Half an hour to finish a new work may sound a little difficult.

Actually, it's not a particularly difficult one for you now.

Because almost all of us here are some of the best pianists in the world.

For Mozart's works, they were able to do sight-reading directly.

That is, to watch it bounce it off in its entirety, and make it as complete as possible, so that there will be no major problems.

For example, those P (weak) marks are not noticed, F (strong) marks are not noticed, lines are not noticed, and so on, there are no problems at all on their side.

Therefore, the most important thing for them now is who can play the piece in their hands with absolute strength.

The musicality is strong enough, and the musical expression is strong enough.

It's not about the basics, it's about your thoughts and understanding of music.

So everyone looked at it tacitly, and then went to the piano room and sat down according to their key.

Then, the expression became extra solemn.

Competition, there are loopholes.

This kind of competition may sound extraordinarily fair, but it is not, and it is unfair to say that it is fair.

Because there is one that may simply not be avoided.

That is, a certain pianist has already prepared such a work in advance.

If the pianist had chosen a piece that he had already played, it would not take him much time to bring it to a level that ordinary people would not be able to achieve.

It's not impossible.

Because there are only so many works of Mozart.

This is especially true for works that are part of the piano.

Compared to Mozart's other works, there are not many works on the piano, and there are only a few pieces that can be played.

Examples include piano concertos, piano pieces, rondos, and simple sonatas.

If not all of these works are here, 99% of the pianists will have been exposed to a few of them.

Whether they have practiced since childhood or now, they must have experienced such a collection of works.

And among them, there will definitely be one or two Mozart works of their own specially prepared for use as encore after the concert.

For example, Lang Liangyue, who often returns with a Mozart work, is Mozart's Turkish March.

Every time I play fast, I make various adaptations.

What would happen if Lang Liangyue drew a Turkish march when she was practicing?

No one knows.

I just know that compared with Lang Liangyue, who drew the Turkish march, unless his works are much deeper than Lang Liangyue's works, there is no hope.

Therefore, when they play the work, the mood is not completely relaxed, but with great urgency.

Because they simply don't know if their opponents will draw exactly what they are good at, and have practiced the full piece out.

It is impossible for them to directly imply in their minds that all the works that the pianists draw happen to be the ones they have not played.

It's simply not possible.

So they can only tell themselves in their hearts.

I am now in a crisis, and the other pianists around me have all the works they have drawn have been practiced, and only the works I have drawn have not been practiced.

And ...... for yourself

Better than everyone else!

You are invincible!

Otherwise, I would not have been officially invited by the Salzburg Festival to perform here.

I can become the strongest group of the world's top pianists, and Pollini's replacement, why can't I have the confidence to say that I am worse than others?

Therefore, even if you have just practiced the work, you will inevitably be able to surpass those who are ready.

As well as expecting that someone like Lang Liangyue will not draw the Turkish march that he is best at.

Fu Tiao sat in his piano room, looking at the score in front of him, although he was not as nervous as others, but he still had a trace of apprehension in his heart.

This was the first time he had participated in such a master-struck confrontation.

The most serious confrontation he participated in before was probably the Chopin International Piano Competition, and there was no other confrontation.

The Ruhr Piano Festival rivalry was just about seeing if he had a chance of winning this year's Best of the Year.

If you can't get it, there is actually no problem, and everyone doesn't expect so much from him.

And when Fu Tune played a god-level scene, he didn't think that he was going for the best of the year at the Ruhr Piano Festival.

He just wanted Lang Liangyue to know what the real Chopin was.

As a result, he accidentally won the Best Newcomer of the Year at the Ruhr Piano Festival.

The point is not to confront, but to show strength.

It's not the same now.

Now the core focus has come to the confrontation, not just a simple flick to see who has the strongest level strength, and then choose the strongest level strength to come out.

Everyone is here to fight for Pollini's position.

No one wants to give up.

To be able to play in place of Pollini means a little bit.

On the official side of the Salzburg Festival, your piano skills and achievements can actually be used as a replacement for Pollini, or as a substitute for the lower position.

And not just an ordinary pianist who is unknown.

What is the concept that can be used as a substitute for Pollini.

Now there is probably only one person who says that he can become the world's top pianist.

Wang Jia.

Everyone admits that Wang Jia is the female version of Lang Liangyue, and her level can replace Lang Liangyue.

