There was a great silence around, waiting for the host's next words.

The host didn't stay long, she picked up the teleprompter in her hand, nodded slightly to everyone, and read it very seriously.

"Thank you to all the judges who were able to be here today, first of all, the first judge, Dmitri Alexeev"

This is the judge***, so he was read out by the first one, accompanied by applause, he got up with a smile, bowed slightly to the crowd and sat down.

"Marta Argerich!"

Argerich's name was read out by the host, and the applause instantly became more enthusiastic, Argerich got up slowly, barely squeezed out a smile around her, bowed and nodded slightly, and when she returned to her seat, her expression immediately became extremely flat, rubbing her fingers, as if she was not interested in anything, bored with the Chopin International Piano Competition.

But...... Based on the last time Fu had contact with Argerich, Argerich is more likely to be thinking about something unrelated to the game, such as ...... What to eat tonight? Do you want to ask a guy out for dinner, or think about whether you have been practicing recently?

After the host waited for Argerich to sit down, he continued to read the list of judges for the next judge.

"Tarzan Deng!"

The old Asian man sitting next to Argerich stood up with a smile on his face and seemed to be very kind, waved to the crowd, bowed, and sat down.

A very clear distinction is formed with Argerich.

Fu Tiao noticed very obviously that Argerich didn't seem to be interested in the Deng Taishan next to her, and she didn't even look at Deng Taishan.

It is a very obvious contrast to the other judges who chatted when they had nothing to do.

Deng Taishan sat down, and the names of the other judges were said by the host on the stage in order, and she reported the first row first, and then the second row in order.

Merely...... Li Diyun in the first row did not enjoy this honor, and after reading everyone who excluded him in the first row, the host did not report his name, but first reported the name of the second row.

After all the judges in the second row were reported, Li Diyun's name appeared in the host's mouth.

"The last judge, Diyun Lee!"

Wow!

The applause rang out again, and Li Diyun immediately got up with a smile, put his arm in front of his abdomen, and bowed slightly to all the judges and the audience around him.

Extremely elegant.

It's just that because he is too young and has no qualifications, he was placed at the last of all the judges' lists, which caused some people to look at him a little strangely.

Li Diyun didn't mind those eyes at all, he got up and rearranged the clothes on his body, sat on the chair, picked up the list form in front of him, and looked at the host very seriously.

The judges' report ended, and it was already 9:55 at this moment, and the host changed the teleprompter in his hand to a page, and whispered to everyone.

"Now, I would like to invite the first contestant, a ...... from Poland Bies！ Judges, please note that his contestant number is 3 and his piano choice is Yamaha CFX"

His repertoire: Nocturne in B major, Op 9, No3

Etude in F major, OP10, No8

Etude in A flat major, Op 10, No10

Ballade in F major, OP38"

The host walked off the stage, and the scene was extremely silent, waiting for the first contestant to take the stage.

At this moment, the broadcast of the Chopin International Piano Competition has begun.

Fao, an Up master who criticized Huaguo piano education before, after the video and live broadcast of his scolding Huaguo piano education became popular a few days ago, more and more people began to pay attention to him, hoping to hear something different from his mouth.

Fao didn't refuse, he wanted to watch the game himself anyway, and he especially liked sharp comments, since those people wanted to watch it, then he would open a live broadcast for them to watch.

When Fao opened the video, the introduction of the judges of the Chopin International Piano Competition had all ended, and he did not see many familiar faces, but at first glance he saw Li Diyun, Argerich, and Deng Taishan.

But before he could introduce the three men to his audience, the video was removed and Bies' bio appeared on the screen.

"Hmm...... Before this game, there seems to be a personal question and answer of the players who didn't look at it.,It should be all the players in the first game of the first day.,The main thing to watch in this game is Zhao Chengzhen.,The other players are not particularly important.,But this Bies is the first player to be pulled out of the game.,This still has to be seen.。 ”

Fao was lying on his back in his chair, clasping his feet as he watched the game, his expression extremely relaxed.

"As for this Bies, I personally feel that he should be eliminated in the first round, after all, he is the first contestant, and all the judges are very strict, but ...... Who knows how strong this person is, maybe this person suddenly exploded, and he had an epiphany in one night, no one can say who is this? ”

"Oh, this place is his profile, born on June 9, 1995, graduated from the Katowice Conservatory...... I remember if there was an esports tournament that seemed to be in Katowice as well? Forget it, no matter, it's not a big conservatory, don't care, huh? Wait, something is wrong? This person...... Seems like something? The awards he won before the competition were the 2013 Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw, and the Rubinstein Young Pianist Competition. ”

Before Fao could finish speaking, Bies appeared on the screen, standing in a black suit under the side passage of the concert hall, shrugging his shoulders to make himself as relaxed as possible.

