Translator: MarcTempest
Editor: AgRoseCrystal
Chapter 354
[We will now begin the 8th ATR Violin Competition.]
A broadcast requested the audience to turn off or mute their phones so as not to disturb the violin performance.
The audience mbers moved quietly to avoid interfering with their friends, sons, and daughters who had prepared hard for today.
Soon after, the broadcast resud as the rustling movent subsided.
An introduction to the ATR Violin Competition, the judging thod, and the award section was followed by an introduction of the four judges who would sit on the panel.
A middle-aged man who looked strict, a man who seed familiar from television, and a violinist who had been most active last year walked toward the panel from the front door.
The audience’s attention was drawn to the judge who followed them.
A woman with reddish hair ca in smiling. She looked friendly and seed to give good scores to all the participants.
“There’s a foreigner too?”
“She’s a professor of violin at Korea National University of Arts and her na is Yulia Winter.”
Kim Hee-sang’s words elicited an exclamation of admiration.
There was also information about the four judges’ careers on the pamphlet that Seo-jun had.
They all had impressive careers and it showed how prestigious this competition was.
The judges took their seats and the curtain that covered the stage went up.
A black grand piano was placed on the wide stage that was clearly visible and bright lights shone on the stage.
It was an empty stage with no one, but the tense atmosphere before the start was felt.
Seo-jun smiled faintly at the feeling that was similar yet different from theater.
He suddenly rembered his past performances as ‘Gray Vainy’.
He looked at his hands that were tingling and saw the abilities he had put in for Subin.
The [(Line) Orchestra Conductor’s Connection-Low] that he used when he dyed his hair brown-black and [(Line) Violin Dream Fairy’s Basic Lesson-Low], [(Line) Goblin Violinist’s lody-Middle Low] that he used while filming [Over The Rainbow].
He wasn’t trying to use his abilities to make Subin win, but to teach him what he needed to improve after watching his performance.
‘I’ve been teaching his lightly so far, just as a hobby, but…’
Now that he started to participate in competitions, he might want to beco a violinist soday.
Seo-jun wanted to help Subin as his hyung.
He clenched his hands lightly and looked up at the sparkling abilities.
[Elentary Division No. 1.]
The broadcast announced and two people appeared next to the stage.
A pianist in a black suit and a girl in a white dress. The pianist headed straight for the grand piano and the girl with a violin also headed for a small mark in front of the piano.
‘She must be nervous, being number one.’
The first order was almost like announcing the start of the competition.
The judges and audience who had not heard any other songs were full of attention to the violin performance.
It was a problem that they beca bored with violin performances as they went back, but it was also a burden to receive such attention as the first order.
One of the seats in the audience showed a slight movent.
The families of the participants who couldn’t cheer out loud clasped their hands tightly so as not to disturb their children.
The girl seed nervous too, as she exhaled lightly and rested her chin on the violin.
She looked tense but didn’t forget her performance, which showed that she was quite familiar with competitions.
And then the first note ca out.
The three symbols on Seo-jun’s hand sparkled with music.
One ability that looked angry but listened to music, and two abilities that looked happy.
Seo-jun, whose musical ability was enhanced by the influence of three abilities, smiled softly and listened to the violin sound.
***
Kim Han-seok and his friends were listening to elentary division performances with nervous faces.
Originally, they were going to watch a short performance at Eunhasu Center main building next door or visit an exhibition at the art museum across the street. But they waited to see an elentary student who played violin well and was praised by ‘him’, Lee Seo-jun senior, who will appear last in the elentary division.
Clap clap clap.
The first participant ca down and applause sounded.
Kim Han-seok and his friends from acting departnt who clapped for actors on stage after performances also applauded for first participant who showed excellent performance.
“She’s good for elentary division.”
“Right? Is she going to be number one?”
“The kids behind will be good too, right? It’s national scale. And senior’s younger sibling hasn’t co out yet.”
Kim Han-seok and his friends nodded at their friend’s words.
As soon as applause subsided, broadcast ca out right away.
[Please refrain from clapping for next participant.]
Oh.
It seed like they shouldn’t clap during competition.
After second performance ended, Kim Han-seok and his friends held back their hands that were about to clap.
Other audience mbers also silently applauded. In the quiet audience,
Clap-!
A clap sounded from sowhere as if soone couldn’t hold back.
Kim Han-seok and his friends shook their shoulders and laughed quietly.
Seo-jun quickly put his left hand between Eun-su’s palms that were about to clap.
His hand and hand t and a clap sounded.
Eun-su tilted his head as if he didn’t know why and Seo-jun explained softly with a smile.
***
Elentary division waiting room.
Unlike other division participants who watched cute elentary division performances on TV connected to stage, elentary division didn’t turn on TV.
It was obvious that they would be more nervous whether the previous order did well or not.
Fifth and sixth graders sat on chairs and looked at scores or pretended to play violin without making sound while doing image training.
Pianists who ca with kids also helped them quietly.
Among them, nine-year-old Subin who stood out the most sat upright on a chair and read his score.
He had received a pencil from his mom and checked the places he talked about with Seo-jun hyung.
He looked cute with his legs dangling in the air, but everyone was so nervous that they couldn’t see him except Choi Soohee.
“Number 10 participant! Please get ready!”
