In early spring and March, the spring is cold. 【】【】

There was just a light snow in Beijing some time ago, and the whole city was shrouded in a layer of white vastness.

In the small concert hall attached to the alto middle school, a small piano concert hosted by Ling Yuan is underway, and the protagonists of the concert are Liu Yufan and Wang Yujia.

These two people are Ling Yuan's proud disciples, and today, the two of them want to go to the distant Netherlands together to challenge the world's top piano competition - "Liszt Cup" International Piano Competition.

Although there are some students from the Central Conservatory of Music and the High School Affiliated to the Central Conservatory of Music every year to participate in various top international competitions, it is really rare for two students to participate in the Liszt Cup at once. You know, the threshold for the Liszt Cup International Piano Competition is notoriously high. The average pianist, even if he wants to participate, can't get an invitation. Those who are qualified to send invitations to pianists are all internationally renowned and top pianists or educators.

Needless to say, Liu Yufan's invitation letter was obtained from Kissin through his own strength. And Wang Yujia's one was given to her by Zhou Guangren, director and professor of the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music. Even Ling Yuan doesn't have such qualifications!

Looking at these two proud disciples, Ling Yuan's heart was very emotional. As a piano teacher, she is already satisfied with being able to have such a student, and she actually met two in a row, which makes her heart full of a sense of achievement!

"Hello teachers and students, in order to celebrate the qualification of Yujia Wang and Yufan Liu from our school to win the qualification of the Liszt Cup International Piano Competition in the Netherlands. First of all, on behalf of the Central Conservatory of Music and its affiliated high school, I would like to express my warm congratulations to the two students! "On stage. The host, who was wearing a red evening dress, stood on the stage excitedly and explained. [. YZuu. Read the novel and get there~]

Some people may be puzzled, but it is just a qualification to enter the venue. As for congratulations in advance? I don't know if I'll be able to make it yet.

Such a celebration may seem a little inexplicable to an ordinary competition, but for the Liszt Cup, it is not at all strange. For a conservatory, having a student get a ticket to this competition is a testament to its tremendous strength and is definitely something to celebrate!

So, this seemingly small concert. However, it attracted a lot of teachers from the alto or attached middle school, and even a few leaders from the piano department. It shows that the school attaches great importance to this activity.

"Hehe, senior sister, isn't it too much for the school to make such a big formation. In case we don't get a good result in the competition, isn't it a joke? Looking at such a big scene, Liu Yufan gently turned sideways. and Wang Yujia next to him said.

Wang Yujia is also wearing a dark red performance costume today, a bit like the style of the Chinese national cheongsam, because of the makeup, so when Liu Yufan approached her, he smelled a strong fragrance. The smell made him a little uncomfortable, and he almost sneezed.

"Hehe, junior brother, you don't know this. This competition is very powerful, our school went to two at once, no matter what the results are, the school will definitely hype it up. Besides, you are so unconfident in yourself, Senior Sister Ben thinks that with your strength Liu Dashen, it should be no problem to easily get the top three or something there. Wang Yujia said teasingly. After several collaborations and the last exchange in Chai Yuan, the relationship between the two has become much closer, and they talk a lot more casually. ..., "Come on, Sister Yujia, if you tease me like this again, I won't be able to find the north." By the way, that competition is really so powerful. [Just read the novel~]" Liu Yufan asked curiously. He spent the past two days concentrating on the piano practice, and he hardly had time to check the scale of the competition. So I don't understand such a high-level farewell ceremony at the school.

"I'll tell you something, you know how high the standard of this competition is. You know that the participants in this competition are all piano elites from all over the world. Wang Yujia looked at Liu Yufan and asked with a smile.

"Well, of course, the elite of the elite." Liu Yufan said with a smile, it sounded like this, but it was a bit of a taste of boasting about himself, after all, he was also one of the contestants.

"Then do you know that the Liszt Cup, which is held every four years, has not been awarded a champion for two times?" Wang Yujia said a little mysteriously.

"What? Didn't award a champion twice? How can this happen? Isn't it true that whoever has the highest score is the champion? Hearing Wang Yufan's words, Liu Yufan asked in surprise.

