As Yao Han shouted.
All the pianists nearby, white-skinned and yellow-skinned alike, gaped one after another, staring dazedly at the performance onstage.
What kind of ultimate release was this?
It was like a volcano that had been building up for ages finally erupting.
After a series of dissonant intervals heightened the tension, tranquility was transformed into excitement in an instant, melancholy into rage, all of it unleashed in one overwhelming burst!
Rising and falling, surging and twisting!
Stunning.
Other than stunning, there was no second word to describe it!
Lin Tian continued playing, pouring his entire body and soul into the music.
"Croatian Rhapsody" was composed by Tossy Hegic and performed by the Croatian musician Maksim.
Its background was the war sparked by ethnic conflict when Croatia broke away from Yugoslavia in 1990.
Maksim and his teacher, Marija Sekso, who had lived through those times, still decided to continue his music lessons. For Maksim, who was only in his teens then, the piano had become a refuge from gunfire and smoke, the motivation that kept him alive.
Later, Maksim was trapped in a cellar for a full eight days. After being rescued, he immediately threw himself into piano practice and set off for Zagreb, the capital, to compete.
At that competition, Maksim used music to depict the ruined walls and wreckage rising from Croatia's ashes after the devastation of war, the setting sun reflected amid blood, tears, and dust—the bright rhythm and sorrowful imagery.
And he won the championship.
Yes.
This piano piece, seemingly overflowing with passion, impossibly stirring, with a melody that hooked the listener—
In truth, what flowed beneath it was the blood and tears of the Croatian people.
"(It sounds so good!)"
In the audience, people could not help talking among themselves, sharing their delight.
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