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Two days before the first broadcast of the finals, Jo Hyung Joong and Jun Hyuk met with Fine Philhare where the 12 participants would appear with distinctly different and stylish looks compared to the preliminaries

The music director and staff were also there to participate in the sound check for the orchestra’s live stage A great sound needed to grace the 1st live stage of the finals

“Hello, Teacher Jo I a Suk Min”

“Ah, it’s a pleasure toSuk Min shook everyone’s hand lightly and turned to Jun Hyuk,

“I guess you’re the one who said all of those bitter words”

Hwang Suk Min held Jun Hyuk’s hand firmly,

“Our expectations are great today We’ve practiced a bit as well Let’s see what kind ofbegan and Hwang Suk Min who had finished his preparations spoke to Jun Hyuk,

“So, we need to try it out? See what kind of sound results”

The conductor’s somewhat provocative words And with the pressure of the 60 perforh his head had been wiped blank

“What are you doing? You have to sit in front of the piano”

Jun Hyuk who had been standing aardly, took a deep breath and faced the piano at Hwang Suk Min’s sound

There were 88 keys that he had seen countless times It was a keyboard that he had played without anxiety or hesitation until now But now, his fingertips shook at Conductor Hwang Suk Min’s gaze, as asking if he was ready to perfor after he had started to earnestly listen to ined playing with an orchestra while playing alone He had not iazes of 60 perfor Suk Min confirmed that Jun Hyuk had put his hands on the piano, he lifted his baton

He winked to send a signal to Jun Hyuk and the baton sliced doards through the air Jun Hyuk could hear the intense ed instruments After just two verses ended, the music stopped

“Jun Hyuk, don’t be nervous Take a deep breath…”

The perfor to start playing the piano He could not press one key and just looked at his shaking hands

His face beca that they could not read scores and could not concentrate, but he was the one who could not play the piano because of his shaking hands

“I see this is our pianist’s first ti with an orchestra What do you think about playing by yourself first? All we’ve heard is a recorded file of our pianist’s perfor to criticize with us as well Ha ha”

“Then… Then I’ll try playing by ain”

“Okay Take your ti problee I heard it’s a live broadcast? That means it’s a concert”

Jun Hyuk took a deep breath and put his hands on the piano again The 5 minutes performance ended, but the conductor did not show a satisfied expression

“Our pianist has withered I thought it’s the the I’m pretty sure it’ll be too cal hihter Thanks to this, he released a lot of tension and found the will to fight back

“There, then let’s try it for real”

Hwang Suk Min sht down his baton Jun Hyuk was only looking at the end of the baton as it ed instruers on the keyboard They started to play together

When the introduction ended and the 1st verse started, the piano’s ed instruments Not the climax, but the lyrical part

Dolce!

It was a part that had to continue sweetly and softly The explosion was still far away However, this gentle piano was hitting down on the stringed instru was perfect and there were no mistakes, but the pressure in the violin boas reduced Only 20 seconds had passed

When Hwang Suk Min heard the sound of the strings fading, he used all of his strength to save it But the violin and viola did not have the strength to withstand the power of the piano

If they caved before the climax, the balance would collapse when the winds entered

The conductor grit his teeth and tried to encourage the by the piano By the time the winds entered, the orchestra parts had beco Suk Min stopped his baton

Jun Hyuk also stopped playing the piano Since one hand had stopped, it ard to play by hi in front of people who use art for vanity, we’ve hed as he scratched his back with the baton

Fine Philharmonics was made up of performers of similar standards, and they sold their tickets to an audience also of a similar standard Half of those are invitations

It was hard to say that the people who came for them had an affinity for classical, no for nity fro it That is why their ticket prices had been decided on an amount that was just fit for these people

The repertoire was et past Beethoven, Mozart, Bach They became uncomfortable when they went over to Schumann, Toscanini, Mahler Their audience was full of people who could not appreciate music that they were not used to

Since they had rarely performed in front of an audience with sharp ears, the conductor and performers all became overwhel the piano 2 years ago”

“Yes, that’s right”

“Self-educated?”

“Well… Almost”

The 60 performers’ jaws dropped when they heard that he was self-educated, but Hwang Suk Min lightly nodded his head as though he had been expecting it

“You have an overflowing energy because you’re wild and haven’t been ta Suk Min who had been scratching his head with the baton spoke in words that may or may not have been in jest