Rowoon knows.
I wouldn’t dare say I’m unhappy
The life Lee Yeon-ju lived… It was definitely not the life she had dreamed of.
So Rowoon had to shine. The child she wanted to protect by going so far had to be someone worth it.
It wriggled at the tip of the painter Rowoon’s hand, who was suppressed by the pressure. What Rowoon had to practice now was to make sure that the painter didn’t swallow the performance.
And, it was the next day.
Before the performance, the orchestra members gathered for rehearsal could not help but swallow dry saliva while listening to Rowoon’s performance.
‘……what?’
It was different.
different levels? No, what did you do to express it like that. However, if Rachmaninoff, which was played by Rowoon, had a more hopeful and sad feeling…
“……Roun, are you angry?”
Eventually, Jace brought up the question. Looking at Jace like that, Rowoon smiled whitely.
“Is that how you feel?”
“The feeling is really different from the previous stage?”
“It must have changed in a good way, right?”
“I think it’s clear that it’s not going in a bad direction… Is there a reason why you’re suddenly playing in this way?”
“Um, it just… I wanted to play like this. I don’t think I can express it any other way.”
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“Well, as long as it blends well with the orchestra, it’s fine as it is, but… I’m surprised. Did you practice again? this feeling?”
It took only one day to answer yes. However, Rowoon was already at a level in his performance of Rachmaninov’s piano concerto, and he even directly sympathized with Jinyoung Kim’s performance.
No wonder Jace and everyone in the orchestra were surprised. It’s because the feeling has changed a lot to see it as practicing in that short period of time.
‘The really surprising thing is that this is okay again…’
Jace looked at Rowoon with a strange expression. I already knew that he was a promising pianist. However, at this moment, Jace’s judgment was bound to change again. It’s not just a pianist with a promising future, but maybe he’ll be reborn as a big guy who nobody knows on this floor.
The rehearsal is over.
One hour until the curtain rises on the stage.
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The raccoon stage was held in the largest raccoon hall at the California Conservatory. It was a large auditorium that could accommodate almost 1,000 spectators alone.
And Alice, as always, sat in front of the audience and waited for the stage.
‘Well, it’s probably the same song, but…’
I couldn’t help it. Even if it was the same song and the same article, the background was bound to be different in many ways whether or not it was a raccoon stage. And I didn’t really hate it. Rowoon’s stage was a stage worth visiting many times.
‘It would have been nice if Mr. Jeff came too…’
Of course, he did not return that busy pace again for the same stage. Alice leaned back in her chair and quietly listened to the sparse voices around her.
“First-year students are on the raccoon stage… isn’t that a very rare thing?”
“There is none. But I know that there are no friends like that who are not famous in the world right now.”
“Who is that, Ken Matsumoto, isn’t that the case with that friend?”
“Oh, is that so?”
It was a student conversation.
“It’s a name I’ve never heard of… but it’s pretty good enough to be on the raccoon stage, right?”
“Tell me what are you doing? She not only sings solo but also concerto, so it must be said that she is quite gifted at the conservatory.”
they were like a couple,
“I went to a recital with this friend the other day, and it was really good. It sounds like you have a sensibility comparable to that of a pro.”
“Ah, no matter how, is it already a professional level? You’re only in first grade?”
“Isn’t it roughly the same age that Yundi Li won the Chopin Competition? It’s old enough for flowers to bloom. Don’t underestimate me.”
“I see… you’re suddenly looking forward to it when you say that?”
These are probably quite avid classic lovers.
‘If you do this, you’ve gone up a lot. His position too.’
None of the people who came to Rowoon’s stage in the past were excited. I didn’t even expect much. However, on this stage, perhaps it was because of the anticipation the raccoon stage gave, but I felt that people were looking more bright in their eyes.
A pianist’s reputation grows in this way. Performing well, getting a chance to stand on a better stage, making people look forward to it, satisfying it, and receiving an invitation to a higher level stage.
‘That’s how you walk to Carnegie Hall. Rowoon.’
A satisfied smile formed on Alice’s lips.
However, the expression of a man sitting still and staring at the stage not far from her was not so bright.
‘……It’s a performance.’
Kim Jinyoung quietly repeated her name. He sincerely hoped that there would be a soul in the world. He hoped that she would come to this place now, even in the form of a soul, and watch over Rowoon.
She probably won’t like him. Lastly, not long before she died, when she contacted him… Lee Yeon-joo seemed reluctant to contact Jin-young Kim.
‘sorry. But I still have to do my best.’
