Chapter 646 Ode to a song that is unparalleled in the world
Zhuo Yang did not care about the audience where the bigwigs gathered, and walked to the side curtain in their surprise and dissatisfaction.
He came up to Coco and slowly knelt down on one knee. "Coco, Zhuo Yang will never fail you in this life." He buried his head in her arms, gently wrapped his arms around her soft waist, and murmured, "Thank you, thank you, thank you." β
Kou Kou stroked Zhuo Yang's hair lovingly, and responded to him softly: "Kou Kou will always be Zhuo Yang's brother's, always will be." β
After a moment of tenderness, Zhuo Yang picked up a sheet of music from the coffee table and said to her, "I want to sing for you." β
Returning to the stage with the score in hand, Zhuo Yang once again apologized to the audience who had already exchanged their heads and ears. "I'm sorry to keep you waiting. This is a new piece of music that I composed on my way to Warsaw, and I named it "Unparalleled in the World". β
Placing the score on the music shelf, Zhuo Yang began to play the song "Unparalleled in the World". This was an improvisation outside of the performance plan, and it was not the work of Master Chopin, and the crowd listened in bewilderment.
Soon, everyone was infected by the praise and worship revealed in the music, and the style of the music was no longer just the strong Chopin romantic style that Zhuo Yang had before, but added a courtly splendor in Bach's music to the romance, as well as the enthusiasm of Johann Strauss.
"Unparalleled in the World" integrates multiple styles, but it is not cluttered at all, gorgeous and passionate, romantic and perfectly blended, and it is a complete catharsis of praise, praise, worship and gratitude.
Zhuo Yang devoted himself to playing, and everyone in the audience was deeply shocked by the new style born in the movement, and the young Zhuo Yang began to touch and break through in his creation, which is unbelievable.
Coming to Warsaw to create? The audience here all knew that he only came in a hurry yesterday because of the 'heavy snow covering the mountain', so the song "Unparalleled in the World" was composed for two or three days at most, or even shorter. But such a short time is not enough to replenish the work, but Zhuo Yang picked it up and played it. This is no longer boldness, but the self-confidence that comes out of talent.
Mark Venster was also baffled by Zhuo Yang's play, and after watching Sun Yumei leave, he quietly walked to the side of the door to see what Zhuo Yang was doing. Who knew that at a glance, his scalp was numb with shock - the so-called sheet music in front of Zhuo Yang was simply a blank sheet of paper.
On the flight from Zurich to Warsaw yesterday, Kou Kokou leaned on Zhuo Yang's shoulder and fell asleep, and after a two-hour flight, Zhuo Yang's eyes never left her for a moment. He looked at Coco's beautiful face with pity, thanked her for her affection, praised her peerless, and was infatuated with her peerless.
At that moment, Zhuo Yang's mind played the song "Unparalleled in the World".
Time was in a hurry, and Zhuo Yang didn't have time to refine and complete the song of "Unparalleled in the World", but at this time, he couldn't wait to play this hymn to the Kou in front of him. There is no need to scrutinize verse by verse, there is no need to forcibly craft, and not deliberately demanding perfection is the most perfect, which is the real perfection.
The more than six-minute "Unparalleled in the World" was completed in one go, and when the long arpeggio of the left hand ended the most affectionate telling of this song, suddenly, the audience applauded thunderously, and everyone stood up and applauded for this song for a long time.
Zhuo Yang played a song "Unparalleled in the World" for Koukou, and the classical music bigwigs thought he was praising Chopin.
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"Zhuo Yang New Year's Concert - Chopin Forever", in "Concerto in E flat minorΒ· Moll, op. 11" ended with a magnificent composition, with a total of fourteen and a half pieces without flaws, including the "Sonata in B flat minor.35", which was only played half of the piece. Zhuo Yang's astonishing "Unparalleled in the World" made the most perfect footnote for the previous willful interruption of playing, and everyone no longer thought that he disrespected Chopin at this time, but because of the worship and admiration from the heart, there was an irrepressible desire to praise.
Taking advantage of last year's Chopin Gold Competition, many events were held in Warsaw to commemorate Chopin, and all of Chopin's poems were recited in praise of him, but today Zhuo Yang 'moved' to 'remember' this musical giant with his creation, which is also the first time in this series of commemorative activities.
What's more, the level of this "Unparalleled in the World" is so high, and the industry authorities present all praised it, praising its beauty, enthusiasm, elegance and magnificence. The rich and fiery emotions in the music were deeply moving, and the eclectic style of the music was majestic and uninhibited, and Zhuo Yang's exploration and experimentation of the new style amazed the sages present.
The bigwigs praised one after another, and Bita Belinska, a beautiful piano upstart who was once known as 'the opponent of Zhuo Yang's life', was convinced to him in person, speaking of which, this is the first official contact between Zhuo Yang and her, and after so many years of competition, the two have not even spoken a sentence before. The Austrian young pianist Gustav Zweig, who won the second prize in the "Golden Chopin Competition" last October, also expressed his sincere admiration to Zhuo Yang.
The withdrawal of Bita Belinska and Zhuo Yang did not affect the quality of the competition, but on the contrary, compared with the regular competition held every five years in a normal year, the overall standard of the participants was slightly higher, and the significance of the golden competition attracted young masters from all over the world.
However, perhaps Zhuo Yang and Belinska have whetted the industry's appetite and raised the upper limit of people's expectations, so despite being excellent, even if it is prosperous, the judges always feel that there is a fly in the ointment.
After the preliminaries, semi-finals, and promotion rounds, the six finalists stood out, but after a wonderful competition, the regretful judges finally decided that the first gold medal was vacant. Chopin has a unique tradition that if it is felt that all the participants are not up to that level, the champion will be vacant instead of being replaced. Sometimes there is a first place and there is no second place, and the same is true.
If you look at it horizontally, Gustav Zweig, the second place in this golden competition, can sit on the top spot in the previous edition, and he is already one of the best young generations in Austria in recent years. The brother graduated a few years ago from the Salzburg Conservatory, where Carl Norman was the director.
It's a pity that Gustav Zweig 'relegated' to the runner-up.
After the performance, Mr. Anthony Witt, Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra (Warsaw Philharmonic), Prime Minister of the Warsaw Music Association and internationally renowned conductor, convened an emergency meeting of the members of the Warsaw Music Society and the judges of last year's Golden Chopin International Piano Competition.
On January 2, 2009, the Warsaw Music Association announced that it would award Zhuo Yang the first prize that was vacant in last year's "Golden Competition", and at the same time awarded Zhuo Yang the "Chopin Medal".
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