"Hehe, how can this be, if this is the case, the Liszt Cup will not show its difference." Wang Yujia said with a smile, then looked at Liu Yufan with a surprised look on his face, and continued: "The judges of the Liszt Cup are very strange, and their requirements for the contestants are so strict that they are simply unreasonable. If what you pop up doesn't smell like they think it is, they'd rather leave the first place empty than push you up. Because they are the champions of this competition, they are qualified to truly represent Liszt's level. Wang Yujia explained.

"That's a pervert." Liu Yufan asked in surprise. He knew that the specifications of this competition were very high, but he didn't expect that this competition was so high that no champion was selected in the two worlds, and such a standard was inevitably too strict.

"Who is the champion of the last year?" Liu Yufan asked curiously. He found that his senior sister seemed to be a piano Bai Xiaosheng, and she knew a lot about those interesting things in the piano world.

"Kissin." Wang Yujia didn't sell Guan Zi this time, and happily reported a name.

Hearing this name, Liu Yufan was a little stunned. No wonder, only such a strong person can win in such a competition. Thinking about himself again, he was full of confidence at the beginning, but now he is also a little less confident. Although Liu Yufan is very confident in his piano skills, he is by no means arrogant. Compared with a cow like Kissin, his level is still a little insufficient, at best he is just a "craftsman", and he has long been a master.

"First of all, please enjoy Liszt Paganini's Great Etudes, "Bell", performer, attached to the second (eighth) class of secondary school, Zhang Zhe." On the stage, the sound of the host announcing the program pulled back Liu Yufan's thoughts that had drifted to the Dutch competition site.

On one side of the stage, a girl wearing blue jeans and a white T-shirt walked up. With a refreshing ponytail, she walked briskly to the center of the stage, bowed to the audience, and then sat down in front of the piano and began to play.

Looking at this girl who was about the same age as himself, Liu Yufan's eyes became focused. He is no stranger to this piece, and almost everyone who knows Liszt knows that he has such a super difficult etude. And this is also one of the preparatory pieces for his participation in the Liszt Cup piano competition. He was eager to see what it was like to play this piece under someone else's hands.

The opening piece of "Ding Ding Ding Dong Dong ......" does not see anything, this simple introduction, even a person who has been learning piano for a few months, can play smoothly. Liu Yufan knows that the real level is the later paragraph. ..., sure enough, when this introduction ended, Zhang Zhe in front of the piano suddenly became busy.

With flying wrists and fast fingers, playing the piece "Bell" is a great challenge for any player. Zhang Zhe's eyes kept looking at the keyboard, and he didn't dare to neglect it at all. The skills required for this piece are already the limit of her current level, and although she has been practicing hard for three months, it is still a little difficult to play at the moment.

However, even so, being able to play "Bell" is enough to make her proud. You know, even many students are reluctant to touch this piece, because it is too difficult, too fast, although it is only a short three minutes, but almost every time you play it, the player will be tired and sweaty. With such a high playing intensity, not everyone can afford it.

Wang Yujia and Liu Yufan were invited to the Liszt Cup, which made many students of Zhongyin and the attached middle school envious and jealous. You must know that such a competition, if nothing else, as long as you have the opportunity to participate, it is equivalent to stepping into the threshold of a professional pianist with half a foot. And if you do a little bit better in that kind of competition, the invitations from the top record labels will fly like snowflakes. Who doesn't want such an opportunity.

There is no first in the text, and there is no second in the martial arts. A person who studies music is even more unconvinced. So don't look at today's concert is dedicated to "farewell" the two of them, but the "smell of gunpowder" in private is very strong. Those students were not convinced. is like Zhang Zhe on the stage at this moment, when he played this piece, he was fantasizing in his heart that the person who went to the Netherlands to participate in the competition was himself.

"What's the matter, isn't it just that the teacher likes him? With the level of "real", where am I missing? Isn't it "The Bell"? I can play my aunt and grandmother too. Thinking of this, Zhang Zhe was angry, and the speed under his hand couldn't help but be a little faster.

Zhang Zhe's performance looks naturally dazzling, but in the eyes of those teachers, they shake their heads one by one, such a "Bell", it sounds like there is still a sense of rhythm everywhere, and I am anxious to listen to it!

Seeing such a performance, Liu Yufan and Wang Yujia naturally looked at each other and smiled, and shook their heads helplessly. (To be continued)