Producer System: My Girlfriend is a Cellist -
Chapter 317 - 263: Piano Competition - First Stage! (4K)_2
Chapter 317: Chapter 263: Piano Competition - First Stage! (4K)_2
Actually, Gan Yanyu seldom brought up this memory to herself.
Lin Tian only knew
That during that period, it seemed to be a very dark time for Gan Yanyu.
So oppressive that Gan Yanyu seldom spoke to Lin Tian about it.
Back then, Gan Yanyu’s asthma had not yet been treated in the UK, serious enough to seemingly affect normal life.
And at that time, Gan Yanyu, as "the successor to Gan Hua", began to gradually emerge in domestic cello competitions.
Her debut attracted countless eyes.
At that time,
With her ultra high-intensity memorization, and a slightly grasped sense of immersive performance,
Gan Yanyu could barely stand on stage to perform.
Even so, she still suffered from attention that did not match her age or experience.
All sorts of doubts and insults piled up on this teenage girl.
To put it bluntly,
Undeserving.
Such a pretty appearance, coupled with the identity of Elder Gan’s granddaughter,
Could such a person really play the cello well? Did her current ability truly match the attention she received?
All these became lethal weapons for online attacks.
"How did you get through that time?"
Lin Tian asked.
He only knew that the end of this story was Gan Yanyu withdrawing from competition and going abroad, completely ending her domestic cello career.
The end was known, but what about the process?
What was it that supported Gan Yanyu, despite the many insults, to stay determined and persist in competing?
Now, Lin Tian was really curious.
At this moment, Lin Tian, participating in a competition for the first time,
Was just like many years ago when Gan Yanyu had just debuted.
The two of them were in strikingly similar situations...
"Isn’t that kind of thing obvious?"
Gan Yanyu laughed,
"Because I want to bring music to everyone."
"What else matters?"
"..."
In an instant,
Lin Tian was stunned.
Right,
Hadn’t this always been Gan Yanyu’s dream?
She had mentioned it many times over.
Only now, when he came to Tokyo...
Did he truly deeply understand.
He realized the true meaning behind such a simple sentence.
It was what Lin Tian was currently lacking.
—The meaning of performance.
"Good night, Lin Tian."
Gan Yanyu straightened the tie on Lin Tian’s chest,
"This is your competition."
"Although I cannot accompany you like you were by my side, I will witness it with my own eyes."
...
...
Tokyo International Music Hall.
Preliminary round, first half.
First segment.
The venue was bustling.
The sixth contestant took the stage.
With the piano resonating on stage by a man in a white suit with a confident smile on his lips,
Everyone in the audience held their breath.
Admiring, this spectacular audio-visual feast.
...
"(Nishikawa Yuubei... that damn talent!)"
In the lounge,
A British pianist, watching the performance on the big screen, uttered a shocked and reluctant voice.
"(This piece he’s playing, his Rhapsody ’Dawn Night Lament’ composed just last month... it spectacularly brings out the emotional impact to the extreme!)"
Another person almost gritted their teeth as they spoke.
Right now,
The person performing on stage was one of the hot topics of the Xiao Bang International Piano Competition—Nishikawa Yuubei.
He had already garnered widespread attention before the competition began, for claiming numerous prestigious local piano competition awards in Japan, such as "Tokyo Flash Cup" and "Chiba Falling Flowers."
He was rated as one of the most likely candidates to win the crown even before the competition started.
And what made him famous was also his commercial success as a composer.
Last month, Nishikawa Yuubei’s latest piece "Dawn Night Lament"
Skyrocketed in sales with 8,000 albums sold on the first day, receiving unanimous praise from the industry!
At the venue, there were quite a few pianists who could compose.
But not many have had such successful commercial accomplishments. Fewer still dared to showcase that in a competition.
Thus, when Nishikawa Yuubei demonstrated such exceptional piano skills on stage, it naturally induced a strong sense of defeat in many people.
It’s like, one couldn’t beat the "piano," and couldn’t surpass the "musical accomplishments" either.
It was truly lamentable!
And in fact,
In the eyes of some pianists at the venue, there was another pianist who had achieved great musical accomplishments...
At this moment,
An 18-year-old boy was sitting alone in a corner, enjoying the performance on the big screen.
Indeed impressive.
Lin Tian sighed sincerely.
If it was solely based on mastery of the piano, he was far inferior to this Japanese pianist named Nishikawa Yuubei.
He Zhichen was right.
On the world stage, don’t be too naive.
It’s not strange to encounter any kind of monster.
This "Dawn Night Lament" is indeed a masterpiece of a capriccio.
Interestingly,
At the welcome banquet the day before, quite a few people had actively approached him.
Since the online public opinion fermented,
Until today’s official competition, almost all of these people have disappeared from the rest area.
They probably worried about being affected by public opinion.
Or rather, some of them were wavering, ready to make a judgment after watching Lin Tian’s performance.
Understandable.
"....."
Lin Tian was observing the performance intently, his mind still mulling over the conversation with Mr. Gan from the night before.
Just then,
A voice rang in his ear:
"The performance is ceiling-level, but unfortunately, the piece lacks a bit of spirituality."
Lin Tian turned his head.
A curly-haired man stood beside him, hands on his hips, also watching the big screen, with a disdainful smile on his lips,
"A completely structured piece, so neatly symmetrical; can that even be called a qualified capriccio?"
"Do you think I’m right, Teacher Lin Tian?"
The curly-haired man turned his head to look at Lin Tian.
"Indeed."
Although the man’s words were harsh,
Lin Tian agreed.
He looked at the big screen; in fact, he himself had just felt the same way.
This piece could only be rated as a "6 points" pass at best.
It didn’t meet the standard of a "masterpiece."
It was Nishikawa Yuubei’s superb piano performance that showcased this piece well.
It was a bit like "Only Because You’re Beautiful."
The song isn’t that great.
But coupled with Kun’s passionate performance,
Who wouldn’t feel like playing some basketball after listening to it.
"His compositions have always been quite average, gaining sales purely through continuous exposure in competitions; I don’t understand why there are always so many people praising him."
The curly-haired man said,
"Furthermore, his performance, it’s just so-so, all too proper..."
If Lin Tian somewhat agreed with the sharp critique of the composition before,
when this sentence came out, Lin Tian looked over with a somewhat curious expression.
Who was this person, really?
As the broadcast announced— "Next contestant, please welcome Du Bianwu."
The curly-haired man pocketed his hands and turned away.
"...."
Du Bianwu?
An unfamiliar name.
Lin Tian painstakingly recalled, both in his conversations with He Zhichen and in online records, he had never heard this name.
Most likely, just a negligible contestant with an unremarkable background.
However, his earlier comments about Nishikawa’s music did attract Lin Tian’s attention.
——Amidst a round of applause,
Du Bianwu took to the stage.
At this time, in the rest area,
The pianists who had been particularly attentive during Nishikawa’s performance were now either playing on their phones or chatting with each other.
Clearly, it wasn’t just Lin Tian.
Seemingly, no one recognized this pianist named Du Bianwu.
As Lin Tian was about to take out his phone to inquire about this person from He Zhichen,
Suddenly,
A pure and clean piano sound started.
Inside the rest area, everyone suddenly turned their eyes to the big screen.
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