Chapter 183 The competition begins

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Chapter 183 The competition begins

"Hello, dear audiences! This is the scene of the biennial Jianghai Cup Youth Piano Competition. I am Jia Jia. I am very happy to share this feast with our music lovers in Jianghai City..." Jia Jia, wearing a big red dress, was elegantly hosting the opening ceremony of the Jianghai Cup Piano Competition. After a few years, her hosting style has become more mature and elegant, and she has become the "No. 1 sister" in the Jianghai City hosting industry. The Jianghai Cup was able to invite her to host the competition this time, which also reflects the city's attention to this competition.

Liu Yufan, Peng Tielin and An Quantao sat in the contestants' seat, waiting for the start of the competition. Looking at Jia Jia in the center of the stage, Liu Yufan couldn't help but feel a little emotional. In the market-level rehearsal three years ago, he met her for the first time, but unexpectedly, three years have passed in a blink of an eye.

Over the past three years, Jia Jia has been somewhat resistant to "wedding hosting" since the beginning and has gradually become accustomed to it. However, she still insists on cooperating with "Yafan Celebration" and hosting high-end weddings. Although she doesn't have many times a year, the income she brings to her is quite considerable.

"Next, let us invite Mr. Dai Qiang, deputy director of the Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department and also a judge of our Jianghai Cup Piano Competition, to give an important speech, please invite!" Jia Jia said, reaching out to one side and making a "invitation" posture.

Amid the applause from the audience, Dai Qiang walked onto the stage, took the microphone handed over by Jia Jia, looked at the audience below, and cleared his throat and started speaking.

"I am very happy to be a judge of this Jianghai Cup piano competition. Piano art is a very elegant art. It has been popularized in our Jianghai City in recent years. More and more young people, even some adults, have joined the ranks of piano learning. It should be said that this is a very gratifying change. This Jianghai Cup piano competition is the second large-scale, professional-level piano competition in our city. Compared with the previous one, it should be said that it has made great progress in all aspects..." Minister Dai is worthy of being a propaganda and does not need a manuscript. He just talks with a microphone. His speech for several minutes is clearly organized and clearly layered. Although it is suspected of being a cliché, it is not annoying. When his speech ended, the audience below gave a lot of applause to his face.

However, from this link, it can be seen that the "professionality" of this competition is actually not enough. For a truly professional competition, I am afraid that the person who stands on the stage at this moment will not be an official at all, but a respected grand pianist or pian educator. Although the speech arranged by the organizer makes the competition appear more "classic", it is inevitable that it is a bit "unparalleled" in the eyes of insiders.

Fortunately, Minister Dai was also very self-aware and did not talk for half a day without talking for a long time. In just a few minutes, he finished his speech and returned to the judges' seat.

"Okay, thank you Minister Dai for your speech. Just as Minister Dai just said, our Jianghai Cup this year has a huge improvement compared with the previous one, both the number and level of the participating actors and the professional level of the judges. Especially today, we are honored to invite Mr. Shi Shucheng, a professor of the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, a famous pianist and pian educator in my country, to serve as the judges of this competition. Let us all welcome Teacher Shi with warm applause!"

With Jia Jia's introduction, Shi Shucheng, who was in the middle of the judges, stood up and bowed slightly to the audience below the stage. Then, there was warm applause from the audience.

Most of the audience present today are piano enthusiasts or piano children's parents, and there are also a considerable number of piano teachers. Most of these people have heard of Shi Shucheng's reputation, so they naturally know that his weight in the piano world is so that this time the applause is more enthusiastic than when Minister Dai Qiang spoke just now.

"Shi Shucheng is here?" Liu Yufan, who had not noticed the judges before, was surprised and excited when he heard Jia Jia's introduction. Shi Shucheng is a "big bull" in the Chinese piano industry and is definitely a Taishan Beidou-level figure. Liu Yufan was naturally very excited to see the real person up close.

"Teacher Shi's piano skills are very good. I heard from Teacher Yin that in the entire Alto Academy, Teacher Shi's level can rank among the top five!" An Quantao looked at Shi Shucheng with a very enthusiastic look. Compared with his teacher Yin Chengzong, Shi Shucheng's reputation is even greater. Of course, who is higher and lower in terms of the level, it means that the benevolent people are different and wise people are wise. The two have different playing styles, but they should be very different in terms of level.

"I really didn't expect to see Shi Shucheng here today!" Looking at Shi Shucheng who had just stood up, Peng Tielin also said excitedly. He led the team in the last Jianghai Cup, but the most powerful judge of that year was the director of the piano department invited from Tianjin Conservatory of Music. In terms of level and fame, it was far inferior to the one in front of him. Peng Tielin felt that this trip was worthy of being able to see Shi Shucheng.

