Chapter 274

Piano Fighting

"Memories of Don Juan" is an opera fantasy based on Mozart's opera "Don Juan". 100.com

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So quickly entered this site Mozart's opera "Don Juan" was originally about two and a half hours long, but after being adapted by Liszt, it became a short piano piece. The piano piece did not delete a note in the opera. The whole piece is very difficult, both in rhythm and in skills. "Don Juan's Memories" is called one of the most difficult piano pieces and few people play it.

Lister wrote this work in 1841 and published it publicly in 1877 in the form of a double piano concerto.

Liszt is a very famous pianist, and a very controversial pianist. Those who like him think he is the god of piano and regard any of his piano music as a guide, but those who don’t like him hate him very thoroughly. Some even call his piano works "a pile of skills".

Of course, whether you like or hate, you cannot erase Liszt's important position in piano history. The Dutch Liszt International Piano Competition, which is once every four years, is called one of the highest-level piano events in the world. Because of its high standards, difficulty, and strict judgment standards for judges, those who can win gold medals from the Liszt Cup have always been regarded as the true top international standards. There are even cases of first place vacant because of the strict judges. In China, Li Yundi is the only pianist who has won the first place in such international events. He is also recognized as China's "piano prince". Unlike Lin Feng, who is self-proclaimed, but the "piano prince" in the classical music industry in the true sense.

In fact, Liu Yufan chose this song "Memories of Don Juan" on the first song, not because of his rare age. In fact, anyone who has experienced international competitions or has reached a certain level of piano professionalism is not unfamiliar with this song. "Memories of Don Juan" can be regarded as one of the last few huge fortresses on the difficult piano road. Being able to play it itself shows the level of the performer.

It's "Memories of Don Juan"! When he heard Liu Yufan's performance, Lin Feng's expression changed slightly. He was arrogant, but he was not so arrogant that he was confused. His previous impression of Liu Yufan was still at that song he's

On the ate. Although that song is very popular, it is not worth mentioning in the eyes of professional students like Lin Feng. However, Liu Yufan is playing this song "Memories of Don Juan", which makes him not pay attention to it.

No pianist can ignore the person who can play "Don Juan's Memories", let alone Lin Feng, even Ling Yuan and Wang Zhenxian can't do it. Looking at Liu Yufan who was free to play in front of the piano, the two judges nodded secretly!

Liu Yufan's hands were flying freely on the keys. Although the whole song was full of chords and high-speed running, there was no trace of force on his face. The transition between the phrases was more proficient and natural, without any awkwardness. Being able to play "Don Juan's Memories" to such a level, such students could count them in the top leaders of the affiliated high school.

In fact, at the level of the affiliated high school or the Central Conservatory of Music, most of the guidance given to students by teachers is no longer technical. If you can go to these schools, students have no technical problems. What broadens the gap between them is their understanding and expression of music. This is the role of these teachers. When they are in class, they often don’t tell students about content such as “how is the fingering here” and “how is the technical movements here”, and emphasize more on “the feeling here” and “the handling of this strong mark is like this”. What they need to do is to teach a "craftsman" with complete skills to become a "pianist" with highest ideas.

Therefore, the two teachers just thought it was very good at Liu Yufan's performance at this moment, but were not too surprised. If they hadn't been these two tricks, they would be a triumphant disciple of their two.

"Hmph, do you think this song "Don Juan's Memories" can stump me?" Looking at Liu Yufan who was immersed in the performance on the opposite side of the piano, Lin Feng's eyes showed a hint of disdain. Although this song was difficult, he still played it. Moreover, with his technical madman's temper, the more difficult the song is, the deeper the effort it puts into, so when Lin Feng heard Liu Yufan playing this song "Don Juan's Memories", Lin Feng was not panicked at all.

Another series of dazzling downward notes, Liu Yufan perfectly ended the performance of the first theme of "Don Juan's Memories", then raised his head to look at Lin Feng, and kicked the ball over.

"Hmph, do you think I can't?" Lin Feng met Liu Yufan's eyes, full of challenges, but his subordinates were not idle. Almost followed Liu Yufan's previous performance, perfectly connecting it!

Lin Feng's hands are longer than ordinary people, which gives him a natural advantage in piano performance, especially when playing difficult music. Sometimes a chord needs to span nine or even ten degrees or even wider. People with small hands cannot play it at all, but it is not a problem for him.

