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Yes, just like that.
You're doing well.
Now, show to the world... the pianist Seol Nae Il.
She's following the score, but adding her own feelings.
Good. Just keep up what you are doing, Seol Nae Il.
She's the best so far.
The sound is very colorful.
Good job, Seol Nae Il.
Professor!
Although I'm a judge for the final round, I'm watching the preliminary round.
It's because you asked me.
- Thank you, Professor. - Don't expect anything more.
To me, Seol Nae Il is just a student who ran away in the middle of my master class.
I believe that changed as of today.
I was worried you wouldn't even listen to her performance at the final round
because of your image of her. So I wanted you to see her in the preliminary round.
Is there a reason you care so much for her?
I want to see her grow as a pianist.
That's why... I'm asking you to take a look at her from a different perspective.
When does the result come out?
Professor, maybe I won't pass the first round?
I thought I did well today.
What makes you feel so confident?
Half of the contestants don't pass the preliminary round.
I have to win the competition!
It can't be that tough from the preliminary rounds.
It's good to be confident, but don't let your guard down.
A performer's mind needs to be tight like a fine-tuned piano.
The moment the performer gets arrogant and careless
her performance becomes loose and loses energy.
My goodness...
The list of people who passed the preliminary round is out.
Professor...
Yoo Jin, I passed the preliminary round.
Of course you did.
Can you count this for me? For 15 people.
Okay.
What the...
Soo Min, something happened between them, right?
That's what I think, too. It's right after they confessed their feelings.
- Traitors. - Traitors.
Cha Yoo Jin is running late.
I'll pass around the ballots first.
Look at his mouth... my my.
I'm sorry I'm late.
Right, Nae Il had her preliminary round performance today.
I'm passing around the ballots now. We'll begin right away.
Okay.
I'll announce the voting result.
The one who received most votes from A members
Yoo Il Rak, who received a total of four votes...
will be the soloist of the upcoming performance.
Great!
That's nonsense!
Then the music will be Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major.
- We'll begin practicing tomorrow. - Wait! Hey...
How could I...
- Did something go wrong? - Nothing went wrong.
Everyone from S received one or two votes
and A members also received one or two votes, too.
Yoo Il Rak got four votes. You have the most votes.
I'll believe that everyone voted for the sake of the orchestra.
I believe there was no ulterior motive.
Yes, I know I'm pretty good... Yes, you do have an eye for people.
But... I really don't want to be a soloist.
He says he doesn't want to, so should we make him?
Why don't we have Yoo Il Rak pick someone?
Someone who suits as a soloist.
Right, yes yes.
Si Won is better than me...
We promised.
Whoever is chosen from voting, we'll accept them as the soloist.
Cha Yoo Jin!
Yoo Jin! Let's vote just one more time.
You're the soloist. I won't change it.
Are you upset?
Are you upset because I became the soloist?
Yes.
Cha Yoo Jin...
Those punks are looking down on you!
They did it knowing that you'd step down.
They know you love the orchestra more than anyone else!
They knew that you'd be afraid to mess up the concert and step down!
That's why they voted for you.
And you went along with them, knowing what they did.
Let's do a lesson for three hours each day at your place.
What?
You have to practice no matter what.
So that they can't say anything.
Hey, Cha Yoo Jin, do you like me a little too much?
I am a little popular, but if you act this way, it's too much for me!
Thanks, Yoo Jin.
Seol Nae Il, don't do anything stupid.
That's disappointing.
By the way, why didn't you reply to my text?
I was waiting for you to congratulate me.
What congratulations after just the preliminary round?
I went to see your performance.
Still, tell me that I did well.
You'll do better in the future.
But they were too mean.
He must've been a little disappointed.
They didn't want a soloist from the other team.
It was also a surprise to me.
Although they were fighting, they cared for the orchestra.
I didn't know they'd vote like that.
Yoo Jin, are you really disappointed?
Yes, a little.
It's nice.
You're telling me about your worries...
I feel like we are a real couple.
Do you have time for this?
Aren't you going to prepare for the second round?
I hope the music for the second round is also a composer I can become friends with.
What about Schumann's Sonata?
I don't know.
You don't know Mussorgsky?
You don't know Scriabin? You don't know Prokofiev either?
Just what kind of music have you been practicing so far?
The music that I liked.
'Dreams of Love' by Liszt, 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven...
That kind of music won't be included in competitions.
But they are good songs.
Then... of course you wouldn't know Chopin's Etude Op. 25.
Chopin's Etude Op. 25?
Why? Do you know it?
