Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 711 409. Journey Narrative Ninety-six: The pattern of victory and defeat, the two ends of the scale

Judging from the applause feedback at the scene, Xita Nei's stage performance was inferior to that of Jin Sangxian.

But if you look at the judges' score sheets, more than half of the judges gave the highest score so far after the stage in the West Tower.

After Sitanei, two consecutive players took the stage, one Korean and one Romanian, both of whom performed steadily.

Following the two players was another player from Japan. This young player did not receive much attention from the outside world before the game. After Teraki Keiko was unexpectedly eliminated, everyone turned their attention to this Japanese young player. .

The Japanese youngster who advanced to the third round in sixth place has already impressed the judges with his interpretation of two French works. In this round, he made another outstanding performance in his interpretation of Mozart's D major, with rigorous performance. The performance of the three movements was performed flawlessly from beginning to end, and was once again unanimously recognized by the judges and the audience.

Next up was Park Min-min, the third Korean player in this round.

Three Korean players entered the third round, which is also evidence of the rapid development of Korean flute over the millennium.

If the international stage is a place to show personal charm, then the competition field is a place to reflect comprehensive hard power.

It takes a day to freeze three feet, but there is a reason behind the outstanding achievements of Korean flutists.

After the Seoul Olympics, South Korea's economy developed rapidly. Under the influence of the Communist Party of China, the South Korean government also leaned particularly towards the West culturally.

In the huge wave of studying abroad in South Korea, international students majoring in music form a large part.

In the past decade, Korean flutists have begun to focus on various competitions at home and abroad.

There are as many as seven Korean players coming to participate in the Fallen Bell Competition this time. In terms of proportion, the second round is a victory for the Koreans.

Following the wonderful performance of the first two compatriots, Park Minmin's performance was not too outstanding compared to the previous two players, but there were no mistakes, so it can only be said to be quite satisfactory.

"Wow——"

The applause fell and Park Yunmin left the stage.

The host announced the eleventh contestant, and the Italian female player Elena, who was eagerly awaited by the audience, finally appeared on the stage holding the flute.

Elena, the contestant who received the highest support rate in the second round on the Internet, did not disappoint the expectants. In terms of sound alone, Elena still used her very personal, bold and unique style when playing works from the classical period. It has gorgeous timbre, attention to detail in performance, clear theme, rich cadenza arrangements, the second movement is perfectly integrated with the steel accompaniment, and the third movement has a very strong internal driving force.

"Wow————————"

After Elena's performance, applause broke out in the backstage lounge.

After listening to the performances of seven contestants in a row, Chen Xuan’s most intuitive feeling is that everyone seems to be working hard to get closer to the composer himself.

Starting from Jin Shangxian and Sitane, or starting from Comandini in front of him, all the players who played after Sitane have a very obvious performance style that is close to Mozart when playing k314.

Chen Xuan had her own ideas, but she was not stubborn. When she saw that most people adopted this approach, she couldn't help but wonder whether she hadn't learned the flute for too long, and whether her thoughts and aesthetics had improved. Out of touch with the times.

You must know that this is already the third round, and those who are still on the field are the best from all over the world. For players who can reach this point, she absolutely does not believe that they can just practice hard.

In other words, from everyone's inner perspective, everyone prefers this kind of treatment, or it may not be to get high scores in the competition, but no matter what, she seems to have seen a big style trend, which is completely different from her learning the flute. At that time, the temperament, lips and tongue came first.

She really didn't like Jin Sangxian's Mozart with heavy makeup.

She also lost interest in Si Tanai's half-faced treatment of still holding the pipa. Before Si Tanai played D major, she really admired the other party's style, but looking at it now, what impressed her more was Si Tanai's long appearance. The playing style of the development period.

Both of them had an almost Mozart-like handling style today, and she was repulsed by this in her heart.

But Elena also had a handling style that was almost Mozart-like, but her eyes lit up when she heard it.

So she really wondered if she was falling behind. As she thought about it, she couldn't help but think back to his learning experience in ASCA. At that time, she felt like she was being brainwashed by new concepts and perspectives every day.

Then summarize, practice, encounter difficulties, find ways to solve them, and finally become part of your own performance.

Even at this moment, Chen Xuan did not think that it was a mistake for her to insist on playing the style she wanted to play, but at the same time, she also realized that she had fallen behind too much in the four years since graduation.

What she lacks is necessary nutrition, and what she lacks is perspective.

On the other hand, Li An, who gets along with him day and night, objectively speaking, although Li An started out as an undergraduate at the Chengdu Conservatory of Music, he has always been on the road to innovation and change, and he will not let go of any learning opportunities he encounters. Pass.

