The world's number one pianist

He Shen followed Dan Yi back instead of going back to the concert hall to listen to the performance.

Everything that happened in the Chopin Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw behind them had nothing to do with them.

But He Shen could basically guess what would happen next.

If the guess is correct, there shouldn’t be much else behind it. Basically, the next rounds of the competition will be announced, as well as the time of each performance.

In other words, tomorrow will be the last day of rest...

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No, in other words, tomorrow is the first day of the battle?

Starting tomorrow, the piano selection for the Chopin International Piano Competition will begin.

At that time, everyone's first battle will begin.

Piano choice!

A suitable piano can greatly benefit a player.

This kind of gain is not only reflected in the control of the piano, but also some additions to the music by the piano.

For example, for some pieces of music, because the whole tune is in a major key and occasionally enters a minor key, it may be better to use a piano with a brighter tone.

And some works often change keys and the overall mood seems dark, so it may be necessary to use some darker pianos.

In addition, there are other details.

For example, the rebound of a certain piano is relatively soft, which is suitable for certain works.

The rebound is hard and suitable for certain works.

Because in music, you cannot suddenly change the piano midway, so the choice of piano and repertoire are very, very important.

If you choose well, you may be one step closer to victory than others.

However, these were just piano tests for the second day, and He Shen just returned to the hotel with Dan Yi to rest.

Soon, the time came to the next morning.

The whole of Warsaw has not yet recovered from yesterday's hustle and bustle, and the whole city has become extremely quiet.

He Shen did not go to Danyi's room, but asked Danyi to follow him to the Chopin Concert Hall in Warsaw to select a piano.

He directly put on a lighter piece of clothing, got up and left the hotel, following the bus with the words "Chopin International Piano Competition" on the sound board, to the Chopin Concert Hall in Warsaw.

At this moment, there were not many people near the concert hall, and it seemed a little empty compared to yesterday.

After all, today is just an ordinary piano selection day, and there is no competition, so naturally there will not be a particularly large audience.

He Shen walked in without any hesitation, walked to the yawning staff member, took out his competition card and identification, and said calmly.

"Hua Guo, He Shen, 9pm on the 13th, third place."

"Huh? How deep is China? Wait a moment..."

The staff member raised his head, looked He Shen up and down, nodded slightly, took out the registration book placed aside, put his fingers on it, and counted down one by one.

Finally, I found He Shen at the back of the second page.

He put the register on the table, took out a pen from his pocket, put a check mark behind He Shen's name, nodded slightly to He Shen, and extended his hand to signal.

"Okay, I have confirmed your information. How deep is China? The third one will appear at 9 o'clock on the 13th. Please follow me!"

The staff member bowed slightly and extended his hand to signal He Shen to follow him forward.

Just when he was about to leave with He Shen, another crisp voice came from behind He Shen.

A man also from China, no...

He Shen no longer believes in looks. This can only be said that a man with the same Asian face quickly came over to He Shen and handed his identity card to the staff in front of him, using an extremely fluent English spoke.

"Maple Leaf Country, Bruce Liu, will appear second at 9pm on the 14th."

After that, he handed the identification card and the game card to the staff member.

The staff member stopped as he was about to leave, glanced at the man named Bruce Liu, turned around silently, returned to the table, took out the sign-in book that had been placed on the table, and checked it again.

Bruce Liu looked at the staff member slowly flipping through the registration book, and couldn't help but feel a little helpless. He looked to the side of He Shen and started to speak fluent Chinese.

"Tsk tsk, sure enough, people in Europe and the United States do things slowly and don't rush anything all day long. It's true! It doesn't matter whether it's Warsaw or our Maple Leaf Country or the Beautiful Country, it's basically like this."

After saying that, he turned to look at He Shen, stretched out his hand, and said with a smile.

"Liu Yu, the great Yu who controlled floods, my parents are both from China. It is said that they met and fell in love in Paris, and then gave birth to me. However, they did not move to Maple Leaf Country until I was six years old and officially settled there. Maple Leaf Country.”

He Shen looked at Liu Yu's outstretched hand in front of him, thought for a moment, stretched out his hand to hold it, and said lightly.

"He Shen..."

"Haha, I know you. My teacher told me a lot about you, saying that you are a person worth paying attention to in this game!"

Liu Yu smiled. At this time, the staff in front of him had also found Liu Yu's name. After confirming his presence, he took a special look behind the two of them.

After realizing that no one else was coming behind them at this time, they nodded slightly.

"OK, okay, gentlemen, if you think it's okay, we will go directly to the large concert hall above to try out and select the piano."

"Of course! Thank you!"

Liu Yu bowed slightly to the staff, waited for the staff to turn their backs, then slowly stood up and smiled at He Shen.

"There is a saying. The European side pays more attention to etiquette than the Pretty Country and the Maple Leaf Country. Maybe these are the old nobles?"

