After host Sun Mei quickly introduced the identities of Chen Gang and Pei Wei on the side, she said with a smile.

"The Chopin International Piano Competition is a top international competition held every five years, and all the contestants who signed up are the top players in the world, who have not only won awards in major competitions around the world, but many of them have even become professors and lecturers in the conservatory, because only in this way can they have the right to register for the Chopin International Piano Competition.

From the thousands of registered contestants around the world, after the selection of the jury, one hundred and sixty contestants were selected from among them, and these 160 contestants are the young people with the strongest performance level of Chopin in the world today, and these 160 people are not the final contestants, these are only the participants of the Chopin International Piano Competition Global Qualifiers, and they are still not counted as the main competition.

And when they entered the first round of the main competition, this group of top performers will be directly eliminated from 160 people, directly eliminated half, only 80 people are left to advance, and the second round of the main competition, it is 40 people, and when they reach the third round of the main competition, there are only 20 people, and now, the competition has entered the end, that is, the final of the Chopin International Piano Competition, from nearly 1,000 players around the world, to only the last ten, these ten people are all the pinnacle of young piano players.

Among these people, there is our country's Fu tune player, he is not only the successful finalists, but also the current Chopin International Piano Competition champion of the strong contender, today, let us accompany more than 100 countries around the world, nearly 10 million spectators, enjoy the grand occasion of the final! ”

After that, she handed her gaze to Pei Pei on the side, Pei Pei nodded lightly, and said with an extremely upright attitude: "Yes, as Teacher Sun Mei said just now, my country's player Fu Diao won the 74th in the qualifiers, the third in the first round, the second in the second round, and the first in the third round. The current second-place player Cho Sung-jin. ”

Chen Gang immediately added: "Yes, but I must remind you that although at the current Chopin International Piano Competition, my country's player Fu Diao ranks first, but we still can't underestimate other players, such as Zhao Chengzhen, who is now ranking second, the total score gap between him and Fu Diao is only 0.01 points, and his results in the first three rounds of the Chopin International Piano Competition are first, first, and fourth, which is still not a very easy opponent to beat."

The current third-ranked player, Hamelin, his total score is about 0.5 points away from Zhao Chengzhen, although the gap between Fu and Zhao Chengzhen is larger, but this score is still not a low score, he is also the champion of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

As for the current fourth player, Kate Liu, a Chinese-American from a beautiful country, climbed up step by step from the middle of the first round, and even surpassed Zhao Chengzhen in the third round, getting a higher score than Zhao Chengzhen.

All this means that even if the Chopin International Piano Competition reaches the final stage, it is still not a very easy thing, the competition may change at any time, and even as long as the previous contestants even have any slight defeat, the latter contestants will catch up and win the championship position of the Chopin International Piano Competition! ”

"Yes, so although our current player Fu Diao ranks first in the championship candidate, it is still not to be taken lightly, after all, it is currently the final stage, and the last ten people who are determined from thousands of registration qualification winners around the world, even if they may play abnormally, but they will definitely not have any mediocrity, because their strength is over there, whether it is Zhao Chengzhen, who is currently in second place, or the last Kobayashi Aishi."

With a few words, the crowd simply announced the final of the Chopin International Piano Competition to the public.

It not only reflects the strength of Fu Tune, but also shows the cruelty of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

It is not easy for Fu Tiao to stand out from so many players.

Seeing that everyone had talked about a lot of topics that were about to run out of topics, Sun Mei immediately took over the conversation and turned the topic to the Chopin International Piano Competition itself.

"Thanks to the two teachers for sharing, even if we have not listened to the Chopin International Piano Competition in its entirety, we can feel the cruelty of the competition from the mouths of the two teachers, okay, now let's turn the camera overseas, take a look at the interview of the final of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and listen to the highlights of the Chopin International Piano Competition today."

