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Chapter 279 Confident Wu Di

Tchaikovsky's "Violin March in D Major", referred to as Chai Xiaoxie, and Beethoven's "Violin Concerto in D Major", Mendelssohn's "Violin Concerto in E Minor", Brahms' "Violin Concerto in D Major" Concerto", also known as the Four Violin Concertos, are basically the four most difficult violin concertos recognized in the industry.

Miyamoto Chaoyang played this piece of Chai Xiaoxie with amazing hand speed, which amazed all the media reporters and audience judges.

At the end of the nineteenth century, when Chai Xiaoxie first came out, because the violin technology at that time was not perfect, this work was considered to be extremely difficult. Except for Tchaikovsky himself, other people could not perform it, even in the twenties. In the first ten years of the century, only a few people could perform in public.

To this day, many violinists can only perform "mechanically" according to the original score, which seems to be the same, but after more than 200 years of development, Chai Xiaoxie has gradually been divided into groups in the circle while his status in the industry has been recognized. Two playing lines.

One is like Miyamoto Chaoyang, who takes the route of showing off his skills, and performs indiscriminate playing with an enchanting posture and amazing hand speed.

The virtuoso school pays attention to passion and speed, so when performing, it looks very enthusiastic, unrestrained and hearty, giving the audience a great visual shock effect.

The other is to take the lyrical route, but it is not purely soft and slow, but while maintaining the speed, it uses the timbre to create a pure emotional expression, which can even make the audience feel a kind of heart-wrenching and throbbing.

For example, the lyricism of Pei Hongyu when she played "Schindler's List" can make people feel the coldness and cruelty of World War II and feel sad for it.

But now, when Pei Hongyu was faced with the only two options, "Violin Concerto in D Major" and "Swan Lake", she did not hesitate, and directly pressed Chai Xiaoxie on the options panel.

There was an uproar.

So far, except for Miyamoto Chaoyang, the rest of the contestants have deliberately avoided the option of Chai Xiaoxie. The difficulty is naturally obvious, and now, Pei Hongyu has chosen this song without hesitation...

Everyone watched Pei Hongyu quietly.

The silent atmosphere put a lot of pressure on people, but Pei Hongyu was not affected in the slightest.

In China, she has also won No.1 in various violin competitions many times, and she has very rich performance experience. After graduation, she also went to Vienna to experience the atmosphere of the music capital and witnessed Players from all over the world have a very broad vision, which has cultivated Pei Hongyu's strong self-confidence.

At this moment, she solemnly put the violin on her shoulders, closed her eyes gently, and slowly placed the bow in her right hand on the strings. After three or four seconds of deliberation, in the endless silence, she pulled out Chai Xiaoxie's first tone.

The full tone made the entire audience tremble, and they couldn't help but groan comfortably.

Miyamoto Chaoyang tensed up suddenly, staring at Pei Hongyu with helplessness in his eyes.

Chai Xiaoxie is the foundation of her confidence to enter the Tchaikovsky Competition.

In Japan, her performance of Chai Xiaoxie has always been a signature work, which made her famous quickly. Naturally, her own unique understanding of Chai Xiaoxie is also present.

But when she heard Pei Hongyu's Chai Xiaoxie, she immediately knew that the other party's Chai Xiaoxie was no worse than her own, and might even be much better.

In the eyes of the judges, although the two songs by Chai Xiaoxie are similar in tone and melody, Pei Hongyu is obviously better in terms of rhythm and richness of emotion.

To put it simply, Miyamoto Chaoyang is a showman.

Pei Hongyu, on the other hand, follows the lyrical style, full of joy, liveliness, and youthful atmosphere.

Of course, while being lyrical, Pei Hongyu's playing skills are also full of appreciation. The various chords are gradually accelerating, lightly picking, and bursting, which makes Pei Hongyu's performance very attractive.

The media of various countries quickly recorded this moment.

This song by Chai Xiaoxie is being shown everywhere on live websites and TV channels all over the world.

People seem to see a star rising.

All violin lovers all over the world are in awe of this young woman from China at this moment, even those violin masters who are high in the clouds have no shortage of words of appreciation.

When the song ended, Pei Hongyu became No.9.5 in the third day's competition with an average score of 1 points.

That's not the most important thing.

Because in the next competition, a German player also chose Chai Xiaoxie to play, and got a high score of 9.4 points.

Therefore, Miyamoto Chaoyang, who was originally a blockbuster, can only be ranked No.3 in the end.