"People over there feel that Europe is like a conservative old aristocracy, observing a lot of etiquette, but it's of no use..."

"The people on their side think that the people on our side are like nouveau riche, old and black..."

Liu Yu followed the staff and shook his head helplessly.

"Perhaps this is the generation gap between us in Europe and the United States? China often talks about Europe and the United States. In fact, the beautiful countries in Europe basically look down on each other."

Liu Yu was obviously more active and very talkative. As soon as he finished complaining about the etiquette of the staff member in front of him, he brought the topic back to He Shen and asked with slight curiosity.

"By the way, is your teacher Danyi? How is he? I seem to have often heard my teacher talk about Danyi, saying that Danyi's teaching is quite good, but he is more antique and so on."

"Your teacher?" He Shen was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Liu Yu, frowned slightly, and said hesitantly: "Your teacher, is... Deng Songshan?"

"Yes, my teacher is Deng Songshan! Didn't I tell you before?"

Liu Yu nodded matter-of-factly and smiled as he walked.

"My teacher also praised you, saying that although your performance did not meet his idea of ​​Chopin, and your overall understanding of Chopin was a bit too Chopin-like, he felt that you lacked a lot of personal things, but , your performance is really great!”

"Speaking of your sensitivity to music, the lines of music, light and shade, etc., basically there is no problem with any of them!"

"And the depth in your music is very, very deep. You think a lot about Chopin. It's not like a piece you can play at your age!"

"So, Teacher Deng Songshan thinks that my biggest enemy this year is you!"

When He Shen heard Liu Yu's words, he had no idea that Deng Songshan would rate him so highly.

Those things in front are actually conflicts between the directions of two people.

There are two very clear factions in virtuoso-level playing.

The first faction is just like Lang Liangyue. No matter what he plays, it is full of Lang Liangyue's own feeling. Even Chopin is full of Lang Liangyue's own feeling.

This is the ego school, which is self-centered to interpret a work and think about how a work should be performed.

The second faction is like He Shen, who strips himself away and allows the composers who think in his own consciousness to appear in his music.

No matter who’s music you play, it’s filled with that person’s style.

Play Chopin, that’s Chopin!

Play Bach, that’s Bach!

This is the difference between He Shen and Deng Songshan.

Two completely different paths.

This kind of road dispute has no high or low at all, it is a very normal disagreement. Therefore, it is very normal for people on two roads to dislike each other.

He Shen was a little surprised that Deng Songshan could still say that he was a very good piano player even though he disliked himself so much...

He Shen asked Liu Yu hesitantly.

"So, what does your teacher Deng Songshan think of Tanda and Xiaolin?"

"Tanda? Tanda Kyohei?"

Liu Yu didn't expect that He Shen would actually ask him about Tanda Kyohei. He couldn't help but touch his chin. After thinking for a moment, he shook his head slightly.

"My teacher probably doesn't like Tanda, but for Xiao Lin, it's actually okay. Does he really like Tanda..."

"I remember he seemed to have said before that Tanda's playing was too sweet, too artificial, and the artificiality made him a little bit sick!"

"The works played by Tanda are actually very good. His overall style is sweet. No matter how sad he is, he has to put a layer of maltose on the outside, so that when he takes the first bite, he can't help but admire it. , admire why it is so delicious!”

"But soon, you can feel the bitterness in his sweetness. This treatment is actually very good. Many judges like it very much!"

"pity……"

Before Liu Yu finished speaking, the two of them had already followed the staff member to the players' backstage.

Even during the day, the overhead lights are still on, ensuring that the entire backstage passage for the players is bright.

Everyone walked to the only door on the left, the door with the stage logo engraved nearby, and waited for a while.

On the stage, you can hear someone else playing.

It should be the last person who came over to try the piano and hasn't left yet.

The staff member turned around, interrupted Liu Yu's speech, and spoke to He Shen and He Shen briefly and quickly.

"Okay, let's wait here for a while. The last contestant is trying out the piano. He will come down in a while. After he comes down, He Shen from China, you go first, followed by Bruce from Maple Leaf Country!"

"You have 10 minutes to choose the piano. Please be sure to tell the recorder on the stage which piano you will use within these 10 minutes!"

"Do you understand?"

The staff member glanced at He Shen and Liu Yu behind him, and after confirming that there was no problem with the two, he turned around and slowly opened the door.

When the door was opened, what was seen was not the stage, but a very short staircase.

A man who was completely unlikely to have any bad feelings just by looking at it walked down the stairs with a smile.

Behind him, there was a man in a black suit who kept nodding his head.

As he walked, he was still saying something.

When the man saw He Shen and Liu Yu standing at the door, he was obviously stunned.

However, he just smiled gently at the two of them, bowed slightly, and walked out.

"Fanta... Kyohei."

He Shen looked at the man who left, his eyes were not turbulent at all, but extremely calm.

He had never thought that Fan Tian Kyohei would be in this place.

