If there were to be a selection of the ten best piano concertos in the world, Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, composed in 1874 and premiered in 1875, would inevitably be selected. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoIf you were to select the five best piano concertos in the world, it would still be a no-brainer among the top five.

Even in the selection of three of the world's finest piano concertos, this work will still be one of the strongest contenders. At such a stage, there is no piano concerto that can be said to show off the success of the group. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major "The Emperor" is not sure to be among them, because there will also be many people who admire Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, but at the same time, there are also many people who support Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor and Liszt's Piano Concerto in E flat major.

Of course, Tchaikovsky's most famous piano concerto, Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, also has many absolutely loyal fans.

For example, Ye Zi and his mentor Sun Yun.

In addition to all of Beethoven's piano works, Lao Chai's piano works are also Sun Yun's favorite. In particular, this piano concerto No. 1 and the most famous of the piano suites "Four Seasons", "June Boat Song", are the most popular and popular with Sun Yun, and it is also a representative concert repertoire that he often performed before his illness and is very popular and loved by music fans.

One of the more interesting things is that Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, which is known for its extremely difficult playing skills, will not be selected for this work in either the top ten or the top five, and it may be possible to evaluate the 20th or 30th National Congress. Critics are inclined to believe that this "La 2" is only an extension and continuation of "La 2" in terms of ideology, but it does not surpass "La 2" as a classic that can represent the greatness of Rachmaninoff's music, so of course it cannot be selected.

Even if it's one of the hardest piano pieces in the world to play.

From this we can conclude that for classical music, the ideology is the most important thing, and the performance technique only plays an auxiliary role, and the difficult and complex performance technique may be enough to please the audience, but it cannot override or replace the ideology of the work. In other words, classical music is all about "what is said", not "how to say it". This is one of the most important characteristics of classical music, and of course it should be used as a starting point.

"La 2" and "La 3" are the best examples.

Of course, this is not to deny the importance of playing technique, but it is more correct to describe that performance technique is to serve the ideology, or the theme of the piece, and that the performance technique itself cannot exist on its own, and becomes a yardstick for whether the work is excellent or not.

This is very important for virtuosos.

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Why do you talk about this?

This is because outside the door of the large rehearsal hall, Ye Zi only heard Sun Yun's performance of the piano playing skills that have been perfected, but did not hear Sun Yun's ideological restoration of this work, as for the performer's further self-interpretation of the work, of course, it is even more non-existent.

Music fans who don't understand may think that Sun Yun's performance is extremely exciting, and no matter how difficult the skills are, they are all weightless in his hands, and there is no performance skill at all that can be difficult for Sun Yun. The timbre of the piano contains grace and elegance in the majestic atmosphere, which is very much in line with the needs of this work. It can be said that in terms of piano performance itself, Sun Yun has almost achieved the extreme. With the piano playing skills and physical condition he has mastered now, playing "La San" will definitely not have the feeling of "shoveling ten tons of coal", and he can undoubtedly play this "La San" perfectly.

But to the ears of knowledgeable music fans, Sun Yun's statements in the performance are very scattered and unstructured, often just starting, and then abruptly stopped. For example, the most famous first movement of the piece, "Solemn and Not Too Fast Allegro", has a very majestic and brilliant theme, which can be deeply engraved into the listener's mind at first listen, and it stands to reason that this kind of theme is relatively easy to grasp (which is of course relative), as long as the player takes the majestic thing or scenery or whatever as a reference in his mind, and then shows the majestic beauty of the piano to the fullest.

But Sun Yun's performance was not like this.

In the first few bars, Sun Yun's piano sound is magnificent, and the piano tone is extremely brilliant, this melody is like a rushing and whistling surge tumbling in, Sun Yun's performance interpretation is accurate and in place, and Ye Zi almost boils with blood when he hears it. It's just that as soon as Ye Zi's mood came up, Sun Yun's piano voice suddenly lost the grandeur it had just now, and it became a little ghostly.

This is, of course, a description, and we will explain it more intuitively by reciting it.

It's a bit like a reciter just reciting passionately: "Ah! What magnificent mountains and rivers! ”

The voices, emotions, expressions, and movements in this recitation are all in place and perfect. But then, the reciter immediately whispered to himself: "Is it so magnificent?" ”

Although it is not exactly the same, the situation is similar, and Sun Yun is now encountering such an extremely surprising problem.

This is like the ideological and technical aspects of classical music, Sun Yun has been perfect in terms of technique, but the ideological aspect is a mess. It's not that Sun Yun can't express the ideology of the work, but the ideology he states through his performance is fragmented, self-contradictory, and self-doubting.

At the end of the day, this is the consequence of lack of self-confidence, no, the consequences.

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Ye Zi frowned deeply, the situation was even worse than he expected.

"Xiao Yezi, Ah Yun is like this now." Tantai Wenhui whispered: "When I first started rehearsing, it was fine, but I was a little unfamiliar with the performance, which is nothing, after all, it has been so long." But...... The more he rehearsed to the back, the less confident he became, alas~~~ I really don't know how he did it! ”

"What the hell is he worried about?"

Yutai Wenhui let out a long sigh.

Ye Zi asked in a deep voice: "Sister Hui, it should have been a while since the teacher looked like this, and you and Sir Cai didn't think of any way?" If you continue like this, these two concerts will be ruined! ”

Ye Zi's speed of speech was urgent, and there was even a hint of questioning in his tone.

"Xiao Yezi, Ah Yun has had a relationship with me for decades, and now his brokerage contract is still in my hands, how can I not help him? Sir Cai is Sun Yun's relative, and it is even more impossible for him to let Sun Yun go. Xiaoyezi, we've thought of a lot of ways, but it's useless. ”

"Time is running out right now, and we're ...... I really can't think of a better way. ”

Tantai Wenhui smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"I see...... Sister Hui, I'm sorry, I blame you, don't mind. ”

"You don't have to apologize, you are Ah Yun's student, and it is normal to get angry when you encounter something like this. Little leaf, then you ...... Is there anything you can do to provide it? ”

"Me?" This time it was Ye Zi's turn to smile bitterly: "I don't know what to do in this situation, but I have to think of a way." ”

"By the way, Sister Hui, what do you say in terms of media and comments?"

"The media? In order not to affect Sun Yun's rehearsal, we declined the media's request to interview Sun Yun for rehearsal after the press conference. ”

"Xiaoyezi, you can rest assured of this. Before the concert, we were confident that we would never allow any unfavorable review article to be published, creating a relaxed and comfortable public opinion environment for Sun Yun, and Sir Cai had already said hello to those newspapers and periodicals specializing in classical music. ”

Tantai Wenhui explained in detail.

Hey? No interviews and reviews? A completely quiet and relaxing pre-show environment?

Maybe...... Can you give this a try by doing something about it?

After the positive measures fail, maybe a little crooked tricks will get a good effect? The ancients said that "if it doesn't work, it will be right, and if it doesn't work, it will be strange", perhaps with a two-pronged approach to the coexistence of the right and the strange, many problems are likely to be solved.

Ye Zi's eyes turned sharply, and his brain quickly started. (To be continued.) )