Chapter 518 Rational enthusiasm!
Liu Yufan's appearance caused a burst of warm applause.
This young piano player from China has been very eye-catching in the past few days. Although he does not have the "fanity" state of Lang Lang and Valodos, his delicate and passionate performance and distinctive performances obviously attracted many music fans. In just a few days, there are quite a few music fans that Liu Yufan has.
Seeing this young man walking onto the stage, the eyes of several judges also showed a little interest. Especially Kissing, his eyes were even more gratifying. The previous cooperation in Russia left a deep impression on him. He felt that this child would be a very outstanding pianist in time. His performance has many similarities with him, both of which are very exquisite, distinct, not impetuous, and have his own unique understanding and understanding of music. This should be a little guy who is very good at using his "brain" to play the piano.
Especially his previous performance in the preliminaries made Kissin's eyes lit up. Although it was only a few months since the last time, Kissin felt that in these few months, some changes or progress seemed to have occurred in him. Especially when listening to his performance, Kissin actually had a sense of "quietness" and "calmness". At a certain moment, Kissin felt that he had forgotten that he was still a judge, and some fell into the realm of this music.
It was a very wonderful feeling. Before this, no contestant could give him such a feeling. But this young man did it. Why did his piano sound have such magical power?
However, when thinking about DG Records, Kissin sighed secretly. This is something that can’t be done, for some benefit, sometimes some compromises are needed. Fortunately, this young man doesn’t know this dirty inside story, which is a good thing. I hope he will never know it.
"He actually chose this song in this game? It seems that he felt a crisis. Haha, little guy, let me see your true strength, don't let me down." Unlike Kissin, Berezovsky looked at Liu Yufan with a relaxed expression. It was just because he had seen Liu Yufan and that mud bomber playing piano on the street before, and he had seen the song "Exodus" he played in the piano room with his own eyes. He actually knew Liu Yufan's true level more clearly than Kissin. But after all, he had never heard him play Liszovsky personally, and Berezovsky was also very curious about what wonderful performance this genius contestant would perform when playing Liszt's works.
"Clock", full name "Liszt Paganini Etude - Zhong". Among all Liszt's works, this is a relatively special and famous song. Many contestants have to keep this song on their lips when playing Liszt or talking about Liszt because it is so famous. In previous competitions, many contestants have played this song. Fortunately, the competition did not have a rigid scope for the songs chosen by the contestants. The organizers and judges of the contestants do not mind such "collecting songs". After all, this is not a concert, but a competition to test the level of the contestants. Even if they play a song, it does not affect everyone's judgment of the level of the contestants.
Liu Yufan did not choose this song "Clock" during the preliminary round, just because it was one of his specialty works. He was originally planning to use this song to the end, but he did not expect that the competition among the contestants would be so fierce in just one preliminary round. This forced him to make new arrangements for his participation and put this song in advance. In this way, although in the long run, once he successfully entered the final, he would definitely have to worry about the song in the final. But now it seems that if he doesn't do his best, it's still a different matter if he can enter the final. This forces him to take out this song prepared for the final in advance. No matter what, let's pass this level first.
The applause and cheers of the audience gradually weakened. However, thousands of gazes were all on the young man, and people were looking forward to his performance. Although everyone had heard the song "Clock" many times in the competition in the previous few days, they thought that Liu Yufan was playing this song, and many music fans were still looking forward to it.
Especially those reporters from China showed a look of attention. This player, who was not very famous in the domestic media, performed well in previous competitions, which gradually attracted their attention.
"Yufan, come on, try to get the first one. After I go back, I will definitely give you a good interview." Looking at Liu Yufan on the stage, Li Xiaoling thought nervously.
He raised his hands gently and then fell onto the keys that were flashing with crystal light. Stanway's familiar touch instantly aroused his performance as if it was full of magic.
"Ding ding ding ding dong dong..." The familiar prelude of the etude "Chong" sounded again.
The wrists rise and fall on the keys are not large, but each sound seems to have been "thinking", with a sense of condensation and clarity, as if it has been transformed into small beads, and it has clearly reached everyone's ears.
