Tchaikovsky's Violin March in D Major, referred to as Chai Xiaoxie, together with Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D major, Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor, and Brahms's Violin Concerto in D major, is known as the four violin concertos, and is basically recognized as the four most difficult violin concertos in the industry.

Miyamoto Chaoyang played this Chai Xiaoxie with an amazing hand speed, which amazed the media reporters and audience judges in the audience.

At the end of the 19th century, when Chai Xiaoxie first appeared, because the violin technique was not perfect at that time, the work was considered extremely difficult, and no one but Tchaikovsky himself could perform it, and even in the first decade of the early 20th century, only a few people could play it publicly.

To this day, many violinists can only perform according to the original score very "mechanically", which is suspected of being the same, but after all, after more than 200 years of development, Chai Xiaoxie's status in the industry has been recognized, and it has gradually been divided into two performance lines in the circle.

One is like Miyamoto Chaoyang, who takes the dazzling route, and performs indiscriminate playing with a bewitching posture and amazing hand speed.

The dazzling school focuses on passion and speed, so when performing, it looks very enthusiastic and hearty, giving the audience a great visual shock.

The other is to take the lyrical route, but not purely soft and slow, but to create a pure emotional outpouring with timbre while maintaining speed, and even make the listener feel a kind of heart-wrenching and throbbing.

For example, Pei Hongyu's lyricism when playing "Schindler's List" can make people feel the coldness and cruelty of World War II, and feel heartbroken.

And now, when Pei Hongyu was faced with the two only options of "Violin Concerto in D Major" and "Swan Lake", she did not hesitate and pressed Chai Xiaoxie directly on the options panel.

The audience was in an uproar.

So far, except for Miyamoto Chaoyang, the rest of the contestants have deliberately avoided the Chai Xiaoxie option, and the difficulty is naturally obvious, and now, Pei Hongyu has chosen this song without hesitation......

Everyone looked at Pei Hongyu quietly.

The silent atmosphere gave people great pressure, but Pei Hongyu was not affected in the slightest.

In China, she has also won the first prize in various violin competitions many times, and has a lot of performance experience, and in the time after graduation, she also went to Viana to experience the atmosphere of the music capital, and witnessed the performance of players from all over the world, which was very broad-minded, which cultivated Pei Hongyu's strong self-confidence.

At this moment, she solemnly put the violin on her shoulder, gently closed her eyes, and slowly placed the bow of her right hand on the strings, and after brewing for three or four seconds, she played the first note of the first Chai Xiaoxie in the endless silence.

The full timbre made the audience tremble when they heard it, and they couldn't help but moan comfortably.

Miyamoto Chaoyang tensed up suddenly, staring at Pei Hongyu, his eyes full of helplessness.

Chai Xiaoxie is the foundation of her confidence that she can enter the Tchaikovsky competition.

In Japan, her performance of Chai Xiaoxie has always been a signature work, which has allowed her to become famous quickly, and her understanding of Chai Xiaoxie naturally has her own uniqueness.

But when she heard Pei Hongyu's Chai Xiaoxie playing, she immediately knew that the Chai Xiaoxie played by the other party was not worse than herself, and might even be much stronger.

In the eyes of the judges, although the two Chai Xiaoxie are almost the same in timbre and melody, in terms of rhythm and emotional richness, it is obvious that Pei Hongyu is superior.

To put it simply, Miyamoto Chaoyang is the showmanship.

Pei Hongyu, on the other hand, is lyrical, full of cheerful, lively, and youthful atmosphere.

Of course, while lyrical, Pei Hongyu's playing skills are also full of ornamentality, and various chords are gradually fast, lightly picked, and explosive, all of which make Pei Hongyu's performance very attractive.

The media from all over the world are speeding up to record this moment.

Live broadcast websites and TV channels all over the world are showing this Chai Xiaoxie everywhere.

It was as if people were seeing a star rising.

All violin lovers all over the world are in awe of this young woman from China at this moment, and even those violin masters who are high in the clouds have no shortage of praise.

When the song ended, Pei Hongyu became the first place in the third day of the competition with an average score of 9.5 points.

And that's not the most important thing.

Because in the next competition, a German player also chose Chai Xiaoxie to play, and got a high score of 9.4 points.

Therefore, Miyamoto Chaoyang, who was originally a blockbuster, could only settle for third place in the end.

