The world's number one pianist

The staff came quickly, pushed open the door, picked up the board in his hand, and spoke to everyone.

"The first player, Poland, Piotr, Alexewicz, please come and prepare to play!

The second player, Maple Leaf Country's J J Jun Li Bui, please go into the waiting room and wait!"

After that, the staff stood at the door and looked at the people in the room.

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The Polish player didn't react. He just nodded slightly, stood up, walked out of the lounge.

Bai Lijun from Maple Leaf Country sighed, put away the fidget spinner in his hand, put it in his pants pocket, and nodded slightly to everyone in the room.

He glanced at He Shen, who was sitting in the middle of the room, and Kobayashi Ai, who was sitting opposite He Shen. Without saying a word, he walked out directly behind the staff.

At this moment, the concert hall was extremely noisy. Everyone was looking for their seats and discussing today's game with their companions.

Today's game was a particularly popular one in the third round.

First of all, He Shen, who ranked first in the first round and second in the second round, would sell out their tickets as long as He Shen and Liu Yu appeared in the game.

Secondly, it was Kobayashi Aishi.

Although Kobayashi Aishi failed in the last round of direct confrontation with He Shen and was unable to confront He Shen head-on.

But it must be said that her strength was still very good.

In the last round of the game, even though she was suppressed by He Shen, her overall score was ranked in the top ten of the second round.

After all, no matter how she did not play her full strength, she was still a seeded player in the first echelon.

Even if she was not qualified to compete for the championship, she was still qualified to compete for the top few places.

It was precisely because of this that her second encounter with He Shen was more interesting.

Many people are thinking, can Xiaolin Aishi continue to develop in this round, and can he compete with He Shen again without losing.

Or will he be suppressed by He Shen and never get up again?

If Xiaolin Aishi is suppressed by He Shen and can't get up, that would be interesting!

There may be a very obvious change in the top ten positions.

Some players who originally had no intention of competing for the top six also have the opportunity to compete for the top six here!

If only He Shen and Xiaolin Aishi competed on the first day, in fact, the first day's competition was just like that, and it could only be regarded as an ordinary promotion match.

But!

In addition to these two people, there is also Bai Lijun from Maple Leaf Country, a name with a lot of letters in it, J J Jun Li Bui, Bai Lijun!

His results are in the middle of the first echelon in the overall results.

If I guess correctly, he basically has a chance to compete for the top six!

Even those who are considered to be the bottom players in this round and may be eliminated by some people.

The strength is also very strong, and it should not be underestimated at all!

Even Piotr, the Polish player.

His strength can be regarded as the first player selected in the Polish region!

That is to say, in the first day of the third round, there are three players who are eligible to compete for the top six positions.

There is even a person who has the opportunity to compete for the first place!

The following players are also eligible to compete for the top ten!

No one is a weak team!

No one!

Now, the gold content of this day's competition has become extremely high!

Even if they don't watch other games, that group of people all want to watch today's game!

It is precisely because of this that the classical music scalpers, who are not very popular at ordinary times, have become extremely popular in this place.

Everyone hopes to get a ticket for the first day of the game from their place!

It is also because of this that this game is so hot that no one who has tickets is willing to give out their tickets.

In the first and second rounds, there might have been a few empty seats, but on the first day of the third round, there were no empty seats at all.

Even the oversold tickets, those standing tickets that were for standing at the back of the concert hall to enjoy the music, were all sold out. The group of people stood in the corner very obediently, waiting for the start of the game.

And before everyone had to wait for long, the staff came out, nodded slightly to everyone, and coughed lightly.

The sound instantly spread from the stage to the entire concert hall.

The people who were still discussing the game in the concert hall immediately shut their mouths and looked at everything in front of them with great anticipation.

Looking at the contestants who were about to go on stage.

The first, third, and fifth place were not particularly important contestants.

And the second place Bai Lijun, the fourth place He Shen, and the sixth place Kobayashi Aishi!

Now they are all the highlights!

Everyone sat up straight immediately, their eyes locked on the staff in front of them, waiting for his announcement.

This staff member shrugged his arms slightly, let his mentality become a little more stable, and then spoke directly to everyone.

"The third round of the Chopin International Piano Competition, the first day of the competition, is now officially starting!"

"First of all, welcome the judges participating in this selection, they are Deng Songshan!"

"Argerich!"

"Chen Sa!"

"..."

As the host read out the names of all the judges one by one, the judges also stood up in turn in the order of the host, and bowed slightly to everyone.

The judges of the third round of this time are not just a dozen people like before.

This time, the judges' seats are almost full!

Nearly more than 30 judges appeared in the judges' seats.

Each judge has different preferences for music, and their understanding of music is also different.

Therefore, the scores they can give will be more subtle than the average score of the previous competition.