It's No. 11 from Etude Op. 25.
With the highest difficulty level.
I played it before.
My fingers probably remember it.
Okay, play it then.
Wow, look at Seol Nae Il play the piano! It's amazing!
- Teacher, come over here. - Seol Nae Il must be a genius.
For you to play a music like this already, you are truly amazing.
Just do what I tell you to from now on.
Then I will make you the best.
She's not just good.
She gives me chills.
She's burning.
A pianist that moves people's heart.
Is this the music for the second round?
It's as good as I remember it.
Nae Il's piano... Why did it finally come out to the world?
By the way... I want to take out my treasure and brag about her...
but I want to keep her hidden, too.
I'm nervous.
You feel the same way, right?
I don't know what you're talking about.
What? 'My treasure'?
Keeping her hidden or bragging about her to the world...
it's for her to decide.
As long as she's not a thing.
I'm transferring to the conducting major in Han Eum.
I thought I wouldn't be able to give up cello...
but now I want to try conducting.
Lee Yoon Hoo is transferring to the conducting major?
I heard you recommended him. Why didn't you tell me?
Is it a big deal?
It's not a big deal.
Why did you call me here?
Should the teacher and his pupil go on a trip to Europe?
Europe? Are you running away again...
I'm not running away.
I'll be absent just for a while to take you with me.
I received Mi Na's permission.
If you need a busboy again...
Aren't you going to go study abroad?
It's the national music academy that everyone wants to go.
After you graduate, will you conduct Rising Star?
Is it... because of Baby?
Didn't you make Baby enter the competition to go study abroad?
If Baby wins the competition, she will get a chance to study in Europe.
Aren't you going with her?
They're looking down on you!
They did it knowing that you'd step down on your own.
They know you love the orchestra more than anyone else.
Are you feeling down?
You have no appetite?
Try this.
Your appetite that ran away will come back like Usain Bolt.
My son is a soloist, so there will be big trouble if you got sick.
Right? I'm a soloist now...
I shouldn't get sick.
Yoo Il Rak, the soloist of Rising Star!
- Don't do that. You're embarrassing me. - What's to be embarrassed about?
It wouldn't be enough if you walked around with a post on your back.
I'm sorry that I'm really popular.
You'd have been picked if it wasn't for me.
Why are you sorry? I voted for you, too.
I can't help that Yoo Il Rak as a human being and as a violinist is attractive.
You're more than qualified.
Really? You think that way?
So you really fell deep into my soul.
I guess my performance lacks soul. I didn't get many votes.
Not at all!
I'm a live witness who fell into your soul!
I wrote down your name, too. So don't say that.
It's true that I was disappointed at first because it wasn't me.
But you're qualified.
So don't be sorry and do well!
Yes, I'll make sure that those punks keep quiet.
- Do we have to accompany that solo? - Right?
My oboe is wasted on him.
I think it'll be better to speed up for the solo part.
Okay, got it.
Let's take a 10 minute break.
Il Rak, are you sick?
No, not at all.
Then what's with your performance?
It's the first time he's playing with the orchestra.
First time, my butt. Isn't he embarrassed?
He has to rehearse with the orchestra to know.
It would've been the same case for you.
- Me? - No way.
Seol Nae Il.
You make a lot of mistakes on the octaves. Didn't you practice?
Do you want to stay up all night?
Back to the beginning.
Practice 100 times.
If you make more mistakes, you have to practice 1000 times.
Focus!
No, don't think about anything else.
Just think about winning the competition and going to Europe with Yoo Jin.
Milch...
I heard about your competition news and came here to congratulate you.
But what's with your face, Baby?
Do you have a bad memory concerning this music?
Can you see that?
A performer's mind shows in her performance.
With this Chopin's Etude, fast development of arpeggio by the right hand
reminds people of a harsh winter wind, so it's called 'Winter Wind.'
But there is a harsher wind on your face than the arpeggio.
I'm sorry. I keep thinking about something else.
Don't be.
Use your feelings and let them all out!
Pour your anger and emotional garbage into your performance.
That will help create your own performance.
Throw everything in the performance.
After that...
you can go back to your happy self as usual.
Milch...
You have nothing to be afraid of in front of the piano, Baby!
I'll do what you told me to do.
I won't avoid it.
Yoo Il Rak, did your fingers get stiff already?
Why did you stop your vibrato? You did well before.
I thought you'd say I'm only following my feeling.
It's okay to follow your feeling.
I thought your self confidence went a little too far...
but don't abandon it.
A performer needs his pride.
People who listen to this concerto... How should I say this?
