The world's number one pianist

Moderato Chiaramente, medium tempo

A major, three sharps

Piano, soft.

Left hand E, paired with A major first inversion to the third note.

Left hand Gis, paired with A major seventh chord to the root note.

The two together form the opening A major seventh chord.

He Shen closed his eyes slightly, and after going through the beginning of this piece, everything in his heart, he slowly opened his eyes, leaned forward, pressed his fingers on the keyboard, and slowly pressed the keys.

When...

An extremely ethereal voice came from the piano, like a cloud, entwined around everyone.

"Hmm? This sound?"

Zhou San's eyes suddenly lit up. His guess was all wrong. He Shen did not give up the Chinese work. What he chose was to strive for the highest score!

"The sound at the beginning, this chord, is interesting..."

"Yes, listen to it, his fingers are light, but his arms are heavy."

"His sound is very good, very good!"

This piece is a representative piece of Yuezhou music, and it was also adapted by the famous Chinese composer Wang Zhongjian, using the sound of the piano to simulate the sound of other instruments.

It is very beautiful, like high mountains and flowing water, spring river and moonlit night, which seems to be describing the scenery, but actually narrating emotions.

China pays attention to the unity of man and nature. Mountains, water, clouds, and moon, these natural scenery, are not purely described in music, but combined with human emotions.

From the cries of the orioles, it reminds me of the graceful lady, from looking up at the bright moon to looking down at my hometown.

Using such metaphors, I cut open my heart, stand in front of everyone, and tell them the endless emotions in my heart.

He Shen's hands moved quickly on the piano. This piece was not difficult. For all the contestants, this piece was so familiar that it could not be more familiar.

However, it was precisely because of the familiarity that they felt unfamiliar at this moment.

He Shen made the colorful clouds chasing the moon, which was originally a description of scenery, no longer a description of scenery.

A chase, under He Shen's performance, is no longer a chase, but an image of wind.

A moon is no longer a simple moonlight, but an image of autumn.

With a very Western rhythm, such as the rhythm of tango or hamanera, coupled with the unique content of China, people are instantly fascinated.

The tango rhythm blends with tremolo, the fragrance of osmanthus comes in the autumn wind, and the beautiful scenery is helpless.

The wind blows away the clouds, the bright moon is in the sky, and it sweeps towards everyone with octaves and super long arpeggios.

With the final ending, wind, moon, dance, and intoxication are all integrated.

Floating, dreamlike fairyland.

As the fingers moved away from the piano, the sound slowly dissipated again like smoke.

He Shen slowly exhaled. He was quite satisfied with this piece. After all, he was not particularly good at traditional Chinese music.

Being able to play to the level just now can be regarded as a superb performance. As for maintaining this level...

He Shen still didn't expect it.

After hearing He Shen's song "Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon", the audience in the audience did not disappoint He Shen's expectations and applauded vigorously.

"Bravo!"

"Bravo!"

"Bravo!"

...

Everyone cheered, and then quickly quieted down, quietly waiting for He Shen's second piece.

The short-haired female judge's eyes lit up, and she patted her chest, which was not prominent to begin with, and said in a low voice but with an extremely proud tone.

"Look, I knew this guy would not give up Chinese works. Look how well he plays!"

"Yes, this piece of Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon has that flavor."

The other judges also nodded.

"If we compare, the effect of He Shen's Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon is slightly better than Yue Li's Embroidered Gold Plaque?"

"Well, if we compare purely, his Colorful Clouds Chasing the Moon is good, but I don't know if his Chopin after that can maintain his previous state."

The judges agreed, glanced at the table in their hands, and also waited for He Shen's second work to begin.

But at this time, the female judge suddenly spoke.

"Wait a minute, score first, and then average the scores of He Shen's two works, don't score at the end."

Hearing the words of the female judge, except for those who had seen He Shen play in the last round, the others couldn't help but be stunned.

"Uh, why? Will there be any problems after listening to his performance?"

"Yes, I'm afraid that you will give He Shen a very low score for no reason, which will cause him to be eliminated in this competition."

"This..."

The judges looked at each other, not quite understanding why the female judge said that, but everyone was familiar with each other, so they naturally gave He Shen the score of his work.

There were eleven judges in total, three judges gave 100 points, one 99, one 98, and the remaining few people all gave high scores above 95 points.

After seeing that these people had finished grading He Shen's scores, the short-haired female judge nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad, fortunately none of you gave He Shen 80 points. If you gave him 80 points, I would scold you to death later."

"Sister, who can give such a good performance just now 80 points? The performance just now was almost perfect, and it was still 80 points?"

"Who knows?"

The female judge snorted twice, grinned at the judges who had reviewed He Shen with her before, and said sarcastically.

"Maybe some people suddenly felt that He Shen played the last piece very well, which led them to think that the previous piece was too rubbish, so they planned to give a low score."

"You know, the people who were punished a few days ago were severely criticized by the organizing committee because of this incident and their qualifications as judges were cancelled."

The female judge's eyes slashed at those people fiercely, without further explanation.

The other judges who didn't know the situation were stunned. They didn't expect that those who were disqualified as judges before would be so unlucky.

After hearing this, everyone couldn't help but put their eyes back on He Shen, with strong interest in their eyes.

"Interesting, you can make several judges withdraw from the competition because of you. I want to see what kind of Chopin can make so many people miss him."

For a moment, the whole concert hall became extremely quiet, and everyone was waiting for the appearance of He Shen's second work.

He Shen did not let those people wait any longer, slowly adjusted his inner emotions, let himself get rid of the colorful clouds chasing the moon just now, and then slowly immersed himself in Chopin's third piano ballad.

The fingers were slightly raised, stayed in the air, and then pressed down.