However, the gap between the total scores may become larger!

If the performance meets the preferences of most judges, then their scores may be higher!

But if it does not meet the preferences of the judges, the score will be lower than before!

This is a double-edged sword!

When He Shen was sitting backstage, he was stunned when he heard so many judges. He slowly opened his eyes and looked towards the direction of the concert hall.

This, for him, is not good news.

However...

He Shen looked at the people in the room. When he saw some of them, their eyes obviously became extremely excited, and he couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Don't be too entangled in factors other than music.

These things are all uncontrollable!

And the only controllable thing is your own strength!

He Shen took a look at all his works, all of which have reached the master level, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.

His strength in the third round will be particularly strong!

In the first and second rounds before, there may be some works that are relatively ordinary.

But in this third round...

I will have no weaknesses!

He Shen closed his eyes again and waited for his turn.

The staff on the stage also read the list of all the judges who participated in the selection, and then turned the page of the list in his hand and continued to speak to everyone.

"The first contestant is from Poland! Piotr, Alexewicz

Piano selection: Steinway D274

Performance track 1: Mazurka op24 no1 G minor,

Performance track 2: Mazurka op24 no2 C major,

Performance track 3: Mazurka op24 no3 A flat major,

Performance track 4: Mazurka op24 no4 B flat minor;

Performance track 5: Prelude op28, a total of 24 pieces!"

As soon as the voice fell, everyone applauded!

Piotr took a step and walked from the steps on the side to the top of the concert hall.

His eyes were full of confidence and seriousness.

Although many people don't think highly of him and think that he has little chance of entering the finals, that is, the fourth round.

But...

No one would want others to look down on him!

He always needs to prove himself, to prove that his strength is enough! He really has a chance to enter the fourth round!

He walked quickly to the front of the piano, bowed slightly to everyone, and sat down directly.

He picked up his hand towel, quickly wiped the sweat from his palm, and then threw it on the piano.

The fingers were slightly raised, and then gently fell.

The sound was transmitted to everyone's heart very thoroughly.

Mazurka No. 24, the first one, G minor!

The interpretation full of exotic style came out from the piano in an instant!

Most people didn't have any special feelings, but just thought that his performance was pretty good.

But...

Dan Yi, who was sitting in the corner, raised his head.

Rao Hao, who was sitting in another corner, raised his head.

Some Chinese contestants sitting in the front row raised their heads.

They all looked at this contestant, looking at this contestant from Poland, with strangeness in their eyes.

Maybe, there was also a lot of sympathy.

Piotr now has no idea what he will encounter in the future!

Now, he and He Shen have the same piece!

He will face He Shen in his complete form!

Although it is inevitable to have the same repertoire in the Chopin International Piano Competition...

But this kind of complete overlap, the exact same, is really rare.

No matter how much he prefers freehand painting, the kind of feeling that wants to interpret more of himself, the kind of Chopin that is particularly self-centered, the Chopin that belongs to him.

No matter how different he is from He Shen.

But no matter what...

They still have the same repertoire, and they are exactly the same!

This is rare...

This time it is really a fight to the death!

The Chinese people sitting in the front glanced at each other, trying to see what was in each other's eyes.

But unfortunately, no one had any ideas, only pity.

There is only one reason, that is, this Piotr played really very well!

The tone is really perfect!

There are almost no mistakes.

Occasionally, a few very small mistakes also appear extremely perfect in his interpretation of music!

Not only his Mazurka, but also the Chopin prelude later...

When everyone thought of this, they couldn't help but pinch their eyebrows.

This person is really a pity!

Chopin's complete set of preludes is really too difficult, and not many people are willing to interpret it on this occasion.

Even if they are asked to play two different Chopin piano sonatas in a row, they are not willing to play Chopin's complete set of piano preludes.

Chopin's complete set of piano preludes is really too terrifying.

The requirements for spiritual level detail control are very high, and the details of each of the 24 works are different!

Although it can be said to be a complete set of works, in fact, it is completely 24 completely different works!

None of the contestants who choose to play Chopin's complete set of piano preludes at the Chopin International Piano Competition are weak.

Their strengths are extremely terrifying!

It's just a pity...

Such a contestant met He Shen!

He Shen, who was sitting in the backstage, couldn't help but be stunned. He raised his head and looked at the stage in the distance.

He really didn't expect that this contestant actually played the same piece as himself!

And...

He Shen closed his eyes and savored it carefully. He could clearly feel that the strength of this contestant reached the level of Lv9!

Chopin's Mazurka is basically Lv9, which is similar to himself.

Chopin's Prelude, even if it is not Lv10, is also at the level of Lv9!

Such a strong contestant just happened to meet him, this...

He Shen didn't know what to say for a while, he just rubbed his eyebrows and smiled helplessly.

