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Chapter 684 383. Journey Diary 69: Yeah!Ice chips in the spring breeze
"Wow——————"

The roaring applause continued, and the lingering sound of Chopin's Third Sonata seemed to be floating on the empty stage.

All the teachers and students in the audience gave the strongest cheers for Tang Xiaoxing's solo stage.

Comparing the performance of the trio at the opening ceremony, it can be said that Tang Xiaoxing completely showed another side of her on stage today - maturity.

Perfect techniques, abundant emotions, and a way of handling works that completely break through age boundaries.

After listening to Tang Xiaoxing's performance of the last movement, and then reviewing the other four movements, Li An had only one feeling: the piano was like Tang Xiaoxing's mother tongue, like a part of Tang Xiaoxing's body and mind.

Tang Xiaoxing seemed to be talking naturally throughout the solo process. This unique advantage that can often only be demonstrated in teenagers has been fully reflected in Tang Xiaoxing.

In time, when Tang Xiaoxing's experience and age are enough to dig deeper into the work, coupled with the protection of his family, Ang Lee can almost foresee that a piano star has risen.

At this moment, he could somewhat understand why Boss

Thinking of this, Ang Lee couldn't help but think of the Chopin International Competition.

The No. 18 Xiaoxing Competition ended last year. In four years, Tang Xiaoxing will be almost old enough.

The youngest player known to have participated in the competition is 16 years old.

Ang Lee has a hunch that Tang Xiaoxing may participate in the next Chopin Competition.

Studying in Moscow right now may be preparing for this step.

Of course, whether Tang Xiaoxing participates in the next Chopin Competition has nothing to do with him.

Looking at the car that was about to take the stage, Li An smiled. He didn't know what the car would feel like after listening to Tang Xiaoxing's Third Sonata.

Just don't affect his mentality, Li An thought, but in fact he wasn't worried at all.

Regarding the mentality of the small car, he is 1 at ease.

Come on little car, we are here on this stage. The size of the repertoire does not matter, we have done our best to prepare.

"Che Lin, come on."

"alright!"

In the waiting area, Xiao Che grinned and walked onto the stage with Tang Xiaoxing's encouragement.
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"Wow------"

There was another burst of applause, and the last performer of tonight’s Chopin theme concert, Che Lin, came on stage.

Perhaps Tang Xiaoxing's performance overdrawn too much of the audience's emotions. The applause at the moment was a little tired, but the most noisy sound of the night could be heard in the area where Piano Classroom No. [-] was located.

Wang Xiaohu took the lead, and all the children clapped their hands vigorously, so that Ma Hao, who was caught in the middle, had to try his best, even though the little fat boy was not very interested in the C-sharp minor waltz that Che Lin was about to play.

In fact, it’s not Ma Hao’s fault. Every concert has a highlight.

In everyone's eyes, it is obvious that today's two protagonists are Professor Martin in the first half and Tang Xiaoxing in the second half.

Even Professor Anna served as a backdrop in the first half, not to mention that Che Lin took the stage behind Tang Xiaoxing in the second half.

Even Fu Yu, who sat in front of the piano to rehearse with Cha Lin in the afternoon, felt that the order of Cha Lin's appearance was a bit bad. He wished that Cha Lin had appeared after Song Siyan.

Liu Ziqian had expected this situation a long time ago. He also had the exact same experience. It was a very stressful thing to follow Tang Xiaoxing on stage.

Miao Hengrui also silently mourned for Che Lin in his heart. He heard a lot about Che Lin from Yu Xiaobei, and he could also tell that Che Lin did show considerable strength in the stage performance in the afternoon. He just appeared after Tang Xiaoxing.

The "sympathy" of the top players in each group for Che actually reflects their unwillingness to follow Tang Xiaoxing on the stage. Perhaps this also explains their recognition of Che Lin from another angle.

You must know that they are all outstanding existences in their respective places. They have regarded Che Lin as the same existence as them from the bottom of their hearts. Although they are also confused about why Che Lin chose such a sketch to participate in this competition with her strength. Recital at summer camp.

In fact, what they don't know even more is that Che Lin has only practiced two Chopin pieces so far, both of which are sketches, and Che Lin is far from the repertoire they have.

But Che Lin wasn't panicking at all at the moment.

On the contrary, she was very excited, because she had listened to so many wonderful Chopin performances tonight, and it was not too late for her to be happy.

When he walked onto the stage, Xiaoche did not sit directly in front of the piano like Song Siyan and Tang Xiaoxing did, but bowed to the audience first.

The teacher told her from the first time she came on stage that she must bow before going on stage.

