Chapter 118: The Extreme of the Self
Fu Tuo's gaze rested on the piano in front of him very gently, his fingers gently drifted over the piano, and the notes followed the trajectory of his hand, slowly drifting in the air.
Cho Sung-jin's last piece was a Chopin scherzo with a very strong rhythmic nature, and it stands to reason that Cho Sung-jin's music should be more likely to impress the people in the concert hall.
But actually......
At the beginning of Fu Tune's music, the moment the notes fluttered in his hand, the slightly impatient mood in everyone's hearts was instantly soothed, and there was no longer any trace of anxiety, just calm, with a slight sadness in the calm.
It is hidden in the deepest part of your heart, gently hooked with feathers, not strong, but the feeling brought by this piece is extremely emotional.
It's like one day in the future, you bid farewell to your parents and returned home peacefully, obviously very uncomfortable and sad in your heart, but inexplicably you just can't cry, you even wonder if you are too cold-blooded, obviously your parents have left, but why can't you cry so sadly like in movies and television?
You live like this, but one day, when the breeze blows through the curtains, and you come home, there is no bed that your mother folds every day, only a mess, and you suddenly realize that they are no longer there.
Open the refrigerator, the food in the refrigerator has not been replenished for a long time, and the ice milk you used to drink every day has disappeared into the refrigerator, even if they tell you every day that the cold is not good, but you just like it, you can't hear the nagging in your ears, and you suddenly realize that they are no longer there.
You go to the kiosk at the door and buy a glass of cold milk, go home and lie on the sofa and sip it slowly, feeling the cold in your stomach, and then you realize that they are no longer there.
Working late, stretching and getting ready to rest, but without the hot water and fruit bowl that your parents prepared for you when they got up in the middle of the night, you suddenly realize that they are no longer there.
Grief does not come to you like a mountain, but in life, inadvertently, very gently float through the saddest part of your heart.
Fu Tune's music, just like the sadness that floated through everyone's hearts, directly erased the last trace of excitement that Zhao Chengzhen left for Fu Tune before, leaving only sadness, the sadness of being alone in the room in a daze.
The people under the stage, there are very few young people, most of them are middle-aged and elderly people who start at the age of forty, and the sadness in their hearts is far greater than that of young people who have not yet experienced the world, and they can't help but be stunned the moment they hear Fu tune's music.
They seem to feel the blood in their bodies flowing back from their fingertips, their bodies are cold, emotions rippling in their hearts, and they knead the softest part of their hearts at will.
Grief begins at a small source, grows rapidly as Fu tunes are played, and finally merge into the sea.
Some elderly people who have a deep empathy for music, the corners of their eyes have been soaked without even knowing when, and tears are slowly flowing.
They listened to a lot of works, and the ones that made them cry, empathetic to such an extent, were so rare that they were almost impossible to see.
When was the last time you heard a piece of classical music that brought you tears instead of looking for empathy because you were in the middle of something?
Some people have forgotten a little.
They rarely hear this kind of music that is obviously in a very good mood, but when they hear a piece of music, which can instantly inspire a touch of sadness in their hearts, and most of the tears are when they are in a bad mood, and when they hear a special music, they suddenly start to cry sadly.
This kind of performance is very rare.
But......
Fu's music is not just sad and makes people cry.
His music carries a force, obviously so sad, but there is always an inexplicable emotion that supports them, so that their emotions do not collapse.
It's so sad, but it's so gentle.
Some of them even feel like they are returning to their childhood, to the time when their parents have not left, to their parents, to crying bitterly by their parents' side, grateful for the incomparably precious loss and regain.
The parents looked busy with the work in hand, but they were suddenly hugged by their own children, and they patted the child's head helplessly and comforted them softly.
The slightly hot light above their heads is like the warm palm of their parents, brushing away the sadness in their hearts and calming their mood.
Full of sad philosophical thoughts, simple and meditative, Mazurka with great goodness in his heart.
Incomparably mature, incomparably moving.
This is the difference between a top pianist and an average player.
Obviously, everyone has the same sound, and even everyone can't make mistakes, but the works played by these top pianists are better than theirs, better than theirs, and more moving than theirs.
That's the details!
The details in the Fu tune music directly shattered the psychological defenses of some of the judges at this moment, and they never imagined that a mazurka could be played to such an extent.
Shan Yi sat on his recliner, his body didn't know when he had sat up straight, staring at the screen in front of him, his expression extremely serious.
Although he had been listening to Li Diyun praise Fu tune before, and listening to other people praise Fu tune, he also arranged a recommendation for Fu tune, but he didn't pay enough attention to it.
After all, what if you can win the Chopin International Piano Competition? Didn't he teach them all first, fourth?
He even taught Van Cliburn's champions, and championships were not uncommon in his place.
And it's not that he hasn't heard Fu tune play before, although the performance is okay, he is constantly improving, and it looks like the progress is not bad, but after all, he is still a student, and he has not grown into a real pianist.
