Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 283
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[TN: Guys….I’m so tired from Vegas but it was so fun. Take me back TT – TT]
With three days before school started again, Amelia came back to school. She opened the door to Jun Hyuk’s room and ran to him.
She did not pay mind to Danny who was also in the room and kissed Jun Hyuk for a long time before looking at Danny.
“Hi Danny. Long time no see.”
“Hi Amelia. How was your tour?”
There was no doubt that she had greeted him indifferently. Amelia did not even answer Danny, and turned her head to Jun Hyuk.
“Jun. Did the album come out? The improv performance with Stanley Clarke?”
“Not yet. I heard it’ll be out around April or May.”
“Stanley Clarke? Improv performance? Album? Jun, what’s this about now?”
When Danny heard about what had happened with LA Sound, he showed happiness as if it were his own problem.
“Jun. A performance album with Stanley Clarke is a steady seller no matter what. His fan base is really big. You said you rented the condo? Just buy one! Is this the birth of a couple that can sell a million albums? Ha ha.”
When Amelia heard about renting an apartment, she snapped her fingers remembering something,
“Jun. You already leased it? I forgot about it.”
“Yeah. It’s close to the school. Riverside Condo. Do you know what it is?”
Amelia shook her head, but Danny knew that Riverside Condo is the most expensive in New Jersey.
“What? Riverside? Isn’t that place really expensive? The cheapest rent for a one bedroom should be over $6,000.”
Danny said it and thought it was funny. This couple is already professional performers. Jun Hyuk who can make an album with Stanley Clarke and Amelia who is such a famous pianist that she cannot rest during her break and needs to tour.
Students like he would need to worry about rent, but it is not an issue at all to these two.
“Jun, let’s hurry up and go. I want to see it.”
Jun Hyuk stood up when Amelia pulled his hand, and Danny pulled on a coat as well.
“Danny. Where are you going?”
Amelia looked up at him.
“I was going to go with you to see…… Ah, no. I’m going to get a coffee at the cafeteria.”
When he saw Amelia’s scary expression, Danny hastily went to the cafeteria.
It is an easy walking distance between Riverside Condo and the school.
“What do you think? Do you like it?”
There was one large bedroom and two small rooms, and the spacious kitchen was great as well. However, it was the living room that caught Amelia’s eye. There were two Steinway grand pianos in the wide living room.
“This is too luxe. But that piano is exactly my taste.”
After Amelia looked at each corner of the apartment, she took Jun Hyuk’s hand and went outside.
“Jun. Let’s hurry up and go to the department store. There’s something more important than the piano that we need to buy.”
“Than the piano? What’s that?”
“A bed.”
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Professor Randall Poster had never waited for the start of a semester like this one.
He had seen Jun Hyuk amongst the applicants for his course. He had trained a lot of pianists until now, but this is the first time he is meeting a nearly complete pianist.
As soon as he saw Jun Hyuk’s name on the list of applicants, he had requested an interview.
“Jun, you applied for a piano class this semester… Can you tell me why?”
“Ah, there isn’t a special reason. I wanted to do it before, but I just pushed it back because I needed to get adjusted last semester.”
“By chance is there a competition that you’re aiming for?”
“Competition? No. I don’t have any thoughts of going out on competitions.”
“Why not? With your talent, you could be looking at 1st place if you prepare well.”
“I think that competitions are for people who aim to become pianists. I still haven’t dreamt of becoming a pianist yet.”
The greatest pianist festival is the Chopin Competition in 4 years. Professor Poster saw Jang Jun Hyuk’s state in 4 years as that of a top class pianist who would not even need to go out to compete.
He could see hesitation in Jun Hyuk’s face.
“Is there… something else you want to tell me?”
Jun Hyuk found courage in Professor Poster’s gentle voice.
“Professor. May I ask your thoughts on my piano?”
“Your piano? Why ask? You show the best performances.”
“Is that all?”
“Um… Are you being like this because of your similarity to other pianists’ performances?”
