Grand Theater of Genoa.

When the contestants played the repertoire, the audience listened quietly.

When the contestants finished their performances and the judges began to score, the audience began to whisper.

After all, it's a competition, and the audience always likes to comment on which player performs well, which player has a high rating, and which player has a low rating.

After Chen Wenhan played Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, the audience generally felt that his performance was very good.

However, the grading criteria of the Paganini International Violin Competition have always been the strictest among major international competitions, so although Chen Wenhan's score is high, it is not up to the score of the gold medal.

Chen's mother was a little disappointed, but at least for now, her son was the player with the highest score in the competition.

If you can't win the gold medal, you can still win the first place in this competition.

Followed by.

The fourth player came on the court and had a final rating of 90.12 points, which was lower than Chen's rating.

Soon, it was time for the fifth player, Patrick Pate, to take the field.

Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, one of Paganini's most famous pieces is played by violinists.

Patrick Pate is really at a high level, he has done the best on the technical level, and he has started to pursue a higher level.

Chen's mother also won awards in international violin competitions when she was young, and her violin level is very high, so when she hears Patrick Pate's performance, she knows that it is extraordinary.

She started to get nervous, knowing that the Austrian was her son's fierce rival.

After Patrick Pate finished playing, Chen's mother began to get nervous.

Because in her feelings, Patrick Pate performed as well as her son in this game.

She worries that this is because of the family filter, which caused her to make a mistake in judgment.

She turned her head and asked Lu Mu: "What do you think of this Austrian player's performance?" ”

Lu Mu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

Although Lu's mother has a certain ability to appreciate music, she can't reach the professional level, so she can only follow Chen's mother's words and say: "It sounds okay, but I'm not a professional, and I don't know what the level is." ”

In the whispered discussion of the audience.

The judges gave the final score of 95.07 points.

As soon as this score came out, Chen's mother was stunned.

Because this rating is 0.47 points higher than her son's 94.60 points.

There are not many high scores, which means that the difference between the two is actually not large.

After all, the score is related to the subjective feelings of the judges, and the difference is a few tenths of a point, which really can't prove anything.

However, Patrick Pate's score of 95.07 reached the score line for the gold medal of the Paganini Competition.

This means that the gold medal at this year's Paganini International Violin Competition will not be vacant.

What Chen Wenhan couldn't get, Patrick Pate got it.

Mother Chen's expression sank, and her mood was very complicated.

Mother Lu on the side suddenly stiffened there, not daring to speak, nor daring to look at Mother Chen.

At this time, the more comforting it is, the more unsuitable it is, and the two are not that familiar.

Immediately after that, the sixth player appeared.

The order in which Lu Xiang'er drew was No. 6.

After the judges' rating of Patrick Pate, the live accompaniment orchestra began to leave.

A new symphony orchestra takes on the stage and begins to tune the instruments.

When the audience saw the change of the accompaniment orchestra, they all expressed their doubts.

Under normal circumstances, in order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the accompanying symphony orchestra is hired by the organizer.

Most of the people who come to see the Paganini International Violin Competition are from symphonic circles.

So there are spectators who know the rules of the game and explain them to the people next to them.

The orchestra in charge of the accompaniment of the Paganini International Violin Competition is indeed hired by the organizers of the competition, but there is a special situation where the symphony orchestra can be replaced.

That's when the orchestra hired by the organizers can't complete the accompaniment.

In fact, this is rarely the case.

After all, the repertoire chosen by the contestants is usually world-famous songs, and it is impossible for a well-known symphony orchestra not to play them.

The repertoire submitted by Lu Xianger this time is more special.

The symphony orchestra hired by the organizer cannot perform accompaniment.

Therefore, this rule was introduced in the competition, and the contestants were free to arrange the accompanying symphony orchestra.

This rule, at first glance, seems to have a loophole to exploit.

If you have enough financial resources, you can hire the world's top symphony orchestra to accompany you, and the effect will definitely be better.

But there is a premise that the contestant must choose a new violin piece in order to use this rule.

However, it is impossible to beat the world's famous music by choosing a new violin piece.

Therefore, no player has ever relied on this rule to get a good result.

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The First Symphony Orchestra of Tokai Conservatory of Music appeared.

Most of the musicians use their own instruments, but some instruments are not allowed to be brought with them.

For example, the piano cannot be brought from the East China Sea.

