Chapter 115 Zhao Chengzhen’s Three Words

Galina is seen differently in different places. Judging from the signals received by Polish TV stations, Galina herself is very powerful and has an aura of confidence in her.

Especially her slightly raised neck, the yellowish light falling from the top of her head, combined with the photography of the Chopin International Piano Competition Organizing Committee, directly photographed her into a princess-like character, waiting for the general's first

The scene of the three rounds of competition.

but……

In the eyes of other people around her, everyone could clearly see that her hands were shaking.

Even though she put her hands behind her back and tried not to show it, the shaking of her body allowed everyone standing backstage in the concert hall to see her nervousness.

No player who can enter the third round is willing to stop here and not think about entering the fourth round.

There are a total of twenty people, and ten people are selected to enter the fourth round. Why can't this person be me?

Even though there are still some people who ranked lower in the third round, no one will give up after seeing their results like Yu Tianyou.

Yu Tianyou knew that he got into the second round because of his luck, but for those who can get into the third round, even if there is a gap in level, none of them rely purely on luck, right?

It's like everyone is in the top 20 in the province in the college entrance examination. Even if there is a gap between the top 20, do you think that if they were asked to compare the 20th place with the first place, they could directly surrender without even competing?

Certainly not.

So, the same goes for Galina.

She was extremely nervous, looking forward to her performance in the third round, but... currently all the first contestants to appear have been eliminated. She didn't know if she could have an accident, and she didn't know if she could get it.

A sufficiently satisfactory result.

"Galina! Russia! Piano choice: Kawaii SK-EX!"

"Selection of works: Mazurka Op59-1, 2, 3; Ballade Op23, Op47, Sonata Op35!"

Wow!

Applause rang out, and Pavel and Olga on the Polish TV station looked at Galina who came on the stage with a smile and couldn't help but nodded slightly.

"The first player on the field now is Galina from Russia. We have talked about some of her performances before, especially her performance in the first round of the second round. We feel that she is currently ranked third on our side.

The echelon is a ranking from 11 to 20, but this ranking is only based on our performance in the first three rounds and is for reference only."

"Galina's performance is very typical of the Russian school. The Russian school pays more attention to technical expression and uses technology to show the player's personal style. Galina did not escape the inherent impression of the Russian school. The horizontal style on her fingers

Compared with others, she is actually one of the most outstanding ones, but correspondingly, the appeal of her music is not that strong, and there is no way to attract me."

Olga also agreed: "Yes, I think so too. Even though our music performers in Poland are actually more inclined to the Russian school of thought, Galina did not show the limits of the Russian school. She

The feeling of music in her music is actually a little bit behind, such as the beauty of music and the emotional expression of music. In other words, when she absorbed the advantages of the Russian school, the shortcomings of the Russian school were also absorbed.

She was extremely magnified, which I personally think is not good."

"All in all, we are still confident about Galina and think she is likely to perform beyond everyone's expectations. However, we don't have a specific answer to how well she can perform. We can only look at Galina's performance."

Amid the comments from Pavel and Olga, Galina stood in front of the piano, bowed slightly to everyone, and then sat down.

The concert hall was peaceful, and so was the studio.

They can comment before or after the player performs, but they will never comment during the player's performance to disrupt the audience's appreciation of the music.

In the sight of everyone, Galina raised her hand, then slowly lowered it, and a Mazurka with a strong Polish style flowed out from her fingers.

Mazurka Op59 is a very classic Mazurka. At this time, Chopin had broken through the era when he lacked inspiration, and his genius was once again displayed in front of everyone.

This piece, Op59, is Chopin's breakthrough work.

The first piece, Op59-1, is the most intensely emotional piece among Chopin's works. It even contains original Chopin-style modulations. Different from other works, this piece has a novel characteristic and is completely fresh.

The harmonic trend, the sudden melody, and the unexpected ending, all show the limits of Chopin.

For a moment, some of the judges' eyes lit up slightly, and they heard a little bit of what they wanted in Galina's music.

That feeling of freshness and genius.

There is no mediocre player who can reach the third round. Everyone has their own thing in it, and the same is true for Galina.

Even though her music is trapped in the expression of the Russian school, her music has a sense of novelty and genius.

This feeling gave many judges a very good impression.

But similarly, some judges frowned.

They did not hear what they wanted in Galina's music. The Chopin they wanted was not perfect enough, the softness they wanted was almost not fully expressed, and the self they wanted was too worn.

many.