She still remembers that when the two of them first became proficient, the other party always asked her some musical questions. Later, Qin Yong came, and Li An invited Qin Yong to eat, smoke, and talk about music every once in a while. When preparing new songs, he would first I ran to Teacher Wei's house, made friends with Wu Fusheng, Lao Tang and others, and even had people to discuss and communicate with. Finally, I got to talk to Commander Fang, and I felt like I wanted to rub my bald skin.

So think about it, although Li An did not study abroad, he has always maintained communication with the outside world.

When there are no conditions for communication, the other party also spends all their time practicing.

It is difficult for such people not to make progress.

Looking back at myself, in the past few years, apart from preparing for competitions in the first half of the year, I seemed to have worked very hard, but what did I do in the rest of the time.

Have you made more efforts for the flute?

Even the matter of running away from home was to prevent public examinations rather than to protest against Lao Chen's strict prohibition on her going abroad. If she ran away from home because she could not go abroad, might Lao Chen finally compromise.

Questions came one after another, and Chen Xuan fell into self-reflection.

Chen Xuan has always been an absolutely subjective person. She will look at the people around her and herself objectively.

"Senior sister." Ye Xinyi called softly again.

Chen Xuan came back to her senses and saw Xiao Ye appearing on the stage, "Get ready."

During the conversation, the two girls stood up, and Ye Xinyi let out a long breath, "I'm still a little nervous."

Chen Xuan: "In the words of a certain senior, appropriate tension helps to get on stage and check the instrument again."

Ye Xinyi smiled and handed out the phone, "It's troublesome."

Chen Xuan took it, "Don't worry, I won't look at your phone."

Ye Xinyi: "Haha, just look, the password is the first movement of Poulenc."

Chen Xuan laughed and thought that Xiaoye and Li An would definitely be able to chat together. Who in the right mind would set a password like this?

Hey, no wonder these two guys are so awesome.

"Wow------"

There were sounds in the lounge and front court at the same time. Chen Xuan escorted Ye Xinyi to the entrance of the backstage. She looked at the little junior sister with bright eyes in front of her. She didn't look a little nervous, but she was more or less excited.

Probably under the influence of someone, Chen Xuan raised her hand and patted Ye Xinyi's shoulder gently. In the past, she would not have been able to do such an old-school action.

"Come on, junior sister." Chen Xuan said seriously.

Ye Xinyi nodded vigorously: "Don't worry, senior sister."

After the host finished introducing Xiaoye's personal information, the staff opened the entrance door. Ye Xinyi took two deep breaths and then walked into the scene. Looking at Xiaoye's back, Chen Xuan silently blessed her again: Come on Xiaoye, senior sister can only send you here.

Xiaoye was the last contestant to appear tonight, which meant that the time for announcing the finalists was getting closer. It was not that Chen Xuan didn't have a moment of fantasy about the results that would be announced soon.

But after thinking about some problems, she realized more clearly what she lacked compared to Xiaoye, compared to Li An, and compared to the players in front of her.

Even if she is lucky enough to enter the finals, it does not mean that she is better than the players who did not enter.

Likewise, even if she stopped there, she would not consider herself any worse than the finalists.

In the future, she will still stick to playing the flute herself, but she will also start to recharge her batteries.

Rather than occupying a spot in the finals, it is more meaningful to allow more young players to express themselves in the finals, break through themselves, and find themselves.

Maybe stopping here is the best ending.

With a congratulatory look, Chen Xuan turned around and walked towards the backcourt of the player's final team, her steps as light as when she was on stage.
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Finally, the most popular player from China has appeared. What is a reserve performer in the true sense? You can clearly understand it by looking at Ye Xinyi's player profile.

He started learning piano at the age of 4 and a half, and won many gold medals in children's competitions. Later, he studied piano with teacher Ma Ming of the Huaguo Conservatory of Music, and served as a piano accompanist for the choir of his alma mater and the choir of the Children's Palace.

At the age of 10, he learned the flute from Professor Xiao Hongxia. At the age of 12, he was admitted to the flute major of the High School Affiliated to the Huaguo Conservatory of Music with full marks.

He won the first prize in the professional junior high school category in the first North German Flute Competition. In the same year, he participated in the Munich Art Festival and performed the children's opera "The Magic Flute" conducted by opera conductor Kathy Dosini at the Yanjing Concert Hall.

