Young pianist Zhao Ming: Pursuing beautiful things is the real showdown skills

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performance is calm, without exaggerated body language, but more with the delicate touch of keys on his fingertips. He plays calmly but without losing passion. He has a solid playing foundation. He uses singing performance and smooth and natural phrase connection. The neat counterpoint melody shows the meticulous handling of each piece, and he is rapidly growing into a new generation of outstanding pianists.

If

it were not for his parents 'insistence, the famous pianist Lee KiChyoung might have given up piano

and had a happy childhood. The children in the neighborhood were running and playing on the road, but he could only practice the piano with tears flowing in his eyes. From time to time, he looked out the window and looked at his friends enviously. How much he longed to play together. When he first learned piano, he was very disgusted and disliked it, but at the request of his parents, he grew up experiencing a completely different life from his peers. Life, he is a contemporary young pianist, Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming was born in a small town in Heilongjiang Province. His father was a middle school music teacher. At that time, he missed out on Harbin Normal University with a seven-point gap in culture courses. Therefore, his father pinned his hopes on Zhao Ming, hoping that Zhao Ming could embark on the music path and be admitted to a famous conservatory of music. In that era, the income from being a middle school teacher was meager and he couldn't afford a piano. There was only one electronic organ at home that was almost falling apart by his father. In this way, on a dilapidated electronic organ, his father began to enlighten Zhao Ming's music. It was not until three years after studying with the electronic organ that he had the first piano in his life. Zhao Ming also officially embarked on the piano road.

Like most people who learn piano, not everyone likes practicing piano from the bottom of their hearts. Children's nature is to play. Unlike the beautiful and beautiful music played by the beautiful pianists on the stage, the content of practicing under the stage is boring, boring, and boring. Even like people who exercise fitness, they sweat profusely and have sore muscles in order to overcome a certain dazzling skill segment. It was precisely because of his parents 'determination and persistence and Zhao Ming's sweat and hard work that went from boredom to love the piano, step by step, and finally realized his piano dream.

The reason why people can is that they believe they can!

Zhao Ming's father often taught him: In this cruel world of the music industry, there will always be people younger than you who can play better than you, there will always be people who practice longer than you, and there will always be people who have more knowledge than you. There will always be people... You are actually nothing. No matter where you go, you must learn with the most humble attitude and with an open mind.

Before going to college, Zhao Ming won many grand prizes in piano competitions and participated in many TV performances. However, these did not make Zhao Ming complacent, and he was never shown off by his parents outside. It just became a small episode on the road to learning piano. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Ming has always maintained an open-minded attitude in his future study path, not impetuous or ostentatious, and immersed himself in his music world.

Before going to college, Zhao Ming had a solid foundation after his father's enlightenment and study. Zhao Ming was fortunate enough to be recruited by Fang Yi, a professor, master's supervisor, and famous pianist of the Piano Department of Harbin Conservatory of Music. He began a more professional and systematic study, accumulated a large number of repertoire and playing skills, and later participated in the first China Music Golden Bell Award and won the Gold Medal in the Youth Group.

Under the careful training of Teacher Fang Yi, Zhao Ming was admitted to Shenyang Conservatory of Music with excellent professional results. He studied under Wei Danwen, a professor and doctoral supervisor of the Piano Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, a world-renowned piano master and Steinway artist. During this period, many individual piano solo concerts and chamber concerts were held. As Zhao Ming's mentor Wei Danwen often said: all technical requirements and music processing must be aimed at stage performance. Only a performance that stands the test on stage can be regarded as a successful performance, and everything must be tested on the stage.

It was precisely through this experience of stage performance that Zhao Ming understood more that playing the piano was not only to touch himself, but more importantly, to touch the audience. Playing was to impress the audience.

Only a performance that withstands the test on stage can be regarded as a successful performance

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As the saying goes: Ten minutes on stage, ten years off stage. At the age of 6, a child should have enjoyed childhood life and played with his playmates, but Zhao Ming practiced boring basic skills, etudes, music, and scales day after day, almost never stopping for a day. Unlike other children, Zhao Ming spent his childhood with the piano and went through a lot of hardships to learn the piano. While other children were playing, he was practicing the piano. Every day before school, he would get up early to practice the piano for an hour before other children. He would rush home after school at noon to continue practicing the piano for an hour. In addition to completing school homework at night, he would also squeeze in two more hours to practice the piano, and sometimes even practice the piano at 112 o'clock in the evening.