Lin Feng's hands climbed up the keys at the same time, and a powerful piano sound rang out. It was the "Memories of Don Juan" played just now by Liu Yufan. The difficulty of the second theme was no less than the first theme. Lin Feng's hands rose and fell on the keys, with a sense of ostentatiousness and jump. Compared to Liu Yufan's previous performance, Lin Feng's piano was even more exaggerated.

"The technology is good, but the mentality is too floating!" Liu Yufan listened quietly to Lin Feng's performance on the other side, and secretly commented in his heart. At this level, he is no longer just a simple student, but has played many songs and met many famous masters. For ordinary performers, Liu Yufan has been able to judge the pros and cons from a higher perspective. On the surface, Lin Feng's performance seems to be more expressive than himself, but blindly dealing with it has lost some of the details of the music itself. Such a performance is still a little rough.

There were obviously many Lin Feng’s fans off the court. Seeing Lin Feng take it smoothly, those people’s eyes looked at Lin Feng’s hands without blinking, their eyes full of excitement and satisfaction!

"It's indeed my piano prince. I didn't disappoint. This piano is so handsome!"

"Hey, when can I play the piano to the extent that I can play this piano? Isn't it crying and shouting to pounce?"

"Jiang is still old, Lin Feng plays with it with great energy, and that Liu Yufan is still a little softer."

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While watching, the students off the field were judging the pros and cons of the two people in their hearts. In their previous performance, the two people looked equal, but from the visual effect alone, it seemed that Lin Feng was better, but this was just the students' opinion. The two teachers next to the stage naturally had a ruler in their hearts.

"Xiaofeng is still too impatient and handles it too roughly." Wang Zhen sighed first. Although he also hoped that his students could win this game from the bottom of his heart, he would not blow the black whistle against his conscience in this situation. Besides, even if he thought, there was a Ling Yuan next to him, and that person would understand better than him.

After taking the song perfectly, Lin Feng ended the second theme with a gorgeous top throw, then looked up at Liu Yufan through the piano board and said, "It's a change from me below."

The keys were touched again with both hands. Driven by the wrist of the right hand, a series of clean octave chords sounded without the effect of adding a pedal, making the sound of the piano sound clearer and brighter, like a ticking clock!

Now, the students in the audience finally heard what song Lin Feng was playing.

"Clock! This is the etude of Liszt Paganini - Clock!" Listening to this familiar melody, many students from the piano department were excited.

It is also Liszt's piano piece, many people may not have heard of "Memories of Don Juan". After all, this song adapted from pure opera is too far away from them. But this song "Clock" is different!

Its fame is so great! Just like Mozart's "Turkish March" which is widely circulated among amateur contestants, this "Clock" is definitely ranked among the top three in the top three in popularity among professional piano students.

Why? Because it is difficult, because it sounds nice!

The performance of this song is so ornamental. The continuous rapid notes are running, making the whole song look extremely gorgeous. Coupled with the complex and delicate melody, it is as wonderful as having your ears perform a high-end sauna! Although many students here do not have the ability to play this song, to be precise, they do not have the ability to play this song at the original speed, but this does not prevent them from loving this song!

Although Lin Feng had only his right hand jumping leisurely on the keys, these people knew that this was just the tranquility before the storm came, and the real show of skills would soon begin!

Sure enough, after the prelude melody of the two bars, Lin Feng's left hand finally put on the keys, and almost instantly, his right hand, which had just been extremely leisurely jumping on the keys, seemed to have suddenly injected with stimulant, and instantly became agile!

"Ding ding ding ding ding ~~" A raindrop sound flowed out from the little finger of the right hand. At the same time, the other fingers were weaving a complex fabric at the center between the left and right hand fingers at twice the speed faster than the little finger.

In addition to the stability of the first few bars, almost the whole song is full of complex texture. Just like Lin Feng's performance at this moment, although the main melody sounds very clear and seems calm, don't forget that it is just a work done by one finger of the little finger. Most of the complex work is completed between the four fingers of the left and right hands. Together they weave a very complex texture, like a precise net, surrounding the main melody and perfectly setting it out!

Seeing Lin Feng's hands dancing dazzling dances on the keys like magic, the audience all consciously held their breath, fearing that any detail would be missed!
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