The day of the competition has finally arrived.Early in the morning, the front door of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory was bustling with people, and in addition to local residents, there were also media journalists and music lovers from all over the world.Wu Di and his father were caught in the crowd and finally found the registration office."
Go in and behave well, Dad is waiting for you in the audience!"
Wu Zhongsheng patted Wu Di's shoulder with a smile.Wu Di nodded silently, then turned around and went to the entrance of the player's passage under the leadership of the staff.The Conservatory has three concert halls, namely the Chamber Concert Hall, the Grand Concert Hall, and the Rachmaninov Concert Hall, all of which are equipped with recording equipment.Among them, the chamber concert hall is the venue for the violin group, the Grand Concert Hall is both the main concert hall and the piano group, and the Rachmaninov concert hall is assigned to the vocal group.When Wu Di walked into the main concert hall, he was immediately attracted by the huge Tchaikovsky portrait on the stage.Tchaikovsky lived only 53 years old, but judging from the huge head in the hall, Tchaikovsky is obviously much older than his actual age, but of course the great musician cannot judge his achievements by appearance, even if he is only 53 years old, but obviously has the thoughts and content of a 106-year-old, at this time, the audience is already filled with listeners, and there is only one corridor between the audience and the audience.The other two concert halls are smaller, with a capacity of 200 and 500 people respectively, but the main concert hall is very large, with a capacity of 1,800 spectators, because the piano group has the largest audience and is the king of musical instruments, so the piano group naturally falls in the main concert hall.There were about 20 contestants in the entire contestant seat, and there were many Asians from Southeast Asia, accounting for more than half, but Wu Di was the only Chinese.According to the number of the contestants, as soon as he took his seat, Wu Di heard a warm greeting in his ears: "Hi, my name is Nicole Everina, and I am from the United States." ”Wu Di turned his head and saw a girl with a black ponytail, yellow skin, and a typical oriental face, showing her white teeth and smiling at him.He hurriedly stretched out his hand to shake hands with the other party: "Hello, my name is Wu Di, and I am from Huaxia." ”"Huh?"
Nicole was surprised and said, "You're from Huaxia?"
Coincidentally, I am a Chinese, but unfortunately, I have never been to Huaxia, can you tell me about Huaxia?
”Wu Di was about to say something, and on the stage, an old man with a white beard, supported by his assistant, walked onto the stage.Then he stretched out his hand and said to everyone, "Quiet." ”The audience was silent."
He's Dean Philip!"
Nicole stuck out her tongue and whispered.At this point, Philip began to celebrate the spirit and ideas of the Tchaikovsky Academy, and after some narration, he began to introduce the members of the jury of the piano group to everyone present.The judges are selected from around the world, including renowned musicians, music scholars, professors, conductors and previous competition winners, who judge the performance of the contestants and select the winners.Among them are two Asian faces, one is Naoki Ando from Japan, and the other is Liao Yuan from China.When introducing Naoki Ando, Philip spoke in a high tone and read out almost all of Naoki Ando's life honors, but when introducing Liao Yuan, he was very concise: "Liao is a famous pianist in China, with a very high performance level, and has his own unique playing concept in the piano......"
After introducing the jury, the time came to nine o'clock in the morning.The game will start in ten minutes.On the judges' seat, Liao Yuan and Naoki Ando were catching up, but there was a faint estrangement in the conversation, and Liao Yuan certainly knew where this estrangement appeared.He looked at the players' seat, and Tokugawa Haruaki, who had just met at the Hamamatsu Piano Competition in Shizuoka Prefecture not long ago, was staring at him with hatred.Liao Yuan smiled indifferently.He had read the information in advance, and this time, there were two Japanese players who participated in the Tchaikovsky Competition, one of whom was Tokugawa Haruaki, and the other was in the violin competition.For many pianists, being able to win more honors at a young age is the precipitation of qualifications, which will play a huge role in the future.For example, Naoki Ando, because of age, physical strength, spirit and technology, although he can no longer be compared with the top pianists, he has won numerous awards in his life, and when he is old, with countless honors, he has also become a Japanese national treasure pianist, and is admired by the world.Obviously, Tokugawa Harumi also wants to follow the path of Naoki Ando, including domestic Lin Weiyin.Of course, the premise of this is that you are absolutely strong enough to ensure that you can finish in the top three in every event, otherwise it will only be a joke.The game started quickly.There are four rounds of competition, divided into one preliminary round and three semi-rounds, the whole takes three days, most of the repertoire in several rounds can be selected within a certain range, only in the final round of the competition, two concertos must choose a Tchaikovsky piano concerto.In the first round of the preliminary round, the contestants will play their best repertoire, and the judges will score to determine the winner, and the contestants at the bottom of the points ranking will be eliminated by one-third.In the first round of semi-finals, the contestants will select one song to play by playing the repertoire list listed by the organizing committee, and one-third of the contestants at the bottom of the points ranking will be eliminated.In the second round, the contestants will play the concerto of Maestro Tchaikovsky, where two-thirds of the contestants will be eliminated.In the third round of semi-finals, the final round, the top five contestants are selected to continue to perform the works of Master Tchaikovsky, and the judges will score them, and according to the score, they will be ranked and given bonuses.At the beginning of the competition, the contestants took the stage to perform in turn.In the first round, the contestants were left to play freely, and Wu Di played Liszt's "Dream of Love", which was adapted from the famous German poet Freiriglat's "Love".Liszt's works have always been known for their virtuosity, and this poem "Dream of Love" is full of affection and tactfulness while showing off his skills, perfectly expressing the artistic conception of Freiriglat's poems.But in fact, Wu Di's interpretation is not perfect, although he is quite skilled in technology, but in terms of emotional support, the lack is obvious.If a pianist of the level of Liao Yuan and Lin Weiyin plays this piece, even if it is the same timbre, the psychological feeling is absolutely different."
Seven points."
After the performance, Naoki Ando typed out this rating number.Other judges also scored them one by one, with the highest score being 87 points and the lowest score being 54 points, with an average score of about 72 points, which is a good or bad result.The highest score came from Liao Yuan, with 87 points.Dean Philip, who had always sat at the top, smiled disdainfully at the moment, and he said to Peter next to him in Russian: "This is the person you are looking for?"
The appreciation of music is useless, like many Chinese people, arrogant and arrogant. ”Peter was embarrassed and said, "He may have his own opinions." ”"Insights?"
Philip's face was full of anger: "Don't kid Peter, do you think all the musicians here are inferior to him, a hairy boy?""
----- thanks to CT Law Q, Shan Qingying's reward