Therefore, after Fang Xing appeared on the stage, he sat down in front of the piano, played a set of arpeggios, and then began to fine-tune the piano.

Mother Chen frowned when she saw that the symphony orchestra had been replaced on the spot, looked at Mother Lu, and asked, "Mrs. Lu, isn't the daughter of your family the next one to appear?" ”

Lu Mu nodded and replied, "Yes, it will be Xiaoxiang's performance later." ”

Chen's mother pointed to the symphony orchestra on the stage, which was even more tuning: "What's going on?" ”

"Well, this is Dongyin's symphony orchestra, and they came with us to help Xiaoxiang accompaniment." Lu Mu explained casually.

Mother Chen subconsciously felt that the Lu family was making small moves.

However, she glanced around and found that this symphony was all black hair and black eyes, and it was not a world-famous symphony orchestra.

Changing the orchestra does not have a big impact on the competition, and may even have a negative impact.

In fact.

The judges of the competition are very professional, and when grading, they pay more attention to the performance of the main instrument, the violin.

If the contestants don't play the violin well, it's the same for any symphony orchestra accompaniment.

After the orchestra adjusted its instruments, the orchestra's conductor, Ho Siu-lam, told the organizers that it was time to start.

The host read out Lu Xianger's name and invited her to appear.

Lu Xiang'er, dressed in a beige evening dress, stepped onto the stage, bowed to the audience, the judges and the orchestra respectively, and then glanced at Fang Xing.

Fang Xing smiled slightly, giving her an encouraging look.

Lu Xiang'er took a deep breath, looked at Professor He Zhaolin, and nodded to indicate that she could start.

He Zhaolin picked up the baton and hit it in the direction of the piano.

Fang Xing pressed the piano keys and played first.

Since the rehearsal time of the symphony orchestra is relatively short, the most important part of the accompaniment is done by the piano.

The melodious sound of the piano reverberates in the Grand Teatro of Genoa.

The vast and melodious piano sound, in front of the audience, played a picture of blue sky and white clouds, grass and warblers flying.

Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiang'er's violin began to join.

The appearance of a "lark" suddenly made the music more vivid.

Subsequently, the addition of cellos and double basses immediately enriched the whole piece.

The audience at the scene is from the music circle, and they have heard most of the world's famous songs, but they have not heard this song.

However, the quality of the audience was very high, and although they were puzzled by this song, they did not talk out loud, but listened with a slight frown.

They don't know where this piece came from, or who wrote it.

But the musical literacy is there, and the audience at the scene can hear that the extraordinaryness of this piece definitely belongs to the level of a famous song.

Lu Mu heard the melodious and tactful sound of the piano, and a surging smile appeared on her face.

She accompanied her daughter to participate in the competition this time, not to win any awards.

For her, her daughter can come to participate in the semi-finals, which is already a success, so the psychological burden is not so heavy.

Therefore, she was very happy to hear the sound of her daughter's piano, and it sounded very pleasant.

Chen's mother on the side reacted a little wrong.

The moment she heard the beginning of this song, she turned her head to look at Lu Mu, and wanted to ask a question, but the words stopped when they came to her mouth.

Because, this song, she is very familiar with it.

Chen Wenhan once played this song at home and gave it to the Chen family.

The Chen family was very satisfied with this song, so they had the idea of wanting to buy it.

It's just that at that time, Chen Wenhan only said who composed this piece, and did not say who this piece had been played for.

Therefore, Chen's mother never knew that this "Skylark" was Lu Xianger's repertoire.

She was very puzzled in her heart and wanted to question Lu Mu, but now it was time for the contestants to compete.

As a violinist, she still has this quality, so she can only hold back.

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on stage.

Lu Xiang'er continued to play, the violin bowstring became faster and faster, especially the trills of the E string, as if a group of "larks" made the loudest chirp on the night of the rainstorm.

The sound is pleasant to the ear and incomparably vivid.

The audience at the scene seemed to really hear the chirping of the "lark", and they all raised their eyebrows and showed surprised expressions.

Not only the audience, but also the judges on the judges' bench showed a surprised expression.

Some of the judges even looked at each other and expressed their surprise at hearing this unique violin piece.

Of course, there are also judges who don't like it.

Because to enter the competition with a new piece and change the orchestra with the accompaniment, it is not suitable for some of the more old-fashioned judges.

