Liu Yufan's appearance sparked a round of warm applause.

This young pianist from China has been very eye-catching in the past few days. Although he does not have the "fanatical" state of Lang Lang and Valodos, his delicate and enthusiastic and layered performances have obviously attracted many music fans. In just a few days, Liu Yufan has many music fans.

Seeing this young man come up to the stage, the eyes of several judges also showed a little interest. Kissin, in particular, was even more relieved in his eyes. The previous cooperation in Russia left a deep impression on Kissin. He had the feeling that this kid would be a very good pianist in time. His performances have many similarities with himself, they are all very delicate and layered, not impetuous, and have his own unique understanding and knowledge of music. This should be a little guy who is very good at playing the piano with his "brain".

In particular, his previous performance in the preliminaries made Kissin's eyes shine. Although it has only been a few months since the last time, Kissin feels that in the past few months, there seems to be some kind of change in him, or some kind of progress. Especially when listening to his performance, Kissin can actually have a sense of "quiet" and "calm", and for a moment, Kissin feels as if he has forgotten that he is still a judge, and has fallen into the realm of this music.

It was an amazing feeling, and no other player had ever been able to give him that feeling before. And the young man did. Why does his piano sound have such magical power?

It's just that thinking of the DG record, Kissin still sighed secretly. This is something that cannot be helped, and sometimes some compromises need to be made for the sake of some interests. Thankfully, the young man didn't know about this dirty insider, and that's a good thing, hopefully he'll never know.

"He actually chose this song for this game? It seems that he is also feeling the crisis. Hehe, little one, just let me see your true strength, don't let me down. Unlike Kissin, Berezovsky looked at Liu Yufan with a relaxed expression. Just because he had seen Liu Yufan fight with that mud bombardant on the street before, and he had seen the song "Exodus" he played in the piano room with his own eyes, he actually knew more about Liu Yufan's true level than Kissin. However, after all, he had never heard him play Liszt in person, and Berezovsky was also curious about what this talented player would do when he played Liszt's works.

"Bell", the full name of "Liszt Paganini's Great Etude - Bell". Of all Liszt's works, this is one of the more special and at the same time more famous. Many contestants have to talk about this piece when they play Liszt, or when they talk about Liszt, because it is so famous. In previous competitions, many players have already played this piece. Fortunately, the competition does not have a hard and fast range of rules for the songs chosen by the contestants, and the organizers and judges of the competition do not mind such "collisions". After all, this is not a concert, but a competition to test the level of the players. Even if you play a tune, it doesn't affect everyone's judgment of the level of this contestant.

Liu Yufan did not choose this "Bell" in the preliminary round, just because this is also one of his masterpieces, he was going to use this piece to play to the end, but he didn't expect that just a preliminaries, the competition between the contestants was so fierce. This forced him to make a new arrangement for his participation and put the piece in advance. In this way, although in the long run, once you successfully enter the finals, you will definitely have to worry about the repertoire of the finals, but now it seems that if you don't do your best, I am afraid that if you can't make it to the finals, it's a different thing. This forced him to take out this song prepared for the finals in advance. Anyway, let's get past this level first. …,

The applause and cheers of the audience gradually weakened. However, thousands of eyes were all cast on this young man, and people were looking forward to his performance. Although everyone has heard the song "Bell" many times in the competition in the past few days, thinking that it is Liu Yufan who plays this piece, many music fans still have a little more expectations.

In particular, the reporters from China showed even more attention. This player, who was not very famous in the domestic media before, performed well all the way in the previous competition, which gradually attracted their attention.

"Yufan, work hard, try to get the first back, and I will definitely do an interview with you after I go back." Looking at Liu Yufan on the stage, Li Xiaoling thought a little nervously.

The hands were raised slightly, and then they landed on the glittering keys. Steinway's familiar touch, as if magical, instantly aroused his desire to play.

The familiar prelude to the etude "......Bell" rang again.

The amplitude of the wrist rising and falling on the keys is not large, but each note seems to have been "thought", with a sense of condensation and clarity, as if it has been embodied into small beads, and it is clearly transmitted to everyone's ears.