After a brief introduction to the Chopin International Piano Competition, a voiceover with a brief introduction to the Chopin International Piano Competition cuts to a man with curly hair and a slender hooked nose, like an artist, Jacek Kaspszyk, who appears in front of the camera.

Jacek's message is similarly attached to the side of the screen.

Artistic Director and conductor of the Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Poland.

Jacek leaned back in the armchair, tapping Erlang's legs, and beside him lay two sheet music, one clearly a piano concerto No. 1 and the other a piano concerto No. 2.

Facing the camera, he had a calm expression, put his hands on his knees casually, smiled gently at the camera, and said casually in English.

"Good evening, everyone, although it is not yet completely dark in Warsaw, I am already looking forward to hearing the final with you tonight, and I was very pleasantly surprised by the communication with me during the rehearsal process of the previous contestants, and I can clearly feel the energy and power of the new generation of pianists in their music! This power is enough to be the envy of the older generation of players.

This year's competition is still the same as in the past, and we can still choose only two works, Chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 and No. 2, and the majority of competitors will choose Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1.

Among these players, I was personally surprised the most by Fu Player, unlike the other players, there is a sense of difference in his music, and that feeling is almost exclusively played by him, as if his soul should belong there! I won't say much about what it's like, but if you talk too much, you'll lose that kind of surprise.

Among the other players, the most stable player is Zhao Chengzhen, and playing with him will have a kind of stability and stability from the heart, I believe that you will not be disappointed after hearing Zhao Chengzhen's performance. ”

"And the other player, Hamelin, my personal assessment of him, is perfect......"

He looked calm, and commented on the status of these players on his side from the perspective of his command, but for the sake of ratings, he didn't say anything bad, just gave many people a feeling of expectation, and felt that he was itching in his heart, like a worm crawling, and he couldn't wait to see the specific situation of the game now.

But in the end, he still said to everyone: "But compared to these, I hope that the contestants or the audience can pay more attention to the relationship between the contestants and Chopin, the contestants and the music, and Chopin and music, because what we want to do after all is music, and we should listen to music, not just Chopin. ”

After that, the picture cut out, Pei Wei thought so, and nodded slowly: "As Jackek said, the connection between the contestants and the music is what we should do, if we pay too much attention to the outside, maybe we can easily fall into a strange realm." ”

"But what Yakecke said is not necessarily right, it depends on the person after all." Chen Gang shook his head slightly: "He only officially became the artistic director of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra in 2013, so he has only been in control of the Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra for two years, plus some of these run-ins, and this is his first time conducting the Chopin International Piano Competition, so I still have reservations about his words." ”

But according to him, he's actually on the musicality side? If so, perhaps this is the theme of this year's Chopin International Piano Competition? And our contestant Fu tune is known for his musicality. ”

"He's still part of the music after all, and he only has the right to nominate for the best piano concerto in the final, and he doesn't have the right to vote, so I don't think what he said is useful."

The two are not the same age and look at the problem from different angles, so the two chatted for a long time and didn't talk together, and finally gave up convincing each other, after all, there is no competition yet, and no one knows what the specific situation is.

The two chatted for a long time and didn't come to a conclusion, and the host was a little helpless, but looking at the hints of the staff on the side, she immediately spoke: "Compared with the conductor's evaluation, I'm actually more curious about the chat of all the players before the game, let's switch the screen to the player interview and see what the players say." ”

The screen switches again, and images of Zhao Chengzhen and Fu Tune appear.

Perhaps in order to show the rivalry between the two, the signal from the Polish side also specially divided the rhythm of the two people's speech.

The screen goes black and a line of text emerges.

[What do you think of Chopin you playing]

Zhao Chengzhen came from off-screen, sat on a chair, and asked the camera if he started, and after getting a positive answer, he smiled and said:

"There are many, many details in Chopin's music, and as I think and reflect again and again, I find more and more details in my music, which is very interesting, just like a treasure hunt, the deeper you dig, the deeper your understanding of Chopin will be, I like this feeling very much, especially under the pressure of my opponents, forcing me to keep moving forward, if I don't talk about myself without Chopin, then it is very likely that it is not Chopin who is playing, but something else."

