The small concert hall of Curtis Conservatory emits a soft orange light. Although it is a small concert hall that can only accommodate two or three hundred people, all the facilities here are arranged according to the standards of a first-class concert hall. Regardless of the black Stanway placed on the stage, or the professional audio materials used around the concert hall, you may be able to buy several villas on the beach.

When Lu Wei walked into this concert hall, at the front of the audience, several judges were already in their seats and were staring at themselves with a scrutiny look. Except for Mr. Grafman, Lu Wei did not know anyone else, so he just smiled and nodded at them, and sat next to the piano.

"Can you start?" Lu Wei carefully adjusted the angle of the piano bench, confirmed that he felt very comfortable, and asked the judges below in less fluent English.

"Lu Wei, you can start." The one who spoke was Dean Grafman. Today he was still wearing the white shirt he often wore. His gray hair and glasses on his nose made him look a little serious, but his tone of speaking was very kind at this moment.

Under the gaze of the judges, Lu Wei began this "exam" prepared for him alone.

The ethereal sound of the piano like water was flowing out between Lu Weina's slender fingers. It was the song "Moonlight", which he was best known for.

As soon as the music of the first section started, Lu Wei's whole mind was immersed in it. For Lu Wei, playing this song "Moonlight" has almost become his instinct. He has to play this song at least once every day during the piano practice. Now it has become as natural as breathing.

Several examiners looked at Lu Wei who was playing in front of the piano. The expression on his face was not obvious. Although these were only teachers from Curtis Conservatory of Music, Curtis, who is the purpose of the college, is almost every student is an excellent performer. Not to mention the teacher, these are all top pianists active in the international music scene. Their own level is already very high, and naturally their vision for the appreciation of piano is not ordinary.

However, even so, after listening for about five minutes, their eyes still showed a little praise. Not to mention anything else. Lu Wei, in this seemingly simplest first movement, has reached a state of almost naturalness, and more importantly, they cannot see any tension and awkwardness from Lu Wei. Although this is an exam, Lu Wei, in front of the piano, seems to be enjoying the joy brought to him wholeheartedly.

After the short second movement, when the third movement rang out like a storm, the faces of several instructors finally felt a little moved.

Although this piece of music is not the most difficult for any famous pianist, Lu Weidi's performance still brought them a surprise.

"It's amazing. This is the first time I've seen someone play this music with such an effect. Oh. He's just a Chinese boy. How could he understand so deeply about Beethoven's music?" Lyon Fleisch held his chin with his hands and looked at the boy playing passionately on the piano without blinking. Although he has played this piece of music countless times, it's obvious that Lu Weidi's playing gave him a refreshing feeling, especially when there are several details in it. It actually gave him a sense of enlightenment.

"Ha. It turns out that this section can be handled like this. It turns out that I always feel something is wrong here. But I always don't understand what the problem is. It turns out that as long as it plays the staccato effect, the effect will come out." Lyon Fellesch, a famous piano master in Curtis, showed a look of excitement on his face at this moment. He never expected that an ordinary exam would give him such an unexpected gain.

On the other hand, the expressions of other local examiners are similar to those of Lyon Fleischer. These people are really top pianists. Naturally, they can hear how wonderful Lu Weidi's performance is. Several teachers have begun to consider whether to receive this student from their own school. As for the question of whether to accept it or not, they have already been left behind by them. At this level, students are not admitted to such a level. Unless the directors of Curtis College are collectively ill-indiscrete, not saying anything else, even they may protest collectively.

As the initiator of this matter, Hans, the school director, looked at Lu Weidi's performance at this moment, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He began to think about whether his decision was a mistake. As Curtis's school director, although he had the right to suggest the school decision, he did not interfere with the school's professional scope. The board of directors has always been the norm of the board of directors. In other words, this exam, whether Lu Wei is going or staying, the decision is in the hands of these examiners. Hans is very clear that these examiners will not consider the opinions of a school director, because they are already the world's top pianists or pian educators. Many times, even schools have to listen carefully to their opinions. Judging from their satisfied expressions on their faces, Hans can already predict the results of the examination.

Sure enough, when Lu Wei played the last chord in the sonata of "Moonlight", many examiners even clapped their applause gently.

However, when thinking about Lu Wei facing the next visual link, Hans's heart was inexplicably more confident.

This confidence comes from that he chose the songs of the songs, which is also the power he and Chairman Ritchie won. Hans, who was determined to make Lu Wei look ugly, naturally would not be rude in this matter. Therefore, when he saw the surprised expression on his face when several examiners pulled out the audition songs from the envelopes, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Hans' mouth.

"If you can even pass this, then I really have nothing to say. I don't believe that you Chinese piano students are as outstanding as Lang." Hans said in his heart. This is not because he has any prejudice against Lang Lang. In fact, as a director of the school, he naturally wants to see a few more outstanding students in the school. However, because of the quota some time ago, he unconsciously brought some prejudice against Chinese students.

To be honest, this track that Hans chose might be a good choice if it was a solo for a concert, but it would be too terrifying to use him as a visual track.

Listepa's "Paganini Theme Etude" third bell.

This is the theme of the piano solo (the third movement ("Ronnie of the Bell Concerto") which was changed by Italian violinist Paganini. The songs written by Liszt, known as the "Piano Demon King", have always been known for their difficulty. In order to surpass the king of violin "Paganini", Liszt wrote a total of six "Paganini Theme Etudes". This etude, called "Clock", is the most widely known and most difficult etude among these six. Not to mention grasping the essence of this song, even if he wants to play it in full, it is probably impossible to complete without the level of the Central Major Level 10 (not the piano grading of the Central Conservatory of Music). If you want to interpret this song completely and smoothly, you must be at the level of a master.

At this moment, this song was made for a sensational song, which made the examiners look incredible. They knew the requirements of sensational songs. The performers had ten to fifteen minutes to familiarize themselves with the music score, and then required to play the complete song at least basically smoothly. For such a song, it is probably the world's top pianist. It is impossible to do it from the first time to the smooth performance without more than two hours of concentration in practice.

Although it was strange why such a piece was chosen as a song for the video, this was the decision of the board of directors. The examiners didn't say much, but when the score was handed over to Lu Wei, the eyes of several people were filled with a hint of worry, because in their opinion, this was simply an impossible task.

The moment he took the music score, Lu Wei was stunned for a moment. He naturally knew this song. Although he was best at playing Beethoven, he was not unfamiliar with the works of the piano demon Liszt. At least he had played all the twelve super etudes. Although he had never played this song "Clock", he had also heard of it.

Of course, at his current level, although this song is difficult, there is no problem with giving him some time to play it smoothly. But the situation is that this is - the gaze! Faced with this somewhat difficult request, Lu Wei showed a look of displeasure on his face, but he did not show it too much. The other party's performance instead aroused the unyielding spirit in his heart.

Putting the scores separately on the spectral stand, Lu Wei's eyes fell on the extremely complex five-line spectral.

"Clock" adapted by Liszt is in G-scaling minor, with 68 beats. There are two bars in front of it, played alternately by left and right hands, with the two notes being eight to sixteen degrees apart, used to simulate the bell. The whole song is almost the beginning and the right hand is constantly jumping for more than ten degrees. People with poor basic skills may not be able to adapt to such rapid and complicated performances even if they memorize the whole song.

Lu Wei's whole mind was immersed in the music score in front of him. Although his hands did not touch the keys, his heart was secretly imitating the playing state.
Chapter completed!