They will be listening to your soul.
Really?
So I can spread out my soul all I want?
But don't get too far. Only as far as not ruining the music.
Of course. I'm really not the old Yoo Il Rak I used to be.
Il Rak, let's go!
Yoo Jin!
You make it so obvious that you're disappointed.
Were you waiting for Cha Yoo Jin?
I'm not.
By the way, Yoon Hoo, do you go somewhere these days?
I see you often in school, but I heard you don't come to the practice room.
Rak is really disappointed.
Maybe because A members are there too...
I still feel a bit unfamiliar with Rising Star.
To be honest, Rising Star is a bit difficult for me, too.
You should wait inside.
My Nae Il's nose is red.
I'm not your Nae Il, Yoon Hoo.
You keep making fun of me like this, so it looks like you like me.
What if I like you? I can't?
No, you can't.
I'm going inside.
I shouldn't have rushed.
I got rejected by Nae Il.
Of course.
- Why are you telling me this? - I have no one to talk to.
- Go to your best friends. - They don't know what to do.
It'll be hard for them to take sides.
You haven't had many friends, have you?
You only want to show them your good side
and you carry everything by yourself.
I can see that you're not used to it.
That's from your own experience, right?
Hang out by yourself.
We're on a ceasefire until Nae Il wins the competition.
I've never had a fight with you.
You're disappointing me. Don't do that.
I plan to follow Nae Il to her study abroad
then we might see each other for a long time.
Aren't you going?
Yoo Jin! Yoo Jin!
College orchestra festival?
We'll enter it with the concerto music with Yoo Il Rak as the soloist?
And recording for the TV program at the same time?
We still have a lot of time, so what's to worry?
Besides, Il Rak is getting better.
- Isn't that right? - Yes, yes.
Il Rak got much better all of a sudden.
Mini Min Hee, don't fall for me though.
- How annoying. - Seriously, how annoying.
We're against Sae Yeon on the last day?
We should really practice.
I think Sae Yeon's conductor... studied in Germany.
The rumor has it that he's really good.
Yeah?
Yoo Jin, the music for the second round is by a composer I'm familiar with.
I'm not friends with him, but I'll do my best with my performance
so you have to come. I'll pass only if you come.
Kim Ga Ram... I heard she's a contender, and she's really good.
Number 40, on stand-by please.
Sir, I'll get out here.
Thank you.
Seol Nae Il?
She played Haydn beautifully last time.
It's easy to remember her because she has a unique name.
You came, Professor.
You asked me to come for the first round
so why didn't you ask me to come to the second round?
Because I knew you'd come.
Look at that...
What's with her face when she wants to win the competition?
What's with her face, by the way?
She looks like she's dragged out here by someone.
I'm not sure.
She just poured too much in.
My goodness, it's too fast.
It wasn't enough to burn... it became ashes.
It's over.
I messed it up.
What do I do, Yoo Jin?
Did we select all the finalists?
No, the last student is a problem...
Oh, Seol Nae Il?
Didn't she go beyond unique and go messy with her own style?
But isn't it really attractive?
But the competition is about being precise by the rules.
- That shouldn't be ignored. - You're right.
Once the rule is broken, chaos is created and it's hard to keep score.
Seol Nae Il, this kid... I begged her to strictly follow the score.
- What about Seol Nae Il? - She's hiding in the bathroom.
She caused trouble, so I'm sure she can't face reality.
It was a good performance.
It just didn't suit the competition.
Do you think that makes sense?
As much as she decided to enter the competition
she should show her effort and follow the rules!
She made an effort in her own way.
Don't be too harsh on her.
- The result is out. - Really?
She wouldn't make it anyway...
Why should I bother to look?
There.
[Seol Nae Il]
There she is, Seol Nae Il.
Excuse me. Excuse me, excuse me.
It's true.
Competitions have changed.
They have evolved!
It's too bad, but let's drop Seol Nae Il then.
I'd like to hear more of her performance.
Her performance is full of her emotions.
It's different from a mechanical performance that follows a metronome.
I really like it that it smells of a human being.
Don't you wonder about how she will perform next time?
Right, Professor? I agree 100 percent with you.
To be honest, I do want to hear a little more of her performances.
Please answer your phone...
[Yoo Jin]
I'm sorry, Yoo Jin.
I'm so embarrassed right now, I can't answer your call.
You passed the second round. So just come out now, idiot.
Yoo Jin!
Yoo Jin, you came!
I think I passed thanks to you!
- Get away from me! - I'm so happy.
Now, it's the final round.
You have no time to play. Let's go.