This result surprised everyone, and it also made Miyamoto Chaoyang feel pressure.

The work that she has always been proud of was crushed by two contestants one after another, which made her feel that the belief in her heart collapsed slightly.

"What the hell went wrong?"

......

When the results of the violin group were announced, the competition on the piano side's side gradually ended.

The favorite Haruaki Tokugawa's "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor" caused a huge response, and there was no doubt that it ranked first, followed by Nicole, Wu Di and others, temporarily ranked second and third, and as for the fourth and fifth places, it was a British player and a Russian player respectively.

"Son, dad doesn't ask much, if you can advance to the top three, it's a victory!"

In the hotel room, Wu Zhongsheng said with both relief and helplessness.

In these three days of competition, Wu Zhongsheng clearly saw the strong strength of pianists from all over the world, and Wu Zhongsheng's confidence in winning the championship instantly dropped by half.

Wu Di was able to advance to the top five, in Wu Zhongsheng's view, it was a complete coincidence.

Because except for Tokugawa Haruaki, the scores of the last few places are almost the same, and even if Wu Di is replaced and promoted to the sixth place, others will not think it is so weird, because the difference in strength and score between them is really not much different.

Wu Di nodded silently.

At the competition site, Tokugawa Haruaki can be described as a standout.

From the first game to the finals, he has always been the brightest star in the crowd, and the existence of other players just sets off Tokugawa Haruaki's awesomeness.

However, fortunately, it has entered the final day, and whether he wins or loses, he can be given relevant certificates and rewards, and it is not in vain.

It's just that the Tchaikovsky Competition, which is held only once every four years, can't win the championship......

It's a pity.

In the evening, Wu Di thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind, changed into a formal suit, and took a taxi alone to the Kempinski Hotel where Liao Yuan was stationed.

What he didn't expect was that in the hotel lobby, more than a dozen reporter-looking people were talking to each other.

When Wu Di walked into the hall, the eyes of these people looked over in unison.

This made Wu Diluo a little nervous, but in the end he still stubbornly followed the house number that his father had said, and walked towards the room far away.

Seeing this, the reporters instantly smelled the value.

"Why is he here?"

"Meet the judges before the finals?"

"Big news!"

"Bribes?"

"Don't speculate, just go ahead and see. ”

The reporters were in high spirits and rushed in the direction of Wu Di, but at this moment, the hotel manager quickly led the security guard on duty to stop them, "I'm sorry, you can't go in." ”

"Why?"

"This is what the guests are asking for. ”

......

"Why are you here?"

In the room, Liao Yuan personally made a cup of tea for Wu Di and brought it to him.

Wu Di immediately stood up in fear, respectfully took the teacup, and said in a low voice: "I want to communicate with you, teacher." ”

"Communication?"

Liao Yuan felt interesting, sat on the sofa, nodded and said, "Okay, what do you want to communicate." ”

"Tomorrow is the final, I want you to give me some pointers. ”

Wu Di stammered a little and said, "I want to know where I have shortcomings." ”

Liao Yuan looked at Wu Di, and only after a moment did he slowly say: "Your shortcomings lie in your lack of self-confidence. ”

"Confidence?" Wu Di was stunned and hurriedly said: "I have self-confidence, if I don't have self-confidence, I won't participate in the Tchaikovsky Competition this year." ”

Liao Yuan smiled: "The self-confidence of words is just self-hypnosis, a person is only confident in his heart is truly confident, self-confidence is not spoken, but expressed, you think about your competition situation in the past few days, are you sure you are very confident?"

Wu Di was silent.

"Your piano foundation is not bad, in fact, the strength of those who can break into the top five of the Tchaikovsky Competition is basically the same......"

"If you're confident, you shouldn't have chosen a weakly performing 'August: Harvest' after Tokugawa's performance. ”

"Although "Harvest" is a classic in Tchaikovsky's "Fourth Grade" series, it is not very comparatively compared with "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor". ”

Liao Yuan folded his hands together and smiled: "So, why didn't you choose "B flat minor No. 1" at that time?"

Wu Di was speechless, and said in a daze: "I ......"

"I know what you're thinking. ”

Liao Yuan leaned on the sofa and said indifferently: "You are afraid of comparing yourself with Tokugawa Harumi, you know that you can't compare to him." ”

"I'm comparable!" Wu Di said stubbornly.

