The piano trial before the competition is a stage for all players to play freely.

You don't have any time to experiment with the piano, but here, you can experiment without worrying about anything else.

This is the perfect place for all the players to test the field before the competition.

Everyone came to the concert hall in turn according to the reservation given by the organizing committee, and the four pianos were opened and placed on the stage perfectly.

Each piano is a particularly pure black color, incomparably elegant and sexy.

The smooth black paint makes you feel the elegance and dignity of those pianos when you look at them.

In fact, each of these four pianos is indeed as they see it, incomparably noble.

The price of each unit is nearly 2 million yuan.

Those are all basic, the most basic manual pianos.

The four pianos on the stage now are all hand-built by the top luthiers of various piano companies, except for the most basic structure, every detail has been polished by those top masters and there are almost no flaws.

This kind of piano that is like a work of art cannot be bought directly and thrown into the concert hall like ordinary pianos, and then taken out when it is used, but will be transported when necessary, so as to reduce the time that these pianos are exposed to the outside as much as possible and reduce the risk of man-made damage.

After all, not to mention how much more expensive these artwork pianos can be compared to other ordinary pianos, at least ...... The four pianos on the stage together are still available for 10 million yuan.

Even if it is converted into dollars and euros, it is more than a million.

Incomparably expensive.

It may sound like nothing for the richest at the top, but you know...... A lot of pianists, especially those who haven't become famous, aren't really rich.

You can say that their family is rich, well-off and above, and can barely provide for an idler to study music.

But let them casually take out two million yuan to buy a piano on the stage, unless it is those rich second generations, no matter who they are, they will feel a little difficult.

But those rich second generations are ...... Who would have nothing to do with piano and still learn so deeply that they can become the world's top pianist?

Learning the piano is not a particularly fun thing, and it is not uncommon to practice for four or five hours a day, or even seven or eight, or ninety hours.

A person devotes most of his time to music, art, and has no time to think about other things.

If you are a rich second generation, and you are rich and free, isn't it better for you to use all this time to run around the world and pick up girls than if you stay at home all day and poke around at the piano? Want to be happy?

If you're a little stronger, it's probably better for you to learn something about other financial management than if you spend all your time on the piano.

So if you think about it, in fact, the vast majority of these players who come to participate in the competition can't afford to buy these pianos.

If they don't have the opportunity to become professional musicians in the future, they become professional pianists who tour the world.

So...... These top pianos on the stage are likely to be the best pianos they can touch in their lives.

That's why so many players are so excited to come over.

They ran to the stage as fast as they could, touching the pianos, feeling the trembling of each note among the strings, and the corners of their mouths raised wildly.

You'll only know if you've actually touched these top-of-the-line pianos...... What is a really good piano?

What is ...... called? Perfect acoustics!

The same is true for Fu Tune.

No matter where he came from before, he had never encountered such a top-notch piano.

Therefore, according to the schedule given by the organizing committee, when he came to the concert hall on time, there were already many people standing at the door.

And among all of them, there was one who he couldn't have thought of.

He Shen.

He Shen was holding a bottle of mineral water, and was standing at the door of the concert hall talking to people from other places, his expression was very serious, listening to what those people said, he nodded from time to time, and occasionally interjected a few words.

looked at He Shen's position, and then took a look at his appearance in the crowd.

Obviously, He Shen has gained a firm foothold in the piano world in the beautiful country.

When He Shen was about to continue chatting with others about the piano, his eyes suddenly noticed Fu Diao who was standing on the side, his eyes couldn't help but light up, he put the mineral water bottle in his hand on the table, walked towards Fu Diao quickly, hugged him suddenly, and his voice was extremely excited.

"Wow! Fu tune! I didn't expect to meet you in this place! I thought I might not have a chance to meet you until the main event. ”

He Shen squeezed Fu Diao's shoulders tightly with both hands, pursed his lips, and looked deeply.

"It's not easy, Fu Tune, it's really not easy, what is this? Is it a hometown acquaintance? Or do you see fellows? No, it's definitely not a fellow who sees a fellow, and a fellow who sees a fellow has to be stabbed in the back, this is called a hometown and an old acquaintance! Really...... It's not easy. ”

Fu Tiao looked at He Shen's extremely excited appearance, and couldn't help but be a little stunned, and said blankly: "Teacher He? You...... What are you doing here? ”

"Me?"

He Shen pointed to himself, and immediately turned around and pointed to the group of Western faces behind him.

The group of people behind him immediately smiled and waved at Fu Diao and He Shen.

"Of course I came with the school team, this is a world-class event, and there are some people in our school who are going to come and participate, so our school sent us as a teacher think tank, and I thought you were here, so I applied to come."

After that, He Shen patted Fu Diao's shoulder vigorously, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "Do you choose the piano today?" How many appearances did you make? ”

"I'm choosing the piano today" Fu tune is not clear, so: "I F, I chose B, so I was the first day, the second group, and the third place to play." ”

"It's not a great location, but it's not bad."