It was when I was so committed. Han Seok-hoon, who was sitting next to him, glanced back at Kim Jin-young, and then spoke in a quiet voice.
“Roun is a special kid.”
“…Is that so?”
“okay. It’s like seeing your childhood. I have nothing but music in my head. A child who can live and die for music. Sometimes, to the point where I feel like it’s really poisonous.”
“I don’t know if I can say it’s good. Seok Hoon.”
“I might be able to tell Rowoon about that.”
Han Seok-hun said quietly.
“Wouldn’t you be able to tell Rowoon about the shortcomings of a life that only looks at music, and what you felt? Just as the fathers of this world do to their sons.”
be a father too Even after saying that, Han Seok-hun immediately smiled.
“Well, maybe that’s not what I’m talking about. I am also a lesser father.”
“Even if you are a lesser father, your father is your father. But I couldn’t even be that kind of father.”
“Then why don’t we do it now?”
“……huh. okay. it should be I think so.”
Kim Jin-young was only looking at the stage throughout the conversation. On the empty stage, only the piano was lit up and shining. Soon his son will come up there. His son, who couldn’t even give him a last name, let alone memories.
Rowoon asked him to come to this stage. I have something I want to say to him. What does Rowoon want to convey in this performance? It was when Kim Jin-young was quietly gazing at the stage amid such doubts.
Rowoon appeared.
There was no awkward smile that rookies with no stage experience often put on their faces. As if the presence of the audience could not give him any tension, Rowoon resolutely bowed his head. Then, as if it were natural, I sat down in front of the piano.
People were silent. Even though the performance hadn’t even started yet, the strange confidence that surrounded Rowoon was enough to overwhelm them all, albeit for a moment.
‘……You grew up to be a very atmospheric pianist.’
He, too, seems to be his father. Kim Jin-young found himself laughing heartily without even realizing it. And at the same time, I regretted that I should have been so proud, why I hadn’t embraced him earlier.
Before starting to play, Rowoon looked up at the sky for a while. The opening song is, as always, a puppy waltz. However, this puppy waltz was going to be a different puppy waltz from the previous one.
‘okay. It’s funny.’
The contents of the songwriting diary of the puppy waltz have never changed. However, as time passed, Rowoon found himself feeling and discovering something completely different in the same composing journal.
The Dog Waltz is not just a sad song. It’s not just a song that reminds you of Sand. Beyond those memories, there was a lot of resentment that Chopin had towards himself. It’s so tightly packed, so secret that you can’t find it if you don’t look closely.
‘Chopin, I’ll borrow that shoe.’
to be able to scream freely. to be able to shout.
On the keyboard, on the piano.
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A doggie waltz plays. Starting from the right hand, the melodies of both hands quickly intertwined and then unraveled, filling the stage in an instant.
It’s not the same puppy waltz as always. First of all, the performer is different. The music that filled Rowoon’s head, what lay beneath it wasn’t just praise for music. There was a complex mind about Kim Jin-young, a lump that could not be washed away and could not be washed away.
So, in that performance, there is no choice but to smell the faint smell of fire.
‘……Is it different from last time?’
Kim Jin-young made a slightly strange expression. He honestly had a hard time guessing why Rowoon had asked him to come to this stage or what he wanted to show him. I have already seen Rowoon’s stage. Jinyoung Kim no longer knows what he is playing.
Then, did Rowoon simply want to show him on the stage of this great raccoon? Kim Jin-young thought for a moment that that might be the correct answer. Until I heard this puppy waltz.
‘The tempo is faster than usual.’
And next to him, Han Seok-hoon made a strange expression. Rowoon’s sense of beat was real. There’s no way he missed what kind of beat he’s been doing so far. So, are you excited? Yeah, it sounds like you’re excited about something. Something like an unusual fire was overflowing from his playing.
However, the flame is not a flame that ruins the performance, but a flame that decorates it.
‘……You’re an unknown bastard. you.’
Han Seok-hun sighed inwardly, but couldn’t help but smile. It was fun. A different kind of emotion and emotion came through Han Seok-hoon’s ears and permeated his body.
And it wasn’t just Han Seok-hoon who was receiving such impressions.
Students at the California Institute of Music did just that. They didn’t dare to look for Rowoon’s stage until they reached the raccoon stage, but when they heard that there was a freshman who went up to the raccoon stage, they took that step and found Rowoon.
“……Enough of this.”
And, without realizing it, I mumbled.
okay. Enough of this. If this is enough.
It’s not strange that a freshman came up on the raccoon stage.
I think I understand why this person’s stage is getting such a good response.