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
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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Two days after all of the auditions were over, the list of New York’s three music conservatories’ students who were to be attending the Austrian Salzburg Festival was posted.
With it, a detailed itinerary of the Salzburg Summer Festival came up.
Until May, they would have personal practice sessions with an advisor. In June, they would all meet to practice together. In July, prepare with the students of Mozarteum University.
The special team to perform in Salzburg was created, and Professor Roger Neill of Juilliard became the art director for the opera. Professor Roger Neill is a director in the field of operas and musicals.
“Won’t Figaro’s Wedding be the best?”
“Yes. It is the most loved opera in the world.”
The professors wanted to play the opera that is basically a symbol of Mozart. They looked at the art director as though asking his opinion. He turned his head a bit and started speaking.
“I was thinking about Magic Flute.”
“Magic Flute?”
“Yes.”
“Do you have a particular reason for it?”
“Because it is the shortest. Considering the ability of the students, shorter pieces will be better.”
Mozart’s 3 most famous operas, Figaro’s Wedding, Don Giovanni, and intermission Magic Flute are 229, 184, and 150 minutes. They selected Magic Flute just because it is the shortest.
“Jun, did you hear?”
Amelia was lying next to Jun Hyuk on the bed while touching his hair, when remembered something and suddenly sat upright.
“What?”
The Juilliard soprano in the role of the Queen of the Night. Laura something.”
“Huh? Isn’t she a prima donna?”
The most famous aria that Queen of the Night in the opera Magic Flute sings is ‘Hell’s vengeance boils in my heart’.
There is a rumor that in the whole world, there are only 3 people who can sing this aria. This is not true, but rather to mean that it is that hard to express the difficulty and beauty of the song.
First, the Queen of Night calls for the best sound, F6. In terms of transliteration, there are a lot of sopranos who can sing the Queen of the Night. However, there are not very many sopranos who can act out her inner art and hell of revenge. This is why a rumor spread that there are only 3 people in the world who can act out Queen of the Night.
However, Magic Flute’s main character and prima donna is not the Queen of the Night. The main character is her daughter, Pamina.
“Apparently they made Laura Queen of the Night because there wasn’t anyone else who could handle the role.”
“I see. But is that girl really that impressive?”
“Ah, you haven’t heard her sing yet.”
“All of the vocal parts practice at Juilliard. Why?”
“Goodness. Everyone’s making a fuss that she can hit a high F without issues.”
“Really? She can hit a high F naturally?”
Jun Hyuk sat up in surprise as well.
“Yeah. I heard from a vocalist friend that she can’t understand how Laura stayed nameless for so long. I think she’ll become a hot topic at Salzburg.”
“If this is all true, that’ll happen.”
“I was expecting your brilliant debut.”
Amelia pouted in regret.
“I already had a brilliant debut. I was even praised by critics. Ha ha.”
“The album is the only thing that’s brilliant. Can’t you do some interviews? What is that?”
Even though there are limitations to an on-the-spot jam, Stanley Clarke and Jun’s album received high praises from critics. There was particularly a lot of interest in a nameless pianist, so reporters from music publications came looking for Jun Hyuk at the school.
Jun Hyuk however, said that he would not take personal questions and that there is no need for interviews because all of the music is in the album.
Not a single line about Jun Hyuk was released in articles because of a rookie’s arrogant tone, and the news was only wallpapered with articles on Stanley Clarke.
“I think the point has come for you to have a management.”
“It’s okay. I have a lawyer.”
“That’s a legal custodian, not a management. You would have been a star already if you had an agency that took care of your press releases and private interviews.”
No matter how Amelia thought about it, it was a waste that he had lost such an opportunity.
“But is that Laura not going out for the Tchaikovsky Competition? Why not when she’s that good?”
“Because it’s only been 2 months since she started receiving a formal education. I’m sure she needs to train more to fit the scoring method.”
Regardless of how impressive a performance is, the person cannot go up to finals if there are a lot of factors to deduct points with. There are over 10 people who aim to enter the finals. It is just that they touch the judges in different ways, but it is difficult to distinguish between who is inferior and superior.
“Is that right? Then Amelia, you shouldn’t be spending your time with me either. He he.”
“Right? I have to go practice.”
Amelia flipped the bed sheets and ran out to the living room.
‘So she can handle Queen of the Night after just 2 months after entering school.’
Jun Hyuk anticipated meeting this young soprano, Laura. He wanted to see how amazing her vocals are.
“Jun, what are you doing? Can you help me?”
Jun Hyuk forgot about his thoughts on Laura Goldberg because of Amelia’s voice as she spoke coyly. He put on a t-shirt and pants, went out to the living room to sit in front of the piano, and spoke to Amelia in a low voice,
“But… Amelia. What do you think of putting some clothes on?”
***
Amelia and Danny received Jun Hyuk’s send off and got on a plane to Moscow, Russia.
The piano and violin sections of the Tchaikovsky Competition are held in Moscow, and the cello and vocals in St. Petersburg.
The competition starts with a preliminary assessment that filters through over 600 applicants from 70 countries to about 20 people per part. Amelia and Danny are good enough to pass this stage easily, but they were nervous.
In fact, the judges were ready to check off PASS for the two based on the brief history listed on their applications alone. What stood out the most to the judges were their song choices.
The preliminary examination is a song of the applicant’s choice, but they brought songs that not even the judges that have been in music for over 30 years recognized.
Amelia’s song is Etude for Piano No. 7 and Danny’s is Etude for Violin No. 13.
When their performances were over, the judges thought that the strongest contenders for 1st place in their respective sections had appeared. The songs are glitzy and elaborate as though they were meant to show off the players’ skills.
The judges checked the composer’s name again to see who had created such an elaborate song that lasted just 5 minutes, but it is a name that they are seeing for the first time.
Amelia and Danny had used the practice songs Jun Hyuk had written for them in their preliminary examination. It was their way of thanking him for his substantial lessons until now.
It is a risk to play a song that the judges do not know, but they did not think that they would be eliminated in the preliminaries because of the song selection. They never once thought that the songs fell behind in quality of the famous songs that other candidates would be performing.
Due to their song selection, the competition officer was busy looking up who composer Jun Hyuk Jang is.
There was also someone in the audience who flipped through the program pamphlet while laughing loudly.
“Ha ha. Jang Jun Hyuk, this rascal. He threw some weird piano song to me, but gift such great etudes to his friends?”
“Professor, is this someone you know?”
“Huh? Who? The pianist?”
“Ugh. I know the pianist too. She’s Amelia LaMarque, a strong contender for 1st place. I’m talking about the composer.”
“Yeah. I know him well. One day, he’ll flip the world around.”
Professor Jeon Hye Jin came to Moscow for her student, Han Ye Ji. She is a top student who she taught well. As soon as she heard Amelia’s piano that was tuned from Jun Hyuk’s practice song, she knew that her student would not have enough to overstep her.
“Ye Ji, what do you think? Do you think you’d be able to beat her?”
“Let me see. I think I’ll know once I get up on the stage.”
“Look at you. Seems you’re really prepared for this. You haven’t lost confidence after hearing that performance.”
Professor Jeon Hye Jin felt reassured when he saw her student smiling.
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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