“know.”
“I did as much as I could.”
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“I know that too.”
“······So there is no regret. I won’t, I regret it.”
Rowoon stared at her for a while. And he answered softly.
“huh. me too.”
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“… that’s difficult.”
Violin and Professor, said Bennett. Donatti shrugged.
“In a way, it might be better to say that it is easy. At least it seems pretty obvious that the candidates have been narrowed down to two.”
“······Mario and that friend were okay too. But… yes, Professor Donatti is right. They are different. It’s not a matter of skill. You have an aura that you can’t have with your skills. Those two are definitely artists. Not like a performance technician.”
“A performance technician… That’s a funny expression.”
Donatti said with a laugh.
“But I think you know what I mean. yes. From my point of view, this concerto has no choice but to be played by either Rowoon or Heather. But it’s a matter of which of the two.”
“I personally think Rowe is better. He is a friend who is classic but has his own color. Whether it be the public or the critics, everyone has no choice but to look at it favorably.”
“But just because he’s a header doesn’t mean the critics evaluate him badly. If it’s not a place where you have to give your score like a competition, it would be nice to give a good evaluation. And her strange Rachmaninoff, that Rachmaninoff, must be shown to the world. I think the professor will understand.”
Professors talked like that for a long time. Half said heather’s personality was to put up a match, and half said Rowoon’s authentic and sophisticated interpretation of the performance was more attractive.
To be honest, both opinions had some truth, so it was difficult to make a decision easily. Eventually, the professors slowly began to look at Taylor. Taylor was the oldest professor among them, and also a professor with a strong voice.
“Professor Taylor. what do you think?”
“It is such a situation. Vanilla ice cream and chocolate ice cream. Which of the two should I eat? Actually, it’s a question with no right answer. Whether it’s vanilla or chocolate, it’s a matter of not being superior to or inferior to both.”
“… But in the end, you have no choice but to choose one or the other, right?”
“If it’s normal, yes. If I had to choose between yogurt and red velvet flavors, I would choose red velvet. Between Oreo and Mango, I choose Mango. But vanilla and chocolate have always been a challenge for me. No matter which one I choose, I always feel regret.”
Taylor said and raised two fingers.
“But, at some point, I feel that way. If you’re going to miss it anyway, let’s eat both.”
“······yes?”
“how is it. This Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto…”
Two of her fingers landed on Rowoon’s and Heather’s applications.
“Trying both flavors, vanilla and chocolate?”
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Rowley Lee.
and Heather Hong.
The fact that the two became soloists in Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 quickly spread throughout the California Conservatory.
“really? Year 1?”
“… that’s great. Heather was a celebrity in her own right, so even so, she wasn’t particularly famous until she entered school, wasn’t she?”
“If you’re famous, you usually have skills, but you can’t say you don’t have skills just because you’re not famous. It could be that they simply haven’t had a chance to show off their skills.”
“And it’s only now that I’ve started to get some opportunities…?”
“What, what do you think?”
“It seems so.”
“The only thing that is certain is that I am looking forward to it. I would have expected less if it had been one of the two, but the reason I had to make an exception while entrusting one song to two people… isn’t that how hard it was to give up on one of the two?”
“Oh, come to think of it, is that so? This kind of thing is not common.”
“huh. It’s rare. And there must be a reason.”
The conversation about Rowoon and Heather felt roughly like that. Of course, there were some people who said that the school gave preferential treatment only to freshmen, but their voices were not very loud.
“You know I have virtue, right?”
“I know. If my sister wins a violin concerto this time, consider me paying off the debt.”
“Come, good. I have to work hard.”
Rami’s audition was now only a few days away. Jungwoo smiled bitterly as he looked at the two of them.
“Envy you. I wanted to audition for the concerto, too.”
“Start with a solo stage return. Stop shivering in the corner of the room.”
“I wasn’t shaking.”
Jungwoo scratched his head with an embarrassed expression. It wasn’t common for people to talk about his stage fright as if it were not a big deal. Of course, knowing that Rami’s nonchalant attitude was actually the result of putting her heart into it, I didn’t particularly hate hearing it.
“Anyway, Rowoon, you will already be looking forward to this music festival. Have you ever played a concerto in front of people?”
“It’s the first time I’ve ever played properly like this.”