Fu Tiao's expression was more indifferent, he sat in the room where the lighting was dark, and said to the screen: "Chopin is just a tool for me to express my music, I will keep thinking about understanding Chopin and the most profound things in art, but I can never regard Chopin as the whole of my music, because my music is to tell everything about me after all, not everything about Chopin, I will not be Chopin, I will not be Chopin, I will only become myself." ”

There were also speeches from Croatia and Kobayashi Aishi in the back, but it was not broadcast in China, and as soon as the words of the two fell, the studio almost didn't laugh.

One white and one black, one laughing and one cold, the exact opposite.

Chen Gang: "Sure enough, the Polish side also knows how to do things, and put two players with completely different styles but similar levels talking together, one just said that he wanted to stick to Chopin, and the other said that he wanted to express himself, these two people really are." ”

"That's interesting, if you're good and I don't smell of gunpowder, what's the point." Pei Wei also smiled, completely different from his previous serious appearance.

seems to appreciate the confrontation of Fu and Zhao Chengzhen very much.

[What do you want to say about the future?]

Cho Sung-jin: "It's an honor to be in the finals, after all, I have never been able to stand on such a high stage and win enough awards before, and I hope that the Chopin International Piano Competition can be the starting point of my career in the future." ”

Fu Tune: "The Chopin International Piano Competition is just a starting point, and becoming a professional musician is the most difficult part, not only Chopin in music, but also other classical music artists, and other styles, such as jazz and pop, I will not limit myself to one style, I will look forward to more styles of fusion." ”

Pei Wai Chen Gang sighed twice, obviously he didn't expect that the two of them would actually express the same meaning.

The Chopin International Piano Competition is only the beginning, not the end.

I just don't know what the Organizing Committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition thinks, will I feel a little ashamed to be a stepping stone for these two people?

But watching them play it, there should be no problem, probably more agree with the statements of these two people, right?

[What do you think of the other players?]

Zhao Chengzhen: "If you put it simply, I actually like the performance of Fu tunes very much, but only if I like it, I usually listen to it and there is no problem, but if you really prepare to play, I don't recommend learning Fu tunes, his music is very special, and it is not suitable for everyone, so I just like it and don't recommend it, and if I recommend it, I prefer Hamelin." ”

Fu tune: "Zhao Chengzhen's performance I feel a little bit lost his self-consciousness in it, the simple fusion of Chopin makes it difficult for me to hear his own existence, but in the third round, Zhao Chengzhen's music made me suddenly realize that the extremely pure Chopin may be his own style, he is that pure, like transparent glass, what you put in will show something, will not let you notice his existence!" If you want to study Chopin, I personally recommend his version, but I don't like it. ”

The interview before the game ended completely here, Chen Gang and Pei Wei were completely unable to hold back, Sun Mei could barely hold back a smile, and just said that the smell of gunpowder given by the organizing committee was very strong, and Chen Gang complained directly.

"These two people are a little interesting, Zhao Chengzhen said that he likes Fu Tune but doesn't recommend it, Fu Tune says that he recommends Zhao Chengzhen but doesn't like it, it's just the opposite, how did these two people meet together, they won't fight directly when they meet, right?"

Pei Wei held back a smile, his expression was slightly weird: "Looking at the way they chatted, I shouldn't know what the other party said, but I didn't expect these two people to behave so tacitly when they didn't know what the other party said, maybe they are suitable for playing four-hand games together?" Or a concerto for two pianos? ”

"Four-handed? I feel like you might want the two of them to fight, these two guys' styles are completely incorrect, and if they really let them play with four hands, maybe they haven't played yet, and they start arguing over what kind of feeling they want to play. ”

"Indeed, but perhaps it could be said that it is always your enemy who knows you best? I always feel that these two people have a kind of CP feeling? ”

"Uh...... CP？ What do you mean" Chen Gang didn't understand Pei Wai's words a little.