He Shen nodded thoughtfully, waved his hand to the group of people behind him, shouted at them, and told them that he was going to the concert hall first, and then pulled Fu Diao towards the concert hall.

"Anyway...... Are you coming to the contest alone? No one else? ”

"yes, I'm alone, what's wrong?" Fu was puzzled.

"There's a problem, and it's a big problem!" He Shen spread his hands helplessly, pointed to the other people in the concert hall, and said to Fu Tuo: "Look at the people around you and see if any of them came over to participate in the competition?" ”

Fu Diao heard He Shen's words and looked around.

Sure enough, as He Shen said, no one came alone in the concert hall.

At least, there are two people.

If there are many of them, a whole group comes to test the piano, just like in Formula 1, where a driver has a whole team behind him.

Fu Tiao's brows furrowed slightly, and he didn't understand why this was the case at all.

"Why are all of them two, and more than two?"

"The reason is simple, because you can't control this concert hall alone, or rather...... It's much more difficult for you to master this concert hall alone than it is for you to find a team to listen to. ”

He Shen took Fu Diao to the position of the staff in front of the concert hall, and after asking Fu Diao to follow the staff to register there, the two of them casually found a place to sit down and waited for the end of the test of the player in front of them.

He Shen patted Fu Diao's shoulder, pointed to the contestant in front, and then pointed to the position of the high platform behind, which is where the judges are later, and said softly.

"Look behind you, do you see it? Those in the first row of the high platform? ”

"I saw ......," Fu Tiao nodded.

"Not to mention other places, at the very least, you have to stand alone in that position to listen, you must know that although the Chopin International Piano Competition is played for everyone, it is the judges in the audience who will give you the final score, and they are the ones who ultimately decide your results."

He Shen said very seriously.

If he hadn't come over to stop Fu Tune, then Fu Tune would most likely have started playing by now.

The competition didn't start on October 3rd, but at this time.

"So when you go on stage, you go find your favorite piano first, and if you can't find it, you can find it according to what I told you."

"You remember, Steinway represents the ultimate moderation, every one of his abilities is top-notch, there will be no deviation, if you can't find a piano you like, you choose Steinway, this is a choice that will never be wrong."

"Facioli represents the ultimate of the Italian piano, it is much better than other pianos in terms of sound transparency and spirituality, but correspondingly, if this piano is not mastered well, it will make your timbre too crisp and sharp, which makes people disgusted."

"The two pianos from Dongying, kawaii, as its name suggests, are a bit kawaii, or sweet, the sweetness on the touch, this sweetness does not bring a floating feeling like cream, but a heavy weight like a cake, which is very interesting."

"As for Yamaha, Yamaha has a different feeling, it's more of a feeling of lightness, somewhere between Fazioli and kawaii, and I can't say anything about it, it's actually more like a modification of Fazioli."

He Shen's words fell, and the player in front of him had already chosen his piano.

When the two of them were communicating just now, they didn't pay attention to the performance of the person on the stage.

After all, there is nothing to pay attention to, and not many people will play with their full strength when they test the piano, so as to give other players a deeper impression.

Most of them are the kind that can be withdrawn after a single bullet.

Among the few people who are more exceptional, the most prominent representative is Li Diyun.

He was outstanding in the selection of pianos for the first round of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

He walked straight to the stage, didn't do any preparations, found a piano he liked and started playing straight away.

He didn't play a short part like everyone else, but he took it very seriously as a concert and played the whole piece that he was going to play in the first round.

He didn't even choose the piano he wanted to use, just finished playing, turned his head and walked away without any stop.

Shan Yi chatted with him a little at that time, but it didn't seem to be much of a conversation?

He Shen watched the man finish playing, and immediately pulled Fu Tune to get up, patted him on the back, and said with a smile.

"Okay, you go on stage, I'll help you listen to the feeling, and I'll tell you later."

"Good!"

Fu Tiao nodded, and after signing his name on the staff, he walked to the stage and looked at the four pianos in deep thought.

A good piano is to them as a pianist is to a swordsman.

If you use a sword metaphor, Steinway is a sword that can't go wrong no matter how you use it.

Fazioli is a double-edged sword that is very lethal, but it is very likely to injure itself by mistake.

Kawaii is a bit similar to a thick sword, simple and without a blade, but it has a very strong power.

As for the Yamaha, it's actually a little bit more like a rapier, more flexible and smaller, and can play a little more.

Each piano has its own characteristics, which one do you need to choose?

At this moment, He Shen was already standing in the back judges' seat, and made a gesture to Fu Tuo on the stage.

It's a pity that Fu Diao didn't see it, he was still looking at the four pianos in front of him, and he couldn't help but groan.

He took the lead and walked to the kawaii on the very edge, pressed his hand on the kawaii's white and pure keyboard, and slowly pushed it.

Airplanes......

The piano sounded, and Fu Tune was slightly disappointed.

The sound of the piano wasn't what he wanted, but it was just a single note.

Fu Tiao didn't think much about it, sat on the piano bench, raised his hand, and slowly pressed it.

