The King of Crossover Entertainment.

Chapter 346 0346, Debate

Friday, cloudy.

Today, the preliminaries of the National Piano Competition officially opened.

Yunfeng and Tang Yu took a leave, had breakfast, and took Chen Cheng's car to the competition venue, the Magic City Theater.

As soon as I got off the bus, I saw two hydrogen balloons, one on the left and one on the right, with a very eye-catching banner hanging below, which read - National Piano Competition Open Auditions Shanghai Division.

This competition aims to build a platform for contestants to compete and showcase their talents, with the aim of creating a fair, just and widely influential high-level music competition, promoting the development of domestic piano education, discovering and helping more talented pianists to step onto the international music stage and realize their musical dreams.

It is also the largest and highest-level piano competition in the country, attracting many piano enthusiasts to compete.

Even early in the morning, there were already crowds of people outside the theater, including many parents, children, elderly and young people.

The arrival of Yunfeng and Tang Yu attracted the attention of everyone around them.

Tang Yu is wearing a light blue dress. The loose style is casual yet beautiful. The side straps add a touch of elegance, making it eye-catching.

Yunfeng wore the same old three-piece suit, but with his height and figure, the simple outfit gave people a refreshing, clean and handsome feeling.

"Wow, this boy is so tall and handsome. Is he also here to participate in this National Piano Competition?"

"Why does it look familiar? I seem to have seen it somewhere."

"Mom, that sister is so beautiful."

"With this look and this figure, why would she debut directly? Why would she still need to play the piano?"

"Fortunately, there is no image difference, otherwise who here can compare to the two of them."

……

Yunfeng and Tang Yu became the focus in an instant with their superb looks, youthful and beautiful temperament, and simple and elegant outfits.

Chen Cheng, who was standing by, saw countless pairs of eyes looking at them and became a little worried. He said, "Why don't you two put on your masks? If someone recognizes you..."

Yunfeng saw that the open group, children's group, and youth group began to let people in, and said, "The preliminaries have begun. They should not focus on us anymore."

Tang Yu blinked her big eyes and said, "It's hot and stuffy today. It's uncomfortable to wear a mask."

Chen Cheng had no choice but to say, "Okay."

The three of them came to the sign-in area.

Tang Yu took out his mobile phone, showed the registration code to the staff, and received a competition certificate and two admission tickets.

The three of them hung their certificates on their chests and entered the theater through the professional group's passage.

At this time, someone outside the theater exclaimed: "Ah, I remember, those two people just now, weren't they Yun Feng and Tang Yu!"

"Oh yeah, it seems like it really is them!"

"I just said where I saw it."

"Fuck, are they both here to participate in this national piano competition?"

"This... two big guys are here, how can we play?"

"Don't worry, they are in the professional group and you are in the open group, so there will be no impact at all."

……

As Yunfeng and Tang Yu were recognized, they immediately became the topic of discussion outside the theater.

At this time, they have entered the rest area for professional group contestants.

Compared to other groups, there are much fewer people here. After all, there are requirements for piano level, and the competition number and time will be assigned after registration, so there is no need to come here early and wait.

The competition in the professional group has begun, and the contestants on the stage have shown off their talents and brought out their own unique skills.

The competition is divided into three parts. The total performance time shall not exceed 30 minutes.

1. Fix a prelude and a fugue from Rogge's Well-Tempered Clavier.

2. Choose an etude and an allegro movement from a classical sonata.

3. A piece of music with a different theme from the previous two.

Players who win third prize or above in each category of the regional trials will be qualified to advance to the finals.

The jury includes professors from famous music conservatories at home and abroad, music education experts and pianists.

The contestants left the rest area one after another.

Soon, the staff called Tang Yu's number: "Contestant D008, come on stage!" Entering the theater used for the professional group competition, Yunfeng and Chen Cheng were arranged to sit far away in the sixth row.

The stage in front was very large, with a grand piano placed in the middle. A beam of light from the ceiling shone down on the grand piano, and the rest of the place was dark.

There were six judges and several cameramen in the audience.

There were only so few people in the entire theater, so it seemed empty and extremely quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. This kind of silence made the contestants feel nervous.

Perhaps it was done intentionally to test the players' mentality.

But for Tang Yu, he has already gotten used to it.

She walked slowly onto the stage, bowed to the judges as usual, reported her number and name, and then sat on the piano stool.

Upon hearing the name "Tang Yu", both the foreign and domestic judges were slightly surprised, and then they began to communicate in a low voice.

After a moment, one of the judges said, "You can start now."

Tang Yu calmed himself, put his feet on the pedals, and his slender and light hands danced freely and happily on the black and white keys.

The first song started.

Several judges took a look at the contestant's information, which clearly stated "Black Key Etude", but none of them had ever heard of it.

what happened?

Whose etude?
Why not mark it?
However, after listening to it, they all felt that this song was a little special.

The first section focuses on practicing the black keys, but the second section suddenly changes the key so that the black keys become white keys.

After the first song was finished, the judges did not ask any questions in a hurry, but let Tang Yu continue.

For the next three songs, Tang Yu chose famous piano pieces on the Blue Planet. The last one was Variations on "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

After it ended, I heard applause from the audience.

Yunfeng stood up and raised his thumbs high with both hands.

Tang Yu smiled sweetly, then bowed to the judges. Just as she was about to leave the stage, one of the judges called her back, "Excuse me, which master's etude did you just play?"

They studied it for a long time but couldn't figure out who it belonged to.

Tang Yu smiled slightly and said with a hint of pride: "It was created by my boyfriend Yunfeng."

When the judges heard this, they were surprised.

Tang Yu bowed again and walked off the stage gracefully.

"Awesome, we'll definitely make it to the finals." Yunfeng said.

"I was a little distracted just now and almost played the allegro movement of the classical sonata wrong." Tang Yu stuck out his tongue.

"In the future, there will be no shortage of programs and activities where Xiao Tang will be invited to perform," said Chen Cheng.

The three of them left the theater while chatting.

At this moment, the judges were discussing Tang Yu's performance just now.

The professor of the Rome Conservatory of Music said: "Her playing skills are not bad, but she shouldn't take an unrated piece to participate in the competition. I think her first exercise should not be scored."

Upon hearing this, the professor from the Shuchuan Conservatory of Music laughed and said, "Professor Marcus, I don't agree with what you said. The rules of the competition require that you choose your own exercises, but they don't say that they must be rated songs."

Marcus narrowed his eyes and said, "Professor Liu Haibin, may I ask how to assign difficulty scores to unrated pieces?"

Liu Haibin smiled and said, "I think everyone here can tell the difficulty of the song just now. Otherwise, why did you invite us here to be judges?"

Marcus insisted, "It's one thing to be able to hear it, but if we only rely on our subjective consciousness to judge the difficulty of a song that has not been strictly and professionally rated, wouldn't it be unfair to other contestants?"

Liu Haibin raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, not all of our existing etudes have been graded. Even Claire's etudes have ungraded ones. If a contestant chooses them to use in the competition, should we not give them points? But this is in the rules."

At this time, a pianist from Switzerland interrupted and said, "What you two said makes sense, but there is no need to argue over such a small matter. We can just call the head of the jury and ask."

Marcus gritted his teeth and said, "I stick to my opinion."

Liu Haibin said indifferently: "Professor Marcus, I know you are very familiar with Professor Alvaro."

His hesitant yet suggestive words made Marcus sneer.

The other judges seemed to understand something, but none of them said anything.

(End of this chapter)