"Memories of Don Juan" is an operatic fantasia based on Mozart's opera "Don Juan". Mozart's opera Don Giovanni, which was originally about two and a half hours long, was adapted by Liszt into a short piano piece. The piano piece does not delete a single note from the opera, and the whole piece is very difficult in terms of rhythm and technique. "Memories of Don Juan" is known as one of the most difficult piano pieces and is rarely played. Liszt wrote the work in 1841 and released it in 1877 as a concerto for two pianos.

Liszt is a very famous pianist, but also a very controversial pianist, those who like him think that he is the god of the piano, and regard any of his piano pieces as a guide, but those who do not like him hate him thoroughly, and even call his piano works "a pile of skills".

Of course, whether you like it or hate it, you can't erase Liszt's important place in piano history. The Liszt International Piano Competition, held every four years, is known as one of the world's highest-level piano competitions. Because of its high standard, difficulty, and strict judging criteria of the judges, those who can win the gold medal from the Liszt Cup have always been regarded as the real international top level. There are even cases where the first place is vacant because the judges are too strict. In China, Li Yundi is the only pianist who has won the first place in such an international competition, and he is also recognized as China's "piano prince". is not a self-styled one like Lin Feng, but a "piano prince" in the true sense of the classical music industry.

In fact, Liu Yufan chose this song "Don Juan's Memories" on the first song, not because of his remoteness. In fact, anyone who has experienced international competitions, or who has reached a certain level of piano professionalism, is no stranger to this piece. "Memories of Don Juan" can be regarded as one of the last huge fortresses on the difficult piano road, and being able to play it speaks to the skill of the performer.

It's "Memories of Don Juan"! Hearing Liu Yufan's performance, Lin Feng's expression changed slightly. He was arrogant, but not to the point of being confused. 's previous impression of Liu Yufan was still on the song he'sapirate. Although that song is very popular, in the eyes of professional students like Lin Feng, its difficulty is not worth mentioning. However, at this moment, Liu Yufan is actually playing this "Memories of Don Juan", which can't help but he doesn't pay attention to.

No pianist can ignore the people who can play "Memories of Don Juan", let alone Lin Feng, not even Ling Yuan and Wang Zhenxian. Looking at Liu Yufan, who was swaying freely in front of the piano, the two judges nodded secretly!

Liu Yufan's hands flew freely on the keys, and although the whole piece was a long-span chord and high-speed running, there was no trace of reluctance on his face. The transitions between the phrases are more natural and natural, without a hint of jerkiness. Being able to perform "Memories of Don Juan" to such an extent that such a student can count them in the attached middle school.

In fact, to the level of the High School or the Central Conservatory of Music, most of the guidance given by teachers to students is no longer a technical thing. If you can go to these schools, the students will no longer have any problems in terms of technology, and what will widen the gap between them is the understanding and performance of music. And the role of these teachers is exactly that. When they are in class, they often don't teach students things like "how to finger here" and "how to do technical movements here", but emphasize more "how it feels here" and "how this strength mark is handled". What they need to do is to teach a skilled "craftsman" to become an independent-minded "pianist".

Therefore, for the level of Liu Yufan's performance at the moment, the two teachers only felt very good, but they were not too surprised. If you don't have these two times, you will be the proud disciples of the two in vain. ..., "Hmph, do you think you can stump me with this song "Don Juan's Memories"? Looking at Liu Yufan, who was immersed in the performance on the other side of the piano, Lin Feng's eyes showed a trace of disdain. Although this piece is difficult, he still played it. Moreover, with the temper of a technical maniac like him, the more difficult the song, the deeper the effort, so when he heard Liu Yufan play this "Memories of Don Juan", Lin Feng's heart was not flustered at all.

After another dazzling series of descending notes, Liu Yufan perfectly ended the performance of the first theme of "Don Juan's Memories", then raised his head to look at Lin Feng and kicked the ball over.

"Hmph, think I wouldn't?" Lin Feng met Liu Yufan's eyes, full of the taste of challenge, but at the same time, his subordinates were not idle, almost following Liu Yufan's previous performance, perfectly connected!

Lin Feng's hands are more slender than ordinary people, which gives him a natural advantage in piano playing, especially when playing difficult pieces, often sometimes a chord needs to cross nine or even ten degrees or even wider, and people with small hands can't play it at all, but it is not a problem for him.