But when he really heard the music of Fu Tune, he felt that his understanding of Fu Tune was insufficient.
Fu Diao's impression on his side at this moment has completely transformed!
He is no longer an ordinary piano student, but a top pianist in the true sense of the word, with an incomparably broad future!
His originally slightly drifting eyes gradually contracted, locked tightly on Fu Diao's body, and his body began to become tense.
The brain began to spin rapidly, thinking about everything in the music and the playing of Fu tunes.
I don't know when someone will sit next to him, and the old wife, who was already going to sleep, suddenly came back, and her eyes were also staring at Fu Tuo in front of her, and said softly.
"It's amazing."
"Well, it's amazing."
"The details in his music are very well done, and I really like the detail in his music, which is Chopin's mazurka at the beginning, and his use of some dissonant intervals is amazing! In particular, the direction of the music harmony is very clear! β
The wife spoke quickly, and her whole person was much more energetic, and her brain also began to spin rapidly.
She was born in harmony, so she is very sensitive to harmony, she can clearly grasp the context between harmony, clarify the relationship between harmony, and care about the sound of harmony.
"Fu tune plays with a strong sense of logic, each of his voices has its own timbre of each part, there is no place to fool the past, this strength is really strong and terrible, I have been teaching for so many years, I have never heard a student be able to separate all the sounds in the music, and play it without being confused at all."
"So you're a student, and Fu is a pianist who can participate in the Chopin International Piano Competition."
Shan Yi smiled at his wife, shook his head slightly, and looked at Fu Tuo on the TV in front of him, his gaze was also full of shock.
The third round of Fu Tune's performance was really shocking, so shocking that he didn't know what to say.
As his wife said, no other student could play the mazurka so well, and the harmony between the voices could be so harmonious.
Not only the students, but even some of the pianists he had met who had already competed on the world stage, almost no one could play like Fu Tune.
Not to mention those little pianists, you say that some top pianists who have successfully won top contracts, how many of them can play like Fu Tune?
Shan Yi thought about it, he shouldn't have heard it this year, if there was no sudden outbreak of god-level performances in November and December, then this year he might not be able to hear any god-level scene that can compare with Fu Diao.
But......
Shan Yi shook his head.
The TV at home is really a little old,The sound quality I hear is a little poor,Many of the details have been swallowed by the TV,And they can only hear the details of Fu Tune through the comparison before and after,It's really a pityγ
Shan Yi suddenly said, "Let's go back and buy a new TV, shall we?" β
"Huh? Haven't you been reluctant to give you this TV that your student won the award and bought it for you,How many years,You haven't been willing to change,I've told you so many times to let you change the channel, but you don't listen,Even your student told you to let you change it, you won't change it,Why did you suddenly remember to change it today? β
"It's not a change! It's buying! Shan Yi corrected his wife: "This TV can't be changed, this is a gift that my students bought for me with the prize money earned by foreign competitions, this definitely can't be changed!" This TV is put back in our room, and we will change to a new TV with better sound, so that the details in the music can be heard more clearly! β
"Then why don't we just buy a new player device?"
"It seems to be ...... OK? β
Shan Yi raised his head and said hesitantly, but he listened to the performance of Fu Tune in his ears and looked at the brilliance of Fu Tune on the stage, and his expression immediately became extremely firm.
"Buy it tomorrow! Be sure to get your hands on it before the final of the Chopin International Piano Competition! The third round of Mazurka was so perfect that I couldn't imagine him playing in the final! If he can keep going. β
"Good good ......"
The wife spoke helplessly, and then looked at Fu Tune who was playing, and her expression became a little gentle: "Having said that, Fu Tune should be the most perfect Chinese pianist we have seen in recent years, right?" Is it possible that we can emerge with more top piano talent in the future? After all, he came out of our country? β
"Fu is different, his genius can not be summarized by Chinese education, he is like Li Diyun, as bright as the sun, instead of relying on the sun's light like the moon."
Shan Yi shook his head lightly, looked at Fu Tuo on TV, and his expression was serious: "If he can keep it up, wait for Chopin to settle down a little after the International Piano Competition, and not be disturbed by outsiders, his future achievements will definitely be extremely eye-catching!" β
"Yes, if he can settle down and not be disturbed by outsiders."
My wife also said softly.
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It's not just Shanyi, some people in other places almost go crazy directly.
Needless to say, Fao has the strongest support for Fu Tune, and he has been looking forward to Fu Tune defeating Cho Sung-jin and playing extremely perfect music.
When the first note came out, he immediately stood up and clenched his hands into fists.
And when the first measure was over, he slammed his fists into his legs, bared his teeth, and tried to release his inner excitement without disturbing the others.
He didn't know why he was so excited, but it seemed reasonable to think about it.
It was as if there was no hope, and even when the eyes were full of darkness, a beam of light suddenly appeared.