Regarding stage etiquette, there are various types, depending on the occasion. In today's occasion, bowing first and then bowing is consistent with etiquette.

Li Bi stood up, sat down in front of the piano and began to adjust the height and position of the piano bench.

Feeling the warmth coming from her buttocks, the black and white piano keys in front of her seemed to still have the image of Tang Xiaoxing's fingers flying just now.

It plays so beautifully.

Blinking, Xiao Che pursed her mouth into a thin line. When the applause in her ears fell, she raised her hands and dropped her fingers.

"when-"

An ordinary sharp sol floated up from the key under her finger. Miraculously, the entire quiet hall became even quieter because of the sound of this note.

Chopin Waltz in C sharp minor, op.64-2.

No. 64, second piece.

Like the opening of Chopin's Sonata No. [-] played by Tang Xiaoxing, the opening of the C-sharp minor Waltz is also a weak measure.

The genre difference between the two works determines that the opening chapters of the two works must go to two extremes.

Chopin's Sonata No. [-] is an earnest and solemn fortissimo, while the Waltz in C sharp minor is a lamentable weak.

However, the beginning of the car is not weak, and the moderate power brings out the melody of the next section, like gurgling water.

The calm opening, and even the special rhythm decorated with etiquette, did not give people a sense of narrative in Chopin's music.

Looking at the piano again, the tall and tall body wrapped in a black dress is sitting upright at the moment, and the two slender arms exposed in the air are moving back and forth, but the hands on the keyboard do not let anyone see that they are trying to move at any speed. changes.

Hearing this, the music in my ears is still the beautiful Chopin melody, but is this Chopin of Che Lin?

At least six or seven children raised a question mark in their minds about this.

I thought that the unique opening would lead to an even more unique follow-up performance, but the audience did not hear it in the follow-up.

Although Tang Xiaoxing's explosive performance lowered everyone's expectations for Che Lin, everyone thought that Che Lin, who has an absolute sense of hearing, should also be able to bring out some different feelings.

At least it shouldn't be as pale as boiled water without any ups and downs.

When the performance reaches the eighth section, the car raises his right wrist, and the continuous ascending notes, as clear as rolling beads of jade, suddenly add a touch of vivid color to the music. It fleetingly disappears, and the stage calms down again.

Old Charlie nodded, his eyes showing a smile, this treatment was beyond his expectation.

Compared with the opening part in the morning, the opening part he heard now had internal expression. In one day, this child had already understood what the scale of piano playing was.

And the proportions are just right.

Old Charlie admired the way the car was handled. He thought it was more like a child's way of understanding music.

He has never advocated telling children too much about the works themselves, especially stories that cross age boundaries.There is such a story behind the Waltz in C minor.

In the winter of 1836, Chopin met George Sand, a French female writer who was 6 years older than him.

The two quickly fell in love, and after a nine-year relationship, they separated due to various reasons.

Old Charlie could write a book about Chopin's love story, and from the bottom of his heart he sympathized with this sensitive and weak piano poet.

After falling out of love, Chopin was depressed all day long. Coupled with lung disease, his health deteriorated.

It was in this state that Chopin wrote this Waltz in C sharp minor.

According to old Charlie's teacher, when Chopin wrote this piece, he told people around him that this piece contained all the memories he had with George Sand.

After being in love for nine years, this song must contain so many emotions.

Chopin is a genius, so at first glance, everyone will feel that this piece of work gives people an indescribable sadness.

Especially in the lyrical Adagio, the sweet melody is like the scene of Chopin and George Sand living happily together.

But despite this, there is still a touch of melancholy permeating the music involuntarily.

Old Charlie believed that his teacher did not lie to him. After all, his teacher’s teacher was a student of Chopin.

Therefore, while recognizing the creative background of this work, he was even more opposed to telling it to children.

Can a child understand this?

The scary thing is that smart children will think that the teacher tells them this so that they can find the state and feeling of playing here.

Can a child find the feeling of losing the support of love in life?

Obviously not.

In the eyes of old Charlie, the best way to let a child view a work is to let him find it in the music.

Whatever he feels, he will pop up, and this is the most natural processing and the most touching processing.

Just like the feeling he heard at this moment, a simple expression with a slight ups and downs in the calm, and it also avoided the free and almost loose speed control of the morning performance, it was very good.

He has seen too many piano geniuses who were as perfect as adults when they were children. However, when these children grow up, they are usually unable to continue their reputation as geniuses due to a lack of experience in real life, and end up disappearing from the crowd. Among second-tier performers.

Once again, he felt Li An's excellent teaching ability.

