"Teacher Peng, Yufan is on stage!" An Quantao said with some excitement, watching Liu Yufan walk to the piano in the center of the stage, this kid seemed to be more excited than he was to compete.

"Yes." Peng Tielin agreed, didn't say much, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the figure on the stage. In this Jianghai Cup piano competition, Liu Yufan is the player he has the most high hopes for. Although he didn't say it, he was counting on him to take the first and second places, so that the school and himself could make a good show. But after watching the wonderful performances of those players before, he had no bottom in his heart.

"Hehe, Mr. Shi is also here today, it is estimated that he will be stunned when he sees Yu Fan's performance in a while." An Quantao thought a little smugly. You must know that Liu Yufan's piano level, but he can't catch up with the horse, he can score more than 98 points, with Liu Yufan's level, how many points do you have to score?

"It's just that the song I chose is a little simpler." An Quantao muttered in his mouth. Liu Yufan chose Beethoven's eighth piano sonata "Pathétique", although this is also a world famous song, compared to the previous contestants played "Bell", "Hungarian Rhapsody" and other works, but the difficulty is a level worse, he doesn't know what Liu Yufan thinks, if he wants to play the super difficult "Bell", it must be better than the one named Mo Xi.

However, Yu Fan's "Pathos" sounds really good, and I don't know how he practiced, obviously it is not difficult to play it himself, but he just can't play his taste. It's comfortable to listen to, and it feels good.

"Yu Fan, look, Yu Fan is out!" In the living room of Liu Jianjun's house in Dazhai Village, everyone was watching the game around the rear projection TV, and when they saw Liu Yufan walk on the stage, several people shouted excitedly. And Liu Jianjun picked up the remote control and turned up the volume a few notches.

"Yufan, come on!" Jiang Ya in the corner said secretly in her heart. After seeing such wonderful performances of the previous players, she was also a little worried about Yufan.

Shi Shucheng quietly looked at this young player with a calm face and a somewhat handsome appearance, and the expression on his face was very calm. Compared with the "Bell" played by the player named Mo Xi just now, the song "Pathos" chosen by Liu Yufan at the moment is not so eye-catching. Although it is also one of Beethoven's 32 famous piano sonatas, it is not too difficult for a professional player. However, looking at Liu Yufan's calm and calm expression, Shi Shucheng still appreciated it. You must know that after watching the performance of Mo Xi's level of players, the other players will be more or less affected in their mentality.

After Mo Xi finished playing, he went straight back to his seat and watched the performance quietly. It's just that there seems to be something in her eyes, and there is a hint of anxiety in her eyes.

After adjusting his sitting posture, Liu Yufan quietly brewed some emotions, and then exerted his arms from the shoulder joint, slowly lifted, and his hands fell towards the low register of the keys in an elegant and natural posture.

"Knock~~~" A thick, long and transparent piano sound sounded clearly in the sky above the Workers' Cultural Palace through the stage sound.

The sound of the piano, like a heavy knock on the door, makes people feel an incomparably solemn feeling, although it is only a chord, but it clearly conveys a sad and heavy emotion.

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 8 - "Pathétique"!

In the few years of studying with Mo Yan, Liu Yufan put the most effort into Beethoven's works. At the beginning, it was because Beethoven was famous as a composer, and Liu Yufan also had a kind of worship plot, so he unconsciously put a lot of effort into his songs. After gaining an in-depth understanding of Beethoven's works, Liu Yufan became more and more impressed by the great spirit contained in his works, and gradually understood why Beethoven was so famous and so many music fans liked his works. Perhaps his music is not the highest in terms of difficulty and technique, but his achievements in ideology and art are enough to make him stand out from the crowd.

It is not for nothing that Beethoven pioneered Romanticism with his 32 piano sonatas, and is regarded as the "New Testament" in the piano Bible.

According to him, "An excellent pianist should have his own distinctive style, the kind of pianist who knows a little about everything, knows something, but is not good at anything, is destined to be mediocre." ”

Liu Yufan should be glad that he has met such an enlightened teacher, and his current overall level may be on par with the level of students in the alto piano department, but in terms of Beethoven's accomplishments, it is enough to compare with an excellent pianist! Even Mo Yan admitted frankly that Liu Yufan's attainments in Beethoven's music are very profound, and even surpassing himself in some aspects, and he is very proud of this!