Galina's music had a specious illusion, which made them very uncomfortable.

Compared with the second round, the points of appreciation between the various judges were revealed at this time. Each of them has their own scoring points that they pay attention to, and almost no two judges' scoring points are exactly the same.

Even if both people are musically accurate, one person may only require that all the notes are correct, and he will give a good score.

The other person, on the other hand, doesn't really demand correctness of the sound. He only demands correctness of the music. As long as you can give accurate musical expression, he doesn't care whether your work is full of mistakes.

Of course, don’t be too outrageous. Don’t joke about playing one piece of music into another.

The Russian feel in Galina's music was also loved or hated by some judges.

Many judges like the Russian flavor in Chopin. After all, the two are not far apart and have a certain cultural fusion.

Some judges were very resistant.

After all... someone had partitioned Poland and signed a non-aggression pact.

How did two countries with no borders at all sign a non-aggression pact? Are you correct?

After the performance of Galina's first piece, Mazurka Op59-1, some judges wrote down their scores on the score sheets in their hands.

By the time all the mazurkas were finished, five or six judges had finished their scoring.

The subsequent performances of the first and third piano ballads did not make the five or six judges change their scores, but only allowed more judges to confirm Galina's level and strength and give their own evaluations.

When the last song, Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2, appeared at the beginning, all the judges gave Galina their own scores.

Even though she hasn't finished playing, her round is already over.

Everyone was silent until Galina's last note fell, and when she released her fingers on the keyboard, applause broke out.

Galina was silent, turned to look at the people off the stage, sighed, stood up with a smile, and bowed gracefully to everyone.

Only she knows how much of this elegance is true happiness and how much is discomfort.

The two people on the Warsaw TV station looked at each other. Pavel didn't hesitate too much. He made a few comments and then passed the words to Olga.

The two discussed a lot about Galina's performance in this round, but many people noticed that their attention was not on Galina at all, but behind Galina.

On Zhao Chengzhen and Fu Tiao.

Because everyone knows that this morning's game is between Fu Tiao and Zhao Chengzhen, and they are the focus of everyone's attention today.

Galina? Who? Sorry, not familiar.

Galina sighed, her expression extremely heavy. There were countless cameras pointed at her around her. She didn't pay attention at all. She walked directly between the numerous cameras and walked towards the player lounge.

When she entered the lounge, Zhao Chengzhen was already waiting beside her, preparing to enter the stage of the Chopin International Piano Competition.

Galina didn't know what she thought of, but she fixed herself in front of Zhao Chengzhen. She didn't continue walking forward, but turned to look at Zhao Chengzhen.

"Zhao, come on!" Galina forced out a smile and nodded to Zhao Chengzhen: "Come on, win the championship!"

"Hmm? Do you like me?"

Zhao Chengzhen was awakened by the sound in his ears. He opened his eyes and turned to look at Galina, with a slightly surprised expression: "You actually supported me? I thought almost no one supported me in the entire competition."

Galina smiled, raised her head and looked behind her.

The staff is tidying up the stage and preparing Zhao Chengzhen's piano.

Seeing that there was still a little time left, Galina looked at Zhao Chengzhen and shook her head slightly.

"No, I think your playing is very good. The feeling of Chopin is very strong. I like your playing very much, and I also want to play the feeling of your music, but..."

"only?"

"It's just that my strength seems a bit weak, and the Chopin in my music is not pure enough."

Galina looked at Zhao Chengzhen and smiled, then walked to Zhao Chengzhen's side and also leaned against the wall, looking up at the light above her head with a trace of confusion in her eyes.

"That's great. In fact, I also want to play extremely perfect Chopin. Let my existence disappear in the music, leaving only the music itself. I have experienced this feeling once before, but... only once

, it’s really uncomfortable.”

Zhao Chengzhen was obviously even more surprised. He stood up and looked at Galina: "But, I didn't hear from your music that you particularly wanted a pure Chopin feeling. What you played was a very pure Russian music school. Your music

In music..."

"So, just thinking."

Galina smiled at Zhao Chengzhen, reached out and patted his shoulder, nodded with a smile: "So, come on, win the championship!"

"..."

Zhao Chengzhen didn't know what to say. His expression became calm again, his eyes closed slightly, and after taking a deep breath, he looked at Galina and nodded slowly.
To be continued...