This result was beyond everyone's expectations and made Miyamoto Chaoyang feel pressured.

The work she has always been proud of was crushed by two contestants one after another, which made her feel that her belief in her heart had collapsed slightly.

"Where is the problem?"

……

When the results of the violin group were announced, the competition for the piano group gradually came to an end.

Seimei Tokugawa's "Piano Concerto No. 5 in B-flat Minor", which is the favorite to win the championship, has aroused great repercussions and undoubtedly ranks first, followed by Nicole, Wu Di and others, who are temporarily ranked second and third. As for fourth, No. .[-], a British player and a Russian player respectively.

"Son, Dad doesn't ask too much. If you can advance to the top three, you are a victory!"

In the hotel room, Wu Zhongsheng said with relief and helplessness.

During the three-day competition, Wu Zhongsheng clearly saw the great strength of pianists from all over the world, which instantly reduced Wu Zhongsheng's confidence in winning the championship by half.

In Wu Zhongsheng's view, Wu Di's ability to advance to the top five was completely a coincidence.

Because apart from Tokugawa Seimei, the scores of the last few are almost the same. Even if Wu Di is replaced and promoted to No.6, others will not think it is so weird, because the strength and score gap between each other, There is not much difference.

Wu Di nodded silently.

On the field of competition, Tokugawa Seimei can be described as thriving.

From the first game all the way to the final, he has always been the most eye-catching star in the crowd. The presence of other players only highlights the power of Tokugawa Seimei.

However, fortunately, he has already entered the final day, no matter whether he wins or loses, he can be given relevant certificates and rewards, and it is not a waste of time.

It's just that, if the Tchaikovsky Competition is held only once every four years, if you can't win the championship...

It's a pity.

In the evening, Wu Di thought for a long time, and finally made up his mind, put on a formal suit, and took a taxi alone to the Kempinski Hotel where Liao Yuan stayed.

What he didn't expect was that in the hotel lobby, more than a dozen journalist-like people were talking to each other.

When Wu Di walked into the hall, the eyes of these people looked over in unison.

This made Wu Diliu a little nervous, but in the end he still bit the bullet and followed the house number that his father had said before, and walked to the room far away.

Seeing this, the reporters instantly sensed the value.

"Why is he here?"

"Meet with the judges before the finals?"

"Big news!"

"bribe?"

"Don't speculate, just follow and have a look."

The reporters were excited and rushed towards Wu Di's direction, but at this moment, the hotel manager quickly led the security guards on duty to stop them, "I'm sorry, you can't go in."

"why?"

"It's what the guests want."

……

"How did you come?"

In the room, Liao Yuan personally made a cup of tea for Wu Di and brought it to him.

Wu Di immediately stood up in trepidation, took the teacup respectfully, and said in a low voice, "I want to communicate with you, teacher."

"comminicate?"

Liao Yuan felt amused, sat on the sofa, nodded and said: "Okay, what do you want to exchange."

"Tomorrow is the final, I would like to ask you to give me some pointers."

Wu Di stammered and said, "I want to know where my shortcomings are."

Liao Yuan stared at Wu Di, and then slowly said after a while: "Your shortcoming lies in your lack of self-confidence."

"Confidence?" Wu Di was stunned, and hurriedly said, "I have confidence. If I don't have confidence, I won't participate in the Tchaikovsky Competition this year."

Liao Yuan smiled: "Confidence in words is just self-hypnosis. A person's true self-confidence is only self-confidence in the heart. Confidence is not expressed, but manifested. Think about your game status these days, are you sure you Are you confident?"

Wu Di was silent.

"Your piano foundation is not bad. In fact, those who can break into the top five in the Tchaikovsky Competition are basically the same in strength..."

"If you are confident, you shouldn't choose an obviously weak "August: Harvest" after Tokugawa Seimei's performance."

"Although "Harvest" is a classic in Tchaikovsky's "Four Grades" series, there is not much comparison with "Piano Concerto No. [-] in B flat minor."

Liao Yuan folded his hands and said with a smile: "So, why didn't you choose "No. [-] in B Flat Minor"?"

Wu Di was speechless, and said in a daze: "I..."

"I know what you're thinking."

Liao Yuan leaned on the sofa and said calmly: "Because it is the same repertoire, you are afraid of being compared with Tokugawa Seimei. You know that you can't compare with him."

"I can beat it!" Wu Di said stubbornly.

Liao Yuan shook his head and smiled, "No, you can't compare."

Wu Di clenched his hands suddenly, panting violently, but gradually, his breathing became calmer.