Shi Shucheng's expression was very calm when he was enthusiastic about the warm reaction from the audience. He had been engaged in piano education and performance practice for decades, and there were many scenes that were much bigger than this. To be honest, if it weren't for Wang He from Jianghai City's several invitations, he would have been very "sincerity". He happened to be a leisurely person here to escape the summer heat during this period and would have been willing to be a judge. With his reputation, it would have been a bit of a lack of talent to serve as a judge for such a "amateur" piano competition.

Of course, he didn't expect to find any "good seedlings" in this competition. He has been the chief examiner of the piano department of the Central Conservatory of Music for more than 20 years. He has seen countless excellent seedlings, and they are all "killed" across the country. After seeing that level, he will watch the so-called competitions and grade exams in various places, just like a child playing house.

After introducing the judges, Jia Jia announced the rules of the competition and directly announced the start of the competition.

According to the schedule of the game, the morning is the youth group and the afternoon is the youth group. So Liu Yufan and the others have nothing to do. The reason why they came here so early was to feel the atmosphere of the game and to see what level the general level of the game is.

"Okay, I have introduced so much, I believe everyone can't wait to watch the exciting competition. Next, I announce that the junior group competition of the second Jianghai Cup Piano Competition has officially begun! First, I invite the first young contestant, Li Zimeng, to the stage. The song she brought to you is "Dry Sky Thunder""

"Mengmeng, go, don't be nervous, play well!" On the side of the stage, a mother was talking to a little girl who looked only eight or nine years old and wearing a white dress. I think this little contestant who was slightly fat and had a little nervous expression on her face was Li Zimeng who was about to appear. On the side of her skirt, there was a red license plate with a big "1" written on it.

With her mother's encouragement, Xiao Zimeng walked to the center of the stage with a little nervousness. According to the procedures taught by her mother before, she bowed to the judges and the audience, then came to the piano and began to prepare for the performance.

"Dry Sky Thunder" is a very representative Guangdong music, which was later adapted into a piano music. It is a very famous Chinese piano music. In the textbooks of the Alto Concord Alumni Academy, this song is listed as the highest level - the ninth level of the song, which shows that its difficulty is still not low.

A little tender hand was placed on the keys, and as the fingers fluctuated, a melody of Chinese style came from the piano.

At the beginning of "Dry Sky Thunder", it is a melody played with both hands, which is light and lively, and is not very difficult, but it is a bit hard to play that "scent".

It can be seen that this child Li Zimeng has a relatively solid basic skill. Her hands are relatively standard, and her playing is basically close to the original speed, but her understanding of the song is still a bit short of the time.

Shi Shucheng only heard the beginning and was no longer interested in listening. The sound board was not flexible at all, and there was no such charm at all. Although he knew that this was just an amateur competition, and he was playing only a teenager at the moment, these were not what he considered. He was engaged in professional piano education, not piano popularization education for the public. At this moment, he regretted participating in this competition. He thought that it would take three more days, so he was a little overwhelmed.

Li Zimeng played very seriously. The little girl had good psychological quality. Although she played a bit, she was just average and played a song in full. When she played the complete song, she won a lot of applause from the audience.

"Okay, the performance of contestant Li Zimeng, No. 1, has ended. We ask the judges to give a score and comment." Jia Jia said, looking at the judges' seat.

"She has a very stable rhythm, which is very good, and her hand shape is relatively standardized. It can be seen that she has put in some effort. But when playing in the future, you should pay attention to the emotional handling, and you should be more delicate, and you should be lively where you should be lively." The comment was Chang Hua, who just said a few simple words and ended. In his opinion, there is really nothing to comment on at this level of performance.

"Okay, thank the judges for their wonderful comments. Next, let us invite contestant No. 2, Sun Jiayun, who played the repertoire of "Turkish March". With Jia Jia's report, a fat man about twelve or three years old, wearing a tuxedo came on stage, bowed to the judges and the audience, and sat in front of the piano.

Listening to the familiar song, he appeared in his ears in an "awkward" posture. Shi Shucheng hugged his arms without saying a word, and his brows frowned slightly.

The students on both sides of him shook their heads and sighed when they saw the teacher's expression. They thought that the players in the Jianghai Cup could be basically the same. Now it seems that they overestimated the level of piano education here.

"A boring game", this idea emerged in the minds of both of them at the same time.

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