However, in most international competitions, it is not forbidden for players to choose new repertoire to participate.

Because the development of art needs to move forward slowly.

It is impossible to stay in the wheel of history forever, and once the violin can no longer be improved, it means that the instrument has no future.

Therefore, the International Violin Competition is to allow the selection of new pieces and encourage artistic progress.

The technical difficulty of "Skylark" is very high, and Lu Xianger relied on talent and hard work to win this piece solidly.

Fang Xing's piano accompaniment is just right.

In fact, when Lu Xianger played "Skylark", it was not without shortcomings.

However, that's not entirely Lu Xiang'er's problem.

Because the violin is a bowed string instrument.

Bowed string instruments have a unique timbre and also have a unique pulling technique.

Since there is only one bow, some melodies cannot be played.

Not just the violin, many instruments have similar characteristics.

It's not just a melody that can be played on a single instrument.

For example, if the scale jumps are particularly exaggerated, the violin is very difficult to play.

Therefore, occasionally there will be violinists who complain that they don't understand violin composers, and make up scores that people can't play.

One of the reasons why Paganini is a master violin is that he has created many surprising playing techniques.

And these performance techniques are included in his 24 capriccios.

Some of these playing techniques are simply hard to surprise beginners.

Lu Xiang'er's performance was already very good, and Fang Xing used the piano to help her make up for the remaining little lacks.

makes the whole "Skylark" melodious and almost perfect.

The light and agile sound of the piano seems to have thousands of birds chirping.

The audience at the scene went from surprise at the beginning, to surprise, to enjoyment.

The more musically literate the audience, the more they can hear the power of this song.

in the audience.

Chen's mother's face was cloudy.

She had heard this piece, but only Chen Wenhan's solo.

Moreover, Chen Wenhan had only practiced a few times at that time, so the time he played in front of his elders, the effect was average.

Now Lu Xianger's performance, accompanied by the orchestra, has improved too much.

The more Chen's mother listened, the more complicated her feelings became.

Because she was already sure that this piece definitely had a chance to become a masterpiece.

At that time, Chen Lipeng said that he couldn't buy this song, and Chen's mother felt that if she couldn't buy it, forget it, and now she began to regret it.

This piece is priceless at all.

As long as you can win this song, it's worth the price.

It's just that there is no point in thinking about it now.

The performance continues.

The sound of the violin is like a lark in the sky, and the sound of the piano is like a cloud under the blue sky, reflecting each other, producing a sense of hearing that begins with technology but is higher than technology.

The seven judges on the judges' bench involuntarily began to nod their heads, showing expressions of admiration.

Even the old antique judge thought that the contestant who used the new tune was too avant-garde, but he still recognized in his heart that the piece was indeed very good.

It ends with the last melody playing.

Fang Xing withdrew his hands from the piano, tilted his head and slowly exhaled.

In this part of the performance, Fang Xing also exerted all his strength, wandering in the sea of piano sounds, both happy and tired.

Lu Xiang'er also felt similarly, her fast performance technique consumed a lot of her physical strength, and after the performance, she gasped slightly, bowed to the audience, judges, and orchestra to thank her.

At the end of the performance, the Dongyin No. 1 Symphony Orchestra began to slowly leave the stage.

Seven judges began to score.

Because of this contestant, the song he participated in was a piece that he had never heard before, so it was more difficult to score than the other contestants.

The slightly old-fashioned judge, with a serious expression on his face, considered for a moment, and finally scored 80 points.

The scoring rule for the Paganini International Violin Competition is that the maximum score is 100 points, but the minimum score is not 0, but 70 points.

In other words, 80 points is an extremely low score, and it also represents the attitude of this judge.

If it weren't for the fact that the quality of this "Skylark" is really good, he would even give the lowest score of 70 points.

However, there are also avant-garde judges who liked this violin piece very much and scored very highly.

When grading, the judges are not allowed to communicate with each other.

The seven judges finished scoring, removing the highest score and the lowest score, and finally counted the average score.

The score was announced, 95.16 points.

As soon as this score came out, the audience suddenly made an uproar.

Because this score has surpassed Patrick Pate and has become the highest score now.

The two mothers in the audience were stunned at the same time.

One is that they want ecstasy, but they are worried that the score will be wrong.

One is that he has mixed feelings in his heart, and his expression is about to be unbearable.