And other top pianists, basically do not have a unified understanding, saying that this person can definitely replace a certain piano master.

Every year there are opportunities for such substitutions, but it is rare that the top masters suddenly disappear as Pollini does today.

What this opportunity represents, everyone present is clear, so the hearts of everyone present are particularly hot.

They were all filled with excitement as they touched the piano in front of them.

Expecting to be in place of Pollini.

Then, like Lang Liangyue, he won the share of the pianist he replaced around the world.

Become one of the top and most well-known pianists.

Fu Tiao thought of this place, and his heart couldn't help but be hot.

He quickly ran a few scale arpeggios on the keyboard in front of him to move his fingers, and then opened the assigned piano sheet music in front of him.

Mozart's rondo.

Rondo。

Work No. K485

In the works of the Classical Period, or the works of the early and middle Classical Period, or even a little earlier, it was normal for everyone to write the number of the work, without any name.

Until the late Classical period, the beginning of the Romantic period.

In order to better sell the work, it is only at this time that everyone begins to write a title for their work, telling everyone what kind of concept and state the work is about.

Therefore, when playing those works that rely on the later stages, you can completely think about and understand what the work wants to express through the name of the work itself.

In the face of these early works, you can't do this at all, but you need to simply read through the content of the entire work.

Let your emotions merge into the work, and think about what the composer himself wants to express when he performs the piece.

Then, following the sound of the music and his own sensitivity to music, he completed this piece thoroughly.

Looking at the work in front of him, Fu Tuo did not use any other way to play, but silently set a few words for himself.

First, this piece is a rondo.

The most characteristic part of a rondo is the continuous repetition of the main theme, the A section.

With each repetition, the mood of the work changes slightly.

Even if the content is the same every time, your next key needs to be different.

Let every repetition show a different charm.

Every time the music changes, you also need to show your own vision of the music.

This idea cannot be just an ordinary fabrication, but needs to be performed logically.

This was his first reaction to Mozart's rondo.

The second is the feeling of Mozart, which is actually easy to deal with, and can be brought in by the feeling that he played a quartet before.

As for the rest......

Fu Tiao groped his chin and didn't continue to think about anything.

Because it's almost five or six minutes past now, there's not enough time.

Even if the other pianists recover their fingers and warm up, it should be over at this time.

In this case, I should play it first according to what is shown in this piece.

Allegro

This speed is considered an allegro, and the speed is about 110 or higher.

Case.

Fu Tiao moved his fingers slightly, and without any hesitation, he directly pressed the first lady at the speed of 110.

Dada-da.

The left hand is a very simple break down of the chords, with not much variation.

Mozart's works are basically like this, and the left hand part of the whole does not change much, and the main part is broken up chords.

The main purpose of this type of broken chord is to match the main theme, and there is nothing to say.

And the key point lies in the main theme of the right hand at the beginning.

Hum, da, da, dang...... Didi!

The main theme of the right hand was pulled out by Fu Tune in an incomparably brilliant gesture.

But...... Are you sure this tempo is played like this?

In the first second of Fu Tune's playing, he felt that something was wrong.

This speed doesn't seem to be so slow.

The tempo of this Allegro is 110 quarter notes per minute.

And now in his hands is a very slow tempo, a breakdown of eighth notes.

That's 220 eighth notes a minute.

This tempo may be relatively fast compared to other works, but in Mozart's work, or in the sunny opening work, this tempo is clearly not played this way.

So how should you play?

Fu Tiao's heart walked for a moment, and he pulled his original speed up a little.

It was not played at the tempo of Allegro.

Instead, it was played at a much faster speed, almost 130.

At this moment, the feeling of the music he played finally barely matched the feeling of the opening theme displayed in his hands.

The main theme has a musical feel.

When hearing this main theme, everyone has their own perception of what kind of speed this main theme should be.

The more sensitive people are to music, the more they care about the speed of music.

Fu tunes him too.

After quickly adjusting his speed, he nodded slightly, and without any hesitation, he directly started to run in his hands.

It's still the same theme as just now.

But this time, because of the increase in speed, the overall dynamics have become more lively and flexible, and the feeling of music is more sunny.

It is very much in line with Fu Tune's thoughts on this work.

Without hesitation, he quickly ran through the first slalom and did not enter the repetition section, but went straight to the next one.

He was thinking, thinking about what kind of state these whirls should be in his music.