“It will be fun. You said you had a lot of fun during the audition, right? Then there’s nothing to say about the stage, right?”
“What do you like the most?”
“clap.”
Rami smiled. With an expression as if she was already ecstatic just thinking about that moment, she continued.
“When you feel like going deaf by the sound of applause, then you will feel it. why we make music How can I continue on this path?”
“I think I know why.”
When I went to the LA Concours, even the sound of applause from the half-empty seats was so heartbreaking. Considering that most of the seats at the California Music Festival were almost full, the impression he felt on that day would be difficult to compare to that of the competition.
“Well, of course that would be when you played properly. But don’t you have that much confidence?”
“It should be. If the professors picked both Heather and I, it must mean that they expect me to do that much.”
“You know that there are still gossips at school, right?”
“Well, there must be.”
“If you do it right on this stage, they’ll all be shut up.”
So good for you, Rami added.
Rowoon wanted to honestly answer that he wasn’t worried at all, but he didn’t have to. Instead, he shrugged and said.
“First of all, like my older sister and my older brother, I stick to them quickly from the audition. This music festival, let’s eat.”
“Huh, your self-confidence is soaring just because you passed an audition? But… I like it.”
Rami grinned.
“I like it. protagonist role.”
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Is he the main character of the music festival?
Rowoon couldn’t answer that question. But other questions could be answered. Who is the main character in the piano concerto? Usually, each person has a different answer, but Rowoon was the one who thought the main character was a pianist.
Violin in the violin concerto, oboe in the oboe concerto.
In the end, the value of a concerto depended on what kind of performance the soloist performed in harmony with the orchestra. Of course, the conductor’s role is as important as the soloist’s, but Rowoon believed that the soloist ultimately completes the concerto.
‘That means no matter how good the orchestra is, if I can’t do it, it means nothing.’
Of course, the opposite would also work, but for now, Rowoon wanted to focus on performing impeccably. And the first thing to do for him was to more elaborately match the orchestra and the sum.
‘I played pretty well at the audition, but…’
Of course, there was also a lot of room for improvement. In the first place, they had never properly matched, and they had to devote a lot of concentration to understanding each other’s sounds and keeping pace with each other.
I had to mix with the members of the orchestra as often and as much as possible. Until the sound they make doesn’t sound like someone else’s, until their consciousness and mind feel like his.
‘Are you going to treat me well…?’
It was quite common for fights to break out between the orchestra and the soloists. It was common here and there that people who said that the soloists had to get in the way from the beginning so that they would not run wild on their own. Rowoon headed to the practice room with such worries and faced the members of the orchestra.
And, soon, I couldn’t help but conclude that he was worrying very much for nothing.
“Oh, lucky!”
As soon as Jace, the conductor, saw Rowoon, he smiled broadly and waved his hand. Beside him was Heather flirting with the other members. Rowoon took Jace’s outstretched hand.
“nice to meet you. Did you say Jace?”
“huh! hey nice to meet you It’s better to see it here. Actually, I wanted to talk to you about this and that that day. Yes, Rachmaninoff was so good.”
“Oh, Jace. Didn’t you say that to me earlier?”
“Oh, of course, your performance was so good!”
“······Hmm, I’ll save the question of who plays better for now. Is today a good day?”
“hahahaha… I’ll have to think about what would be a wise answer in advance.”
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Jace scratched his head and laughed. Then he looked at Rowoon again.
“You know, our situation is a bit strange right now. There is one orchestra and one song, but there are two soloists. So other than when you go into actual practice individually, there will be quite a few days when you both have to come over and talk. Are you fine?”
“Oh, of course. It doesn’t matter at all. We’re all doing it together. Then, for now, are you going to try to match the performance?”
“huh. And from time to time, the professor will come and do an interim check. Until then, our goal is to match the sum as well as possible.”
Rowoon had time to talk with the members of the orchestra for a while longer. To be honest, even memorizing the name was difficult, but it wasn’t just a difficult time. It was thanks to the fact that most of them showed quite favorable attitude towards Rowoon.
“Thanks to you, audition day was fun.”
“that’s right. It was good.”
“I didn’t expect to feel the feeling of being on stage during the audition.”
“Hmm, how should I express that?”