Of course, this wonderful feeling can only be tasted by people with a certain degree of piano cultivation. It stands to reason that no matter what kind of touch method you use to play the piano, or even if you don't use your hands, but press the keys of the piano with any part of your body, the piano will eventually make sound, and the principle of sound is that the keys lean against the transmission device and drive the mallet head to hit the steel strings to make sound. The difference is only in the speed of the stroke. Very few people can hear the "condensed", "strong", "clear" and so on of the sound. But it's amazing that those who have a pair of golden ears can hear the change.

The prelude was very short, and before people could savor it, a sound like a big bead and a small bead falling on a jade plate had already flowed out of Liu Yufan's fingertips.

Different from the previous dramatization of Lang Lang and the madness of Valodos, Liu Yufan's performance has a sense of freehand, naturalness and calmness. Although the speed of his melody is no less than any of Liszt's difficult pieces, in fact, this "Bell" is the most difficult of all Liszt's works. But what is rare is that Liu Yufan can still maintain that rationality under such a high-speed performance, so that each note has an independent sound quality, and none of the notes are played "hastily". This ability to control is a little stronger than simply fast!

"That's his strongest strength? It's kind of interesting! Looking at Liu Yufan's performance, Berezovsky's eyes lit up, and listening to Liu Yufan's performance of "Bell", there was a faint sense of intoxication in his eyes.

"This is the "Bell" I want, every note is like a clock, and the feeling of ticking is really good. Compared with this one, the "Bell" played by the previous contestants simply doesn't know what kind of play it is! Berezovsky clasped his hands on his chest, watched Liu Yufan's performance, and couldn't help but compare him with those players before him. This comparison is easy to find, purely from the perspective of this "Bell", Liu Yufan is indeed "a step ahead" than the players who appeared in front of him.

Gorgeous polyphony appeared. Liu Yufan's ten fingers steadily propped up a small umbrella-like structure under the palm of his hand, and the ten fingers rose and fell dexterously like a precision machine, but did not destroy the structure of the umbrella, but made it appear more flexible, as if it was going to come to life! Even if you move your wrist back and forth on the keys, you don't break the shape of your hand! …,

If it is relatively easy to achieve such an extreme standard in a simple piece, then it is not possible for ordinary people to maintain such a perfect hand shape when playing a large, difficult etude such as "Bell". Watching Liu Yufan's performance, especially looking at those hands, it is like a perfect work of art!

"This young man understands this piece too deeply." Graffman, who sat in the center, watched Liu Yufan's performance, his eyes full of undisguised appreciation. He had heard this song many times, including when he was younger. But he asked himself that as far as this piece is concerned, he can't be as delicate as Liu Yufan is at present!

"Yes, yes, to be able to play "Bell" to such an extent, it's not a shame that I wrote him this letter of recommendation, this is a very good young man." Looking at Liu Yufan's performance, Kissin's eyes were also full of appreciation. Liu Yufan was recommended by him, he can have an excellent performance in the game, and Kissin's face also has a glow.

Even Hisaishi, the judge of the mud bombardment country, watched Liu Yufan's performance, and a flash of approval flashed in his eyes. Hisaishi also has some understanding of his student Shunichi Tengmura's conflict with him in the past two days, but in his opinion, it was just a battle of will between two young people, but it did not affect his judgment of this game.

Overall, this is still a more principled judge.

The performance of "Bell" has entered the final climax, Liu Yufan's hands rise and fall on the keys, every ten fingers touch the keys, with a sound of gold and iron, but the fierce rhythm does not seem to be chaotic at all, and people can listen to the blood of the people!

Passion in reason, this is the most accurate description of Liu Yufan's performance. Enthusiastic and unrestrained, but not out of control, not chaotic. This kind of performance, with a degree of advance and retreat, is a grade higher than the blind bravery of Valodos just now.

Coincidentally, several judges have put a score in their minds behind Liu Yufan's name. Such a young man, even if he can't win the championship, can enter the final and get the ranking, but there is no controversy.

After playing the song, Liu Yufan stood up in front of the piano, and the audience immediately applauded!

Good music knows no borders, and the kind of top-notch aural enjoyment that this wonderful "Bell" brings to the public music critics completely fascinated them. At this moment, they unabashedly express their love for this piece in their hearts!

Even among the judges, there were two people who applauded gently!

Bowing slightly to the audience and judges, Liu Yufan smiled and walked off the stage. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to (.) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support is my biggest motivation. [This text is provided by @earthly, drama]