"Huh?" Hearing this chord, Shi Shucheng's eyes narrowed, and his expression couldn't help but be a little more focused.

He is a connoisseur and authority on piano education, and is familiar with many styles of music. Beethoven is the most influential composer in the history of piano, and Shi Shucheng has put a lot of effort into it. This song "Pathos", he doesn't say that he talks to students every day, but also once or twice a week. He also knows the performance and characteristics of the world's famous pianists when they play this piece. At his level, he will naturally no longer measure a piece by the difficulty of simple techniques, let alone a world-famous song like "Pathos". In his opinion, it is definitely not a simple matter to really play this "Pathos" well. Almost everyone in the alto piano department can play this piece proficiently, but there are very few that can satisfy him.

But at this moment, the young man with a calm face just stretched out his hand, and a simple chord made his heart move!

If nothing else, that chord is really handled too well, too old, it doesn't seem like such a young child can do it at all!

Some people may ask, a chord, lift up, fall, the sound will come out, when you need to ring, the force will be greater, when you need light, the force will be less, where is there so much to say?

But for a master like Shi Shucheng, this is not the case at all. The most difficult part of Beethoven's music is not the mastery of technique, but the control of dynamics. Especially his sonatas, it can be said that each piece has quite high requirements for dynamics. There are more than 10 levels of strength changes from FFF (very strong) to PPP (very weak), and it is not a simple matter to perfectly grasp the degree of this.

Liu Yufan's shot is extraordinary, this chord, strong, heavy, but not stuffy, not impatient, deep stability, heaviness, moist three flavors, if not to see Liu Yufan's performance, just by ear listening, Shi Shucheng almost thought that this is a veteran who has played the piano for decades!

To do this, it is necessary to have a very skillful control of the weight of the body, and there is no doubt that Liu Yufan has done it, and he has done it perfectly.

"Let's see how he handles the next chord." Shi Shucheng said secretly in his heart.

At the beginning of the first movement of Beethoven's "Pathétique", the dynamic mark is fp, which is not common in piano music.

The hands slowly lifted from the keys, and then gently "sunk" into the keys of the piano again, and without seeing how the fingers moved, the piano once again emitted a string of soft chords. Compared to the heavy chord at the beginning, the huge contrast makes a strong impression!

"Beautiful!" Shi Shucheng secretly praised in his heart, and the attention in his eyes was a little more. His eyes have read countless excellent seedlings, what kind of level the other party is, he can see at a glance that there are seven or eight points, genius students have seen a lot, but at such an age, he can handle the song "Pathos" so well and so expressively, but it is the first time he has seen it. You know, this is not only a technical requirement, but more importantly, a requirement for the understanding of the tune. He is still so young, how can he understand the complex emotions contained in this song "Pathos"? Shi Shucheng felt very peculiar.

Wang He looked sideways at Shi Shucheng's performance, and a trace of bad premonition appeared in his heart. He is very familiar with this on stage, three years ago when he was performing in Jianghai Literature and Art, he had contact, at that time Wang He concluded that this child would have a future in the future, and wanted to take him as a disciple, but at that time, Liu Yufan seemed to have taken the wrong medicine, and he didn't agree to anything, which made him very unhappy. However, when Liu Yufan took the exam later, Wang He also used his power to brush him down, wanting him to "increase his surname", but he didn't expect that people wouldn't buy his account at all, so he didn't take the test. In the past three years, but now he has grown to this point, Wang He is shocked and hateful, I don't know what luck he has taken and which teacher he has learned from.

Although he doesn't play the piano very well, but he is "knowledgeable", seeing Liu Yufan's "fan" in front of the piano, it is very different from three years ago, if Liu Yufan three years ago, is just an uncarved piece of jade, very promising for cultivation, now Liu Yufan is like a famous sword that has been opened, and his whole body exudes dazzling light! Look at the frame in front of the piano, not to mention how well it is played, people will see two words in their hearts: "Professional!" ”

And looking at the expression on Shi Shucheng's face, Wang He can also be sure that Liu Yufan is absolutely excellent! Over the years, his piano level has not improved, but his ability to observe words and colors has gradually improved.

Looking at Liu Yufan on the stage, Wang He suddenly became irritable for no reason.

(To be continued)