Pei Wei immediately explained: "It's similar to a relationship that looks like a couple, but it's actually a partner, a friend, a rival and other more intimate relationships, this is a young man's term, my students often say this, especially those girls." ”

"Oh......"

Chen Gang thought thoughtfully, then nodded and said: "Sure enough, Fu Tuo and Zhao Chengzhen are a pair of CPs, but I think there should be a Hamelin, he is also a member of this CP team, but it's a pity that I can't see him today, and he will only be able to play the next day." ”

"It's a bit of a pity."

The two analyzed Fu Diao and Zhao Chengzhen for a while, after all, for them, they only talked about the first two performances of the Chopin International Piano Competition, and the first two were just Fu Diao and Zhao Chengzhen.

From the same day in the first round, to the middle interval between the front and back of the second round, and then to the third round of the front and back without interval, there are fewer and fewer superfluous people between the two people, and in the end, only Fu and Zhao Chengzhen are left to occupy the first two positions on the first day.

There is no interference from anyone.

Even inexplicably, there is a little bit of a two-way rush in it.

The pre-competition interview between Fu and Zhao Chengzhen has ended, and the screen changes back to the top view of the Chopin Concert Hall, where they can clearly see that the audience judges are seated, and among the judges are wearing white suits, especially sassy bags, and the young Li Diyun is shaking hands with the other judges who are seated and greeting them, sitting in the corner of the row behind the judges' seats.

"Everyone, please note that the Chopin International Piano Competition will officially start in 10 minutes!"

The sound of the radio in the concert hall sounded, and the faces of Chen Gang, Pei Weeping, and Sun Mei also became serious and serious.

In everyone's sight, the Organizing Committee of the Chopin International Piano Competition gave a new picture at the entrance of the side door, which exists in the upper right corner of the camera in the form of a picture-in-picture.

Outside the house, Zhao Chengzhen, cheered by the audience and with the help of the staff, reluctantly entered the backstage of the concert hall, stood in front of the brown staircase, and took the towel and hot baby handed by the staff.

He covers his hands with a hot baby to ensure the dexterity of his fingers, wraps the hot baby in a towel to wipe off the sweat from his palms and keeps the temperature from being too hot.

Behind him, it didn't take long for another burst of cheers, and Fu Diao also entered the backstage preparation room amid the cheers of everyone, looked at Zhao Chengzhen, nodded slightly, and turned around and walked towards the lounge.

One shot is for Zhao Chengzhen, who is preparing backstage, and the other shot is for Fu Tuo, who is sitting in the backstage room waiting.

The two cameras stand in the left and right corners of the upper part of the screen, once again forming a confrontational posture.

It is obvious that the Polish radio station is doing something and wants to intensify the confrontation in this way.

Chen Gang and Pei Wei watched the two of them laugh, picked up the documents they had prepared in their hands, introduced all the judges who came today, and told everyone their qualifications.

Soon, ten minutes had passed, and the voice on the radio was heard again.

"The final of the Chopin International Piano Competition has officially begun, the first contestant, South Korea, Cho Sung-jin, piano selection: Steinway & Sons"

"Selected Works: Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1"

"Orchestra: Polish National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Jacek Kaspszyk"

Wow!

Applause rang out, and in the midst of the applause, Zhao Chengzhen nodded slightly to Jacek, who was also waiting on the side, Jachek patted his back, and the two stepped on the steps at the same time, bowed slightly to everyone, and landed in their positions.

Zhao Chengzhen sat sideways and looked at Yakek, who raised the baton in his hand slightly, looked around, and after making contact with everyone's eyes, he nodded slightly, and waved his arm violently!

Airplanes!

The sound of the orchestra sounded instantly, and the Chopin International Piano Competition kicked off at this moment!

(End of chapter)