This is the Chopin International Piano Competition, not the regional competition he has participated in, or the Rubinstein Young Pianists Competition.

So......

He has to play perfectly!

He gently pinched the button in front of his throat to calm his emotions a bit, smiled at the camera next to him, and then looked back at the steps in front of him.

Although he was very relaxed, even in the pre-match interviews of the previous match, he showed that he was very relaxed, and he had an imposing momentum for the game.

But anyone could tell that he was starting to get nervous.

When he really faced the stage, in front of so many top judges, he really started to get nervous.

"Bies, come on stage!"

"Okay!"

"Come on!"

The staff nodded slightly at him, and Bies immediately jumped lightly in place to soothe his emotions, and after a few leaps on the stage, he walked to the center of the stage, smiled and nodded to everyone, sat down in front of the piano, unbuttoned the front of his abdomen, and let his suit loose.

No one spoke, and the whole concert hall was incredibly quiet.

This silence gradually turned into silence, and then to dead silence, which made people feel a little chill and horror.

It's as if you're the only one left in this world, and all the pressure comes to you.

This game is not about you fighting with others, but about fighting yourself.

Fight against negative emotions such as worries, fears, and fears in your heart.

Bies' lips pursed, he lifted his hand up, took a deep breath, shook it slightly in the air, and landed on the piano with a sound as soft as possible.

While......

A soft voice sounded, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

The sound of the piano was very beautiful, and as he thought, as the first note of the first group of the first group, he did not destroy the forced character of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

His playing ...... Very comfortable.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but lift, allowing his body to lean forward slightly, allowing more of his own weight to press on his arms.

Let your body drive the music, not the music drive the body.

The mood is soft, light and elegant.

There is a hint of humor in the semitones, like the windy and snowy night of the aristocratic night.

This feeling envelops the whole piece, which continues to be accompanied by the performance of Bies.

This music is not purely Chopin, but with a little bit of Bies' own characteristics in it, and there is a clear Polish flavor in his music.

This feeling immediately made one or two of the judges nod slightly, with serious expressions.

It's just that Fao, who was in the live broadcast room, couldn't help but shake his head.

"Sure enough, the first one is not good, his music is a little tight, and his pressure begins to transfer to the audience, so that when they listen to it, they are not completely relaxed, but with a little tangled in it."

"But this is not up to the standard of deductions, and now I can only say that his playing is not so perfect, I don't like it very much...... Oh yes, and the contrast in his music is not particularly clear, I don't know how he does this comparison, it always feels different from what I thought. ”

"Oh, I'll go, why did he do a tapestry in this place? I don't understand this place, huh? This place seems to be a little interesting? No, although his treatment of this place is interesting, it has no meaning at all, I can't hear what he wants to express in music, as if it is just for the sake of processing? ”

"Although I didn't understand what he did in that place just now, but looking at his expression, he seems to have really entered the play, he is immersed in his music and can't extricate himself, and the Polish meaning in his music is also very strong, after all, he is a pianist in his own country, as the first pianist in Poland, his performance is actually okay."

"Forget it, listen first, and then talk about it when you're done."

With that, he shut up the microphone.

The music flowed slowly, and it wasn't until the first nocturne was over that Fao reopened the mic and shook his head at the crowd.

"Nope."

After that, he directly paused the live broadcast, and did not continue to listen to the back, but said directly.

"There's so much in his music that there's not a little bit of his own stuff in it, it doesn't sound interesting at all, how can I put it...... No surprises, understand? There's no surprise in his music, and when you hear his opening note, you know what he's going to do next. ”

"Oh no, I was wrong, he didn't have no surprises, he gave me a big surprise before, he had a very inexplicable gradual processing before, I don't understand this place at all, I don't know what he thinks at all, so he is not as I just said, there are no surprises at all, it's just that the position of his surprise is not particularly suitable."

"Overall, if there is no accident in the first player, he will have an accident, not in music, but in the competition, and he will most likely be eliminated directly and will not have a chance to enter the second round."

"No merit is actually a relatively safe way to play for ordinary or excellent players, but the problem is ...... This player called Bies is the first to play, everyone else can be conservative, but he definitely can't be conservative, conservative, that's his biggest problem! ”

In fact, as Fao said, conservatism is the Bies' biggest problem.

The first piece is not very clear, and there is still a little bit of a blur, but when the second piece starts to play the etudes, this feature becomes more obvious.