The boy who jumped up at the word ‘number 10’ let out a sigh and left the waiting room with the accompanist. There were only four left, excluding Subin, who was the last one.
“It’s almost over, right? Subin. If you get nervous on stage, just look at Seo-jun and Eun-su sitting in the back of the audience and play.”
“Okay!”
He looked a bit nervous, but his sparkling eyes seed to show how much he was looking forward to it.
‘I’ve never played in front of so many people.’
Subin’s audience had been only Seo-jun’s family, Eun-su’s family, and so relatives.
He felt his heart pounding at the thought of playing for a crowd that listened to his performance.
It was a happy thing that felt like fireworks exploding.
The pianist Choi Soohee knew that well.
“Subin. Let’s show them our best performance.”
“Okay!”
Subin’s cheeks turned red as he nodded.
***
Yulia Winter, a professor of violin at Korea National University of Arts, flipped over the score sheet.
The participants were all good for their age, probably because they were gathered from all over the country.
It must have been thanks to the increased number of applicants than before.
Yulia Winter recalled the cause of that.
‘Over the Rainbow.’
The musical movie [Over the Rainbow] that ca out six years ago created a trend called ‘Gray Tour’ and sparked an explosive interest in the violin.
Yulia Winter, who was active in Europe at the ti, was also surprised by the performance requests that ca from everywhere.
And [Over the Rainbow] was still influential.
The children who watched the movie dread of becoming violinists, and the parents who watched the movie encouraged their children to play violin, and the interest in violin continued.
‘Of course, it has decreased over ti, but it is still more than before the movie ca out.’
If this interest continued, there might be a child who didn’t know his or her talent and accidentally showed off a great talent.
‘When will he or she appear?’
Yulia Winter smiled softly and waited for the next participant.
***
[Elentary Division Number 15]
It was finally the last order of the elentary division.
Eun-su, who had gone out with Seo Eun-chan for a while and ca back, sparkled her eyes.
Seo-jun and the adults also listened with smiling faces.
Kim Han-seok and the children who were sitting in front also shone their eyes.
On the wide stage.
A small child with a violin and a pianist in a black suit walked out.
The people blinked in wonder at his small stature compared to the fifth and sixth graders who had co out so far.
The judges who knew the participant’s information in advance also exclaid silently at his smaller than expected body.
Subin walked dignifiedly to the center of the stage.
Eun-su, who opened her mouth wide at Subin’s appearance, smiled silently and shook Seo-jun’s hand.
The adults laughed at Eun-su’s expression, which was quiet but noisy.
‘If it wasn’t a concours but a concert hall, I would have given him the biggest applause than anyone else.’
Seo-jun frowned slightly at the quiet hall, but soon smiled and looked at Subin.
‘Subin, fighting!’
Subin looked around the audience.
He was a little nervous because there were so many people, but he was happy to think that Gray Vainy had also stood in such a place.
His heart beat fast as he saw a scene that looked exactly like a movie.
‘ too.’
‘I have to show them my amazing performance too.’
He breathed lightly and rested his chin on the violin.
Seeing that, Choi Soohee pressed the piano keys.
The piano accompanint sounded and Subin drew his bow long.
The lody of ‘Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 First Movent’, which Mozart made when he returned to his hotown Salzburg after his Italian trip, filled the hall.
***
‘If I think that the violin fairy is flying around, would it be an illusion?’
The fairy of the baton seed to be annoyed but also listening attentively, and the goblin violinist seed to be sitting down comfortably and enjoying it.
Kim Subin’s performance was beautiful.
It had power and strength that no one would have thought would co from his small body.
He played strongly when he needed to be strong, and weakly when he needed to be weak.
His control of dynamics was also great.
His performance whispered softly.
The bright lody matched Subin’s bright expression.
The beautiful lody that flowed from the violin filled the audience seats.
It also matched Choi Soohee’s piano accompanint.
The judges showed interest in his flawless performance.
The audience who had beco too familiar with the 14 violin performances also unknowingly listened carefully.
Before they knew it, their eyes that had looked down on Subin disappeared and they all focused on his performance.
It was enough to make them admire Subin’s performance that captivated the wide hall.
‘It’s not perfect, though.’
Seo-jun listened to Subin’s performance with one ear and evaluated it coldly with the other.
Thanks to his three abilities, Seo-jun’s musical sense, which had been sharpened sharply, pointed out the places that were lacking.
He had so habits that he had gotten used to, and so parts that looked like he needed more practice.
It was a great performance as a hobby, but as a violinist, there were many things to be desired.
‘I’ll have to teach him later.’
This part and… this part.
As he recalled the score he had seen earlier and checked it, sothing flashed through Seo-jun’s mind.
If it was his usual sense, he would have let it go, but the violin fairy who was flying around and the fairy of the baton who had a keen hunting instinct (so keen that he tried to hunt down a whole world) quickly caught it.
The goblin violinist who was leisurely enjoying Subin’s performance also watched it run around.
A very brief mont.
Seo-jun, who had caught the inspiration that was about to pass by, looked for a notebook and a writing tool in a hurry, but he couldn’t find anything.
‘I can’t help it.’
Seo-jun had no choice but to take out his phone.
He listened to Subin’s performance and turned his head hard.
And he wrote it down one by one.
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