Chapter 346 0346, Debate

Friday, cloudy.

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

Yunfeng and Tang Yu took leave, had breakfast, and took Chen Cheng's car to the Magic City Grand Theater where the competition was held.

As soon as I got off the car, 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 Selection Modu Division.

This event aims to build a platform for contestants to compete and showcase, with the purpose of creating a high-level music event that is fair, just, and widely influential, promotes the development of domestic piano education, and discovers and helps more talented piano players to achieve success. Go to the international music stage and realize your music dream.

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

This early in the morning, there was already a sea of ​​people outside the theater, including many parents, children, old people and young people.

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

Tang Yu wears a light blue dress. The loose style is casual yet beautiful. The side straps add a bit of elegance and make people look eye-catching.

Yunfeng is like the third child, wearing a casual three-piece suit, but his height and figure are there, and his simple outfit gives people a refreshing, clean and handsome feeling.

"Wow, this little brother 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, he made his debut right away, and he still plays the piano."

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

…

Yunfeng and Tang Yu's superb looks, youthful and beautiful temperament and simple and elegant outfits instantly became the focus.

Chen Cheng on the side saw countless pairs of eyes looking at them, and became a little worried, saying: "How about you two put on your masks, if someone recognizes them..."

Yunfeng saw that the open group, children's group, and youth group were starting to let people in. He immediately said: "The qualifiers have begun. They should not focus on us anymore."

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

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

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

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

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

At this time, someone outside the theater exclaimed: "Ah, I remembered, those two people just now were Yun Feng and Tang Yu!"

"Yes, it seems like it's really them!"

"I just told you where I saw it."

"Damn it, they are both here to participate in this national piano competition too?"

"Here... two big guys are here, how can we have fun?"

"Don't worry, they are in the professional group and you are in the public group. There will be no influence."

…

As Yun Feng and Tang Yu were recognized, they suddenly became the topic of discussion outside the theater.

And they have now entered the rest area of ​​the professional group contestants.

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

The competition of the professional group has begun, and the contestants on the stage have shown their special skills.

There are three competitions. The total performance time shall not exceed thirty minutes.

1. Fixed the prelude and fugue of "Roger's Twelve Equal Temperaments".

2. An etude of your own choice and an allegro movement from a classical sonata.

3. A piece of music with a different theme than the first two.

The third prize winners and above in each group of the regional selection competition will be qualified to advance to the finals.

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

The players left the rest area one after another.

Soon, the staff called Tang Yu's number: "Contestant No. D008 is on the field!"

Entering the theater used for professional group competitions, Yun Feng and Chen Cheng were seated 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 on the grand piano, while the rest of the place was dark.

There were six judges and several cameramen in the audience.

There were only so many people in the entire theater, which seemed empty. It was also very quiet, so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. This kind of quietness would make the players feel nervous.

Perhaps it was done on purpose to test the player's mentality.

But for Tang Yu, he has long been used to it.

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

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

After a while, one of the judges said: "You can start."

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

The first song sounded.

Several judges took a look at the contestants' information, and it clearly said "Black Keys Etude", but none of them had heard of it.

what happened?

Whose etude?

Why not mark it?

However, after listening to it, they all felt that this piece of music was a little special.

The first part was mainly about practicing the black keys, but the second part suddenly changed the key and turned the black keys into white keys.

After playing the first piece, the judges did not ask in a hurry, but let Tang Yu continue.

For the next three pieces, Tang Yu chose famous piano pieces on Blue Star, and the last one was the variation of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star".

After the end, there was applause from the audience.

Yunfeng stood up and raised his thumbs high.

Tang Yu smiled sweetly, then bowed to the judges in the audience. Just as she was about to leave the stage, she was stopped by one of the judges: "Excuse me, which master did you play the exercise just now?"

They studied it for a long time, but they couldn't figure out who it was.

Tang Yu smiled slightly and said with a little pride: "It was composed by my boyfriend Yunfeng."

When several judges heard it, they were surprised.

Tang Yu bowed again and walked off the stage generously.

"Great, you'll definitely make it to the finals." Yunfeng said.

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

"There will be no shortage of programs and activities that invite Xiao Tang to perform in the future." Chen Cheng said.

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."

The professor of the Shuchuan Conservatory of Music laughed and said: "Professor Marcus, I don't agree with you. The rules of the competition are to choose your own exercises, but it doesn't say that they must be rated songs."

Marcus narrowed his eyes and said: "Professor Liu Haibin, how do you give difficulty points to unrated songs?"

Liu Haibin smiled and said: "I think everyone here can hear the difficulty of the song just now. Otherwise, why 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 a song that has not been rated, we will not be able to judge it. Isn't it unfair to other contestants to judge the difficulty of a piece that has been strictly and professionally rated. "

Liu Haibin raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, not all of our existing etudes have been rated. Even Claire's etudes have not been rated. If a contestant chooses them for 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 about such a small matter. We can just call the head of the jury."

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 words that were hesitant and pointed made Marcus snort continuously.

The other judges seemed to understand something, but they didn't say anything.