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Chapter 276 Schindler's List
The score given by Liao Yuan was the highest in the audience. Wu Zhongsheng in the audience was very excited to see it. He secretly made up his mind to thank Mr. Liao after the game.

The game is still going on.

"This Mr. Liao is more partial to Asian players, and no score is lower than eight."

After rounds of performances, everyone soon discovered that the scores given by Liao Yuan seemed to always be the highest among all the judges. This could not help but aroused criticism at the scene, and many people whispered and whispered.

"Professional ability is not very strong..."

"Maybe his standard is very low, it's not worthy of the name!"

"Have you seen it? Actually, apart from Mr. Liao, the average age of the entire judging panel is not below 40 years old. Mr. Liao lowered the average age..."

"It might be a good thing for the players."

Soon, the day flew by.

After nearly five hours of evaluation, the overall results of the first round of preliminary rounds were released. Among them, Seimei Tokugawa of Japan ranked second, Wu Di of China ranked No.13, and Nicole of Chinese descent ranked ninth.

Looking at the entire ranking, there are six Asian players in the top ten. Compared with the previous ones, this ratio is quite normal.

In the first round of preliminary competition, there were 23 contestants in the audience, and the seven contestants at the bottom of the ranking were automatically eliminated.

If you can't even beat others in your best repertoire, such a player is not worthy of entering the next round.

Compared with the piano group, the competition in the violin group seems to be more intense.

The same as the rules of the piano group, the first round of the violin group competition is also a free play without a theme, and players can play their best repertoire.

Pei Hongyu, holding a violin and wearing a red evening dress, stepped onto the stage step by step.

She likes Hanfu and is an active promoter of Hanfu, but in Moscow, she can only wear this elegant red evening dress.

Pei Hongyu's figure is very thin, which makes her look very petite, at least in the eyes of the judges, Pei Hongyu looks a little weak.

"let's start!"

One of the judges said the voice sounded a little random.

They have seen Pei Hongyu's resume. In the past, most of the competition awards came from China, and most of them won awards in Japan, South Korea and other places. For world-class competitions like Tchaikovsky, Pei Hongyu has never had the experience of appearing in the competition——

This is not surprising, whether it is the Tchaikovsky Competition or the Chopin International Piano Competition, most of these world-class competitions are held only once every four or five years, which may result in young players not even having the chance to sign up.

At this moment, under the attention of the audience, Pei Hongyu put the piano case on her shoulders, picked up the bow, and slowly, those beautiful notes flowed out from the strings, the sound of the piano was euphemistic and deep, like an old man Standing at the intersection of my hometown, looking at the long-lost children in the distance, the sound of the whole music is from far to near, elegant and soft, revealing a faint sense of desolation.

All the judges raised their heads in surprise, and looked at Pei Hongyu who was playing silently at the moment.

The sound of the piano is like a wanderer who has left his hometown crying softly.

At that moment, Pei Hongyu seemed to be immersed in the quiet night, exuding a bright and moving light.

"What tune is this?"

But the audience at the scene stared blankly at Pei Hongyu who was concentrating on playing.

Suddenly, a blond-haired middle-aged female judge raised her head, and people could vaguely see tears in her eyes, and a tear quickly slipped from the corner of her eye.

"Feel sorry."

The female judge said something in a low voice, wiped the corners of her eyes with a tissue, and looked at Pei Hongyu who was performing emotionally.

The other judges were deeply concerned, and more or less lowered their heads, and re-read Pei Hongyu's information.

Everything was normal, but in the entry section, Pei Hongyu changed the piece chosen for the preliminary round from Bach's violin sonata in G minor to a—er, "Schintler's List"?
Everyone present did not know the meaning of "Schintler's List", but they knew that it must be a great work, and the emotional sculpture was extremely full and moving.

Pei Hongyu was immersed in her playing, her arms shook slightly, her expression sad.

The sound of the piano is like complaining, like weeping, and the sad melody seems to tell someone's tragic fate, but after listening carefully, there are some bright colors and hopes in the smooth melody, not completely sad, just like in the opening A little candlelight in the dark, this is the last hope in the hearts of those in deep disaster.

Here, Pei Hongyu's piano sound is not static. It is sometimes bright and sometimes low, but it is full of passion and moves people.

"How come I've never heard such a tune?"

"I don't know which master created it. It reminds me of that period of history, those fathers who struggled hard for life..."

"It's so heartbreaking..."

"Although it is not as rigorous as classical music, it is free and unrestrained. Those who can create such music in modern times will not be forgotten in a hundred years."

"who is she?"

"God, this shouldn't be a song she can compose at her age..."

"The title of the song is also quite weird, "Schindler's List"? What does it mean? Oh, maybe there is a deep meaning behind it!"

Pei Hongyu's playing was very short, only about 4 minutes long, but during these 4 minutes, everyone was immersed in the emotions played by the violin, which was full of great and painful sadness, which was heartbreaking to hear. Hearing it shed tears.

After a long time, the melodious piano sound finally came to an end.

The place was silent.

The judges coughed and asked one after another:
"May I ask, who composed this piece?"

"My teacher, his name is Liao Yuan."

"The name of this piece is called Schindler's List? Sorry, I may not have heard Ling Shi's work. Can you tell me, what is the specific meaning of this name?"

Pei Hongyu remembered Liao Yuan's explanation to him in the morning, and answered truthfully: "Schindler is a German entrepreneur. During World War II, he went bankrupt and protected more than 1200 Jews from being killed by the Communist Party. The real events with historical prototypes are also the only glimmer of humanity remaining in that gloomy and cruel Jewish history."

Schindler? ***?Jewish?

People frowned, it was a tragic memory.

Even though nearly a hundred years have passed, no one wants to recall it.

"So, this is a work written for a German businessman during World War II?" one of the judges asked.

Pei Hongyu stared at the judge, and said calmly: "My teacher told me that the greatness of a person does not lie in his standing out from the crowd when he goes with the flow, but in his unwavering determination in going against the flow. Schindler is a great businessman, If you understand the historical story, you understand the weight of the name."

These words shocked the audience.

The more than 200 spectators at the scene, including the judges who were flipping through the pages to check the information, all stopped at this moment.

People raised their heads and looked at the bright red on the stage.

"10 points!"

"10 points!"

"I'll give you 10 points, I promise, after the game, I will check Schindler's profile."

"10 points!"

"Your playing is very good, about emotional sculpture, you shocked everyone, 10 points!"

"The greatness of a person does not lie in his standing out from the crowd when he drifts with the tide, but in his unswerving determination in going upstream. This sentence shocked me very, very much. I really want to know your teacher, so I give 10 points."
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Thank you Shan Qingying and Mr Jueju for your reward

(End of this chapter)