteen years old, and he was really a young genius. ”

"Maybe he's great, but I don't know why, but I always hear the music of "Song of the G Strings" in my ears. ”

"The terrifying Zuo Chuan, the emotions in his piano sound have actually affected the present. ”

"If Wu's performance is a gorgeous visual feast, then Zuo Chuan's performance is like a natural sound that penetrates into the heart, which makes people have endless aftertaste. ”