On weekends, it is a holiday for other children. For Zhao Ming, on Saturdays and Sundays, it is a more difficult road to study. In order to study, Zhao Ming, who was only 14 years old at the time, took a sleeper bus at 11 a.m. to Harbin alone after school every Friday night. He followed Teacher Fang Yi to learn piano. The round trip was more than 8 hours. When he arrived in Harbin, it was still dawn, so he waited for dawn in the car. After a brief wash in the station bathroom, he took the bus to take piano lessons. In this way, he studied without interruption once a week for six years. It was this experience that made Zhao Ming more independent and more determined. Knowing that everything is hard-won, learning music is not casual, and the effort required is beyond what ordinary people can bear. His parents have given a lot for Zhao Ming's career in education. Zhao Ming's father likes cars very much. As the financial conditions get better and better, his friends have changed cars one after another. It is hard to conceal their envy. Zhao Ming's father has never bought anything he likes. Later, Zhao Ming's father often joked: "If Zhao Ming had not learned piano in his life, I would definitely live in a mansion now, drive a luxury car, and have a lot of savings, but I don't regret letting him learn piano."

Hard work pays off. Zhao Ming was admitted to the Shenyang Conservatory of Music with first place in professional grades. He studied under the world-famous piano master Wei Danwen. When talking about Wei Danwen, Zhao Ming said excitedly: He is the teacher I respect and admire the most in my life. It was Teacher Wei Danwen's words and deeds that made Zhao Ming understand that a truly excellent piano teacher must not only have a solid professional foundation, but also have a comprehensive understanding of the background of the work, the composer's personality characteristics, the purpose of composing, etc. In previous teaching, some teachers always seemed to focus more on the study of playing methods, such as whether the fingers should be raised, whether the wrist should be stable, and other very microscopic issues. It ignores the macro direction and purpose of piano playing-why is it played. Wei Danwen often said that the purpose of playing is to impress the audience. On the stage, the performer has emotions to express, and the audience feels and understands this emotion, so they feel touched inside. This is successful performance. Therefore, it is very important to establish a clear goal. Only when the goal is clear and correct can the means and methods to achieve the goal be meaningful.

After studying with Teacher Wei Danwen for 5 years, Zhao Ming went to South Korea to study for further studies and continue to study piano. He was fortunate to be appreciated by Lee KiChyoung, the South Korean mentor of Zhao Sung-jin, the champion of the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition in 2015. He studied hard under the door and studied professionally in piano performance and piano teaching methods. He was also extremely honored to become the first China national to win the first place in the Korean National Music Competition. This is also the first time in the history of professional music competitions in South Korea. It has been listed in Korean music newspapers and school newspapers.

After Yun Picture

graduated and returned to China, Zhao Ming opened his own piano studio in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, and devoted himself to piano teaching. In teaching, he practiced his years of learning experience with famous teachers, so that students can learn the most formal and professional college-style piano teaching. What he teaches students is not just "piano", but a tool or way to express the player's heart and express it with the help of the piano. In piano teaching, Zhao Ming is very picky. He will try his best to be responsible to students and require them to be perfect in every note and detail.

For his students, they were very lucky to meet Teacher Zhao Ming. He held their hand and walked step by step into the real music world.

Just as pianist Lee KiChyoung commented on Zhao Ming, Zhao Ming played calmly on the stage, without exaggerated body language, but more with the delicate touch of the keys on his fingertips. He played calmly without losing his passion. Like him below the stage, he is usually a gentle and gentle person who doesn't talk much. Once there is a topic related to music, it will definitely arouse his enthusiasm. In order to share his decades of piano playing and teaching experience with more people, the Zhao Ming Piano Studio he founded is also in full swing in the small town of Lishui. He hopes to bring the most formal and professional piano teaching to more people who love piano music.