Think about how this kind of music should be expressed in order to express it perfectly.

His brain takes on a posture of two tasks at the same time.

In the first part, he was sight-reading, sight-reading the score in front of him.

By the time his hand had barely reached measure 60, his eyes had already seen measure 70.

At the same time, he memorized the 10-measure completely and reflected it on his fingers.

Let it play normally and naturally.

The other part of his brain is thinking about the work he plays, whether it is correct or incorrect.

Whether it needs to be a little heavier, whether it needs to be a little lighter.

Is the gyration of this place a little deeper, or should it convey a sense of escape from the main theme? Feelings of indulgence?

Fu Tuo is thinking.

There is no stagnation in the fingers, and neither is the brain.

It wasn't until the end of this piece that Fu Tiao took a breath and looked at the alarm clock placed on the side.

At this point, almost 15 minutes have passed.

That is, a full half of the time has passed, and I only have the last 15 minutes to use.

In the first 15 minutes, I moved my fingers to warm them up.

Then I read through the real sheet music and made a specific direction for myself to play.

The performance is performed at the end.

The time of the performance is about ......

6 minutes?

Fu Tiao looked at the alarm clock and nodded silently.

This time is okay, not much different from the time he imagined.

There are more than 160 bars, and the number of repetitive bars can be almost a full 200.

These two hundred bars can be played in 6 minutes, and sure enough, as the organizing committee said, this is just a very short piece.

Other people's works should be similar, and there won't be that kind of particularly long and long works.

Those who play sonatas should have a similar composition, choosing the shortest movement among the three movements.

If I'm not mistaken, it's the final allegro movement.

So that is to say......

Maybe everyone is an allegro?

Fu Tiao's head turned, and then suddenly thought of the possibility mentioned earlier.

That is, Lang Liangyue's selection of works.

As said at the same beginning, the cruelest reality of this competition is that Lang Liangyue chose the Turkish march that he is best at and practices every day.

This is a piece that he used to practice his hands and then practice at the end of the concert.

In terms of the length of your work, this possibility is ...... Not low.

Fu Diao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he shook his head slightly to throw this thought away.

He's not like everyone else.

Others may be a little worried about Lang Liangyue's invincible strength after getting this work.

But Fu tune is different.

He doesn't care.

He wants to fight for this opportunity, and he doesn't care how strong his opponent is.

All he knew was that he just needed to be stronger than that group.

"Fifteen minutes or more, I can play a little more than two times, if you do it twice...... It's just the right time to refine it a little more, as well as the details. As for what will be played in the concert, I was thinking when I went back to the concert hall. ”

Fu said to himself, focusing his attention on the sheet music in front of him for a second performance.

Thirty minutes may be a long time for the average person, after all, the time of a class is only 45 minutes.

But for those of them who practice in the piano room, this is not the case.

Obviously, his own processing is not over yet.

Just reached the ordinary level among the top pianists, the perfection and excellent state among the ordinary pianists, and was shouted out.

With the knock on the door, Fu Tune puts the finishing touches on the last coda of the music, the epilogue.

Before the second knock sounded, he directly picked up the sheet music and clothes in his hand, opened the door of the piano room, and looked at the staff who were stretching out their hands to knock on the door and nodded slightly.

"I'm ready, go back."

"Ah, okay......"

The staff was stunned, they didn't expect Fu Diao to be so punctual.

Looking at the other people's struggling and wanting to continue practicing more, he always felt that the person in front of him was different from others.

It's a strange feeling, you can't tell if it's good or bad.

And as an ordinary staff member, he is not easy to evaluate what kind of person Fu Diao is.

Therefore, he simply nodded to Fu Tune, and then led Fu Tune to the next room, and after taking out the pianist who was still grinding there in the next room, he found a few more people and returned to the concert hall where he had been before.

The crowd sat down in their previous seats, forming a wrapping posture.

In this circle, there is a Steinway & Sons D274 grand concert piano.

After everyone was seated, the person in charge got up and counted the number of people, and after confirming that all the pianists had arrived at the scene, and no one continued to stay in the piano room and refused to come out, then he nodded and spoke to everyone. ，

"Please be silent, the assessment will start now, starting with the people in the No. 1 piano room, and everyone here will come to the stage in order!"

Under Fu Tiao's gaze, a European man with blonde hair got up from his seat, greeted everyone, and came to the stage.

(End of chapter)