Originally, I thought that this beam of light was just a candle flame, which could be blown away by the wind in the darkness at any time, but when the music really came out, this beam of light directly swept away all the darkness around it like the sun.
None of them thought that Fu Tune could be played so perfectly.
You must know that in the second round, Fu Tiao was still pressed by Zhao Chengzhen, and did not surpass Zhao Chengzhen, but only won the second place in the second round.
But who would have thought that in the third round when Zhao Chengzhen performed more fiercely, Fu Tuo actually performed even more fiercely than Zhao Chengzhen!
Zhao Chengzhen is only the most extreme Chopin, and Fu Diao represents the most extreme self!
In music, there is only the existence of the self, and Chopin is just an ordinary shell.
Use Chopin to tell his own story, even the one the audience wants.
Just like Chopin Mazurka Op33 played by Cho Sung-jin, among the music he plays, there is only pure Chopin, which you feel very powerful and can empathize with.
But in Fu Tune's music, his most extreme self is to provoke the audience to think about themselves and arouse their own emotions.
Chopin's music drives emotions, this is just an introduction, and the emotions that are ultimately driven still come from themselves.
The ultimate ceiling of Chopin is Chopin itself.
And the upper limit of the ultimate self is the ultimate in music and the ultimate in emotion!
Fu Tiao's strength is so strong that everyone can't believe it at all, and even thinks that this is just a dream, and with a wave of his hand, it will completely dissipate.
If it weren't for the music that persisted in their ears, they probably wouldn't have been able to imagine that such a work was actually played from a Chinese player.
Zhao Chengzhen, who was originally doing interviews with other reporters backstage, heard the music playing in the concert hall, his originally indifferent expression couldn't help but be stunned suddenly, and looked around him suspiciously, and when he confirmed that he was indeed in the Chopin International Piano Concert Hall, his expression became a little dazed.
His gaze couldn't help but drift in the direction of the concert hall, and his steps didn't staggered two steps forward.
"Mr. Zhao! Wait a minute, the interview isn't over yet! The South Korean reporter said to Zhao Chengzhen in great anxiety, but Zhao Chengzhen just waved his hand, turned his head to look at the reporter, pointed in the direction of the concert hall, and said blankly.
"Now...... Who's playing? β
"Hmm...... Mr. Zhao, if I didn't guess wrong, what I am playing now should be Fu Tune, the pianist from Huaguo, what's wrong? β
Fu ...... Move? β
Zhao Chengzhen's expression was even more confused, his gaze kept shifting between the reporter and the concert hall, and his expression became slightly weird and distorted.
"In the concert hall, is it Fu tune?"
"Yes."
"It's true...... Is it? β
"That's right, what we heard is indeed Fu Tune, I have a program list here, Mr. Zhao, do you want to watch it? But Fu Tiao should have met with you just now, you should have seen him on stage, right? β
"Yes."
Zhao Chengzhen stretched out his hand and pinched his eyebrows, his heart surging.
He couldn't believe that the person who was playing it was Fu Tune, after all, the music that appeared in the concert hall was too terrifying.
The emotions in the music even hooked his emotions, and he couldn't help but think of something slightly sad.
This kind of emotional hooking, he has only seen in some of the top pianists, and now it actually appears in Fu Tune?
And it still appeared directly at the beginning?
Could it be ......
Zhao Chengzhen suddenly thought of a possibility, and then this possibility became bigger and bigger.
He suddenly realized that Fu Tune had not yet broken through in the second round, but he was already close to him.
So now Fu tune......
Could it be a Fu tune that has already broken through?
Has his thinking about music, his thinking about Chopin, actually reached this point?
Pure self is actually not terrible, just like the thing played in the qualifiers with Fu Tune, almost no one would think that Fu Tune can enter the second round, and definitely belong to the kind of player who will be eliminated in the first round.
But now in the music of Fu Tune, the extreme self is wrapped in a layer of Chopin, a Chopin that is enough to wrap Fu Tune's self.
Like blowing up a balloon, the bigger the balloon is not always better.
This Chopin is that membrane, your ultimate self must have a strong Chopin protection, in order to be able to express yourself, if there is too much self, it will only make the music proportions unbalanced, and too little self, it is also unbalanced.
He could hear very clearly that in Fu's music at this moment, the ratio of Chopin to himself had reached the extreme, that is, one more point was too much, and one point less was too little.
How many days have passed, and Fu Diao has actually reached this state now?
Zhao Chengzhen's heart felt a chill inexplicably.
When he just stepped down, he actually felt that he had won the championship of the Chopin International Piano Competition.
But now, he felt hanging.
Fu Tiao's strength is beyond his imagination.
He has improved so much, and as a result, Fu Diao has improved even more!
So......
What about the third person other than Fu Tiao? Will he improve even more?
Zhao Chengzhen's fists couldn't help clenching, pursed his mouth, and didn't say a word.
The third round of the Chopin International Piano Competition seems to be even more terrifying than imagined.
(End of chapter)