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Chapter 332 - 330, A Long-Lost Classic! (Fourth Update)_1

Chapter 332: 330, A Long-Lost Classic! (Fourth Update)_1

"May I use the piano in the rehearsal hall?"

The sentence was spoken calmly, as if a neighbor suddenly knocked on your door and asked, "Do you have soy sauce?"

But within those calm words, there was such confidence, as if the young man standing at the door of the rehearsal hall had instantaneously transformed his aura.

Joseph couldn’t think of any reason to refuse him in the face of this confidence!

"Of course, Mr. Ren He, only..." Joseph didn’t know what he intended to do. Was he going to play those three compositions? But being able to play them didn’t necessarily prove that he was the composer.

Ren He had already approached the beautiful black piano. Although he had master-level skills in piano, this was his first time playing an instrument of such caliber...

He sat down. The first piece, "To Alice."

Indeed, one could instantly tell the quality of a piano performance—first by the pitch, then by a higher pursuit, and finally, by emotion.

Between 1808 and 1810, Beethoven, approaching 40 years of age, taught a student named Therese Malfatti and developed a fondness for her. Once, in a very pleasant mood, he wrote a little piece in A minor called "Bagatelle" for her, titling the score "To Theresa." Thus, the original name of this song should have been "To Theresa," but it was simply mislabeled during its publication in 1867...

When Ren He played this piece, everyone felt as if they were in that foreign town, with a hazy affection blooming unconsciously...

This was probably the most heart-capturing interpretation they had encountered since seeing the music scores. They themselves had played it, but now, it seemed to pale in comparison.

Hmm... perhaps he really was the composer. Why else would the performance be so perfect?

Even if he wasn’t the composer, his musical prowess couldn’t be ignored. At least the current piano teachers at the Juilliard School of Music admitted they were still a bit behind Ren He.

After finishing "To Alice," Ren He didn’t pause but went straight into the canon.

The light and cheerful style, and the lively rhythm, beautifully transitioned everyone from the emotion of "To Alice," making everyone listening to the canon feel an urge to dance!

However, after finishing the canon, Ren He suddenly stood up, laughing, "Could I have a violin?"

What did he want a violin for? Everyone was puzzled. As connoisseurs in the field of music, they knew full well that mastering many instruments wasn’t particularly hard. However, given Ren He’s master-level skill, surely his violin playing would not compare to his piano proficiency. Why would he switch to violin instead of continuing with piano?

What’s more, it was somewhat hard to believe that a 16-year-old Chinese boy’s piano level had already earned the ’master’ rating in their hearts. It was simply unbelievable!

Joseph thought for a moment, "Peter, go to my office and get my violin for me."

Joseph himself played the violin. Others were surprised since Joseph usually treated his violin as a prized possession, and now he was letting a stranger use it?

Peter rushed to Joseph’s office, grabbed the violin case, then dashed back and handed it to Ren He.

Ren He carefully opened the case and took out the violin. At that moment, everyone suddenly realized, there was only the "Croatian Rhapsody" left from the three songs. Was he going to use the violin to perform the "Croatian Rhapsody"?!

When they had attempted to interpret these three songs before, they hadn’t even considered using other instruments. But now, Ren He had chosen the violin.

In fact, at the No.4 Middle School prom, he had accompanied Liu Jiamin with the violin, and indeed the violin could perfectly embody the extremely buoyant spirit of the "Croatian Rhapsody."

When Ren He stood on the stage of the rehearsal hall with his eyes closed, the music exploded from the strings, like a shower of artillery from the Croatian conflicts whistling through the air above everyone’s heads.

And there Ren He stood amidst the chaotic barrage, fearless, without resentment, egoless, without regret.

Even his violin playing was master level... Joseph suddenly thought, even if he wasn’t the creator of these three pieces, he was fully qualified to be a professor of piano or violin!

And he was only 16!

After Ren He finished the last piece, even he himself savored the performance with closed eyes for a couple of seconds before opening them, and what he was met with was the applause of the entire staff of the Juilliard School of Music: "Brilliant, genius!"

Ren He smiled, "Yeah, that already seems spectacular enough, but for himself, it’s not enough yet!"

Standing on this stage, looking at the world-class musicians giving him applause, Ren He started to enjoy this stage.

Though this stage was limited to the staff and faculty of the Juilliard School of Music, it was perfectly in line with Ren He’s wishes. He would not have wanted it if it were public; he did not want to be a star.

Ren He carefully placed the violin back in its case and handed it back to Joseph, but before Joseph could speak, Ren He had already returned to the piano and sat down.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion. What’s this about, all three pieces had already been performed, right? Was he going to perform them again?

No need, no need, we know you’re awesome, but please can you not play it on loop...

However, when Ren He played the first note, everyone was stunned, followed by sheer ecstasy on their faces, their eyes brimming with excitement: a new composition! The young man was actually going to play a new piece!

But Ren He didn’t bother about them and immersed himself in that inexplicable joy.

Beethoven’s Opus 13, the Pathetique Sonata, the third movement! It’s been a while, classic!

In his previous life, this was probably one of the most well-known pieces of classical music among Chinese youths. People would ask, why does it sound somewhat joyful even though it’s called Pathetique?

Because this movement reflects Beethoven’s longing for freedom and beauty after his anger and sorrow.

Some say this piece isn’t difficult, that anyone past Grade 8 piano can play it, but Ren He could only say, knowing how to play and playing it well are vastly different.

Is this piece difficult? It depends on your standards and the standards of the audience: for the layman pianist, it’s as difficult as scaling the skies, as they can’t even get the tuning right.

For the amateur pianist, it’s not hard because they don’t strive for performance quality, only playing the correct notes.

For the professional pianist, it’s extremely difficult because at that level, correct notes are merely the basics.

And now, with a room full of experts, as Ren He began to interpret this piece, they understood just how hard it was to play it well!

But difficulty be damned; after all, the musical depth Ren He had just demonstrated in the three previous pieces had already prepped everyone.

What concerned them more was that this was another new composition!

This was another piece destined to become a classic!

At this moment, no one could question Ren He’s identity as a composer; he’d conquered everyone’s ears with his performance skills and then captured everyone’s imagination of talent with this new song.

Even now, they could hardly believe that a 16-year-old boy had composed four such classic pieces!

This world is too crazy!

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