No, it's not obvious, it's ...... Obviously too much.

Ordinary people, compared to ordinary people's performances, it can be regarded as the level of a great god, but compared to other players, he is really not enough to watch.

The Chopin International Piano Competition does need a player who is more in line with Chopin's sense to play, but it is definitely not what he is now.

His music includes Chopin and himself, but neither of them is clear enough, as if they came down from an assembly line, adding a little bit of their own stuff to it.

It wasn't until the end of the first contestant's performance that Fao breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Bies, this player, he ...... There should be no follow-up opportunities, he should be a round of Chopin International Piano Competition, but he is still young now, maybe in five years, he will have the opportunity to participate in the second Chopin International Piano Competition, but at least, he has no chance this year. ”

With that, Fao directly drew a cross for the first player.

Not only Fao, but people in many other places have drawn a cross for Bies.

Only a small percentage of people drew a triangle for him, indicating that it was pending, and few people were willing to give him a circle affirmation.

After all, it is now very obvious that his level is not bright enough, and there is no way to attract those judges.

The first contestant ended with no success.

The second contestant appeared, and his performance was a little worse than that of the first Bies, which suddenly made the eyes of many people who felt that Bies could be determined, and felt that Bies might be able to enter the second round.

But the result was obvious, and by the time the third contestant came out, that person was far superior to this Bies, whether it was Chopin in music or his own personal ideas, and that person was even Polish.

If the third place is not enough to prove anything, the fourth place, the fifth player, the performance of the two of them is even more provative.

That's how Bies plays, it's really not perfect, it's not good enough.

Now this Bies player may really die.

At the end of the fifth place, there was an intermission, and some people went out for a walk, and did not come back until the end of the sixth place performance.

Fu Tiao and Yu Tianyou found an empty seat and sat down, looked at the seventh player on the stage, and shook their heads silently.

Yu Tianyou looked at the Russian player on the stage and couldn't help but sigh twice.

"The seventh contestant is not as good as the sixth, it is about the same as the second one, if it is calculated according to the elimination of half, he is likely to be the one who will be eliminated, their performance is not even worthy of the score that makes the judges quarrel, it is obvious that they are the ones who are going to be eliminated, you look at the two people in the judges' seat, Argerich and Deng Taishan, they don't care about these players in front of them at all!"

"Well, that's true."

Fu Diao also nodded slightly, glanced at Li Diyun who was sitting in the corner of the judges, and then glanced at the other judges around him, he suddenly noticed He Shen sitting in the delegation of beautiful countries not far behind the judges, his eyes couldn't help but light up, and then a little dim.

He has a lot of ideas to say now, but unfortunately it is not suitable to go to He Shen to discuss the competition, at least he needs to wait for the end of the first round on the first day.

That is, it is necessary to wait until the last player, the eighth player, and the player in the spotlight of the day are finished, and then it is easy to discuss.

He rubbed his chin, looked at the contestants who had already played the ballade on the stage, and said casually: "But I'm more curious about Li Diyun, which faction does he belong to?" ”

"Li Diyun?" Yu Tianyou also looked at Li Diyun, looking at him holding a large number of manuals and honestly writing the contents, and hesitated: "It should be self-sent, right?" After all, Li Diyun came out of the self-pie, and since him, there have not been many players with such special egos in the Chopin International Piano Competition. ”

"But his voice seems to be very weak."

"No matter how weak the voice is, he is also a judge of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and his score to the contestants will not be reduced because of his weak voice power, or it will not be counted directly."

"Hmmm......"

Fu Tuo gave up listening to the performance of the seventh contestant on the stage, the seventh contestant had already had problems playing, and there was no point in listening to it again at this time, she was already doomed to be eliminated.

But the next one to appear on the stage is the highlight of today's Chopin International Piano Competition!

Cho Sung-jin from South Korea, the inheritor of the French music school.

What kind of music does he play?

Fu Tiao's incomparable expectations, Yu Tianyou's incomparable expectations.

Some of the judges on the jury bench were a little curious.

And the group of people watching the game through the live broadcast from afar, especially the viewers of Hwakook, Dongying, and South Korea.

All of them are very much looking forward to the appearance of the eighth player, Cho Sung-jin.

After the last voice of the seventh contestant fell, she got up and bowed off the stage, and the host walked to the stage and spoke to everyone.

"The eighth player, South Korea, Cho Sung-jin, player number: 10, his piano choice is: Steinway!"

Selected works: Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1

Etude in A-flat major, Op. 10, No. 10

Etude in C major, Op. 10 No. 1

Fantasia in F minor, Op. 49”

(End of chapter)