Of course, only those with a certain piano cultivation can taste this wonderful feeling. In theory, no matter what kind of touch key method you use to play the piano, or even say that you don’t use your hands, but use any part of your body to press the piano keys, the piano will eventually make a sound. The principle of sound is that the keys rely on the transmission device to drive the hammer head to hit the steel string to make sound. The difference is just the change in force caused by the speed of the tap. Few people can hear the "condensation", "solidity", "clear" and other elements of the piano sound. But it is amazing. Those with a pair of golden ears can hear this change.
The prelude is very short. Before people can savor it, a sound of piano like a big bead falling from the jade plate had already flowed out from Liu Yufan's fingertips.
Unlike the previous dramatic drama and Valodos's madness, Liu Yufan's performance was freehand, natural, and calm. Although the melody speed of his subordinates was no less than any of Liszt's difficult music, in fact, this song "Clock" was originally the one with the highest difficulty among all Liszt's works. But what is rare is that Liu Yufan can still maintain that rationality under such high-speed performance, so that every note has the highest sound quality, and no sound is "crazy". This control ability is faster than simple, and it is stronger than a point!
"Is this his strongest strength? It's really interesting!" Looking at Liu Yufan's performance, Berezovsky's eyes lit up. Listening to Liu Yufan's performance of "Clock", his eyes were faintly intoxicated.
"This is the "Clock" I want. Every sound is like a clock, and the ticking feeling is really nice. Compared with this song, the "Clock" played by those contestants before is simply a play!" Berezovsky held his hands together and looked at Liu Yufan's performance, and couldn't help but compare him with the previous contestants. This comparison is easy to find that from this song "Clock", Liu Yufan is indeed "higher" than the previous contestants.
A gorgeous polyphony appeared. Liu Yufan's ten fingers steadily supported a small umbrella-like structure under his palm. The ten fingers rose and fell as skillfully as precision machinery, but did not destroy the structure of the umbrella, but instead made it appear more flexible, as if it was about to come alive! Even if he moved back and forth on the keys quickly on his wrist, it did not destroy the hand shape!
If it is easier to achieve such extreme standards in simple small songs, then it is not something that ordinary people can do to maintain the hand shape so perfect when playing a large and difficult etude like "Chong". Looking at Liu Yufan's performance, especially looking at those hands, it is like a perfect work of art!
"This young man has a deep understanding of this song." Grafman, who was sitting in the middle, looked at Liu Yufan's performance, and his eyes were filled with unpretentious appreciation. He had heard this song many times, including when he was young, and he had played it. But as far as this song is concerned, he could not be as delicate as Liu Yufan at the moment!
"It's not bad. I can play "Clock" to such an extent. It's not a bad thing that I wrote this recommendation letter to him. This is a very good young man." Looking at Liu Yufan's performance, Kissin's eyes were full of appreciation. Liu Yufan was recommended by him. He can perform well in the competition, and Kissin's face also has glory.
Even Joe Hashi, the judge of the Nikong Kingdom, looked at Liu Yufan's performance, and a hint of praise flashed in his eyes. Joe Hashi knew a little about the conflict between his student Tengcun Shunichi and him in the past two days, but in his opinion, it was just a battle of intentions between two young people, but it did not affect his judgment of the game. In general, this is still a more principled judge.
The performance of "Clock" has reached the end. Liu Yufan's hands fluctuated and fell heavily on the keys. Every time he touched the keys, he had a sound of gold and iron. The intense rhythm seemed to be unconfused at all, and he heard it so brightly!
Passion in reason is the most accurate description of Liu Yufan's performance. He is passionate and unrestrained, but he is not out of control and not chaotic. Such a performance is more advanced and retreating than Valodos's blindly wild and bravery just now.
At the same time, several judges all scored in their minds behind Liu Yufan's name. Even if such a young man cannot win the championship, he will reach the finals and get a ranking, there is no controversy.
After playing the song, Liu Yufan stood up in front of the piano, and the audience suddenly burst into applause!
Good music is boundless. This wonderful "Clock" brings the top auditory enjoyment that music critics completely fascinates them. At this moment, they express their inner love for this song without any concealment!
Even among the judges, two of them applauded gently!
He bowed slightly to the audience and judges off the stage, Liu Yufan walked off the stage with a smile (to be continued)
Chapter completed!