However, what he admired was not Ang Lee's guidance in guiding the works. He also didn't know if Ang Lee had ever told his children Chopin's love story.

What he admired was Ang Lee's guidance in the child's touch.

For an orthodox German and Austrian pianist and educator, old Charlie should have scorned this method of fabricating notes controlled after touching the keys. Indeed, old Charlie did so when he was young.

But as he grew older, he gradually began to pay more attention to genres other than German and Austrian styles.

Later, he published several papers, all of which revolved around the idea that all piano schools would finally break through the Iron Curtain left by World War II and move towards the final integration.

It can be regarded as a kind of return to nature. Old Charlie has been working as a piano educator all his life, and finally found that the problem of music must eventually return to music.

It doesn’t matter what genre, hand type, or teaching method, as long as you play with a good motive, you can push the music to a new level.

Post-touch control does have a natural advantage in shaping motivations. What is rare is that the motivations created by the child in front of me with this touch of keys are full of ideas and shapes.

For example, the 4+4 measures at the beginning of the insert part.

The car uses two long notes as the basis, showing the still side of the music, followed by notes with rest points that immediately advance the music. Although there is no contrast between movement and silence, the rhythm is expressed through the touch of the keys. Reflected in depth.

This kind of playing technique that makes the music dynamic in the calm flow is actually more clever. He noticed in the morning that he just played too freely.

Listening to it now, he was almost certain that Che had mastered this skill, and it had nothing to do with talent and everything to do with the way he practiced it.

On the stage, the car moves freely, and you will feel an extremely light feeling every time you place your fingers.

It was completely different from the previous performance experience on stage. There was no need to think about the result of the competition. There was only one thing in her mind, to perform this piece well. She said she wanted to play this piece, and the teacher gave her the score.

It can be regarded as an attempt. After what she saw and heard throughout the day and thinking before going on stage, she decided to give her performance tonight less freedom and more restraint.

The right hand strokes a series of notes, and a new theme appears in the music.

In fact, Xiaoche has always liked this melody very much. Every time she plays this section, she feels happy, just like chewing sweet strawberries on the way to piano lessons.

A bouncing eighth-tuplet at random, like the scorching sun in the morning scattering patches on the ground through the treetops.

Xiaoche chose to use the method Tang Xiaoxing had just used to deal with the contrast between strong and weak. In the next sentence, he suddenly started weak and then strong, and then jumped forward again to advance the music.

A strange scene appeared again. Unknowingly, in the ears of many children in the audience, the music in the air had a faint ripple, gradually contrasting with the dullness at the beginning.

The music continues to move forward, and the mood between contrasts continues to expand.

The next second, Che Lin's entire playing state changed in front of the piano.

Standing upright, the fingers jump, and the sound flow slanting downwards is reserved and meditative in the mold. The poetic meaning is not dependent on the emotions brought out by the agility.

The pleasant melody suddenly sprouts a ground-breaking power, giving people freshness and excitement.

Repeat again!

The car gradually increases the intensity of the fingers, and the touch of the keys is no longer smart. The tone rejects the dazzling brightness of the previous section, and instead uses a gentle and sincere monologue to give birth to a fragrant fragrance full of youthful manners!

The emotion that had eluded almost the entire piece finally burst out to the audience at this moment with extremely impactful audio-visual effects!
Once the speed of freedom rebounds after being restrained, the suppression becomes the deep brewing before the explosion. This is where the drama of the music comes from, and where the tension is formed.

Hearing this, Li An's hands that were tightly clasped on his knees relaxed, and his eyes showed indescribable pride.

The waltz in C-sharp minor, which was so sweet that it almost oozed juice, finally aroused infinite expectations and imagination in the audience. But the next second, the hands in front of the piano were closed.

The last note lingering in the high register is like an ice shard in the spring breeze, exposed in the hearts of everyone, and then melting.

“Wow——————————————————”

With a sigh of relief, Xiao Che stood up from the piano happily. She found that after restraining herself, she felt more free.

Turning around, playing the piano, under the bright desk lamp, a pure smile poured out like a clear stream, following her bent waist.

"Wow————————"

There was another burst of applause, and all the friends in Piano Classroom No. [-] stood up.

This time, the little fat boy Ma Hao was in the middle and took the most aggressive shots. Sister Che Lin played the last part so well! ! -
When the concert ended, Xiaoche said to Tang Xiaoxing: "Let me know when you have the piece you want to play."

Tang Xiaoxing smiled and nodded three times: "Yeah!"

　Sorry it's a bit late today. I have to go to BJ after a while. The trip lasts two days. I will try my best to update.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)