Yoo Jin!
You don't even need to check.
I'm sure my Ga Ram passed the second round with the highest score.
Seol Nae Il?
- She entered the competition? - Do you know her?
There can't be two people with that name.
It's probably her.
Is she good?
She's born with her talent.
But you don't need to worry.
I'm not sure how she passed the second round
but she's not the kind who is able to get through a competition.
Competition is not as big a deal as I thought.
You're full of yourself again?
What did I tell you? I told you not to lose your focus.
Do you know any of the music here?
Let me see...
No.
I knew it.
Which one will be good...
Yes, Liszt.
Let's go with La Campanella by Liszt.
- La Campanella? - Yes.
He admired Paganini.
Liszt who wanted to become the Paganini of pianists made this daring offensive move.
Technique like no other!
This music is perfect for you.
Yes, I'll do my best!
Congratulations. There must've been a lot of competitors, but you were lucky.
I guess so. I didn't know this would happen so fast.
It must be nice.
To get lessons from the leader of the Berlin string quartet.
Yes.
You'll get really busy so prepare in a hurry.
- You may leave. - Thank you.
Practice more on your own so that you don't interrupt the soloist.
I won't point out who they are.
That's it for today. Good job.
What now? You can practice on your own now.
It's not that... What I'm trying to say is...
What's with your long intro?
It's...
Will I make a mistake on stage?
What?
If you have time to worry about that, go practice.
Why? I heard we'll be on stage with Sae Yeon.
I have no idea how the pressure from that stage will change me.
What do you want to say?
So... I mean...
Can we change the soloist to Jung Si Won?
Leave. Stop saying nonsense.
It's not nonsense...
It's such an important performance, Si Won is much better than I am.
I will never change it.
Where did your spirit and passion go when you
said you wanted make it a great performance?
You're talking like a weakling.
If you keep practicing like now, it'll be a great performance.
So practice.
Hey...
I missed on the fourth finger and the pinky...
No, no... the rhythm is wrong.
This is the sound of a bell. Sound of a bell...
More delicately.
It's complete.
She's playing it the way she should.
I didn't teach her this.
How... How can such a human being exist?
Cha Yoo Jin, I need your help.
She's incorrigible.
Yoo Jin, let's go to Europe together.
It would be nice if we could.
I'll make sure to send you to Europe.
Thanks for saying that.
I should do my best not to fall behind Seol Nae Il.
I won't fall behind you either.
I will do my best so that I don't embarrass you.
You don't need to win the competition.
You were right.
Freely, happily...
Play it the way you want.
You have to be happy when you play
for the people listening to your music to be happy.
You've changed a lot.
Still, I'm definitely going to win the competition.
Do whatever you want.
- Mini Min Hee, what are you making? - Boss...
What's this?
Seol Nae Il, fighting... Seol Nae Il...
Did Seol Nae Il enter some competition?
Yes, she made it to the final round of a competition.
So I'm going to go cheer her on.
Why didn't you tell me sooner? I should go cheer for her too.
Mini Min Hee, be my sidekick.
What?
We have to do well...
Make your mouth like you're kissing.
Your lips are so moist and pretty.
Your face comes alive with this.
- You look like an actress. - Really? Thank you.
Mini Min Hee, take a picture of me and send it to Yoo Jin.
Okay.
Now... look here. One, two, three!
Mini Min Hee, let's take one together!
One, two, three!
Excuse me.
Seol Nae Il!
It's been a long time, Seol Nae Il.
I saw your name on the list of finalists.
It's such a unique name, so I thought it would be you.
It's still unexpected...
that you're still playing the piano.
Are you in a music college?
- Yes. - Where?
Han Eum Academy of Music.
Han Eum for you?
That's a good school.
You came all the way here, but it's too bad.
My Ga Ram will win this competition anyway.
Nae Il!
Nae Il...
To defeat her... Seol Nae Il shouldn't have any mistakes.
She's really good.
She is. She seems better than Sohn Soo Ji.
What do we do? Nae Il's turn is next.
Kim Ga Ram is really good.
There was no mistake.
I'm glad I didn't choose Liszt. I'd have been totally compared.
It's been a long time, Seol Nae Il.
It's unexpected... that you're still playing the piano.
You came all the way out here, but it's too bad.
My Ga Ram will win this competition anyway.
Next, No. 7 Seol Nae Il, please come out.
Miss Seol Nae Il?
Please hurry. If you delay your turn, you'll be disqualified.
Miss Seol Nae Il? Miss Seol Nae Il!
Seol Nae Il... Why are you here?
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