Airplanes!

Chopin's Etudes, OP10-1, Chant of Escape.

This piece is not a work of his choice, but is purely used as an experiment.

The scale ran quickly, but halfway through the run, Fu Tuo immediately raised his hand.

It doesn't feel right.

The feel of this piano is indeed very heavy, and there should be many people who like this kind of heaviness, but he doesn't like it.

It's a bit like the earth, or the feeling of earth.

It gives people the feeling of taking root and standing on the earth, but it is not comfortable enough.

Fu Tune shook his head and walked to the second piano.

Yamaha.

This time he used Chopin's Etude 10-5, which is the traditional black key.

This time he played a little longer, a whole page, but finally stopped.

It was too smooth, and he had a little bit of a feeling that he couldn't grasp the music, and even felt that the piano was moving forward with his own hands, rather than moving forward with himself.

Before he knew it, his fingers were already pressing.

This feeling made him even feel out of control.

As a pianist, when you are on stage, you must not allow any loss of control.

You can let your own hands follow your body muscles, but you have to know what you're playing that section.

What is now presented in front of Fu Tune is that his hands follow the muscles, his mind is still thinking about the content of the middle point of the first page, and his hands have already played to the end of the first page.

Some dexterous players may choose this piano, which will be very suitable for playing fast works.

But I ...... I don't like it.

Without any hesitation, Fu Tiao went straight to the third piano, Fazioli.

However, by the time he pressed the first note, his hand had stopped.

He didn't like the sound of this piano.

Too bright, too sharp, too psychic.

This piano is too difficult to navigate.

If the Yamaha just now may be regarded as the easiest piano to control, then this piano is definitely the most difficult piano to control among all the pianos played by Fu Tuo.

How difficult is it to navigate?

It's that Fu Tune knows very well that if this piano is played well, it can add points to his work, and it is not a score of one or two points.

Very typical high-risk, high-reward piano.

But Fu Tiao is also very sure that he can't control this piano.

His playing method and playing ideas are not in the same direction as this piano at all.

It can even be said that the opposite is true!

If he wants to play this piano, he must have been exposed to this piano from the beginning and know the piano very well before he can barely use this piano.

But the question is......

From Fu Tune's soberness to the present, plus the piano he encountered in the Haicheng Conservatory of Music before, he has not touched any Fazioli.

This piano is strong, but what's the use?

None of this has anything to do with him, he can only watch this piano show enough dazzling brilliance.

Fu Tune sighed slowly and looked at the last piano.

Seriously, he really didn't want to choose this piano.

Because what He Shen told him just now made Fu Diao a little prejudiced against this piano.

The ultimate mean, so doesn't it bring no brilliance at all?

If you listen to He Shen's words to choose, Fu Diao may not be able to look at this piano.

But now that the first three have been played, none of them meet Fu's expectations, and now only the last piano remains.

So he...... What else can be done?

Fu Tuo was a little helpless, so he could only walk to the last piano, pull the piano bench away, sit down, look at the keyboard in front of him and couldn't help but ponder, and then gently raised his hand and fell.

While......

Crisp, soft, just as the piano sound expected from the same tune slowly sounded from the piano.

Fu Diao's regretful gaze couldn't help but disappear, and what followed was doubt.

This piano is not as weak as He Shen said?

Fu Tiao couldn't help but turn his head and look at He Shen behind him, with a hint of inquiry.

But the distance was too far, and He Shen couldn't receive Fu Tuo's information at all.

Fu Tuo could only turn his gaze back, look at the piano in front of him, raise his hand again, and press it.

Airplanes......

The sound of the piano sounded in everyone's ears in a clear and soft state, and this sound made Fu Tiao can't help but close his eyes and let his attention be completely immersed in his feelings.

He couldn't help but laugh.

Yes, as He Shen said, this piano is not a particularly good piano, and you can even say that this piano does not have any bright spots.

But......

The lack of any bright spots is the only drawback of this piano.

There is no problem with what He Shen said, the ultimate moderation, which brings the ultimate balance.

There are no drawbacks!

Steinway doesn't have the hard-to-control properties of Fazioli, but it has a slight edge of clarity that Fazioli has.

The Steinway doesn't have the overly fast nature of the Yamaha, but it has a handling that is only a little inferior to the Yamaha.

Steinway also doesn't have the heaviness of kawaii, but it has a depth that is only a little less than kawaii.

There is no characteristic, but it is the biggest characteristic of this piano.

He embraces all things like the sea, so that every kind of music can show its most perfect expression through it.

At this time...... Is the ultimate moderation still important?

Obviously, for Fu Tune, it doesn't matter anymore.

After all, this piano was not tailor-made for him, but he had found the one that was most suitable for him among the four pianos in front of him!

I have a concert on the 23rd, and the 24th should probably ...... Can it be more than 10,000? Not sure, but I try.

In addition, I want to take a break in April, I have to go back to China, and there is no way to update so much, it should be about 5k words a day, and it is more likely to be May if it continues to explode.

(End of chapter)