This contestant can only say that he hopes he can enter the next round.

I hope he won't be eliminated inexplicably because of himself!

After all, his performance in this game was really supermodel, so supermodel that He Shen didn't know what to say.

He Shen shook his head and was about to retract his gaze, but suddenly found that Kobayashi Aishi, who was sitting opposite him, also showed a trace of strange emotions in her eyes.

If I guessed correctly...

Kobayashi Aishi seemed to have the same song!

And she showed this expression when Piotr played the prelude.

It seems that her performance was also Chopin's prelude.

Chopin's prelude, accompanied by a set of Chopin's Mazurkas.

This is really.

When He Shen thought of this, he couldn't help but feel his head hurt more.

In the usual Chopin International Piano Competition, there are more than 20 contestants, and only two or three can choose to play Chopin's complete set of piano preludes.

Unexpectedly, this time they were all put on one day?

My own Chopin piano prelude, Kobayashi Aishi's Chopin piano prelude, Piotr's Chopin piano prelude.

Now, it's really embarrassing for whoever is weaker!

Piotr on the stage didn't know what He Shen was thinking. He was just playing with his emotions, his fingers running quickly on the piano keyboard, interpreting the most perfect interpretation he could.

He even felt that his condition had never been so good!

Even if he occasionally made some mistakes, it had no effect at all.

He could even feel the feeling of Chopin!

This feeling was very, very good!

After the last note, he raised his hand and smiled.

He felt that his performance was very, very strong!

Not to mention that he was comparable to He Shen, at least, the contestant behind him, Bui from Maple Leaf Country, might be slightly better than him!

He stood up, bowed slightly to the crowd, and prepared to leave the stage.

For some reason, he always felt that the expressions of some people in the first few rows of the audience in front of him were very strange.

It was as if... they were sympathizing with themselves?

He couldn't help but frown slightly, not quite sure why these people would sympathize with themselves?

But he didn't think much about it and walked off the stage directly.

The staff stood up and waited for the piano on the stage to slide down the rails. After a new piano appeared, he stood in the center of the stage and spoke to everyone.

"The second contestant, Maple Leaf Country, J J Jun Li Bui

Piano selection: Kawaii SK-EX

Piece selection 1: Ballade in F major, 38

Piece selection 2: Mazurka op24 no1 in G minor,

Piece selection 3: Mazurka op24 no2 in C major,

Piece selection 4: Mazurka op24 no3 in A flat major,

Piece selection 5: Mazurka op24 no4 in B flat minor;

Piece selection 6: Mazurka Rondo in F major op5;

Piece selection 7: Sonata in B minor op58"

Bui stood up from the backstage and walked towards the stage. He walked to the center of the stage, bowed slightly to everyone, then sat on the piano stool, adjusted himself a little, and prepared to play.

Under the stage, Piotr returned to the contestant lounge. He went back to this place to pack up his clothes and some items that he had put in the lounge in advance.

Just as he came in, He Shen suddenly looked at him, nodded slightly at him, and said.

"You played very well!"

"Uh... thank you?"

Piotr was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect He Shen to talk to him at all. He scratched his head, then smiled and stretched out his hand to He Shen.

"Then, do your best?"

"Yes, I will."

He Shen stood up, shook his hand, and then reached out and patted his shoulder.

The staff also pushed the door in at this time. Just seeing He Shen stand up, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, picked up the board in his hand, and hesitated.

"Well, the next contestant, He Shen, please go backstage to prepare, it will be your turn later!"

"Yes."

He Shen nodded, patted Piotr's shoulder again, and walked towards the lounge.

Leaving Piotr with a confused look and the staff standing at the door.

He Shen walked into the lounge.

When he entered the lounge, the music outside had become very, very quiet.

After waiting for a while, applause broke out. It was probably the second contestant, Bui from Maple Leaf Country, who had finished playing.

The third contestant soon walked up.

He Shen just listened for a while, then found a seat to sit down, closed his eyes, and didn't bother to pay attention to those people's interpretations.

He Shen sat on the chair, quietly waiting for his turn.

Just when He Shen was getting a little impatient, the staff pushed open the door.

He said to He Shen with great respect.

"The previous contestant has finished playing, and it's your turn to go on stage next!"

"We will confirm the works with you one last time. Are you sure these are the works? They won't change?"

Looking at the names of the works in the staff's hands, which were exactly the same as those he had reported before, He Shen thought about it for a while and shook his head.

"No change."

"Okay! Please wait a moment, the previous contestant is about to leave the stage."

As soon as the voice fell, the door of the backstage of the concert hall opened, and the thunderous applause instantly came to the backstage.

It seems that this contestant played well?

He Shen shook his head slightly, stood up, walked to the door of the concert hall, and stood still.

Next, it was his turn!

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