Lin Feng's hands climbed on the keys at the same time, and a majestic piano sound sounded, it was Liu Yufan's "Don Juan's Memories" just now, the difficulty of the second theme was no less than the first theme, Lin Feng's hands flew up and down on the keys, with a sense of flamboyance and jumping, compared to Liu Yufan's previous performance, Lin Feng's piano played more exaggeratedly.

"The technology is acceptable, but the mentality is too floating!" Liu Yufan quietly listened to Lin Feng's performance on the other side, and secretly commented in his heart. To his current level, he is no longer just a simple student, he has played many tunes and seen many famous artists, and for ordinary performers, Liu Yufan has been able to judge the merits from a higher perspective. On the surface, Lin Feng's performance seems to be more expressive than himself, but blindly strong processing has lost some of the details of the piece itself, and this kind of performance is still a little rougher.

There were obviously many Lin Feng's fans off the field, and seeing that Lin Feng took it smoothly, those people's eyes looked at Lin Feng's hands without blinking, and their eyes were full of excitement and satisfaction!

"Sure enough, it's my piano prince, it didn't disappoint me, this piano is so handsome!"

"Hey, when will I be able to play to the level of him, I can play this accordion, mm doesn't cry and shout and pounce up."

"Jiang is still old and spicy, Lin Feng is playing with energy, and that Liu Yufan is still softer."

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While watching, the students in the audience were judging the merits of the two people in their hearts. In the previous performance, the two of them looked like they were on par, and judging from the visual effects alone, it seemed that Lin Feng was better, but this was just the opinion of the students. The two teachers on the side of the stage naturally have a ruler in their hearts.

"Xiao Feng is still too anxious, and he handles it too roughly." Wang Zhen sighed first, although in his heart he also hoped that his student could win this game, but in this case, he would not blow the black whistle with his conscience, besides, even if he wanted to, there was a Ling Yuan next to him, who understood better than himself.

Taking over this piece perfectly, Lin Feng ended the performance of the second theme with a gorgeous upward throw, and then looked up at Liu Yufan through the piano board and said, "I'm going to change it below." ”

With both hands stroking the keys again, a series of clean octave chords sounded with the drive of the right wrist, without the effect of pedals, making the sound sound clearer and clearer, like a ticking clock!

At this moment, the students in the audience finally heard what kind of tune Lin Feng was playing.

"Bell! This is Liszt Paganini's Great Etude - Bell! Listening to this familiar melody, many piano students became excited.

is also a piano piece by Liszt, "Memories of Don Juan" may not have been heard by many people, after all, this pure opera adaptation is too far away from them. But this "Bell" is different! ..., it's just too famous! Like Mozart's "Turkish March", which is widely known among amateurs, this "Bell" is definitely in the top three in terms of popularity among professional piano students.

Why? Because it's hard, because it's good!

The performance of this piece is so ornamental, the continuous rapid note running, making the whole piece look gorgeous, coupled with the complex and delicate colorful melody, it is like letting the ears go to a high-level sauna, which is wonderful! Although many of the students here are not capable of playing this piece, to be precise, they are not capable of playing it at the same speed and standard, but that does not prevent them from loving it!

Although Lin Feng only had his right hand beating leisurely on the keys at this moment, these people knew that this was just the calm before the storm, and the real show-off skills would soon kick off!

Sure enough, after the two-bar prelude melody, Lin Feng's left hand finally put it on the keys, and almost instantly, his right hand, which was still beating leisurely on the keys just now, seemed to be suddenly injected with stimulants, and became dexterous in an instant!

"Di Di Di Da~~" A sound like raindrops flowed out from the little finger of the right hand, and at the same time, the other fingers were weaving a complex texture in the center between the little finger of the left hand and the little finger of the right hand at twice the speed of the little finger.

"Bell", except for the stability of the first few bars, almost the whole piece is full of complex textures. Just like Lin Feng's performance at this moment, although it sounds like the main theme is very clear and seems to be very calm, don't forget that it is just the work of a finger of the little finger. Most of the complex work is done between the four fingers of the left and right hands. Together, they weave an intricate fabric, like a delicate net, enveloping the main theme and bringing it out perfectly!

Seeing Lin Feng's hands dancing dizzily on the piano keys like magic, the audience all consciously held their breath, for fear of missing a single detail!

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