Liao Yuan shook his head and smiled: "No, you can't compare." ”

Wu Di's hands were clenched suddenly, and he gasped violently, but gradually, his breathing became calmer.

A minute later, he stood up, bowed to Liao Yuan, and said, "Thank you, teacher, for your advice, I understand." ”

Liao Yuan stood up, patted Wu Di's shoulder, and said with a smile: "I didn't tell you anything, everything ultimately depends on yourself, we are all Chinese, the relationship between China and Japan is a long story, but no matter how powerful the opponent is, as long as you firmly believe that you can defeat him, you will eventually overcome, if you even lose the courage to challenge, then you shouldn't come here, maybe you shouldn't learn piano." ”

"Remember, don't be afraid of failure, sometimes failure is more important than success. ”

Liao Yuan's words were like a morning bell at dusk, which made Wu Di instantly empowered.

His mind flashed through the scenes that had flashed over the past ten years.

Since he was a child, he accidentally touched a piano when he caught Zhou, and his fate has been inseparable from the piano since then.

Day and night of hard training, awards, certificates, trophies, all over the bookcase, full of the pride of the entire youth.

But when he stepped out of the country, he realized that the world was far bigger than he imagined.

The first taste of failure, the first taste of being ridiculed, the first taste of not winning an award, the first taste of being a passerby......

Those images are like executioners.

At this moment, his cowardly and fragile heart was scraped open one by one.

Bloody.

"Thank you, teacher. ”

Wu Di bowed to Liao Yuan again, tears covering his face.

......

The final day is coming.

After the baptism of the first three events, the various performance clips of the Tchaikovsky Competition have been uploaded on the Internet.

Among them, Pei Hongyu's "Schindler's List", "Violin Concerto in D major", "Symphony No. 40 in G minor", "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor" by Haruaki Tokugawa, "Swan Lake" by Nicole, "Violin Concerto in D major" by Chaoyang Miyamoto, and "Dream of Love" by Wu Di are the most widely disseminated.

It has also made these people the object of the media's scrambling to chase.

The rules of the final round are similar to the previous round, with points awarded by playing Tchaikovsky's compositions.

In the piano group, Nicole, a Chinese-American pianist from the United States, took the stage first.

On the final day, she played the Romance in F minor, composed of a three-part asana in F minor, quarter-time, song-like Andante, which is a talkative, anticipatory piece, and an expressive etude, and Tchaikovsky's unique "song-like" atmosphere can be felt from beginning to end.

The left-hand part of the middle section mimics the rhythm of the drums, which has a folk music flavor.

After the performance, the judges carefully discussed and the camera gave the score, but it was not announced immediately, because it was the last round of the competition, and the final ranking will be given when the works performed by the unknown contestants are finished one after another.

Next, Tokugawa Haruaki, Wu Di and two other pianists from England and Russia played one after another.

Haruaki Tokugawa continues to excel at the "Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor", but compared with the first movement yesterday, this time he played the third movement, the whole piece is composed of passionate Allegro, B flat minor, rondo form, the notes played are majestic, cheerful and unrestrained, and the finale forms a brilliant ending in B flat major, which makes everyone present marvel again and again.

At the end of the performance, the spotlights flickered, and Tokugawa Haruaki seemed to see the trophy of victory.

The corners of his mouth raised, stood up, and gave a gentlemanly salute to the audience, then glanced at Liao Yuan triumphantly, and walked off the stage arrogantly in a round of applause.

On the judges' bench, Peter whispered, "This guy is very arrogant!"

Liao Yuan smiled lightly.

Subsequently, Wu Di took the stage.

Without the cumbersome tuxedo of the previous days, Wu Di at this moment, wearing only a white shirt and black trousers, was simple and capable, and after bowing to the audience on the stage, he sat in front of the piano.

Quiescence.

Everything around seemed to be plunged into darkness.

On the beautiful grand lid, from the reflected lacquer surface of the piano, you can clearly see your pupils - full of bloodshots.

He stayed up all night.

However, his mental condition is even more excited than in the past few days.

"Sometimes, failure is more important than success. ”

Teacher Liao's words seem to be still in my ears.

The next moment, Wu Di stepped on the pedal, raised his hands, and put them on the keys.

The sound of the piano suddenly sounded.

"Son, come on!"

In the audience, his father Wu Zhongsheng held his hands and looked excited.

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