In 2017, he was admitted to the Youth Symphony Orchestra of the Huaguo Conservatory of Music and served as the concertmaster. During his schooling, he received personal instruction from many domestic and foreign flute masters, such as James Galway, Emali Pahud, and Coster Spear. Berg, Jeff McQuilkin.

In September 2018, he won the first place in the flute professional group D at the Moscow International Classic Competition.

In June 2019, he won the first place in the 6-16-year-old flute category at the "Artist Grand Prix" international music competition in Salzburg, Austria.

In July 2021, he won the special prize in the Flute Professional Group E at the International Music Competition in Sarzana, Italy.

Ye Xinyi, who just turned 20 this year, no one knows where she will end up in the future.

With warm applause, Ye Xinyi walked to the center of the stage and bowed.

After the applause fell, Ye Xinyi and Teacher Gangban made sure they were ready, and then the piano sounded.

From an objective analysis, no matter how dedicated the piano accompaniment teacher is, he will feel tired after playing the same accompaniment piece fourteen times in a row, and this is directly related to the performance of the players.

The moment the piano started playing, Ang Lee could tell that his partner was tired, and he understood.

But when the flute enters the scene, the whole music feels completely different.

Ye Xinyi's performance is full of spontaneity and fiery enthusiasm, and she instantly brings piano accompaniment into her music.

Soon, with the stage as the center, the ethereal flute sound spread to the audience. Listeners felt like they were bathing in the spring breeze, and they felt like they were in the middle of crystal clear mountain spring water.

Ye Xinyi's handling of the first movement has traces of an old-school performer, but it sounds so fresh and lively.

The exquisite and light-weight processing technique continues the Mozart footsteps of Jin Shangxian and others, but the overall layout and syntax are clean and almost perfect.

The tone of the second movement is exquisite, mellow but not greasy, balanced, warm and rich, and the cadenza is truly melodious.

The final rondo once again returns to a uniform and complete structure, the rhythm is neither fast nor slow, and the confident and detailed performance allows every note to be heard clearly.

Although the simplified treatment compared to the previous two movements makes this movement sound more elegant and less energetic, making people unable to get excited immediately like listening to the first movement, but after careful consideration of several return of the theme, it has a different kind of lasting charm. .

The cadenza at the end reproduces the girl-like exquisiteness, beauty, clarity, and radiance.

When the audience thought that the music was going to end like this, Ye Xinyi suddenly played a long and plump tune with a forward momentum, and the music suddenly burst out with a solemn power that transcended everything.

In the midst of fire and lightning, the color of music staged a shocking reversal. Isn't this Mozart's favorite magic trick that stayed between the notes?

“Wow————————————”

Before the piano had finished playing, the audience clapped as Ye Xinyi put down the flute in advance.

Applause also broke out from both sides of the backstage, and the applause lasted until Ye Xinyi and Teacher Gangban bowed and left the stage.

It lasted until the audience in front of the screen couldn't wait to know the result, continued until there were bursts of commotion in front of the stage, and continued until the audience at the scene focused their attention on the busy judges' bench.

The seventeen judges left collectively for a short time and went to a small conference room through the safe passage.

All fourteen players in the backcourt have gathered in the lounge.

Everyone is waiting for the final result.

Ten minutes later, the host appeared on the stage holding the results of this round of the competition.

After a brief period of excitement, the scene fell into deathly silence.

The host walked to the center of the stage, and then Zhu Mai announced the results with the remaining warmth in his hands.

"First place, Citane Pispucci, scored 8.7 in this round"

"Second place: Jin Shangxian, scored 8.45 in this round"

"Third place: Ye Xinyi, scored 8.24 in this round"

"Fourth place: Elena Romano, score 8.1 in this round"

"Fifth place: Horia Kalubey, score 7.92 in this round"

"Sixth place: Park Yunmin, score 7.7 in this round"

"Seventh place: Lupachev Denis Vyacheslavovich, score 7.68 in this round

"Eighth place: Chen Xuan, score 7.57 in this round"

"Ninth Place"

Hearing this, Chen Xuan's palms were tightened, letting Xiao Ye hold her right hand tightly. She smiled lightly and stretched out her left hand to touch Xiao Ye's head comfortingly.

As Li An said, participating in a competition requires a bit of luck. She is very lucky to be able to participate in this competition this time.

In the audience, Li An immediately stood up and prepared to go backstage. He took out his mobile phone and his feet stopped for a moment.

Sister Xu: I just had dinner with the person in charge of the school. Everything went well. The bookkeeper canceled the bidding.

Three minutes ago, Xu Li sent a WeChat message.

(End of this chapter)