He had never thought that they would meet by chance?

Just when the two of them were discussing him?

Interesting...

He Shen watched Fan Tian Kyohei leave the backstage of the contestant, glanced at Liu Yu standing on the side, and nodded slightly.

"Then, I'll go in first."

"Okay, I wish you all the best and choose the most suitable piano!"

"Thank you"

He Shen nodded to Liu Yu, stepped onto the steps, and walked towards the top of the concert hall.

At this time, in the concert hall, only the lighting technician on the stage was turned on, and the surroundings were extremely dark, without any light.

The overall atmosphere was very low.

After walking up the steps and walking towards the piano, He Shen found that he was facing the audience.

The stairs go up along the edge of the concert hall and reach the stage.

This staircase is surrounded by a wooden wall. If you are in the audience seats, you can't see the situation of this place at all.

This way, the performers can have more time to adjust their mood.

And the performers don't need to lean sideways to signal to all the audience, but can face the audience and walk straight to the front of the stage.

This design...

He Shen didn't know whether this design is good or bad for a while.

He Shen shook his head and looked in front of him, and his breathing became a little hurried.

On the stage, there are four black pianos, each of which is extremely beautiful.

It can even be said that it is very sexy?

Each piano is made by major piano companies for this competition with all their heart and soul. It is impossible for any of them to have poor quality control!

Steinway from Italy...

Fazioli from Italy...

Kawaii and Yamaha from Japan...

These four pianos are placed in front of him very elegantly, waiting for his favor.

Before, you may not feel this kind of specialness at all on the top floor of Haicheng Music, and think it is just so-so...

But now, when four pianos of more than two meters and nearly three meters long are placed in front of you one by one.

The price of each piano is several million.

You can probably know how shocking these pianos are.

If it is not obvious to use pianos, you can directly replace them with cars.

Before, I showed you one car in one garage, which probably didn't make much sense, anyway, there was only one car in one room.

But now, four top car brands such as Ferrari and Lamborghini are placed in front of you, and you can choose whatever you want. This feeling is much greater than the shock of those cars in one garage!

He Shen walked towards Steinway without any hesitation.

This is not that he intends to choose Steinway, but he wants to see how big the difference is between this Steinway and the one he touched in Haicheng Music Academy?

He Shen sat on the piano bench, took a deep breath, put his hand on the piano, and pressed it slowly.

Buzz...

An extremely clean tone came out of the piano.

Clean and delicate!

This feeling is very good!

He Shen's eyes lit up slightly, but he shook his head soon.

This Steinway is much better than all the Steinways in Haicheng Conservatory of Music in terms of feel and tone.

But...

After thinking for a moment, He Shen finally shook his head.

If the tone of this piano is brighter, he might choose this Steinway!

Unfortunately, the tone of this piano is still a little dim.

The other two pianos from Japan are basically the same.

Yamaha's CFX and Kawaii's SK-EX are not to He Shen's taste.

These two pianos are very good, both great, and the feeling of being able to play them is also very, very good.

Unfortunately...

He Shen is still not satisfied.

The sound of these pianos is not bright enough!

Steinway, warm and delicate.

Yamaha, moderate and balanced.

Kawaii, slightly low.

And all He Shen wanted was a particularly bright tone.

Because he planned to use this brighter tone in his performance to give the piano he chose something new that others rarely noticed!

He Shen finally came to Fazioli.

This is a cutting-edge piano from Italy!

A top-level piano with the perfect quality control of the old generation of Steinway and brand-new technology!

He Shen sat on Fazioli's piano stool and put his hands on the piano.

Buzz...

The weight of the arm made the piano keys slowly sink into the piano.

A very subtle, clear and bright sound slowly came out of the piano.

This sound?

He Shen's eyes lit up slightly.

Sure enough, his choice was not wrong!

The tone of the piano on this day was very suitable for his subsequent performance!

He Shen raised his hand and looked at the time. There was not much time left.

He still had a few minutes left, and there was no time to choose other pianos.

He Shen looked at Fazioli in front of him, and without any hesitation, he slammed his hand down.

Boom!

An extremely low sound penetrated the entire piano and came to He Shen's ears.

Penetrating, but not sharp.

Bright, but not harsh.

This extremely pure feeling instantly lit up He Shen's eyes.

Sure enough, this is the feeling he wanted to find!

The feeling of the scale, without any obstacles!

The rebound of the finger roll is very fast, and it can be accelerated continuously to the limit he wants to reach.

In addition, the distance of the first piano sound area, although it is a little bit away from the height of the sound area he wants.

But it must be said that this sound height can give him a lot of space to focus on the music and do more other processing.

The corners of He Shen's mouth rose slightly.

Now, his hardware has been found, and his software...

He Shen looked at the dozens of Lv10 Chopin works in his music library and couldn't help but smile.

Now, he has prepared everything, just waiting for a few days...

The first round of the competition!

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