“Yes, that’s exactly it. I was wondering if it isn’t just a simple copy.”
Professor Poster looked at Jun Hyuk in disbelief,
“Copy? Achieving a copy to that extent is no longer copying. You’ve made it your own. How many pianists do you think there are who are able to make the music of great pianists of the past their own?”
Jun Hyuk’s concern is unthinkable. Professor Poster wanted to say what Jun Hyuk needs to hear most.
“Jun. Do you know what Igor Stravinsky said?”
When Jun Hyuk shook his head, Professor Poster said,
“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. You’re so perfect that it doesn’t even feel like you stole it.”
“Then does that mean you’re satisfied?”
“Didn’t I just tell you? ‘If you prepare well.’ That preparation is referring to creating your color. It’s not even hard for someone like you.”
“Then that’s how it works out in the end.”
“Why? Is there a problem?”
“The thing is…..”
When he saw Jun Hyuk hesitate, he thought of the problems that a few pianists had faced. There are pianists who were able to resolve those problems, and there are those who could not get past it and were left behind.
“Hm… By chance when you perform something that’s entirely your own, do you break rules?”
“Excuse me? What do you mean by rules?”
“A performance that goes beyond the score. Not an issue with song interpretation, but is it that you want to play something outside of the score?”
“No. If I want to stray from the score, all I would have to do is write a new song.”
“Right? That’s entirely possible for someone like you.”
It is a problem that people who feel that something is lacking in the original song experience. Those people however, do not have the ability to make a new song that makes up for the shortcomings. Jun Hyuk is not a pianist who would struggle with this kind of dilemma.
Professor Poster needed to bring up something so difficult that his mouth went dry.
“By chance… is your piano uncomfortable? Do you feel naked?”
“Honestly, yes.”
“I see. You don’t want to show it to others…..”
What is it like that he does not want to reveal it? Professor Poster did not speak for a while. He needs to give advice that Jun Hyuk would be able to understand. Something that falls short might even do harm.
After thinking for a while, he spoke carefully,
“Jun, do you want to hear a story?”
“Yes, tell me.”
“There was a man. All he had were complexes. Rough looks, dark skin, the son of a poor family. He thought that he did not even have a special talent. On top of that, he spent his childhood abused by his alcoholic father.”
Jun Hyuk could guess who the boy Professor Poster was telling him about.
“When he became an adult, his personality was a mess. He was cocky and so cheap that he recorded his account book everyday. He was prone to firing his housekeeper just because he ate a little too much. Like this, he was never able to date properly. He went around lying, spreading rumors that he had dated someone and that they broke up. Women hated him.”
If Professor Poster’s story was true, men would hate him as well.
“Do you know who this person is?”
“Beethoven.”
“Yeah. None other than the great Beethoven.”
Among Beethoven’s songs, there are those that had explosive popularity and earned him a tremendous amount of money. But no one plays the popular songs now. Those popular songs were written for a special purpose. Music created for nobility. That music just praised them, it did not have Beethoven’s greatness in them.
“Beethoven’s masterpieces are those that capture his core. Everyone criticized his most famous Symphony No. 5 Fate when it premiered, saying that it is uncomfortable. It isn’t music that you can listen to comfortably. Because of its violence and rampancy.”
The symphony Fate was written in 1807 and premiered in Paris, France in 1810. Young Berlioz and his teacher Le Sueur were sitting at this theater.
When the concert ended, Le Sueur, a leader of French music, said “music like that ought not to be written”. An unsophisticated song that does not have a bit of dignity. This is the evaluation of that song at the time.
However, it has become the symbol of western music today. S
“Jun. you also need to look into yourself and love yourself. And that’s what you need to express in your music.”
Professor Poster’s advice ended with him saying that there is no need to be scared.
“Who would like a performance that you can’t pour yourself into? Even if people say they don’t like your piano playing, you have to reveal it. You never know. Everyone might hate it now, but people might go crazy for it in 200 years.”
Jun Hyuk realized that he needs to love himself in order to face his own music.
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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