One minute later, he stood up, bowed to Liao Yuan, and said, "Thank you teacher for your guidance, I understand."

Liao Yuan stood up, patted Wu Di on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "I didn't tell you anything, everything depends on you in the end, we are all Chinese, the relationship between China and Japan is a long story, but no matter how powerful Opponent, as long as you firmly believe that you can beat him, you will eventually win, if you lose the courage to challenge, then you shouldn’t come here, maybe you shouldn’t learn piano either.”

"Remember, don't be afraid of failure, sometimes failure is more important than success."

Liao Yuan's words were like a drum in the evening and a bell in the morning, which instantly enlightened Wu Di.

The scenes that have flashed through the past ten years flashed through his mind.

Since he was babbling when he was young, he accidentally touched a piano model while grasping Zhou, and his fate has been inseparable from the piano ever since.

Hard training day and night, awards, certificates, and trophies filled the entire bookcase, full of the pride of the entire youth.

But when he stepped out of the country, he realized that the world was much bigger than he imagined.

The taste of failure for the first time, the taste of being satirized for the first time, the taste of not getting an award for the first time, the taste of being a passerby for the first time...

Those pictures are like executioners.

At this moment, his cowardly and fragile heart was scraped away one by one.

Blood dripping.

"Thank you, teacher."

Wu Di bowed to Liao Yuan again, with tears all over his face.

……

Final day is coming.

After experiencing the baptism of the first three competitions, various performance clips of the Tchaikovsky competition have been uploaded on the Internet.

Among them, "Schindler's List", "Violin Concerto in D Major", "Symphony No. 40 in G Minor" by Pei Hongyu, "Piano Concerto No. [-] in B-flat Minor" by Seimei Tokugawa, "Swan Concerto" by Nicole Lake", "Violin Concerto in D Major" by Chaoyang Miyamoto, and "Dream of Love" by Wu Di are the most widely spread.

It also made these people the targets of the media.

The competition rules of the final round are very similar to those of the previous round, and the scores are obtained by playing Tchaikovsky's works.

In the piano group, Nicole, a Chinese-American pianist, played first.

Nicole's previous performance has always been quite satisfactory, and there is nothing special about it, but compared with others, her performance is often at a higher level. On the final day, she played "Romantic in F Minor", composed of F minor, four The four-thirds beat, cantabile andante, composed of three poses, is a sketch full of anticipation like a confidant, and it is also an expressive etude. From the beginning to the end, Tchaikovsky can be felt Unique "song-like" scent.

The left-hand part of the middle section imitates the rhythm of drums, which has the flavor of folk music.

After the performance, the judges gave scores one after another after careful discussion, but they did not announce it immediately because it was the last round of the competition, and the final ranking would be given after the works performed by the unknown contestants had finished one after another.

Next, Seimei Tokugawa, Wu Di and two other pianists from Britain and Russia played successively.

Tokugawa Seimei continues to be good at "Piano Concerto No. [-] in B flat minor", but compared with the first movement yesterday, this time he played the third movement. The whole piece consists of passionate Allegro, B flat minor , rondo form, the notes played are majestic, cheerful and unrestrained, and the ending part forms a brilliant ending in B-flat major, which made everyone present amazed again and again.

After the performance, the spotlights flickered in the audience, and Seimei Tokugawa seemed to see the victory trophy.

He raised the corner of his mouth, stood up, saluted the audience as a gentleman, then gave Liao Yuan a triumphant look, and walked off the stage proudly amidst applause.

In the jury, Peter whispered, "This guy is very arrogant!"

Liao Yuan smiled lightly.

Afterwards, Wu Di stepped onto the stage.

Without the cumbersome tuxedo of the previous few days, Wu Di at this moment, only wearing a white shirt and black trousers, is simple and capable. After bowing to the audience on the stage, he sat in front of the piano.

silence.

Everything around seemed to be plunged into darkness.

On the beautiful grand piano cover, from the reflective piano lacquer, you can clearly see your pupils—full of bloodshot eyes.

He stayed up all night.

But the mental state is even more exciting than the previous few days.

"Sometimes failure is more important than success."

Teacher Liao's words seemed to still ring in his ears.

The next moment, Wu Di stepped on the pedal, raised his hands, and placed them on the keys.

The piano sound suddenly sounded.

"Son, come on!"

In the auditorium, his father Wu Zhongsheng held his hands with excitement.
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Thanks for the rest of my life, Shan Qingying's reward

(End of this chapter)